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::: conundrum - riddle; difficult problem
::: whit - small amount; smallest speck; Ex. not a whit of
::: sextant - navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)
::: bestial - beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel
::: reprove - censure; rebuke; N. reproof
::: resurge - rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again
::: stoop - bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
::: spontaneity - lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned
::: nebula - diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy
::: assumption - something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume