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::: proscribe - prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw
::: lout - clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?
::: concerted - mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together
::: babble - chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.
::: portly - stout; corpulent
::: deify - turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity
::: peerless - having no equal; incomparable
::: ethnology - study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology
::: malevolent - wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence
::: stipend - pay for services