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::: simper - smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly
::: soothsayer - one who foretells the future
::: transitory - transient; impermanent; fleeting; N. transitoriness
::: clamor - loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous
::: incubate - hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease
::: fluster - confuse; make nervous and confused; N.
::: mischance - ill luck
::: obviate - make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex. obviate the need
::: lumen - unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
::: noncommittal - neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided