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::: weary - tired after long work; V.
::: peevish - bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry
::: dismember - cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb
::: seamy - sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life
::: lineaments - features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line
::: extrapolation - projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information
::: crest - top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
::: intimate - hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy
::: lunar - pertaining to the moon
::: behemoth - huge creature; something of monstrous size or power