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::: paragon - model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue
::: begrudge - envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.
::: expos - \'e public revelation of something discreditable
::: pendant - (pendent) hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)
::: atheistic - denying the existence of God; N. atheism
::: dissection - analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
::: holster - leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)
::: extenuate - weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior)
::: flux - flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux
::: piebald - of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald