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::: premeditate - plan in advance; Ex. premeditated murder
::: compelling - overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel
::: narrative - related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration
::: demagogue - person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery
::: countenance - approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance
::: irrelevant - not applicable; unrelated
::: flail - beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle
::: groom - man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)
::: belabor - harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically
::: palatable - agreeable; pleasing to the taste