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::: rostrum - raised platform for speech-making; pulpit
::: winnow - sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing; separate good parts from bad; CF. wind
::: paltry - insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash
::: nomenclature - terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things
::: corrosive - eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce
::: tacit - understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement
::: extradition - surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite
::: petulant - touchy; peevish; ill-tempered
::: ascetic - practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism
::: deliberate - consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow