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::: riveting - holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing
::: conjugal - pertaining to marriage
::: occlude - shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.
::: betoken - signify; indicate; be a sign of
::: viand - food; CF. live
::: contend - struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
::: augury - omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)
::: doldrums - blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums
::: voluptuous - sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person
::: lucre - money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre