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PALIMPSEST

writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased

The meaning of the word palimpsest is writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased.

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matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
glazeto furnish or fit with glass
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics