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::: diva - operatic singer; prima donna
::: defer - give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous
::: bookish - fond of books and reading
::: speck - small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye
::: arrhythmic - lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia
::: sadistic - inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty
::: trenchant - cutting; incisive; keen
::: bucolic - rustic; pastoral
::: homeostasis - tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex. homeotherm
::: mores - conventions; moral standards; moral customs