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::: cantankerous - ill-humored; irritable
::: indite - write; compose
::: granulate - form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle
::: quietude - tranquillity; calmness
::: conglomerate - corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V.
::: dilettante - aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight
::: shrivel - make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
::: contravene - contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention
::: empathy - ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy
::: strident - loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency