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::: nirvana - in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude
::: grueling - exhausting; Ex. grueling marathon race
::: sleek - smooth and shining (as from good health); V.
::: levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner
::: bigotry - stubborn intolerance
::: bereavement - state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft
::: reticent - inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence
::: calumny - malicious misrepresentation; slander
::: creed - system of religious or ethical belief
::: billow - large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows