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::: epicure - connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus
::: invulnerable - incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure
::: repress - hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion
::: prerogative - privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before
::: evenhanded - impartial; fair
::: accretion - growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete
::: terminal - part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer
::: descry - catch sight of (something distant)
::: forge - counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated
::: compulsive - resulting from compulsion