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::: coterie - group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
::: effrontery - rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek
::: taut - tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack
::: brochure - pamphlet
::: homogeneous - of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout
::: equinox - period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial
::: internecine - mutually destructive
::: deviate - turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism
::: acclivity - sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
::: indicative - suggestive; implying; serving to indicate