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| perilous | Full of danger or risk : a perilous journey south. • exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin : the economy is in a perilous state. |
| circumscribed | restrict (something) within limits : their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed. |
| perpetuation | make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely : the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class. |
| cusp | figurative: a point between two different situations or states, when a person or thing is poised between the two or just about to move from one to the other : those on the cusp of adulthood. |
| panoply | a complete or impressive collection of things : a deliciously inventive panoply of insults. |
| aperture | an opening, hole, or gap : the bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling. |
| guillotine | a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal. |
| menagerie | a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. |
| charade | an absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance : talk of unity was nothing more than a charade. |
| aspirate | breathe (something) in; inhale : some drowning victims don't aspirate any water. |
| intangible | unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence : my companions do not care about cyberspace or anything else so intangible. • difficult or impossible to define or understand; vague and abstract : the rose symbolized something intangible about their relationship. |
| virtuous | having or showing high moral standards : she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked. |
| realm | a kingdom |
