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::: pretension - pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.
::: thrall - slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall
::: curtail - shorten; reduce
::: nominal - in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint
::: propulsive - driving forward; N. propulsion
::: component - element; ingredient
::: myriad - very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand
::: litany - supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
::: redoubtable - formidable; causing fear
::: vernacular - living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular