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::: truculence - aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce
::: phlegmatic - calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract
::: guile - deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade her by guile
::: circumscribe - limit; confine; draw a line around
::: obsequious - slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic
::: sallow - (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice
::: overweening - arrogant; presumptuous
::: murmur - low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble
::: orifice - mouthlike opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern or passage of the body); CF. mouth
::: peruse - read through with care; N. perusal