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::: bestow - confer
::: dispense - distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule
::: suppress - put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth
::: mulct - defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy
::: edifice - building (of imposing size)
::: hermitage - home of a hermit
::: repeal - revoke; annul
::: orthography - correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics
::: dissolution - disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life
::: obituary - death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ.