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| fixate | To focus one's attention on; preoccupy obsessively. |
| prefix | To put or attach in front of something. |
| suffix | To put or attach after something. |
| mandatory | Required or commanded by authority. |
| demand | To order someone to do something. |
| reprimand | A severe, formal, or official rebuke or censure. |
| announce | To make known publicly. |
| denounce | To condemn openly as being bad. |
| enunciate | To speak clearly and correctly. |
| parent | One who gives birth to or raises a child. |
| postpartum | Occurring in the period shortly after childbirth. |
| parity | State of having given birth or borne children. |
| punctuation | The use of standard marks in writing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases. |
| puncture | To pierce with a pointed object. |
| acupuncture | A technique for relieving pain in which needles are inserted into the body at specific points. |
| question | An inquiry that invites or calls for a reply. |
| query | A question; a doubt in the mind. |
| querist | One who asks a question. |
