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::: usury - lending money at illegal high rates of interest
::: prelate - church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop)
::: untoward - unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter
::: polar - of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites
::: whittle - pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim
::: regatta - boat or yacht race
::: chronic - long established as a disease
::: anthology - book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus
::: mendicant - beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar
::: matriarch - woman who rules a family or larger social group