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::: credence - belief
::: contempt - scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible
::: thresh - beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
::: extrapolation - projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information
::: interim - meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ. taking place during an interim; Ex. interim paper
::: peripatetic - walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy
::: subsistence - existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)
::: staid - serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony
::: receptive - quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal
::: munificent - very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience