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::: somnolent - half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence
::: odyssey - long, eventful, adventurous journey
::: discrepancy - lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions
::: mutilate - maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part
::: defrock - strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock
::: disproportion - lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate
::: hyperbole - exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola
::: tautological - needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true
::: expedient - suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient
::: enunciate - announce; proclaim; utter or speak, especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him.