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Impoverish

Verb
Meaning

• To reduce to poverty
• To make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of.

Surreptitious

Adjective
Meaning

• Obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine
• Acting in a stealthy way.
• Obtained by subreption; subreptitious.

Peevish

Adjective
Meaning

• Cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent
• Showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood.

Brusque

Adjective
Meaning

• Abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.

Meretricious

Adjective
Meaning

• Alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
• Based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.
• Pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute.