noun someone who eats an excessive amount, or one who both eats and drinks excessively.Make sure you take as much meat as you want, or that glutton will take it all for…
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edict
noun an order or decree proclaimed by someone in authority.Those of a different faith were expelled from the country by a royal edict.A presidential edict abolished the agency.The king issued an edict…
dysfunctional
adjective not working normally, as a bodily organ; impaired.Her diabetes resulted in her having a dysfunctional kidney. See the full entry
whereas
conjunction while in contrast.She is kind and thoughtful, whereas her brother is extremely selfish. See the full entry
desist
intransitive verb to stop acting in a certain way.The judge ordered that he desist from bothering his former wife. See the full entry