女神殿

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–noun 
1. a whetstone (磨刀石) of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools. 
2. a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.  

–verb (used with object) 
3. to sharpen on a hone: to hone a [carving] knife. 
4. to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.  

5. to make more acute 
or 
effective; improve; perfect: to hone one's [skills]. 


　
Two decades in Tinseltown, with prolonged exposure [to] the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Douglas, and Joe Eszterhas surely honed Verhoeven's [perversity]. 


scabrous 
1. rough, scaly, prickly, or pimply
2. dirty, indecent
Yet if "Clerks II" doesn't have quite the [scabrous] kick of its predecessor, 
cf. 
scabby, scabious (covered with scabs)

scathe
By the end, much has changed and no one is left [unscathed]. 
detritus
detriment 
falling off from an [original] condition 
Overeating is a detriment to [health]. 
So [at] what point do the efforts of a costumed [vigilante] [cease to] have an impact on the society he vows to protect - 
and when does his mere presence present a [detriment] to them when it's all said and done?
succinct   
[originally] composed and is expressed in as few words as possible
concise
unnecessary verbiage have been [eliminated]
terse
brevity with 1. polish or 2. brusqueness
a terse, almost [aphoristic], style.
a terse reply that was almost [rude].

scour shingle
brash 
bristle & brittle (vulnerable)
ruffle

scald 
to scald [milk]
coddle
to coddle [children] when they're sick.  
to coddle an [egg].  
mollycoddle
Noah Baumbach's [scalding] follow-up to The Squid and the Whale
When Freddy’s grossly [scalded] head once again rises out of the bathwater between a [nubile] girl’s legs, I guess Billy Bob would be a fine choice.

scour
ransack rummage
fumble bumble bungle botch 

cuddle
coo 
They all cooed over the [new baby].
huddle
curdle 
a [scream] that curdled the blood.  
 
chaff 
josh or tease mildly
So I [chaffed] them and I gaily [laughed]
chafe 
rub against, annoy
Her [collar] chafed her [neck].
The [dripping] of the faucet chafed her [nerves]

frazzle
but by her extravagant turn as a frazzl[ed] performance artist
tatter
dressed in [rags] and [tatters]
Lorenzo flees Spain as his [reputation] [lies in tatters]

fray (fight, wear)
Fray