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::: aggregate - sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
::: benefactor - gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose
::: pastoral - rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
::: disenfranchise - disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise
::: jettison - throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
::: prosody - art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse
::: inroad - hostile invasion; advance that lessens the quantity or difficulty of something; Ex. The long illness made serious inroads on his savings; CF. raid
::: synchronous - similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize
::: cartographer - map-maker
::: chauvinist - blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin