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::: unravel - disentangle; solve
::: entrepreneur - businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture); contractor; ADJ. entrepreneurial
::: crux - essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance
::: piquant - pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
::: voracious - ravenous; eating large quantities of food; exceedingly eager; insatiable; Ex. voracious animal/reader
::: mausoleum - monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos
::: misanthrope - one who hates mankind; misanthropist
::: purport - intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general
::: parvenu - upstart; newly rich person
::: traverse - go through or across