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commemorate hospitable hindrance renown excruciating nomadic deface era heritage contagious
  1. [noun] wide honour and acclaim; fame.
  2. [verb] to honour the memory of.
  3. [verb] to damage the surface or appearance of.
  4. [noun] someone or something that slows or stops progress.
  5. [noun] a period of time in history. An era often begins or ends with an important event.
  6. [adjective] able to be spread from person to person.
  7. [adjective] very painful; causing agony.
  8. [adjective] friendly, giving, and warm to guests.
  9. [adjective] living like a nomad.
  10. [noun] something that one believes, thinks, or does that comes from one's family or ethnic background; tradition.