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::: quiescent - dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence
::: peccadillo - slight offense or fault; CF. sin
::: felicitous - (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
::: lectern - reading desk or stand for a public speaker
::: encircle - surround
::: stipend - pay for services
::: plagiarize - steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap
::: cede - yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession
::: humid - damp; N. humidity
::: problematic - causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.