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::: belie - contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure.
::: encroachment - gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon
::: aureole - sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light
::: absolve - pardon (an offense)
::: bestial - beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel
::: vacuous - empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity
::: brawl - noisy quarrel
::: juncture - crisis; point in time; joining point; joint; act of joining
::: severity - harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense
::: mandatory - obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate