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MEGALOMANIA

a mania (see mania

The meaning of the word megalomania is a mania (see mania.

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skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
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beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
intrudeto thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
dissipateto break up and drive off
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive