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::: dowse - use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals
::: servile - slavish; cringing; N. servility
::: platitude - trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous
::: benevolent - generous; charitable; having a wish to do good
::: obsequious - slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic
::: burnish - make shiny by rubbing; polish
::: luster - shine; gloss (of a polished surface)
::: probe - explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe
::: choleric - hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera
::: ravel - fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist