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::: overweening - arrogant; presumptuous
::: gouge - tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood
::: mordant - biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit
::: chalice - goblet; consecrated cup
::: rigid - hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule
::: galvanic - of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani
::: venerate - revere; treat with great respect
::: braggadocio - boasting
::: porridge - soft food made by boiling oatmeal
::: verisimilar - having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible