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::: vile - despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander
::: smother - kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers
::: gaunt - lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren
::: amend - correct; change ; generally for the better
::: defray - provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay
::: temporal - of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly
::: posthumous - after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel
::: ruminate - chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder)
::: debauch - corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)
::: bilious - suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated