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::: whimsical - capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange
::: blunt - having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt
::: altercation - noisy quarrel
::: exegesis - explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages
::: pragmatist - practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things
::: flicker - burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement
::: precinct - division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college
::: slake - satisfy (thirst); quench; sate
::: solemnity - seriousness; gravity
::: impassive - without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face