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::: cremate - incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium
::: bound - leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my opinion; CF. bounce, rebound
::: crescendo - increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent
::: parsimony - stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious
::: putrefy - make or become putrid; N. putrefaction
::: effectual - able to produce a desired effect; valid
::: litany - supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
::: malediction - curse
::: emend - correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement
::: corporeal - bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible