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::: glitter - shine brightly with flashing points of light; Ex. glittering diamond ring; N: sparkling light; attractiveness; glamor; Ex. glitter of the sun on the waves
::: pertinacious - holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent
::: pervert - corrupt; turn from right to wrong; misuse; Ex. perverted sexual desire/scientific knowledge; N: person whose sexual behavior is not natural
::: fraudulent - cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle
::: clasp - hold firmly within arms
::: panegyric - formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics.
::: forge - counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated
::: whine - complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)
::: mendicant - beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar
::: arboreal - of or living in trees