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::: titillate - tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it
::: retract - withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile
::: ichthyology - study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish
::: gape - open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape
::: transcendental - going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism
::: luminary - celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)
::: confluence - flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
::: warrant - justification; written order that serves as authorization (esp. a judicial writ); Ex. search/death warrant; V: justify; guarantee
::: alchemy - medieval chemistry
::: arduous - hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work