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::: impugn - dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight
::: staid - serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony
::: ostracize - banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism
::: thresh - beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
::: decomposition - decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts
::: crestfallen - dejected; dispirited
::: executive - person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing
::: servile - slavish; cringing; N. servility
::: glutinous - sticky; viscous; gluey
::: intelligentsia - intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily)