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LEVEE

a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed

The meaning of the word levee is a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed.

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venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
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antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
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serratednotched or toothed on the edge
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
flourishto grow luxuriantly : thrive
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion