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::: puerile - childish; immature; CF. puer: boy
::: deterrent - something that discourages or deters
::: crust - hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)
::: nostrum - questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
::: vagabond - wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp
::: allegory - story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable
::: martinet - strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; CF. Jean Martinet
::: verisimilar - having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible
::: artifice - deception; trickery
::: antithesis - contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical