transitive verb to trouble or disturb repeatedly or persistently.Hecklers harassed the speaker until he fell silent.The early female medical students were harassed by their fellow male students.I would be able to finish…
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omit
transitive verb to not include (something) through neglect or by decision; leave out.On the invitations, I unfortunately omitted the time that the party will begin.The paper was getting too long, so she…
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fallible
adjective liable to error.As a teenager now, he’d begun to see his parents as fallible human beings. See the full entry
abduct
transitive verb to carry off or lead away, esp. by force; kidnap.The heiress was abducted and held for ransom. See the full entry