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::: excoriate - scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off
::: meddlesome - interfering; V. meddle: interfere
::: plump - pleasantly fat; nicely rounded
::: freebooter - pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich
::: candor - frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid
::: invoke - call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God
::: annuity - yearly allowance
::: provocative - arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation
::: demented - insane
::: piquant - pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help