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::: badinage - teasing conversation; banter; joking talk
::: amass - collect (gradually, in a very large amount)
::: animated - lively; spirited
::: protocol - diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.
::: taint - contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch
::: glacial - like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg
::: skimp - provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly
::: omnivorous - eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything
::: dexterous - skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity
::: dolorous - sorrowful; N. dolor