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::: compress - force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.
::: desiccate - dry up
::: juridical - of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary
::: earthly - of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason
::: effulgent - shining brightly; brilliant
::: ecologist - person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology
::: pretext - excuse
::: chaste - morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere
::: spontaneity - lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned
::: herbivorous - grain-eating; CF. herbivore