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::: compilation - listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling
::: colloquy - informal discussion; conversation
::: avert - prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.
::: succumb - yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness
::: schism - division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split
::: bereaved - deprived of (someone beloved through death)
::: sardonic - scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile
::: unkempt - disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb
::: compulsive - resulting from compulsion
::: anomaly - irregularity