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::: brittle - hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation
::: spectral - ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom
::: adapt - make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.
::: apothegm - (apophthegm) pithy, compact saying
::: throng - crowd (of people or things); V.
::: cadaverous - like a corpse; pale
::: opportune - timely; well-chosen
::: postulate - self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)
::: bluster - blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale
::: aphorism - pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic