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::: accommodate - oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging
::: metrical - metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex. metrical translation of Homer
::: abolish - cancel; put an end to
::: ancillary - serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.
::: mnemonic - pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid
::: renege - break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt
::: alienate - make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of
::: prominent - protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent
::: fringe - decorative edge of hanging threads; edge
::: asperity - sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter