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Preeminence

The state of being the most outstanding

Corralled

Grouped

Prescience

Knowledge of something before it takes place

Acolyte

Assistant

Derelict

Poor

Sombre

Depressing

Derisive

Teasing

Exorbitant

Excessively pricey

Vehemence

Passion

Languishes

Declines

puerile

childish, facile

sanguine

optimistic, hopeful

excreta

excrement, shit

fulsome

abundant, copious, generous

apertures

openings

rapacious

greedy

tantamount

equal to, akin to

caravanserai

an inn surrounding a court in eastern countries where caravans rest at night (m-w.com); hotel (modern usage)

garrulous

talkative, usually tediously so

pullulating

breeding, germinating, sprouting

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