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::: rivulet - small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river
::: concoct - prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction
::: fester - rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
::: tractable - docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability
::: plenitude - abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty
::: ramification - branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision
::: recalcitrant - disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child
::: verbiage - pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness
::: rotundity - roundness; sonorousness of speech
::: forfeit - something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose as a forfeit; N. forfeiture