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::: reprise - musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises
::: waylay - ambush; lie in wait for and attack
::: billow - large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows
::: expedite - hasten; make go faster
::: nauseate - cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea
::: forsake - desert; abandon; renounce
::: bestial - beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel
::: parallel - similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled
::: hedonist - one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure
::: redolent - odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery