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swilling: wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it.

strut: To walk proudly or haughtily.

cretin: A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.

deficiency: An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.

perspective: A view, vista or outlook.

trajectory: The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.

converging: approaching each other at a point; convergent.

swagger: A prideful boasting or bragging.

nanosecond: A measure of time equal to one billionth of a second. Abbreviation: ns

evasive: Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

confrontation: The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face

albino: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism

vegetate: To grow or sprout.

archetype: A person, story, concept, or object that is based on a known archetype; an archetypal character.

microsurgery: Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.

artifact: An object made or shaped by human hand.

avarice: Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

sucrose: A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar

incision: A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation.

divulge: To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

bionic: Of a biological organism, having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg.

modification: the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified

optimum: The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific circumstances.

dungarees: Heavy denim pants or overalls, worn especially as work clothing.

fealty: Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness.

retrieval: the act of retrieving or something retrieved

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