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abrasive

A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.

artful

Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings; crafty.

avert

To turn aside or away.

avid

Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

brevity

The quality of being brief in duration.

bromide

A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

circumstantial

(chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.

cloying

To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

counterfeit

A non-genuine article; a fake.

denigrate

To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

disciple

A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.

extol

To praise; to make high.

forebode

Prognostication; presage

ideologue

A person who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.

impediment

A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.

imperative

(grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.

impulsive

That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.

interminable

A repeating decimal.

intuitive

One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

lassitude

Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.

omit

To leave out or exclude.

ornate

To adorn; to honour.

paltry

Trashy, trivial, of little value.

pejorative

A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

prefigure

That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.

presage

A warning of a future event; an omen.

prescribe

To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

prevail

To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.

propitiate

To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.

recapitulate

To summarize or repeat in concise form.