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::: wane - decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N.
::: discomfit - frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
::: fulcrum - support on which a lever rests or pivots
::: querulous - given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining
::: dissertation - formal essay; treatise
::: sophist - teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument
::: halcyon - calm; peaceful; Ex. halcyon days
::: entity - real being
::: fractious - unruly; peevish; cranky; bad-tempered; Ex. fractious horse
::: mason - one who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork