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::: overt - open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert
::: scrutinize - examine closely and critically; N. scrutiny
::: drone - idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee
::: tumid - (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous
::: drastic - strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures
::: anticlimax - letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting
::: ratiocination - reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically
::: hackles - hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
::: abnegation - renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
::: disputatious - argumentative; fond of argument