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::: surpass - exceed
::: pedagogue - teacher; CF. child leader
::: underhand - (underhanded) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
::: remittance - remitting of money; amount of money remitted
::: recalcitrant - disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child
::: penetrate - enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand
::: billowing - swelling out in waves; surging
::: somber - dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow
::: compile - assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary
::: apogee - highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee