noun
- Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead.
- usage: "he consulted several mediums"
- synonyms: medium, spiritualist
adjective
- Responsive to physical stimuli.
- usage: "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
- Being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.
- usage: "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
- Able to feel or perceive.
- usage: "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
- synonyms: sensible
- Hurting.
- usage: "the tender spot on his jaw"
- Of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security. .
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