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::: boon - blessing; benefit; something very helpful
::: prescience - ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient
::: hydrophobia - fear of water; rabies
::: quandary - dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a quandary about whether to go.
::: overt - open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert
::: contagion - infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air
::: extort - wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant
::: philatelist - stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting
::: abeyance - suspended action
::: palatable - agreeable; pleasing to the taste