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::: arbitrary - unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler
::: dirge - funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
::: zenith - point directly overhead in the sky; summit; acme; highest point
::: dictum - authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing)
::: rotundity - roundness; sonorousness of speech
::: rile - irritate; vex; muddy
::: obstetrician - physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife
::: forgo - (forego) give up; do without
::: truism - self-evident truth
::: rigid - hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule