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::: venerable - deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get
::: shove - push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N.
::: obsessive - related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively
::: rubble - fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)
::: shrivel - make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
::: adjoin - be next to
::: inscrutable - difficult to understand; impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
::: zest - outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life
::: ambience - environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature
::: affinity - feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages