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a person who pays too much attention to formal rules
What is a pedant?
be fully aware of; realize fully.
What is appreciate?
sharpen with a whetstone; refine or make more perfect or effective
What is to hone?
voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
What is penance ?
make reference to
What is to cite?
administer or bestow, as in small portions
What is allot?
a bleak atmosphere; loneliness; unhappiness.
What is desolation?
emitting light without appreciable heat
What is phosphorescent?
a public road from one place to another
What is a thoroughfare?
an event or situation happening at the same time as another
What is an accompaniment?
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly.
What is prattle?
attempt by employing effort’ endeavor; attempt.
What is the to strive?
make abnormally thin or weak, esp. because of illness or a lack of food.
What is emaciated?
drop sharply.
What is to plummet?
a tumble backward, especially for comic effect
What is a pratfall?
an attack by dropping explosive devices; onrush.
What is a bombardment?
give or supply.
What is to yield ?
a small overnight bag for short trips.
What is a valise?
not capable of being moved
What is stationary ?
an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
What is a breach?
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.
What is disintegrate?
the property of being extremely abundant; teemingness.
What is profusion?
continuing forever or indefinitely.
What is perpetual?
suggest that someone is guilty
What is to incriminate?
capable of igniting and burning
What is combustible?