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::: benign - kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor
::: prosody - art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse
::: disembark - debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark
::: analgesia - condition of being unable to feel pain
::: quell - suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill
::: moodiness - fits of depression or gloom; ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy CF. mood: state of mind or emotion
::: incumbent - obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office
::: guffaw - boisterous laughter; V.
::: capacious - spacious
::: negligible - so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded