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::: renounce - abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation
::: feign - pretend
::: winnow - sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing; separate good parts from bad; CF. wind
::: unrequited - not requited; not reciprocated; Ex. unrequited love
::: intervene - come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention
::: tirade - long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation
::: vortex - whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
::: distend - expand; swell out
::: privation - lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive
::: oatmeal - crushed oats used for making porridge