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WordMeaning
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
mauvea moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
stenchstink
tridenta 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)
magnitudegreat size or extent
bacchanaliaa Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
hazarda source of danger
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band