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'n patois'
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'local or provincial dialect'
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'n intimate'
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'hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy'
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'n exceptionable'
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'objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable'
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'paroxysm'
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'fit or attack of pain
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'n pith'
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'core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance'
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'n secrete'
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'conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive'
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'condiments'
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'seasonings; spices'
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'n dutiful(duteous)'
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'(of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty)'
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'despot'
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'tyrant; harsh
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'n fell'
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'cruel; (of a disease) deadly'
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'complement'
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'complete; consummate; make perfect; N.'
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'consonance'
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'harmony; agreement'
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'mammoth'
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'gigantic; enormous'
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's hygiene'
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'science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition'
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'n supine'
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'lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision'
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's dynamo'
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'generator for producing electricity; energetic person'
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's pulpit'
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'raised platform used in preaching (in a church)'
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's loft'
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'room or space under the roof; attic'
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'n sartorial'
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'pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor'
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'n gruff'
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'rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse'
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'n balmy'
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'soft and mild (of air); fragrant'
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'n perpetrate'
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'commit an offense; do (something wrong)'
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'incubus'
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'burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus'
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'germinate'
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'cause to sprout; sprout'
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'n sinewy'
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'(of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone'
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'n flounder'
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'struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water
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's outlaw'
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'fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking has been outlawed.'
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'n liability'
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'drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying)'
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's clip'
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'cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener'
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's pass_off'
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'present falsely; represent falsely to be'
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'n dogged'
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'determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert\'s dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean'
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'n polemic'
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'attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy'
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'n mulct'
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'defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy'
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'n ligneous'
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'like wood'
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'n fritter'
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'waste (time or money on unimportant things)'
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'n glaze'
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'cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin
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's crinkle'
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'wrinkle'
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'n blas\\\'e'
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'bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored'
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'n mannered'
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'affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech'
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's finish'
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'surface texture; completeness of execution'
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'n odium'
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'detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct)'
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'fluency'
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'smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent'
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's vulgar'
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'of the common people; deficient in refinement; not refined; coarse; Ex. vulgar display of wealth; N. vulgarism: vulgarity; crudely indecent word; CF. vulgarian: vulgar person; boor; lout'
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'n suborn'
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'persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation'
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'n tarry'
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'linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle'
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'n d\\\'ecollet\\\'e'
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'(of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d\\\'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress)'
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'n pellucid'
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'transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand'
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'n ruddy'
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'reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking'
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'n teetotalism'
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'practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total'
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's culprit'
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'one guilty of a crime'
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'n lode'
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'metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)'
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'n sibylline'
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'prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)'
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's lionize'
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'treat (a person) as a celebrity'
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'n yokel'
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'rustic; country bumpkin; Ã̳ð'
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'n gouge'
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'tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood'
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'h 27'
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''
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'n haggard'
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'wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners'
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'n bilious'
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'suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated'
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'reprisal'
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'retaliation'
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'epilogue'
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'short speech at conclusion of dramatic work'
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'n sardonic'
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'scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile'
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'n unimpeachable'
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'that cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary'
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'microcosm'
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'small representative world; world in miniature; Ex. microcosm of English society'
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'incommodious'
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'not spacious; inconvenient'
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'n daub'
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'smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one\'s clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint'
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'n glutinous'
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'sticky; viscous; gluey'
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's repose'
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'resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man'
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'n machinations'
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'evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate'
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'n facade(fa\\c{c}ade)'
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'front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance'
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'congruence'
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'correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity'
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'n entree(entr\\\'ee)'
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'entrance; a way in; right to enter; main dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle'
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'n feint'
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'trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V.'
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'promontory'
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'headland'
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'apposite'
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'appropriate; fitting'
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's scrimmage'
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'disorderly fight between two or more people'
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'accretion'
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'growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete'
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'n minatory'
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'menacing; threatening'
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's enterprise'
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'willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat'
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'n tribulation'
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'suffering; ordeal; distress; trial'
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'sublime'
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'causing deep feelings of wonder
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'n orthography'
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'correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics'
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'cupidity'
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'greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid'
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'n wastrel'
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'waster; profligate'
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's providence'
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'quality of being provident; divine care; god\'s care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate'
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'vivisection'
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'act of dissecting living animals'
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's maroon'
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'leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown'
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's hysteria'
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'excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria'
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'replenish'
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'fill up again'
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'forgo(forego)'
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'give up; do without'
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'conflagration'
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'great fire'
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'austere'
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'forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk\'s austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity'
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'utopia'
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'ideal place
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'adjuration'
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'solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly'
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'n tutelary'
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'protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities'
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'n peripheral'
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'of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest'
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's historical'
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'connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not)'
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'n interregnum'
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'period between two successive reigns or governments'
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'n kaleidoscope'
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'tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass
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'masochist'
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'person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism'
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'n marred'
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'damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure'
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'n interloper'
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'intruder; one who interferes'
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's pretension'
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'pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.'
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'compunction'
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'remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt'
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's jaundice'
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'medical condition in which the skin
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'requiem'
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'mass for the dead; dirge'
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'sanguine'
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'optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red'
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'n egress'
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'exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress'
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'n crabbed'
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'sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting'
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'ebb'
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'(of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide'
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'atone'
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'make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for'
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's pose'
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'assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N.'
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'n hap'
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'chance; luck'
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'n amulet'
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'charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil
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'capacious'
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'spacious'
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's bog'
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'soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud'
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'cleave'
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'split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven'
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'n junta'
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'group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal; group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power (by force)'
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'n sidereal'
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'relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day'
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'mediocre'
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'ordinary; commonplace; neither good nor bad'
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'inductive'
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'pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general'
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'exigency'
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'urgent situation; ADJ. exigent'
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'n retrograde'
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'go backwards; recede; degenerate; deteriorate; ADJ.'
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'benison'
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'blessing'
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'n caulk(calk)'
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'make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)'
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'n venerate'
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'revere; treat with great respect'
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'n salubrious'
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'healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health'
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's damn'
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'condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation'
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'elicit'
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'draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)'
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'n recast'
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'reconstruct (a sentence
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's resign'
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'give up (a position
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'n skulk'
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'move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city.'
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'contusion'
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'bruise'
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'summation'
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'act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)'
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'n document'
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'provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.'
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'anticlimax'
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'letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting
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's wrongheaded'
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'stubbornly wrong'
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'imperceptible'
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'unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable'
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'inclusive'
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'tending to include all; all-inclusive; Ex. inclusive charge'
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'invert'
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'turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of'
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's tawny'
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'brownish yellow'
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'anesthetic'
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'substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia'
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'n wax'
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'increase gradually (as the moon); grow'
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'n comatose'
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'in a coma; extremely sleepy'
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'exotic'
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'not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress'
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'translucent'
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'partly transparent'
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'n bolt'
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'door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a'
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'complaisant'
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'trying to please; obliging; willing to please others'
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'n pejorative'
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'(of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value; negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; Ex. Many women now considers ``housewife\'\' a pejorative expression
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'n mace'
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'ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon'
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'sublimate'
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'refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state'
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'n shrew'
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'scolding woman; very small mouselike animal'
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'n spangle'
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'small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation'
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'n calorific'
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'heat-producing; N. calorie'
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'n guy'
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'cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied; CF. guide'
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'n fastidious'
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'difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky'
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'n perquisite(perk)'
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'any gain above stipulated salary; Ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car'
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'n waft'
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'move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window'
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'astute'
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'wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one\'s advantage'
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'n ethnology'
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'study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology'
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'n sedulous'
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'diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity'
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'epicure'
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'connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus'
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'touchstone'
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'stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard'
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'n granulate'
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'form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle'
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's standstill'
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'condition of no movement or activity; stop'
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'h 39'
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''
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'demean'
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'disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave'
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'n adjutant'
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'staff officer assisting the commander; assistant'
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'n raconteur'
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'story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill'
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's smug'
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'self-satisfied; complacent'
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'contiguous'
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'adjacent to; touching upon'
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's feud'
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'bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal
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'n debutante'
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'young woman making formal entrance into society'
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'compile'
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'assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary'
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'n rue'
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'regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful'
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'n gall'
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'annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation'
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'destitute'
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'extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience'
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'desultory'
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'aimless; haphazard; digressing at random'
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'entail'
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'make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B'
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'n ductile'
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'malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled'
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'n polemical(polemic)'
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'aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious (rather than simply expressing opinions)'
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'n peroration'
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'conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length'
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'h 20'
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''
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'n broach'
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'introduce as a subject; moot; open up'
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'n clarion'
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'shrill
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'orient'
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'get one\'s bearings; adjust; make familiar with a situation; orientate'
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'consistency'
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'absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous'
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's whim'
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'sudden capricious idea; fancy'
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'n peon'
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'landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage'
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'n tessellated'
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'mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern'
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'n collation'
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'a light meal; collating'
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'warranty'
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'guarantee; assurance by seller'
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'complacency'
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'self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent'
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'contempt'
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'scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible'
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'n gawk'
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'stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe'
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'optimist'
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'person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism'
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'n jibe'
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'agree; be in harmony with; gibe'
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'n hackles'
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'hairs on back and neck
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'n vise'
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'vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device'
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's suckle'
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'give or take milk at the breast or udder'
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's suffocate'
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'die or kill from lack of air; suppress'
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'n epaulet(epaulette)'
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'ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform
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'pinnacle'
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'peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle of fame'
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'sophisticated'
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'worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate'
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'endue'
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'provide with some quality; endow'
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'n haven'
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'place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven'
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'n mausoleum'
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'monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos'
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'psychopathic'
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'pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder'
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'podiatrist'
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'doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics'
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'n minuscule(miniscule)'
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'extremely small'
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'n coy'
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'shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer¸¦ ¹Þ¾ÒÀ» ¶§'
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'n deleterious'
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'harmful'
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'n salutary'
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'tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health'
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'n pied'
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'piebald; variegated(many-colored); multicolored'
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'n preternatural'
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'beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. preternatural strength/forces'
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'exhume'
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'dig out of the ground; remove from a grave'
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'parallelism'
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'state of being parallel; similarity; analogy'
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's crest'
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'top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird'
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'n legerdemain'
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'sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand'
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'disjunction'
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'act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive'
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's misconduct'
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'immoral behavior; bad management; V.'
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'n disquisition'
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'formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report'
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'n scoff'
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'laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats'
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'eccentric'
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'irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric'
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'ellipsis'
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'omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses'
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's latch'
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'fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch; V: close with a latch'
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's prong'
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'pointed projecting part'
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'centripetal'
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'tending toward the center'
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'n vicissitude'
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'change (esp. from good to bad); change of fortune; CF. the last emperor of China'
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's zest'
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'outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life'
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'leniency'
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'mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment'
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'pyromaniac'
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'person with an insane desire to set things on fire'
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'n ordain'
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'decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister
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'pique'
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'irritation; resentment from wounded pride (eg. loss in a contest); V: provoke; arouse; annoy; cause to feel resentment; Ex. pique her curiosity'
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'aggrandize'
|
'make greater; increase in power
|
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'momentous'
|
'very important; N. moment; CF. momentary'
|
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's uproar'
|
'noisy confusion'
|
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'n whit'
|
'small amount; smallest speck; Ex. not a whit of'
|
|
'pacifist'
|
'one opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes'
|
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'throes'
|
'violent anguish'
|
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'n pathos'
|
'tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel'
|
|
'n dint'
|
'means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work'
|
|
's Shangri-la'
|
'imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon'
|
|
'n inchoate'
|
'(of desire
|
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's analgesia'
|
'condition of being unable to feel pain'
|
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'n doldrums'
|
'blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums'
|
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'n predilection'
|
'preference; partiality'
|
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'n impute'
|
'attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation'
|
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'secular'
|
'worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal'
|
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'n debonair'
|
'(of men) friendly
|
|
'antagonism'
|
'hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist'
|
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'n chaff'
|
'worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff'
|
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'consecrate'
|
'dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one\'s life to helping the poor'
|
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'n unguent'
|
'ointment'
|
|
'n threadbare'
|
'worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses'
|
|
's maleficient'
|
'doing evil; N. maleficience'
|
|
'proscribe'
|
'prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw'
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'diabolical'
|
'diabolic; devilish; fiendish'
|
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'n reprise'
|
'musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises'
|
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'n promulgate'
|
'announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication'
|
|
'impenetrable'
|
'not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery'
|
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's psychic'
|
'of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers'
|
|
'n comport'
|
'bear one\'s self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment'
|
|
'purgatory'
|
'place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins'
|
|
'n snivel'
|
'complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don\'t come back sniveling to me.'
|
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'derision'
|
'ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory'
|
|
'n factitious'
|
'artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears'
|
|
'n culvert'
|
'artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road'
|
|
'execrate'
|
'curse; express abhorrence for; detest'
|
|
'biennial'
|
'every two years'
|
|
'h 11'
|
''
|
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's coma'
|
'deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease
|
|
'n blanch'
|
'bleach; whiten; make white or pale'
|
|
'malady'
|
'illness'
|
|
'n exegesis'
|
'explanation
|
|
'n hortatory'
|
'encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort'
|
|
'centrifuge'
|
'machine that separates substances by whirling them'
|
|
'n gibe'
|
'mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks'
|
|
's endear'
|
'make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced'
|
|
'n thespian'
|
'pertaining to drama; N: actor or actress'
|
|
'n repine'
|
'fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work'
|
|
's effectuate'
|
'effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate a reconciliation'
|
|
'n tawdry'
|
'cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry'
|
|
'conjure'
|
'cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.'
|
|
'deflect'
|
'turn aside; turn away from a straight course'
|
|
'n motley'
|
'multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts)'
|
|
'barrage'
|
'barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism'
|
|
's malapropos'
|
'inappropriate; ADV.'
|
|
's engaged'
|
'employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict'
|
|
'discerning'
|
'mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive'
|
|
's pedigree'
|
'ancestry; lineage'
|
|
's militia'
|
'army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers'
|
|
'supersede'
|
'replace; cause to be set aside; make obsolete; N. supersession'
|
|
'malodorous'
|
'foul-smelling'
|
|
'denizen'
|
'(animal
|
|
'approbation'
|
'approval'
|
|
's gloss'
|
'brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression; V.'
|
|
'absolve'
|
'pardon (an offense)'
|
|
'unwieldy'
|
'awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable'
|
|
'n tarantula'
|
'venomous spider'
|
|
's high-flown'
|
'highly pretentious or inflated'
|
|
'n taper'
|
'very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end'
|
|
'comely'
|
'attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance'
|
|
'diffidence'
|
'shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffident'
|
|
's fleet'
|
'fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing quickly; ephemeral'
|
|
'n mettle'
|
'courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome'
|
|
'ambulatory'
|
'able to walk'
|
|
'n accoutre'
|
'equip; N. accoutrement'
|
|
'derelict'
|
'negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person'
|
|
'proxy'
|
'authorized agent; authority to act for another'
|
|
's lag'
|
'move or develop more slowly; straggle; Ex. lag behind the rest; N.'
|
|
'diminution'
|
'lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish'
|
|
's psychosomatic'
|
'of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)'
|
|
'n philistine'
|
'narrow-minded person
|
|
'n gaunt'
|
'lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren'
|
|
'n clemency'
|
'disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement'
|
|
'n demoniac(demoniacal)'
|
'fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil'
|
|
'n cataract'
|
'great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)'
|
|
's dribble'
|
'flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.'
|
|
'indignity'
|
'treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity
|
|
'trenchant'
|
'cutting; incisive; keen'
|
|
's peevish'
|
'bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry'
|
|
'ideology'
|
'system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture'
|
|
's dull'
|
'(of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.'
|
|
's Elysium'
|
'place or condition of bliss'
|
|
'n rhetoric'
|
'art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who knows it ?\'\''
|
|
'n epitaph'
|
'inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)'
|
|
'n germinal'
|
'pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea'
|
|
'n pallet'
|
'small poor bed; Ex. straw pallet'
|
|
'ventriloquist'
|
'someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws); N. ventriloquism
|
|
'egotistical'
|
'egotistic; excessively self-centered(egocentric); self-important; conceited'
|
|
'n sunder'
|
'separate; part; CF. asunder'
|
|
'n glaring'
|
'(of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly'
|
|
'n allegory'
|
'story
|
|
'n tether'
|
'tie (an animal) with a rope or tether; N: rope or chain to which an animal is tied; limit of one\'s endurance; Ex. the end of one\'s tether'
|
|
'scanty'
|
'meager; insufficient'
|
|
'herbivorous'
|
'grain-eating; CF. herbivore'
|
|
's license'
|
'official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; V.'
|
|
'n arable'
|
'fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land'
|
|
'n betroth'
|
'become engaged to marry'
|
|
'distort'
|
'twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion'
|
|
'n pert'
|
'(esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat'
|
|
'somatic'
|
'pertaining to the body; bodily; physical'
|
|
's avantgarde'
|
'group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard'
|
|
'allure'
|
'entice; attract; tempt'
|
|
'n disconcert'
|
'confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb'
|
|
's swagger'
|
'walk or behave with an over-confident manner'
|
|
'prostrate'
|
'stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate; Ex. prostrating illness; ADJ: lying face down; having lost all strength'
|
|
'outmoded'
|
'no longer in fashion or use; no longer stylish; old-fashioned'
|
|
'crypt'
|
'secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)'
|
|
'n ordination'
|
'ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest'
|
|
'n memento'
|
'token; reminder of the past; keepsake; Ex. memento of your visit'
|
|
'n unobtrusive'
|
'inconspicuous; not blatant'
|
|
'n dapper'
|
'neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry'
|
|
'erudite'
|
'(of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition'
|
|
'n rakish'
|
'jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.'
|
|
'n phlegmatic'
|
'calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract'
|
|
's hereafter'
|
'life after death'
|
|
'n canker'
|
'any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer'
|
|
'n puerile'
|
'childish; immature; CF. puer: boy'
|
|
'n lumen'
|
'unit of light energy (one candle\'s worth)'
|
|
'n progeny'
|
'children; offspring; descendants'
|
|
'n dolt'
|
'slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull'
|
|
'verity'
|
'quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities'
|
|
'n finesse'
|
'delicate skill; V: handle with finesse'
|
|
'n iconoclastic'
|
'attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images'
|
|
'n insidious'
|
'treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot'
|
|
'n rostrum'
|
'raised platform for speech-making; pulpit'
|
|
'concave'
|
'hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex'
|
|
'n lien'
|
'legal claim or right on a property'
|
|
'confiscate'
|
'seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer'
|
|
'n gaudy'
|
'flashy; showy'
|
|
's dyslexia'
|
'word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read'
|
|
'annals'
|
'records arranged in yearly parts; history'
|
|
'n diorama'
|
'life-size
|
|
'n provender'
|
'dry food for livestock; fodder'
|
|
'dexterous'
|
'skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity'
|
|
'n fluke'
|
'unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky'
|
|
's gush'
|
'(of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound.'
|
|
'n bedraggle'
|
'wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled'
|
|
'n vernal'
|
'pertaining to spring'
|
|
'colloquy'
|
'informal discussion; conversation'
|
|
's urge'
|
'drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action'
|
|
'n lank'
|
'long and thin; Ex. Lank
|
|
'n physiological'
|
'pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology'
|
|
'breadth'
|
'width; extent'
|
|
'catapult'
|
'slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult'
|
|
's inamorata'
|
'woman whom a man loves'
|
|
'obstreperous'
|
'boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable'
|
|
'temerity'
|
'boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day\'s work'
|
|
'h 2'
|
''
|
|
'embrace'
|
'hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet'
|
|
'extant'
|
'(of something written or painted) still in existence'
|
|
'flora'
|
'plants of a region or era'
|
|
'trepidation'
|
'fear; nervous apprehension'
|
|
'opiate'
|
'medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium'
|
|
's plane'
|
'carpenter\'s tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat'
|
|
'n brindled'
|
'tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)'
|
|
's overture'
|
'musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); Ex. overtures for peace'
|
|
'migrant'
|
'changing its habitat; wandering; Ex. migrant birds/workers; N: one that migrates'
|
|
'aspersion'
|
'slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on'
|
|
's primal'
|
'first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man\'s primal innocence'
|
|
'n bawdy'
|
'indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd'
|
|
'n raspy'
|
'making a harsh noise; grating; harsh'
|
|
'indite'
|
'write; compose'
|
|
'aboriginal'
|
'being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine'
|
|
'n grisly'
|
'ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of the bodies'
|
|
's masquerade'
|
'wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise'
|
|
's disproportion'
|
'lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate'
|
|
's puzzle'
|
'baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.'
|
|
'n saturnine'
|
'morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.'
|
|
's creep'
|
'move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.'
|
|
's decree'
|
'authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree'
|
|
'commandeer'
|
'take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes'
|
|
'tenacity'
|
'firmness; persistence'
|
|
'n facile'
|
'easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility'
|
|
'n hew'
|
'cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.'
|
|
'n impale'
|
'pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled by the spear'
|
|
'import'
|
'significance; importance; meaning'
|
|
'n surfeit'
|
'satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food'
|
|
'n tipple'
|
'drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink'
|
|
'n impuissance'
|
'powerlessness; feebleness'
|
|
'n gull'
|
'trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe'
|
|
'n sumptuous'
|
'grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast'
|
|
'tyro'
|
'beginner; novice'
|
|
's awful'
|
'terrible; very bad'
|
|
'obsessive'
|
'related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively'
|
|
'n insensible'
|
'unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible'
|
|
'n bemoan'
|
'lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of'
|
|
'n die'
|
'metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice'
|
|
's transcendental'
|
'going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism'
|
|
'proliferate'
|
'grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; N. proliferation'
|
|
'n drone'
|
'talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N.'
|
|
's idyll(idyl)'
|
'short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers'
|
|
'vertigo'
|
'severe dizziness; giddiness'
|
|
'n carapace'
|
'shell covering the back (of a turtle
|
|
's constitution'
|
'constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions'
|
|
'n shard'
|
'fragment generally of broken pottery (glass
|
|
'n eminent'
|
'rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position'
|
|
'n impugn'
|
'dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight'
|
|
'n cow'
|
'terrorize; intimidate'
|
|
'n clout'
|
'great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist'
|
|
'volition'
|
'act of using one\'s will; act of making a conscious choice; Ex. She selected this dress of her own volition.'
|
|
'n jocular'
|
'said or done in jest or playfully; marked by joking'
|
|
's brood'
|
'sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time'
|
|
's deputize'
|
'work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away'
|
|
'prognosis'
|
'forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic'
|
|
'n stricture'
|
'severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction'
|
|
'n junket'
|
'trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense'
|
|
'n argot'
|
'slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people'
|
|
's decorous'
|
'proper (in behavior
|
|
'n entrance'
|
'put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight'
|
|
'n foil'
|
'defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail'
|
|
'terse'
|
'concise; abrupt; pithy'
|
|
'insurmountable'
|
'overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable'
|
|
's mason'
|
'one who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork'
|
|
'diligence'
|
'steadiness of effort; persistent hard work'
|
|
'n vassal'
|
'in feudalism
|
|
'ancillary'
|
'serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.'
|
|
'n rift'
|
'narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation'
|
|
's blight'
|
'plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy'
|
|
'n spasmodic'
|
'fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion'
|
|
's feature'
|
'distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent'
|
|
'gauche'
|
'clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth'
|
|
'apogee'
|
'highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee'
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'disdain'
|
'treat with scorn or contempt'
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'n flay'
|
'strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly'
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'placate'
|
'pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease'
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'expedite'
|
'hasten; make go faster'
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'rampart'
|
'defensive mound of earth'
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'n atypical'
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'not normal; not typical'
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'n insouciant'
|
'without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent'
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'n vacuous'
|
'empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity'
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'n vitreous'
|
'of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify'
|
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'n yeoman'
|
'man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer'
|
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'n supernumerary'
|
'person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; ADJ: additional to the usual or necessary number'
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'adjacent'
|
'adjoining; neighboring; close by'
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'n auroral'
|
'pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis'
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'cantankerous'
|
'ill-humored; irritable'
|
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'glib'
|
'fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick'
|
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'n tantalize'
|
'tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure'
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'n tantrum'
|
'fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.'
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'deterrent'
|
'something that discourages or deters'
|
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'definitive'
|
'most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court'
|
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'stipulate'
|
'state as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance'
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'ravage'
|
'devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms'
|
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'n smattering'
|
'slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German'
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'eccentricity'
|
'oddity; idiosyncrasy'
|
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'n invidious'
|
'designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison'
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'aphasia'
|
'loss of speech due to injury or illness'
|
|
'n quotidian'
|
'daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine'
|
|
'pomposity'
|
'self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important'
|
|
'n dirge'
|
'funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)'
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|
'h 42'
|
''
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's glitter'
|
'shine brightly with flashing points of light; Ex. glittering diamond ring; N: sparkling light; attractiveness; glamor; Ex. glitter of the sun on the waves'
|
|
'consign'
|
'send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor
|
|
'intuition'
|
'immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition'
|
|
'n anvil'
|
'iron block used in hammering out metals'
|
|
's regent'
|
'a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill
|
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'n tonsure'
|
'shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders; V.'
|
|
'n expropriate'
|
'take possession of (often for public use and without payment)'
|
|
's natal'
|
'connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal'
|
|
'combustible'
|
'easily burned; N. CF. combustion'
|
|
'n phylum'
|
'major classification
|
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'stealth'
|
'action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy'
|
|
's rivet'
|
'metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross'
|
|
'n malapropism'
|
'comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop'
|
|
'n extenuate'
|
'weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior)'
|
|
'n burnish'
|
'make shiny by rubbing; polish'
|
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'n poseur'
|
'person who pretends to be sophisticated
|
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'obtuse'
|
'blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in understanding'
|
|
'supplant'
|
'take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace'
|
|
'banal'
|
'hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\\\'ed'
|
|
'n ferment'
|
'agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity); unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble)'
|
|
's pharisee'
|
'Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy); hypocritical self-righteous person'
|
|
'n impeach'
|
'charge (a public official) with crime in office; raise doubts about; indict; Ex. impeach a witness\'s credibility'
|
|
'n inert'
|
'inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act; Ex. chemically inert; N. inertia: state of being inert; force which keeps a thing in the position or state'
|
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'n inveigh'
|
'denounce; utter censure or invective; Ex. inveigh against the evils of drink'
|
|
'impetuous'
|
'violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision'
|
|
's bacchanal'
|
'noisy party with a lot of drinking'
|
|
'sensual'
|
'devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips'
|
|
'n palatable'
|
'agreeable; pleasing to the taste'
|
|
's warrant'
|
'justification; written order that serves as authorization (esp. a judicial writ); Ex. search/death warrant; V: justify; guarantee'
|
|
'n factotum'
|
'handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything'
|
|
'n chalice'
|
'goblet; consecrated cup'
|
|
'contortions'
|
'twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist'
|
|
'n retroactive'
|
'taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future'
|
|
'congenital'
|
'existing at birth'
|
|
'n corrugated'
|
'wrinkled; ridged'
|
|
'avalanche'
|
'great mass of falling snow and ice'
|
|
's mar'
|
'spoil the appearance of'
|
|
'n aureole'
|
'sun\'s corona; halo; bright circle of light'
|
|
'senility'
|
'old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia'
|
|
's corpuscle'
|
'red or white cell in the blood'
|
|
'n rider'
|
'amendment or clause added to a legislative bill'
|
|
'covert'
|
'secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt'
|
|
's elope'
|
'run away secretly with the intention of getting married'
|
|
'n wince'
|
'move back suddenly; shrink back; flinch; Ex. She winced as she touched the cold body.'
|
|
'degenerate'
|
'become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person'
|
|
's wretch'
|
'miserable person; bad or despicable person; ADJ. wretched: miserable; bad; contemptible; vile'
|
|
'requisite'
|
'necessary requirement; something required; ADJ: required; necessary'
|
|
'n meretricious'
|
'flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute'
|
|
'lineage'
|
'descent; ancestry'
|
|
's stench'
|
'strong foul odor; reek; stink'
|
|
'disperse'
|
'scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd'
|
|
's egotism'
|
'tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance'
|
|
'n corporeal'
|
'bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible'
|
|
'n dowdy'
|
'untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman'
|
|
'orientation'
|
'act of finding oneself in society; orienting'
|
|
'tactile'
|
'pertaining to the organs or sense of touch'
|
|
'delusion'
|
'false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that'
|
|
'daunt'
|
'intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten'
|
|
'arcade'
|
'a covered passageway usually lined with shops'
|
|
'dilute'
|
'make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president'
|
|
'indefatigable'
|
'tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired'
|
|
'n swathe'
|
'swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one\'s head swathed in bandages'
|
|
'attentive'
|
'alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration'
|
|
's cemetery'
|
'place for burying the dead'
|
|
'n functionary'
|
'official (who performs a particular function)'
|
|
'n hinterlands'
|
'back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland'
|
|
'gratuitous'
|
'given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment'
|
|
'n existential'
|
'pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism'
|
|
'n taut'
|
'tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack'
|
|
's variegate'
|
'change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)'
|
|
's dowse'
|
'use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals'
|
|
'n opalescent'
|
'iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence'
|
|
'n labile'
|
'likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability'
|
|
'n inveigle'
|
'deceive; lead astray by deception; wheedle(cajole); Ex. inveigle her into joining the club; CF. interest dishonestly'
|
|
's apparent'
|
'evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement'
|
|
'immaculate'
|
'spotless; flawless; absolutely clean'
|
|
's distinct'
|
'clearly different; clearly noticed'
|
|
'n comity'
|
'courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations'
|
|
'n matriculate'
|
'enroll (in college or graduate school); CF. matrix'
|
|
'metamorphosis'
|
'change of form; Ex. metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly; V. metamorphose: change by metamorphosis'
|
|
'n quarry'
|
'dig into (to get stone); N: mine; ä¼®Àå'
|
|
'n aquiline'
|
'curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose'
|
|
's hindsight'
|
'understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened'
|
|
's smother'
|
'kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers'
|
|
's effulgent'
|
'shining brightly; brilliant'
|
|
'n viand'
|
'food; CF. live'
|
|
'n putative'
|
'supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child'
|
|
's bridle'
|
'harness fitted about a horse\'s head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger'
|
|
'n archaic'
|
'antiquated; no longer used; belonging to the past; N.'
|
|
's scorch'
|
'sear; N.'
|
|
'n gentility'
|
'those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel'
|
|
'n peruse'
|
'read through with care; N. perusal'
|
|
'n lassitude'
|
'languor; weariness; listlessness'
|
|
's blunt'
|
'having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt'
|
|
's foul'
|
'very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul'
|
|
'vampire'
|
'ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living'
|
|
's poise'
|
'good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position'
|
|
's consonant'
|
'harmonious; in agreement; N.'
|
|
's memorial'
|
'something
|
|
'contention'
|
'assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition'
|
|
'proponent'
|
'supporter; backer; opposite of opponent'
|
|
'resolve'
|
'decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. resolution'
|
|
's corpus'
|
'collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear\'s works; Cf. corpse'
|
|
's impoverish'
|
'make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil'
|
|
'recondite'
|
'abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret'
|
|
'n nip'
|
'snip off; stop something\'s growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill'
|
|
'n filigree'
|
'delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork'
|
|
'reverent'
|
'respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect'
|
|
'n aerie(aery
|
eyrie
|
|
's shed'
|
'small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves'
|
|
'entice'
|
'lure; persuade to do (something wrong); attract; tempt'
|
|
'scale'
|
'climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones'
|
|
'n plenary'
|
'(of power) complete; full; fully attended by all qualified members; Ex. plenary power'
|
|
'prophylactic'
|
'used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease'
|
|
'n slovenly'
|
'untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless'
|
|
's remit'
|
'transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment'
|
|
'n dyspeptic'
|
'suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food'
|
|
's career'
|
'rush wildly; go at full speed'
|
|
'accrue'
|
'come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual'
|
|
'audit'
|
'examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V.'
|
|
'n spry'
|
'(esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble'
|
|
's abide'
|
'dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can\'t abide rude people.'
|
|
'expiate'
|
'make amends for (a sin)'
|
|
'n cadence'
|
'rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm'
|
|
'dilemma'
|
'situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives'
|
|
'n tanner'
|
'person who turns animal hides into leather'
|
|
'n chimerical'
|
'fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature'
|
|
'belittle'
|
'disparage; depreciate'
|
|
'antecedents'
|
'preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background'
|
|
'h 40'
|
''
|
|
'militant'
|
'combative; bellicose; N.'
|
|
'n execrable'
|
'very bad; detestable'
|
|
'd\\\'eb\\^acle'
|
'sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster'
|
|
'n unfledged'
|
'immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling'
|
|
's resound'
|
'(of a place) be filled with sound; (of a sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo; Ex. hall resounded with laughter'
|
|
'acrophobia'
|
'fear of heights'
|
|
'n zany'
|
'comic; crazy; N: clown; comical person (given to outlandish behavior)'
|
|
'condole'
|
'express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow'
|
|
'satellite'
|
'small body revolving around a larger one'
|
|
'oblivion'
|
'obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness'
|
|
'disenfranchise'
|
'disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise'
|
|
'cohere'
|
'stick together'
|
|
'n beatitude'
|
'blessedness; state of great happiness'
|
|
'n bilk'
|
'swindle; cheat'
|
|
'n mendacious'
|
'lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity'
|
|
'n infernal'
|
'pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction'
|
|
'humid'
|
'damp; N. humidity'
|
|
'n motif'
|
'theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure'
|
|
'n flag'
|
'droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging'
|
|
's reminiscent'
|
'suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence'
|
|
'rummage'
|
'ransack; thoroughly search'
|
|
'propellant(propellent)'
|
'substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)'
|
|
'ascendancy'
|
'controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant'
|
|
'fidelity'
|
'loyalty; accuracy'
|
|
's prosper'
|
'become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care'
|
|
'n malfeasance'
|
'wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official)'
|
|
'n genuflect'
|
'bend the knee as in worship'
|
|
's forge'
|
'counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated'
|
|
'implication'
|
'something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating'
|
|
'fancied'
|
'imagined; unreal'
|
|
'refraction'
|
'bending of a ray of light'
|
|
'n scabbard'
|
'case for a sword blade; sheath'
|
|
'licentious'
|
'amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained'
|
|
'rococo'
|
'ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century'
|
|
'sleight'
|
'dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks'
|
|
's putrefy'
|
'make or become putrid; N. putrefaction'
|
|
'n abscission'
|
'cutting off; separation'
|
|
'conjecture'
|
'surmise; guess; V.'
|
|
'metropolis'
|
'large city'
|
|
'n halcyon'
|
'calm; peaceful; Ex. halcyon days'
|
|
'n molt(moult)'
|
'periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)'
|
|
'n baleful'
|
'evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look'
|
|
'n vivacious'
|
'lively or animated; sprightly'
|
|
'stratagem'
|
'deceptive scheme; clever trick'
|
|
'aggregate'
|
'sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars'
|
|
'n pittance'
|
'small amount (of money); small allowance or wage'
|
|
'n impeccable'
|
'faultless'
|
|
'dialectical'
|
'relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments'
|
|
'wrench'
|
'twist; pull; strain; Ex. He wrenched the gun out of her hands.'
|
|
'n baroque'
|
'highly ornate'
|
|
'inverse'
|
'opposite'
|
|
'n overwrought'
|
'nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done'
|
|
'n circumspect'
|
'prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought'
|
|
'n adage'
|
'wise saying; proverb'
|
|
'n ragamuffin'
|
'dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes'
|
|
'inanimate'
|
'lifeless; not animate'
|
|
'n filing'
|
'particle removed by a file'
|
|
'n dregs'
|
'sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue'
|
|
'n piebald'
|
'of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald'
|
|
'solvent'
|
'substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance'
|
|
'n transport'
|
'strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture'
|
|
'acute'
|
'(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain'
|
|
'n primp'
|
'groom oneself with care; adorn oneself'
|
|
's fashion'
|
'give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay'
|
|
'n choleric'
|
'hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera'
|
|
'impassive'
|
'without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face'
|
|
'delirium'
|
'mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious'
|
|
'longevity'
|
'long life; long duration'
|
|
'convivial'
|
'pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial'
|
|
'n unseemly'
|
'unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste'
|
|
'n limpid'
|
'crystal clear'
|
|
'n swelter'
|
'(of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat'
|
|
's wholesome'
|
'conducive to mental or physical health; healthful'
|
|
'assent'
|
'agree; accept; N. assessment'
|
|
's geriatrics'
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'medical treatment and care of old age'
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'n obtrude'
|
'push (oneself or one\'s ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one\'s ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive'
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'n galvanize'
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'stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity'
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'n devolve'
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'deputize; pass or be passed to others (power
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'n sphinx-like'
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'enigmatic; mysterious'
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'monastic'
|
'related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns'
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'regeneration'
|
'spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually'
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'pertinacious'
|
'holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent'
|
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'n coquette'
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'flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.'
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'cerebration'
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'thought; working of the brain'
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'n prevaricate'
|
'lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)'
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'n frond'
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'fern leaf; palm or banana leaf'
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'n archives'
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'public records; place where public records are kept'
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'n meander'
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'wind or turn in its course; follow a winding or turning course; move aimlessly and idly'
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'n plumb'
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'exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of'
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'n heterodox'
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'(of beliefs) against accepted opinion; unorthodox; unconventional'
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's token'
|
'outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude'
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'etymology'
|
'study of word parts; study of the origins of words'
|
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'n sojourn'
|
'temporary stay; V: stay for a time'
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'amenable'
|
'obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests'
|
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's notch'
|
'V-shaped cut in a surface; V.'
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'n lineaments'
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'features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line'
|
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's groove'
|
'long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record'
|
|
'n ratiocination'
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'reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically'
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'galleon'
|
'large three-masted sailing ship'
|
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'n empathy'
|
'ability to identify with another\'s feelings
|
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'intermittent'
|
'periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals'
|
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'subsistence'
|
'existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)'
|
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's plebiscite'
|
'direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)'
|
|
'subtlety'
|
'perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning'
|
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'n buttress'
|
'support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress'
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'n bestial'
|
'beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel'
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'obdurate'
|
'stubborn; refusing to change one\'s belief'
|
|
's Epicurean'
|
'believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.'
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'reaper'
|
'one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop'
|
|
'n talon'
|
'claw of bird'
|
|
'pachyderm'
|
'thick-skinned animal'
|
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'incline'
|
'slope; slant; Ex. steep incline'
|
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's hull'
|
'husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship'
|
|
'fallible'
|
'liable to err'
|
|
's parish'
|
'area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church'
|
|
'n vignette'
|
'small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter; picture; short literary sketch; short written description of a character or scene'
|
|
'n flux'
|
'flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux'
|
|
's rustle'
|
'make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together'
|
|
'digression'
|
'wandering away from the subject; V. digress'
|
|
'alleviate'
|
'relieve (pain)'
|
|
's gerontology'
|
'study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age'
|
|
'chaste'
|
'morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere'
|
|
'prolong'
|
'lengthen; extend; draw out'
|
|
'n perdition'
|
'damnation; complete ruin; hell'
|
|
'ostensible'
|
'apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition'
|
|
's disbar'
|
'make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession'
|
|
'n piquant'
|
'pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help'
|
|
'n scotch'
|
'stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF. È°µ¿À» ÁÙÀÌ´Â ÀǹÌ'
|
|
'n promote'
|
'advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product'
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|
'depict'
|
'portray'
|
|
'n simian'
|
'monkeylike; N: ape or monkey'
|
|
'indissoluble'
|
'permanent; impossible to dissolve or disintegrate'
|
|
'n petrify'
|
'turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze'
|
|
'n herpetologist'
|
'one who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians'
|
|
'melee'
|
'fight'
|
|
'n megalomania'
|
'mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth
|
|
'n foppish'
|
'vain about dress and appearance; N. fop: man who takes too much interest in his clothes and appearance'
|
|
's nova'
|
'star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness'
|
|
's litter'
|
'waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter'
|
|
'n kindred'
|
'related; belonging to the same group; similar in nature or character; Ex. kindred languages; N: relative; kin; kinship'
|
|
'anthropologist'
|
'student of the history and science of humankind'
|
|
'barterer'
|
'trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good for other goods rather than money'
|
|
's pang'
|
'sudden sharp feeling of pain'
|
|
'unfeigned'
|
'genuine; real'
|
|
'n blandishment'
|
'flattery'
|
|
'scenario'
|
'plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events'
|
|
'n sere'
|
'sear; parched; dry'
|
|
'discriminating'
|
'able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination'
|
|
'n gastronomy'
|
'art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome'
|
|
'n musty'
|
'stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; CF. moist'
|
|
'n variegated'
|
'(esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored'
|
|
's gradation'
|
'series of gradual stages; degree in such a progression'
|
|
'n niggle'
|
'spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; Ex. niggle over details; ADJ. niggling'
|
|
'calumny'
|
'malicious misrepresentation; slander'
|
|
'unravel'
|
'disentangle; solve'
|
|
'conscientious'
|
'scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker'
|
|
'depredation'
|
'plundering; destruction'
|
|
'n strut'
|
'pompous walk; V: walk in a self-important manner'
|
|
'default'
|
'failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V.'
|
|
'incontinent'
|
'lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious'
|
|
'n nether'
|
'lower; Ex. nether garments/regions'
|
|
'reprove'
|
'censure; rebuke; N. reproof'
|
|
'virus'
|
'disease communicator'
|
|
'n downcast'
|
'disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward'
|
|
'avocation'
|
'secondary or minor occupation'
|
|
'h 3'
|
''
|
|
'n balm'
|
'something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees'
|
|
'jargon'
|
'language used by special group; technical terminology; gibberish; nonsensical or incoherent talk'
|
|
'n domineer'
|
'rule over tyrannically'
|
|
'n mercantile'
|
'concerning trade or merchants'
|
|
'derivative'
|
'unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.'
|
|
'cache'
|
'hiding place; V.'
|
|
'n pestle'
|
'tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar'
|
|
'amenities'
|
'convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies'
|
|
'interdict'
|
'prohibit; forbid; N.'
|
|
'n preen'
|
'make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune'
|
|
'demented'
|
'insane'
|
|
'avow'
|
'declare openly; N. avowal'
|
|
'prerogative'
|
'privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before'
|
|
'n steadfast'
|
'steadily loyal; unswerving; steady'
|
|
'n slipshod'
|
'slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work'
|
|
'n clavicle'
|
'collarbone'
|
|
'complementary'
|
'serving to complete something'
|
|
's fuddle'
|
'make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink; N. in a fuddle: confused'
|
|
'apocalyptic'
|
'prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse'
|
|
'n verdant'
|
'green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; Ex. verdant meadows'
|
|
'n nondescript'
|
'undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd'
|
|
's dysentery'
|
'inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract'
|
|
'surveillance'
|
'close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding'
|
|
'incentive'
|
'spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity'
|
|
'incumbent'
|
'obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office'
|
|
'n fester'
|
'rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.'
|
|
's compulsion'
|
'compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse'
|
|
'n unwonted'
|
'unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.'
|
|
'allegiance'
|
'loyalty'
|
|
'n slight'
|
'insult to one\'s dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance'
|
|
'n glossy'
|
'smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny brightness on a surface; superficially attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good manners'
|
|
'n acidulous'
|
'slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic'
|
|
'n sepulcher'
|
'tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral'
|
|
'n spate'
|
'sudden flood or rush; Ex. spate of accidents'
|
|
'n turmoil'
|
'extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil'
|
|
's graphite'
|
'black form of carbon used in lead pencils'
|
|
'actuarial'
|
'calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics'
|
|
'n sensitization'
|
'process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive'
|
|
'n gaffe'
|
'social blunder'
|
|
'n mite'
|
'very small object or insect-like creature; small coin'
|
|
'haphazard'
|
'random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town'
|
|
'assurance'
|
'firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one\'s own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances
|
|
'energize'
|
'invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active'
|
|
'n spat'
|
'squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel'
|
|
's outlook'
|
'point of view; view from a particular place; expectation for the future; prospect; Ex. outlook on life; Ex. pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook'
|
|
's flighty'
|
'(esp. of a woman\'s behavior) capricious; often changing
|
|
'n cantata'
|
'story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)'
|
|
'n fallow'
|
'(of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated'
|
|
'context'
|
'writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs'
|
|
'sinister'
|
'evil; ominous'
|
|
'finite'
|
'limited'
|
|
'friction'
|
'clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing against'
|
|
'n fulcrum'
|
'support on which a lever rests or pivots'
|
|
'n unmitigated'
|
'(of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster'
|
|
'construe'
|
'explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue'
|
|
'pillory'
|
'punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N.'
|
|
'delude'
|
'deceive'
|
|
'n deign'
|
'condescend; stoop'
|
|
'n largess'
|
'generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)'
|
|
'ancestry'
|
'family descent; ADJ. ancestral'
|
|
'n crevice'
|
'crack; fissure'
|
|
'actuary'
|
'someone who advises insurance companies'
|
|
's stout'
|
'rather fat; strong in body; sturdy; resolute; determined; strong in determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter'
|
|
'n penumbra'
|
'partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow'
|
|
'n cubicle'
|
'small chamber used for sleeping or work'
|
|
's persevere'
|
'continue steadily in spite of difficulties'
|
|
'n importune'
|
'beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)'
|
|
'n gorge'
|
'narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it)'
|
|
'traduce'
|
'expose to slander'
|
|
'astringent'
|
'binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism'
|
|
'n sallow'
|
'(of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice'
|
|
'n mayhem'
|
'injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim'
|
|
's motto'
|
'brief statement used to express a principle'
|
|
'denotation'
|
'meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation'
|
|
'profane'
|
'violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things'
|
|
'n vituperative'
|
'abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively'
|
|
'migratory'
|
'wandering; V. migrate: move from one region and settle in another; move periodically from one region to another'
|
|
'n gloat'
|
'express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.'
|
|
'paraphernalia'
|
'equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman\'s property exclusive of her dowry'
|
|
'aria'
|
'operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio'
|
|
'prefatory'
|
'introductory; of a preface'
|
|
'indict'
|
'charge; N. indictment'
|
|
'n supposititious'
|
'assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical'
|
|
's stumble'
|
'trip and almost fall; proceed unsteadily; act falteringly; N.'
|
|
'connivance'
|
'pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire'
|
|
'n rectitude'
|
'moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment'
|
|
'discomfit'
|
'frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb'
|
|
'n deadpan'
|
'wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face'
|
|
'n cameo'
|
'shell or jewel carved in relief; star\'s special appearance in a minor role in a film'
|
|
's defect'
|
'shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)'
|
|
'n dotage'
|
'senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one\'s dotage'
|
|
's straggle'
|
'stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch'
|
|
'n crotchety'
|
'(of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion'
|
|
'irreparable'
|
'not able to be corrected or repaired; impossible to repair'
|
|
'culmination'
|
'highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war'
|
|
'glacial'
|
'like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg'
|
|
'subsidy'
|
'direct financial aid by government
|
|
'notoriety'
|
'disrepute; ill fame'
|
|
'n quarry'
|
'person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey'
|
|
's confidential'
|
'spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary'
|
|
'n propinquity'
|
'nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship'
|
|
'n mottled'
|
'blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors'
|
|
's forward'
|
'presumptuous or bold'
|
|
'n spruce'
|
'neat and trim in appearance; smart; Ex. Be spruce for your job interview; V.'
|
|
'n churlish'
|
'boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo'
|
|
'progenitor'
|
'ancestor'
|
|
'missile'
|
'object to be thrown or projected'
|
|
's tramp'
|
'walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking'
|
|
's draught'
|
'current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time'
|
|
'methodical'
|
'systematic; N. method: systematic method of procedure'
|
|
's broil'
|
'cook by direct heat; N.'
|
|
'wily'
|
'crafty; cunning; artful; N. wile: deceitful stratagem'
|
|
'n flaccid'
|
'flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles'
|
|
'hindrance'
|
'block; obstacle; V. hinder'
|
|
'acuity'
|
'sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)'
|
|
'implore'
|
'beg'
|
|
's nutritious'
|
'providing nourishment'
|
|
'anarchist'
|
'person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority'
|
|
'pecuniary'
|
'pertaining to money'
|
|
'n tract'
|
'propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract'
|
|
'n sordid'
|
'filthy; foul; base; vile; Ex. sordid bed/story'
|
|
'n ventral'
|
'abdominal'
|
|
'n wreak'
|
'inflict; Ex. wreak one\'s vengeance on'
|
|
'sanction'
|
'approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance'
|
|
'conversant'
|
'familiar with; having knowledge of'
|
|
'ordinance'
|
'decree; authoritative order'
|
|
's monogram'
|
'design composed of one or more initials of a name; V.'
|
|
's prime'
|
'period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare'
|
|
'centurion'
|
'Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)'
|
|
'ironic'
|
'expressing irony; occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner'
|
|
'pessimism'
|
'belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic'
|
|
'n knoll'
|
'little round hill; hillock'
|
|
'n navigable'
|
'(of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; (of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered'
|
|
'vigor'
|
'active strength; energy; enthusiasm; ADJ. vigorous'
|
|
'n stint'
|
'supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint'
|
|
'n torrid'
|
'(of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs'
|
|
'n harangue'
|
'long
|
|
'decorum'
|
'propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct'
|
|
's interstice'
|
'narrow space between things'
|
|
'n filch'
|
'steal (things of small value)'
|
|
'peregrination'
|
'journey; V. peregrinate'
|
|
'eloquence'
|
'expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced'
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'outspoken'
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'candid; blunt'
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'negate'
|
'cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation'
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'n felicitous'
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'(of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen'
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's base'
|
'contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron'
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's sonic'
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'of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic
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'impromptu'
|
'without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment'
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'bovine'
|
'cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm'
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'amplify'
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'increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one\'s remarks with a graph'
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'n babble'
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'chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.'
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'n vacillate'
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'waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation'
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'n skinflint'
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'miser; stingy person'
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'premonitory'
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'serving to warn'
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's scrap'
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'small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel'
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'n levy'
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'impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco'
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'exodus'
|
'departure (of a large number of people)'
|
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'n scurvy'
|
'contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C'
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'n mote'
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'small speck (esp. of dust)'
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'probity'
|
'uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility'
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'provincial'
|
'pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated'
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'stellar'
|
'pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance'
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'n stentorian'
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'(of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad'
|
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's gangrene'
|
'decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury); ADJ. gangrenous'
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'n purchase'
|
'secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing'
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'n courier'
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'messenger'
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'n perverse'
|
'purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity'
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'gyroscope'
|
'apparatus used to maintain balance
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'avert'
|
'prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.'
|
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's rooster'
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'cock; adult male chicken'
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'embroil'
|
'throw into confusion; involve in strife
|
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's vibrant'
|
'full of vigor or energy; vibrating'
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'n skiff'
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'small light sailboat or rowboat'
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'amphitheater'
|
'oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena'
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'apprehend'
|
'arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension'
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'n pestilential(pestilent)'
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'causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)'
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'n masticate'
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'chew'
|
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'n capacity'
|
'mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president'
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'pauper'
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'very poor person'
|
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'n distant'
|
'reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly'
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'n welter'
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'wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood.'
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'n mordant'
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'biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit'
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'n brackish'
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'somewhat saline'
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'implicate'
|
'incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime'
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'curtail'
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'shorten; reduce'
|
|
'n serrated'
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'having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf'
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'n hyperbole'
|
'exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola'
|
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'n palpitate'
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'throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate.'
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'incompatible'
|
'inharmonious; N. incompatibility'
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's sleigh'
|
'large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice'
|
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'n rarefied'
|
'made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction'
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'punctilious'
|
'minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio
|
|
's ward'
|
'administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert'
|
|
'constituent'
|
'supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component'
|
|
'n alcove'
|
'nook; recess'
|
|
's penology'
|
'study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation'
|
|
's menace'
|
'threat; V: threaten'
|
|
'n detached'
|
'emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment'
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'n plasticity'
|
'ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; Ex. plastic material such as clay'
|
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's collected'
|
'composed; calm; self-possessed'
|
|
'irksome'
|
'annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy'
|
|
'n hermetic'
|
'concerning alchemy or magic; obscure and mysterious; occult'
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|
'vaporize'
|
'turn into vapor (steam
|
|
'efficacy'
|
'power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual'
|
|
'n warren'
|
'tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live'
|
|
'dorsal'
|
'relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin'
|
|
'n untoward'
|
'unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter'
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|
'abstemious'
|
'sparing in eating and drinking; temperate'
|
|
'vantage'
|
'position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point); CF. vantagepoint'
|
|
'n revile'
|
'attack with abusive language; vilify(slander)'
|
|
'insubordination'
|
'disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate'
|
|
's ambush'
|
'act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.'
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|
'n osseous'
|
'made of bone; bony'
|
|
'n demotic'
|
'of or pertaining to the people'
|
|
'n litigation'
|
'lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate'
|
|
'n disband'
|
'dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded.'
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|
'n nugatory'
|
'worthless; futile'
|
|
'n stilted'
|
'bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal'
|
|
'seclusion'
|
'isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate'
|
|
's boor'
|
'rude
|
|
's toll'
|
'sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals; N: sound of a bell; fixed tax or charge'
|
|
'simplistic'
|
'oversimplified'
|
|
's draft'
|
'first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript'
|
|
's snip'
|
'short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors'
|
|
'n paleontology'
|
'study of prehistoric life or fossils; CF. paleo-: ancient or prehistoric; Ex. paleography: study of ancient written documents'
|
|
'cordial'
|
'warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome'
|
|
'Occident'
|
'the West'
|
|
'n turgid'
|
'swollen; distended (as from liquid)'
|
|
'n diatribe'
|
'bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse'
|
|
'impassable'
|
'not able to be traveled or crossed'
|
|
'n parameter'
|
'limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget'
|
|
'n histrionic'
|
'theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior'
|
|
'vortex'
|
'whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged'
|
|
'n quiver'
|
'tremble; shake; N.'
|
|
'n troth'
|
'pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth'
|
|
'irremediable'
|
'incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy'
|
|
'amorous'
|
'moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances'
|
|
'audacious'
|
'daring; bold; N. audacity'
|
|
'glutton'
|
'someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much'
|
|
'n eschew'
|
'avoid habitually; Ex. eschew alcoholic drinks'
|
|
'n bluff'
|
'pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured'
|
|
'catharsis'
|
'purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art'
|
|
'n duress'
|
'forcible restraint
|
|
's tint'
|
'slight degree of color; V: give a tint to'
|
|
'n fetid(foetid)'
|
'malodorous; foul'
|
|
'n preempt'
|
'prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive'
|
|
'n monolithic'
|
'solidly uniform; unchangeable; unyielding; N. monolith: large block of stone'
|
|
'n effervescence'
|
'inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce'
|
|
'n virulent'
|
'(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus; CF. venom'
|
|
'n apostate'
|
'one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy'
|
|
'premeditate'
|
'plan in advance; Ex. premeditated murder'
|
|
'n betoken'
|
'signify; indicate; be a sign of'
|
|
'absolute'
|
'complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism'
|
|
'reprehensible'
|
'deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame'
|
|
'denigrate'
|
'blacken; defame'
|
|
's clot'
|
'half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V.'
|
|
'prominent'
|
'protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent'
|
|
'n veer'
|
'change in direction; swerve'
|
|
'n fitful'
|
'spasmodic; intermittent; irregular'
|
|
'guise'
|
'outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise'
|
|
'n gossamer'
|
'sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb'
|
|
's impassioned'
|
'(of speech) filled with passion; fervent'
|
|
's plumber'
|
'one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)'
|
|
's spoof'
|
'parody'
|
|
's sober'
|
'serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober'
|
|
'n homeostasis'
|
'tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex. homeotherm'
|
|
'inherent'
|
'firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic'
|
|
'ambiguous'
|
'unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation'
|
|
's dominate'
|
'control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height; ³»·Á´Ùº¸´Ù'
|
|
's chorus'
|
'phrase repeated throughout a song or poem'
|
|
'n billowing'
|
'swelling out in waves; surging'
|
|
'n roseate'
|
'rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views'
|
|
'n fervor'
|
'glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat'
|
|
'n doctrinaire'
|
'unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties'
|
|
's seasonal'
|
'of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment'
|
|
'flagrant'
|
'conspicuously wicked
|
|
's stamp'
|
'step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish); put an end to; imprint or impress with a mark
|
|
'disputatious'
|
'argumentative; fond of argument'
|
|
's wag'
|
'shake repeatedly from side to side; Ex. The dog wagged its tail; N: humorous person; wit'
|
|
'stalemate'
|
'deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked'
|
|
'n flotsam'
|
'drifting wreckage'
|
|
'n recalcitrant'
|
'disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child'
|
|
'n parched'
|
'extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)'
|
|
'profusion'
|
'great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant'
|
|
'discrepancy'
|
'lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions'
|
|
'mimicry'
|
'imitation'
|
|
'n whittle'
|
'pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim'
|
|
'temperament'
|
'characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: of temperament; having frequent changes of temper; Ex. temperamental dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental actress'
|
|
'n solder'
|
'repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts'
|
|
'inopportune'
|
'untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen'
|
|
'n sheaf'
|
'bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together'
|
|
's compulsory'
|
'obligatory; that must be done'
|
|
'contrite'
|
'penitent; repentant; N. contrition'
|
|
'supercilious'
|
'haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow
|
|
'n inured'
|
'accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling'
|
|
'h 46'
|
''
|
|
'n garbled'
|
'mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible'
|
|
'n nirvana'
|
'in Buddhist teachings
|
|
'n husbandry'
|
'frugality; thrift; economy; agriculture; farming; Ex. animal husbandry; CF. husbandman'
|
|
'n dulcet'
|
'sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious'
|
|
'n coup'
|
'highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d\'\\\'etat; CF. coup de gr\\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills'
|
|
'propagate'
|
'increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas'
|
|
's parvenu'
|
'upstart; newly rich person'
|
|
'n roster'
|
'list (of names)'
|
|
's deserts'
|
'what someone deserves'
|
|
'n caste'
|
'one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige'
|
|
'n gusto'
|
'eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm'
|
|
'integrate'
|
'make whole; combine; make into one unit'
|
|
'generic'
|
'characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus'
|
|
'n pedant'
|
'scholar who overemphasizes book learning
|
|
'n physiognomy'
|
'face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features'
|
|
's pare'
|
'cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife); trim; Ex. pare apples/expenses'
|
|
's stun'
|
'make unconscious or numb as by a blow; amaze; astound'
|
|
'compute'
|
'reckon; calculate'
|
|
'franchise'
|
'right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory'
|
|
'imperturbable'
|
'unshakably calm; placid'
|
|
'inhibit'
|
'restrain; prohibit; retard or prevent; N. inhibition'
|
|
'n studied'
|
'carefully contrived; calculated; unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful; Ex. studied remark'
|
|
'n oracular'
|
'of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle'
|
|
'indulgent'
|
'humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence'
|
|
'gratuity'
|
'tip'
|
|
'n pendulous'
|
'hanging; suspended'
|
|
'n uncouth'
|
'boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish'
|
|
'n disengage'
|
'uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage'
|
|
'conservatory(conservatoire)'
|
'school of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy'
|
|
'belligerent'
|
'quarrelsome'
|
|
'n prim'
|
'proper to the point of affectation; very precise and formal; exceedingly proper'
|
|
'adept'
|
'expert at; very skilled'
|
|
'n hibernal'
|
'wintry; wintery; of or like winter'
|
|
'narrative'
|
'related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration'
|
|
'n pugnacity'
|
'combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature'
|
|
's memoir'
|
'memoirs; autobiography; biography'
|
|
'purported'
|
'alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists'
|
|
'naivet\\\'e(naivety)'
|
'quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ. naive(na\\"ive): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous'
|
|
'torpor'
|
'lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ. torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an animal) dormant; hibernating'
|
|
'cringe'
|
'shrink back as if in fear; cower'
|
|
'citadel'
|
'fortress'
|
|
'quack'
|
'charlatan; impostor'
|
|
'n disheveled'
|
'untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel'
|
|
'n foliage'
|
'masses of leaves; CF. defoliate'
|
|
'n didactic'
|
'(of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism'
|
|
's far-fetched'
|
'too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story'
|
|
'erotic'
|
'pertaining to passionate love or sexual love'
|
|
'n glimmer'
|
'shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope'
|
|
'diaphanous'
|
'sheer; transparent'
|
|
'inveterate'
|
'deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old'
|
|
'n parlance'
|
'language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance'
|
|
'n dabble'
|
'work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid'
|
|
'n limn'
|
'draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?'
|
|
'n bevy'
|
'large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets'
|
|
'n fodder'
|
'coarse food for cattle
|
|
's grim'
|
'causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile'
|
|
'n ape'
|
'imitate or mimic (a person\'s behavior or manner)'
|
|
's meter'
|
'arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)'
|
|
'n canine'
|
'related to dogs; doglike'
|
|
'n ensconce'
|
'settle comfortably; place comfortably (in a secure place)'
|
|
'defunct'
|
'dead; no longer in use or existence'
|
|
'advent'
|
'arrival'
|
|
'n dilettante'
|
'aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight'
|
|
'spectrum'
|
'colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts'
|
|
's gnarl'
|
'protruding knot on a tree; V.'
|
|
'repugnance'
|
'disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive'
|
|
'repeal'
|
'revoke; annul'
|
|
'n meddlesome'
|
'interfering; V. meddle: interfere'
|
|
'encompass'
|
'surround; include; Ex. His activities encompass publishing and computers.'
|
|
'n coeval'
|
'living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age'
|
|
's clipper'
|
'sailing vessel built for great speed'
|
|
'n cistern'
|
'reservoir or water tank'
|
|
'procrastinate'
|
'postpone; delay or put off'
|
|
'n purveyor'
|
'furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide'
|
|
'offhand'
|
'casual; done without prior thought or preparation'
|
|
'n application'
|
'diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself'
|
|
'n extol'
|
'praise very highly; glorify'
|
|
's bank'
|
'heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning'
|
|
'embed(imbed)'
|
'enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass'
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'allocate'
|
'assign; set apart for a particular purpose'
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'epoch'
|
'period of time'
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'iniquitous'
|
'wicked; immoral; unrighteous; N. iniquity; Ex. den of iniquity'
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'n striated'
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'marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line'
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's bearing'
|
'deportment; connection'
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'n vegetate'
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'live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity); CF. vegetation: plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF. vegan'
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'n roil'
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'make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb'
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'precedent'
|
'preceding (in time
|
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'colossus'
|
'gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance'
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'n bedizen'
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'dress with vulgar finery'
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'perspicuous'
|
'(of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments'
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's imperil'
|
'put in danger'
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'n sinuous'
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'twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest'
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'n uxorious'
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'excessively submissive or devoted to one\'s wife; CF. uxor: wife'
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'n errant'
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'wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant'
|
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'n simper'
|
'smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly'
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's bust'
|
'piece of sculpture showing a person\'s head
|
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'n slapdash'
|
'hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)'
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'n pernicious'
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'very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia'
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'ineffectual'
|
'not effective; not having a desired effect; weak'
|
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'n reverberate'
|
'echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.'
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'polity'
|
'(particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state; Ex. student polity'
|
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'n analgesic'
|
'causing insensitivity to pain; N.'
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's fetish(fetich)'
|
'object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism'
|
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'angular'
|
'sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner'
|
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'forestall'
|
'prevent by taking action in advance'
|
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'n luminous'
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'shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs'
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'truncate'
|
'cut the top off; shorten'
|
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'n warble'
|
'(of a bird) sing; babble; N.'
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's stately'
|
'formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic'
|
|
's airy'
|
'of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal'
|
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'n limber'
|
'flexible; supple; pliable; V.'
|
|
'n acrimonious'
|
'stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior'
|
|
'n wistful'
|
'sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories); sadly pensive; vaguely longing'
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'assiduous'
|
'diligent'
|
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's treasure'
|
'keep as precious; cherish'
|
|
's snuffle'
|
'sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)'
|
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's mantle'
|
'loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core'
|
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'rustic'
|
'pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person'
|
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'amnesty'
|
'pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)'
|
|
'n raucous'
|
'(of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts'
|
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'n importunate'
|
'urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent'
|
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'n floe'
|
'flat mass of floating ice'
|
|
'n rife'
|
'(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current'
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'perspicacious'
|
'(of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute'
|
|
'n maim'
|
'mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life'
|
|
'n disembark'
|
'debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark'
|
|
'n catechism'
|
'book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize'
|
|
'n coda'
|
'concluding section of a musical or literary composition'
|
|
'egoism'
|
'excessive interest in one\'s self; belief that one should be interested in one\'s self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic
|
|
'n acme'
|
'peak; pinnacle; highest point'
|
|
'n hapless'
|
'unfortunate; luckless'
|
|
'prodigal'
|
'wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality'
|
|
'zealot'
|
'one who is zealous; fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal'
|
|
'n seemly'
|
'(of behavior) proper; appropriate'
|
|
'n carping'
|
'petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble'
|
|
's germ'
|
'earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe'
|
|
'n febrile'
|
'feverish'
|
|
'beneficent'
|
'kindly; doing good'
|
|
'extemporaneous'
|
'not planned; impromptu; extempore'
|
|
'insurrection'
|
'rebellion; uprising'
|
|
'n stickler'
|
'perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right'
|
|
'corrode'
|
'destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)'
|
|
'animadversion'
|
'critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval'
|
|
'n expostulation'
|
'protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate'
|
|
'disabuse'
|
'correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief'
|
|
'n tumid'
|
'(of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous'
|
|
's solicitor'
|
'lawyer in the lower court of law'
|
|
'n inclement'
|
'stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement'
|
|
'pendant(pendent)'
|
'hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)'
|
|
'n opus'
|
'work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera'
|
|
'atrocity'
|
'brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious'
|
|
'n hue'
|
'color; aspect; Ex. opinions of every hue'
|
|
'abysmal'
|
'bottomless'
|
|
'wrath'
|
'anger; fury'
|
|
's rightful'
|
'legally correct; Ex. rightful owner'
|
|
'n pass\\\'e'
|
'old-fashioned; past the prime'
|
|
'n lap'
|
'take in food or drink with one\'s tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person'
|
|
's juridical'
|
'of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary'
|
|
'n ballast'
|
'heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast'
|
|
's dereliction'
|
'neglect of duty; abandonment'
|
|
'universal'
|
'characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest'
|
|
'n tureen'
|
'deep dish for serving soup'
|
|
'n fulsome'
|
'disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering; Ex. fulsome praise/expressions of admire'
|
|
'n credo'
|
'creed'
|
|
'n exude'
|
'flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give forth; N. exudation'
|
|
'waive'
|
'give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim'
|
|
'n reprobate'
|
'morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin
|
|
'expository'
|
'explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition'
|
|
's bar'
|
'railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister'
|
|
'n gadfly'
|
'animal-biting fly; irritating person'
|
|
'n succulent'
|
'juicy; full of juice or sap; full of richness; N: succulent plant such as a cactus'
|
|
'homogeneous'
|
'of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout'
|
|
'barrister'
|
'counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar'
|
|
'imply'
|
'suggest a meaning not expressed; signify'
|
|
'redundant'
|
'superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious'
|
|
'n parochial'
|
'narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes'
|
|
's overwhelm'
|
'(of water) cover completely; defeat completely by much greater force; Ex. overwhelmed by grief'
|
|
'n peripatetic'
|
'walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy'
|
|
'n peccadillo'
|
'slight offense or fault; CF. sin'
|
|
'n prurient'
|
'having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire'
|
|
'n plethora'
|
'excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses'
|
|
'n holocaust'
|
'destruction by fire; CF. burnt whole; CF. Holocaust'
|
|
'n runic'
|
'mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm'
|
|
'subdue'
|
'less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one\'s anger'
|
|
's hypnosis'
|
'induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic; V. hypnotize'
|
|
'n trappings'
|
'outward decorations; ornaments (as an outward sign of rank)'
|
|
's executive'
|
'person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing'
|
|
'impenitent'
|
'not repentant'
|
|
'n flit'
|
'fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower'
|
|
'n marshal'
|
'put in order; guide ceremoniously to the correct place; Ex. marshal the children into the museum; N: military officer; official'
|
|
'n salacious'
|
'lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk'
|
|
'precipitate'
|
'hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden'
|
|
'n magisterial'
|
'authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner'
|
|
's outfit'
|
'clothing or equipment for a special purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit'
|
|
'recumbent'
|
'reclining; lying down completely or in part'
|
|
'n venal'
|
'capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal'
|
|
'censure'
|
'blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval'
|
|
's gallows'
|
'framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)'
|
|
'n pummel'
|
'pommel; beat or pound with fists'
|
|
'malingerer'
|
'one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work'
|
|
'impair'
|
'injure; hurt; damage'
|
|
'prognosticate'
|
'predict (according to present indications)'
|
|
'consort'
|
'associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)'
|
|
's grumble'
|
'complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.'
|
|
's legato'
|
'(of music) played smoothly'
|
|
'n respite'
|
'time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve'
|
|
'solvent'
|
'able to pay all depths; N. solvency'
|
|
'felon'
|
'person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime'
|
|
'perfidious'
|
'treacherous; disloyal; N. perfidy: treachery'
|
|
'n silt'
|
'sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)'
|
|
'specious'
|
'seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)'
|
|
'n slag'
|
'glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter'
|
|
'fortitude'
|
'bravery; courage; strength of mind'
|
|
's rare'
|
'(of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains'
|
|
'n travesty'
|
'copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon'
|
|
'lofty'
|
'very high'
|
|
'virtual'
|
'in essence; existing in essence though not in actual form; for practical purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space'
|
|
'n salient'
|
'prominent; projecting beyond a line; conspicuous; Ex. salient features'
|
|
'n bouillon'
|
'clear beef (or meat) soup'
|
|
'n shunt'
|
'move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.'
|
|
's rou\\\'e'
|
'lecherous man'
|
|
'distill'
|
'refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew'
|
|
'n scurrilous'
|
'abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark'
|
|
'n quintessence'
|
'purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence'
|
|
'n demographic'
|
'related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population'
|
|
'rigid'
|
'hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule'
|
|
'flourish'
|
'grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees flourished in the sun. N: showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting)'
|
|
'depreciate'
|
'lessen in value; belittle; represent as of little value'
|
|
'evince'
|
'show clearly'
|
|
'h 1'
|
''
|
|
'n guffaw'
|
'boisterous laughter; V.'
|
|
's vivid'
|
'(of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description'
|
|
'n decomposition'
|
'decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts'
|
|
'n fluted'
|
'having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column'
|
|
'ambience'
|
'environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature'
|
|
'n loll'
|
'lounge about'
|
|
'n brandish'
|
'wave around (a weapon); flourish'
|
|
'n scuttle'
|
'sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship\'s deck or hull'
|
|
'fluctuate'
|
'waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly'
|
|
'empirical'
|
'based on experience'
|
|
'n sodden'
|
'thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink'
|
|
'n stupor'
|
'state of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness'
|
|
'impecunious'
|
'without money'
|
|
'expenditure'
|
'payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy'
|
|
'n tenuous'
|
'thin; slim; rare'
|
|
'n askew'
|
'crookedly; slanted; at an angle'
|
|
'n apothecary'
|
'druggist; pharmacist'
|
|
'n gesticulation'
|
'motion; gesture; V. gesticulate: make gestures (while speaking)'
|
|
'expound'
|
'explain'
|
|
'n hireling'
|
'one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician'
|
|
'n strut'
|
'supporting bar; CF. airplane wingÀ̳ª building µîÀ» support'
|
|
'n gait'
|
'manner of walking or running; speed'
|
|
'n visceral'
|
'felt in one\'s inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate'
|
|
'overt'
|
'open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert'
|
|
'n regale'
|
'entertain'
|
|
'n bate'
|
'let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate'
|
|
'n actuate'
|
'motivate; activate; cause to act'
|
|
'asperity'
|
'sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter'
|
|
'proviso'
|
'stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision'
|
|
'n vitiate'
|
'spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally'
|
|
'arch-'
|
'chief; first; Ex. archbishop'
|
|
'n prate'
|
'talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly'
|
|
'n fusillade'
|
'simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles
|
|
'trajectory'
|
'path taken by a projectile; Ex. trajectory of a bullet'
|
|
'impel'
|
'drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action'
|
|
'ovoid'
|
'egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate'
|
|
's Bacchanalia'
|
'the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus'
|
|
'n appurtenances'
|
'subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing'
|
|
'n blurt'
|
'utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement'
|
|
'n laconic'
|
'brief and to the point; using few words; terse'
|
|
'lascivious'
|
'lustful'
|
|
'malign'
|
'speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence'
|
|
'n assert'
|
'state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights
|
|
'impiety'
|
'irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety'
|
|
'succor'
|
'assist (someone in difficulty); aid; comfort; N.'
|
|
'traverse'
|
'go through or across'
|
|
'compress'
|
'force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling
|
|
'enormity'
|
'hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous'
|
|
's smart'
|
'intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain'
|
|
'desecrate'
|
'profane; violate the sanctity of'
|
|
'n veneer'
|
'thin surface layer (of good quality wood
|
|
'n bloated'
|
'(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air'
|
|
's lot'
|
'object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land'
|
|
'outwit'
|
'outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly'
|
|
'n suture'
|
'stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound'
|
|
'n tutelage'
|
'guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction'
|
|
'n drivel'
|
'nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense'
|
|
'arrogance'
|
'pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one\'s own importance and a lack of respect for other people)'
|
|
'docile'
|
'obedient; easily managed; submissive'
|
|
's finery'
|
'beautiful clothes for a special occasion'
|
|
'n scurry'
|
'move hastily; hurry; move briskly'
|
|
'n snicker'
|
'half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V.'
|
|
'n dross'
|
'waste matter; worthless impurities'
|
|
'n foster'
|
'rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents'
|
|
'underlying'
|
'lying below; fundamental'
|
|
'n disclaim'
|
'disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer'
|
|
's debut'
|
'd\\\'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society'
|
|
'n shirk'
|
'avoid (responsibility
|
|
'n skimp'
|
'provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly'
|
|
's discriminate'
|
'distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference'
|
|
'loquacious'
|
'talkative; N. loquacity'
|
|
'respiration'
|
'breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory'
|
|
's brink'
|
'edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon'
|
|
'n drab'
|
'dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life'
|
|
'n doggerel'
|
'poor verse'
|
|
'emollient'
|
'soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ.'
|
|
'dormant'
|
'sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent'
|
|
'impalpable'
|
'imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible'
|
|
'n hiatus'
|
'gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break'
|
|
'n palimpsest'
|
'parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased'
|
|
'gerontocracy'
|
'government ruled by old people'
|
|
'cosmic'
|
'pertaining to the universe; vast'
|
|
'aspire'
|
'seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership'
|
|
'sloth'
|
'slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent'
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's brand'
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'trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar.'
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'artifacts'
|
'object made by human beings
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's indecisive'
|
'marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle'
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'n paean'
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'song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans celebrating the victory'
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'n potable'
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'suitable for drinking; drinkable'
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's swear'
|
'vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words'
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'n spurn'
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'reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She spurned all offers of help.'
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'n testator'
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'maker of a will; CF. testatrix'
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'n ineluctable'
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'irresistible; not to be escaped; unavoidable'
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'amphibian'
|
'able to live both on land and in water; N.'
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'bureaucracy'
|
'overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic'
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'infamous'
|
'notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation'
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's historic'
|
'important in history; Ex. historic battle'
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'n caucus'
|
'private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston'
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'n suavity'
|
'urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth and courteous'
|
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'n substantive'
|
'substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues'
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'n unscathed'
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'unharmed; Ex. escape the accident unscathed'
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's mash'
|
'crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl'
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'n lucre'
|
'money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre'
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'demagogue'
|
'person who appeals to people\'s prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery'
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'n captious'
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'faultfinding; too critical'
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'satiate'
|
'satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated'
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'internecine'
|
'mutually destructive'
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'n refectory'
|
'dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)'
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'n unconscionable'
|
'unscrupulous; not guided by conscience; excessive; beyond reason; Ex. unconscionable demand'
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'optometrist'
|
'one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects'
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'n descry'
|
'catch sight of (something distant)'
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'n gerrymander'
|
'change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander'
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'legend'
|
'explanatory list of symbols on a map'
|
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'n prolixity'
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'tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse'
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'medium'
|
'element that is a creature\'s natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted'
|
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'n testy'
|
'irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness'
|
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'rally'
|
'come or bring together; call up or summon (forces
|
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'n promiscuous'
|
'mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular
|
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'n fledgling(fledgeling)'
|
'inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person'
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'n skulduggery(skullduggery)'
|
'dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election'
|
|
'n pinion'
|
'restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; N: bird\'s wing'
|
|
'n savant'
|
'scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know'
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'n umbrage'
|
'resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness'
|
|
'patent'
|
'obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.'
|
|
'convoke'
|
'call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation'
|
|
'n pterodactyl'
|
'extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger'
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'n mores'
|
'conventions; moral standards; moral customs'
|
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'cumulative'
|
'growing by addition; accumulative'
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'n elysian'
|
'relating to paradise; blissful'
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's wage'
|
'begin and continue (a war)'
|
|
'n rubric'
|
'title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol'
|
|
'n dismiss'
|
'eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal'
|
|
'ramification'
|
'branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision'
|
|
'extrovert'
|
'person interested mostly in external objects and actions'
|
|
'n carousal'
|
'drunken revel; V. carouse'
|
|
'n potpourri'
|
'heterogeneous mixture; medley; mixture of dried flower petals a pot (to give a pleasant smell to a room)'
|
|
'n impervious'
|
'impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one\'s opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism'
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|
'n lavish'
|
'liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance'
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'exertion'
|
'effort; expenditure of much physical work; V. exert oneself: make a great effort'
|
|
'n brittle'
|
'hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation'
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|
'n quizzical'
|
'curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance'
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'n quagmire'
|
'bog; marsh; soft
|
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'martial'
|
'warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law'
|
|
'n subterfuge'
|
'stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge'
|
|
'n laity'
|
'laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy'
|
|
'n withdrawn'
|
'introverted; retiring; remote'
|
|
'multiplicity'
|
'state of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element'
|
|
'n dispirited'
|
'lacking in spirit'
|
|
's squelch'
|
'produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud); crush; squash; CF. ÁøÈëÀ» À§¿¡¼ ¹âÀ» ¶§'
|
|
'n hypochondriac'
|
'person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness; ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen'
|
|
'n figurine'
|
'small ornamental statuette(very small statue)'
|
|
'corpulent'
|
'very fat; N. corpulence'
|
|
'compact'
|
'agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement'
|
|
'n medley'
|
'mixture'
|
|
'atheistic'
|
'denying the existence of God; N. atheism'
|
|
'ingenuous'
|
'naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid'
|
|
'n dormer'
|
'window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room'
|
|
's compulsive'
|
'resulting from compulsion'
|
|
'n dictum'
|
'authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental
|
|
'n venial'
|
'(of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial'
|
|
'n manumit'
|
'emancipate; free from slavery or bondage'
|
|
'n mutilate'
|
'maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part'
|
|
'n subsume'
|
'include (as a member of a group); encompass'
|
|
'n buxom'
|
'full-bosomed; plump; jolly'
|
|
'n litany'
|
'supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words'
|
|
'n continence'
|
'self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent'
|
|
'concord'
|
'harmony; accord'
|
|
'n quail'
|
'cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart'
|
|
's confidence'
|
'self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one\'s abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I\'m telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident'
|
|
'obelisk'
|
'tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid'
|
|
'n sever'
|
'separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position'
|
|
'temperate'
|
'moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society'
|
|
'n canard'
|
'unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report'
|
|
'alliteration'
|
'repetition of beginning sound in poetry'
|
|
'n prehensile'
|
'capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails'
|
|
'n overweening'
|
'arrogant; presumptuous'
|
|
'n immolate'
|
'offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)'
|
|
'n gestate'
|
'evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth'
|
|
's brisk'
|
'quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor'
|
|
's swell'
|
'long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.'
|
|
's apiarist'
|
'person who keeps bees'
|
|
'h 9'
|
''
|
|
'n morbid'
|
'given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease'
|
|
'purport'
|
'intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general'
|
|
'n noisome'
|
'foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome'
|
|
'n headlong'
|
'hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.'
|
|
's intermediary'
|
'intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between'
|
|
's shade'
|
'slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey'
|
|
'n grate'
|
'make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred by rubbing against a rough surface; Ex. grated cheese N: framework of metal bars to hold fuel in a fireplace'
|
|
's padre'
|
'chaplain (in the armed forces)'
|
|
's significant'
|
'expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant'
|
|
's ecliptic'
|
'path of the sun and the planets'
|
|
'n trough'
|
'long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave
|
|
'n verdigris'
|
'green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather'
|
|
's reckon'
|
'count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose'
|
|
's sow'
|
'plant or scatter seed'
|
|
'vertex'
|
'summit; highest point; PL. vertices'
|
|
'n welt'
|
'raised mark from a beating or whipping'
|
|
'n stint'
|
'set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting
|
|
'n luster'
|
'shine; gloss (of a polished surface)'
|
|
's wade'
|
'walk through a substance
|
|
'revert'
|
'relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion'
|
|
'n diadem'
|
'crown'
|
|
'n sylvan'
|
'pertaining to the woods or the country'
|
|
'n mete'
|
'measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment'
|
|
'n arroyo'
|
'gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater'
|
|
'sustenance'
|
'sustaining; means of livelihood
|
|
'n jettison'
|
'throw overboard (from a ship or plane)'
|
|
'receptive'
|
'quick or willing to receive (ideas
|
|
's mime'
|
'pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime'
|
|
'abscond'
|
'depart secretly and hide'
|
|
's conspire'
|
'take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.'
|
|
'n levitate'
|
'rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); CF. light'
|
|
'recurrent'
|
'occurring again and again'
|
|
's compartment'
|
'one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided'
|
|
's humor'
|
'indulge; comply with the wishes of; N. quality that makes something amusing; state of mind; mood; Ex. in a bad humor; Ex. out of humor'
|
|
'n spoonerism'
|
'accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. ``Let me sew you to your sheet\'\' for ``Let me show you to your seat\'\'; CF. William Spooner'
|
|
'n pharisaical'
|
'pertaining to the Pharisees
|
|
'n nostrum'
|
'questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)'
|
|
'alchemy'
|
'medieval chemistry'
|
|
'obsidian'
|
'black volcanic rock'
|
|
'n retribution'
|
'deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back'
|
|
'deadlock'
|
'standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate'
|
|
'n shyster'
|
'lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner'
|
|
'pathetic'
|
'causing sadness
|
|
's scraps'
|
'leftover food'
|
|
's comeback'
|
'retort; quick clever reply; return to former status'
|
|
's terminal'
|
'part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer'
|
|
'futile'
|
'useless; hopeless; ineffectual'
|
|
'n clamber'
|
'climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble'
|
|
'n prosaic'
|
'lacking in imagination; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned with facts
|
|
'n bland'
|
'soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence'
|
|
'panoramic'
|
'denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area'
|
|
's shear'
|
'remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors'
|
|
'h 22'
|
''
|
|
'n skittish'
|
'inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit'
|
|
'n tycoon'
|
'wealthy and powerful businessperson; wealthy leader; magnate; Ex. business tycoon'
|
|
'incarcerate'
|
'imprison'
|
|
'n livid'
|
'lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry'
|
|
'adorn'
|
'decorate'
|
|
'n sluice'
|
'artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)'
|
|
'unruly'
|
'disobedient; lawless; difficult to control'
|
|
's bigot'
|
'one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)'
|
|
'n talisman'
|
'charm; object believed to give supernatural powers to or protect its bearer'
|
|
'n metallurgical'
|
'pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores; N. metallurgy: science that deals with extracting metals from ores'
|
|
'adventitious'
|
'accidental; casual; happening by chance'
|
|
'n tightwad'
|
'miser; excessively frugal person'
|
|
's soothsayer'
|
'one who foretells the future'
|
|
'n totter'
|
'shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall'
|
|
's ferocious'
|
'fierce; violent; N. ferocity'
|
|
'sanguinary'
|
'bloody; with much bloodshed'
|
|
'dermatologist'
|
'one who studies the skin and its diseases'
|
|
'n patrician'
|
'noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian'
|
|
'homage'
|
'honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do homage to'
|
|
'genealogy'
|
'record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry'
|
|
's hurl'
|
'throw forcefully; shout out violently'
|
|
'pulverize'
|
'crush or grind into very small particles'
|
|
'n jaundiced'
|
'yellowed; prejudiced (envious
|
|
'ramify'
|
'branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions'
|
|
'n patina'
|
'green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting'
|
|
'n rebus'
|
'representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18\'\' is a rebus for ``Are you 18\'\'.'
|
|
's score'
|
'number of points; written form of a musical composition; reason; group of 20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal score; Ex. Don\'t worry on that score; V: mark with lines or notches; Ex. score the paper to make it easy to fold'
|
|
'n contraband'
|
'illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.'
|
|
'n juxtapose'
|
'place side by side; CF. next'
|
|
'graduated'
|
'arranged by degrees (of height
|
|
'n numismatist'
|
'person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money
|
|
'omnivorous'
|
'eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything'
|
|
'n discursive'
|
'(of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)'
|
|
'academic'
|
'related to a school; not practical or directly useful'
|
|
'n cant'
|
'insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people'
|
|
's plump'
|
'pleasantly fat; nicely rounded'
|
|
'n invoke'
|
'call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one\'s advisor/God'
|
|
'n pr\\\'ecis'
|
'abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text'
|
|
'n plaintive'
|
'expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song'
|
|
'n mirth'
|
'merriment; laughter'
|
|
's noose'
|
'loop formed in a rope'
|
|
'tender'
|
'offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one\'s resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound'
|
|
'n chafe'
|
'warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.'
|
|
'dilapidated'
|
'falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation'
|
|
'n colander'
|
'utensil with perforated bottom used for straining'
|
|
's impregnate'
|
'make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate'
|
|
's maraud'
|
'move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army'
|
|
's putrescent'
|
'becoming putrid; putrefying'
|
|
'n modicum'
|
'limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate'
|
|
'dilatory'
|
'delaying; tending to delay'
|
|
'n quisling'
|
'traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling'
|
|
'exiguous'
|
'small in amount; minute'
|
|
'n catholic'
|
'(of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes'
|
|
'n opprobrium'
|
'infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous'
|
|
'bequeath'
|
'leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest'
|
|
'n gnarled'
|
'twisted'
|
|
'n nubile'
|
'marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial'
|
|
'n equine'
|
'resembling a horse; Ex. equine face'
|
|
'n potentate'
|
'monarch; sovereign'
|
|
'coercion'
|
'use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce'
|
|
'n scad'
|
'a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes'
|
|
'n scaffold'
|
'temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution'
|
|
'n foil'
|
'contrast; one that by contrast enhances the distinctive characteristics of another'
|
|
'calligraphy'
|
'beautiful writing; excellent penmanship'
|
|
'n blithe(blithesome)'
|
'gay; joyous'
|
|
's mass'
|
'Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist'
|
|
'n stygian'
|
'unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead'
|
|
'n elaboration'
|
'addition of details; intricacy'
|
|
'craven'
|
'cowardly'
|
|
'n fleck'
|
'spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot'
|
|
'presentiment'
|
'premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear'
|
|
's trance'
|
'hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one\'s physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition'
|
|
'monetary'
|
'pertaining to money'
|
|
'n libretto'
|
'text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book'
|
|
'retort'
|
'quick sharp reply; V.'
|
|
'attrition'
|
'rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition'
|
|
'n whinny'
|
'neigh like a horse; CF. neigh: make the sound which horses make'
|
|
'n seamy'
|
'sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life'
|
|
'ascribe'
|
'refer; attribute; assign'
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'n tiller'
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'handle used to move boat\'s rudder (to steer)'
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'decoy'
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'lure or bait; V.'
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'n wither'
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'(of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay'
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'levity'
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'lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner'
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'affluence'
|
'abundance; wealth'
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'tome'
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'large volume; book'
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's rotund'
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'(of a person) fat and round'
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's slavish'
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'of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original'
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'exploit'
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'make use of
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'n solicitous'
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'anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude'
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'precipitous'
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'steep; overhasty; precipitate'
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'extirpate'
|
'root up; uproot; destroy completely'
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'animated'
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'lively; spirited'
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'n horticultural'
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'pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N. horticulture: science or art of cultivating fruits
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'stringent'
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'(of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions'
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's prefigure'
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'be a sign of; foreshadow'
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's enact'
|
'make (a bill) into law'
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's graze'
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'(of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can\'t graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound'
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'alloy'
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'mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness'
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'expertise'
|
'specialized knowledge (in a particular field); expert skill'
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'n modulate'
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'tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; Ex. modulate from E to G'
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'n odious'
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'arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile'
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'retract'
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'withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile'
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's figure'
|
'written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; appear; consider; Ex. My name did not figure in the list.'
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'n mortify'
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'humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one\'s body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die'
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's jetsam'
|
'things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)'
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's rasp'
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'(of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat\'s tongue rasped my hand.'
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'n jaunty'
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'cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat'
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'n conclave'
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'private secret meeting'
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'n desperado'
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'reckless
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'n gavel'
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'hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.'
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'misconstrue'
|
'interpret incorrectly; misinterpret; misjudge'
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's swipe'
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'hit with a sweeping motion; N.'
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'n lout'
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'clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?'
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'n carafe'
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'glass water bottle; decanter'
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'exacting'
|
'extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety'
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'n caldron(cauldron)'
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'large kettle'
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'n chase'
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'ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch'
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'immune'
|
'resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity'
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'n factious'
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'inclined to form factions; causing dissension'
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'n coiffure'
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'hairstyle'
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'n pedantic'
|
'bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry'
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's flashy'
|
'showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance'
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'synthetic'
|
'not natural; artificial; resulting from synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N.'
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'n modish'
|
'fashionable; conforming to the current fashion'
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'n contravene'
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'contradict; oppose; violate (a rule
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'recant'
|
'disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one\'s faith/a statement'
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'languid'
|
'lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless'
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'corroborate'
|
'confirm; support; strengthen'
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'n grotto'
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'small cavern'
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'diva'
|
'operatic singer; prima donna'
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'n distrait'
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'absentminded; distracted'
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'natation'
|
'swimming'
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'n satyr'
|
'half-human
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's brag'
|
'boast'
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|
'n niggardly'
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'meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person'
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'n sonorous'
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'resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound'
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'vociferous'
|
'clamorous; noisy; V. vociferate: cry out loudly (when complaining)'
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'n sherbet'
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'flavored dessert ice'
|
|
'precipitant'
|
'something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form; ħÀüÁ¦; OP. solvent'
|
|
'n eddy'
|
'swirling current of water
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|
'chronic'
|
'long established as a disease'
|
|
'n dissemble'
|
'disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend'
|
|
'despoil'
|
'plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village'
|
|
's outcast'
|
'one that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.'
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|
'n curmudgeon'
|
'churlish
|
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's rational'
|
'(of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical'
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'pervasive'
|
'spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells
|
|
'n vintner'
|
'wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine'
|
|
'n posture'
|
'assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude'
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|
'n temporize'
|
'gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself'
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|
'n welter'
|
'confusion; turmoil; confused mass; bewildering jumble; Ex. welter of data'
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|
'n seine'
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'seine net; net for catching fish'
|
|
'n primogeniture'
|
'seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)'
|
|
'n braggadocio'
|
'boasting'
|
|
'n charlatan'
|
'quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)'
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|
'n disinter'
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'dig up; unearth; OP. inter'
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|
'gale'
|
'windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters
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|
'n reparation'
|
'compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair'
|
|
'n dappled'
|
'spotted'
|
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's margin'
|
'border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety'
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'n mollify'
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'soothe an angry person'
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|
'n earthy'
|
'unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal'
|
|
'n vicarious'
|
'experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another; done by a deputy for other people; acting as a substitute; Ex. vicarious thrill at the movies; Ex. the vicarious sufferings of Christ'
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|
'beget'
|
'father; become the father of; produce; give rise to'
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|
'retinue'
|
'following; attendants'
|
|
'n retentive'
|
'holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory'
|
|
'n ferret'
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'drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes'
|
|
'eclectic'
|
'selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism'
|
|
'listless'
|
'lacking in spirit or energy; languid'
|
|
'theoretical'
|
'based on theory; not practical or applied; hypothetical'
|
|
'maladroit'
|
'clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling'
|
|
'cacophonous'
|
'discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds'
|
|
'n presumptuous'
|
'going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties'
|
|
's cue'
|
'word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor\'s speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to'
|
|
'n callow'
|
'youthful; immature; inexperienced'
|
|
'n mangy'
|
'shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance'
|
|
'n taint'
|
'contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch'
|
|
'n bludgeon'
|
'club; heavy-headed weapon; V.'
|
|
'undulating'
|
'moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave'
|
|
'subliminal'
|
'below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement'
|
|
'aseptic'
|
'preventing infection; having a cleansing effect'
|
|
'annihilate'
|
'destroy'
|
|
's contrivance'
|
'something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme'
|
|
'n buffet'
|
'strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that\'s been set'
|
|
'n cavil'
|
'quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily'
|
|
'practicable'
|
'feasible'
|
|
's snub'
|
'ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N.'
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|
'n gibberish'
|
'nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling'
|
|
'n chaffing'
|
'bantering; joking'
|
|
'esteem'
|
'respect; value; judge; N.'
|
|
'n unprepossessing'
|
'unattractive'
|
|
'oculist'
|
'physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes'
|
|
'n pall'
|
'become boring; grow tiresome'
|
|
's ransack'
|
'search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.'
|
|
'n bucolic'
|
'rustic; pastoral'
|
|
'n sear'
|
'burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither'
|
|
's beware'
|
'be cautious (of)'
|
|
'encipher'
|
'encode; convert a message into code; put into cipher'
|
|
'malediction'
|
'curse'
|
|
'n yen'
|
'strong desire; longing; urge; Ex. yen for travel'
|
|
's embitter'
|
'make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments.'
|
|
'n limbo'
|
'region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo'
|
|
'n apocryphal'
|
'(of a story) widely believed but untrue'
|
|
'n privy'
|
'secret; hidden; not public; made a participant in something secret; Ex. privy chamber government; Ex. be privy to a discussion; CF. private'
|
|
'n canter'
|
'slow gallop; V. CF. trot'
|
|
's inquisitive'
|
'eager for knowledge; unduly curious'
|
|
'n apoplexy'
|
'stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain'
|
|
'delta'
|
'flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river'
|
|
'emend'
|
'correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement'
|
|
'h 18'
|
''
|
|
'mosaic'
|
'picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ.'
|
|
's tickle'
|
'touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please'
|
|
'propound'
|
'put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory'
|
|
's metrical'
|
'metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex. metrical translation of Homer'
|
|
'n upshot'
|
'outcome; final result'
|
|
's elastic'
|
'able to spring back into shape; quick to recover (as from disappointment); able to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N: elastic material'
|
|
'n maelstrom'
|
'violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream'
|
|
'n contingent'
|
'dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers
|
|
'n conundrum'
|
'riddle; difficult problem'
|
|
'n begrudge'
|
'envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn\'t begrudge him his success.'
|
|
'retrospective'
|
'looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect'
|
|
'skirmish'
|
'minor fight; minor battle in war; V.'
|
|
'papyrus'
|
'ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant'
|
|
'n whiff'
|
'puff or gust (of air
|
|
'controvert'
|
'oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy'
|
|
's botch'
|
'mismanage; blow'
|
|
'intellect'
|
'higher mental powers; person of great intellectual ability'
|
|
'n ineffable'
|
'unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy'
|
|
'n raiment'
|
'clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.'
|
|
'centigrade'
|
'denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)'
|
|
'incidental'
|
'not essential; minor; N: something incidental'
|
|
'h 41'
|
''
|
|
'n pry'
|
'inquire impertinently (someone else\'s private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying'
|
|
'n anathema'
|
'solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize'
|
|
'n rote'
|
'repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote'
|
|
'impede'
|
'hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block'
|
|
'n beguile'
|
'deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile'
|
|
's ingenue'
|
'ing\\\'enue; young innocent girl'
|
|
'legacy'
|
'gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor'
|
|
's trifle'
|
'something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt'
|
|
's bout'
|
'match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu'
|
|
'n impinge'
|
'infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.'
|
|
'acquiesce'
|
'assent; agree passively; comply without protest'
|
|
'n bauble'
|
'trinket; cheap jewel; trifle'
|
|
'n leery'
|
'(of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious'
|
|
'n phenomena'
|
'observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; SG. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person
|
|
'incense'
|
'enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor'
|
|
'pedagogue'
|
'teacher; CF. child leader'
|
|
'compliance'
|
'conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply'
|
|
'arbiter'
|
'person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware'
|
|
'n igneous'
|
'produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite'
|
|
'n ken'
|
'range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one\'s ken'
|
|
'n ciliated'
|
'having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash'
|
|
'countenance'
|
'approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance'
|
|
'n propitious'
|
'favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign'
|
|
'aver'
|
'state confidently; declare as true'
|
|
'perjury'
|
'false testimony while under oath; V. perjure oneself: testify falsely under oath'
|
|
'n ruse'
|
'trick to deceive; stratagem'
|
|
'n truism'
|
'self-evident truth'
|
|
's freebooter'
|
'pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich'
|
|
'n ethnic'
|
'relating to races'
|
|
'n harrowing'
|
'agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth'
|
|
'carillon'
|
'a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played'
|
|
'n swill'
|
'drink greedily'
|
|
'n tendentious'
|
'promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction'
|
|
'n shaving'
|
'very thin piece
|
|
'n astigmatism'
|
'eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism'
|
|
'n mincing'
|
'affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way
|
|
'n wangle'
|
'achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.'
|
|
'incriminate'
|
'accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence'
|
|
'trite'
|
'hackneyed; commonplace'
|
|
'n codicil'
|
'supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will'
|
|
'inalienable'
|
'not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights'
|
|
'n discombobulated'
|
'discomposed; confused'
|
|
'n coagulate'
|
'congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant'
|
|
'n clapper'
|
'striker (tongue) of a bell'
|
|
'n weather'
|
'pass safely through (a storm or difficult period); endure the effects of weather or other forces'
|
|
'concomitant'
|
'that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else'
|
|
'n natty'
|
'neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser'
|
|
'n bait'
|
'harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals'
|
|
'unassailable'
|
'not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question'
|
|
'n motility'
|
'ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously'
|
|
'n faze'
|
'disconcert; dismay; embarrass'
|
|
'perspicuity'
|
'clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity'
|
|
'n lackluster'
|
'lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull'
|
|
'n bohemian'
|
'unconventional (in an artistic way)'
|
|
'ingrained'
|
'deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice'
|
|
'n toady'
|
'servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a toady to; fawn'
|
|
'malicious'
|
'hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite'
|
|
'n puissant'
|
'powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power'
|
|
'n stymie'
|
'thwart; present an obstacle; stump'
|
|
'galaxy'
|
'large isolated system of stars
|
|
'n incrustation'
|
'hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust'
|
|
'n sanctimonious'
|
'displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety'
|
|
'emolument'
|
'salary; payment for an office; compensation'
|
|
'acquittal'
|
'deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner'
|
|
'n sundry'
|
'miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items'
|
|
's infest'
|
'inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters'
|
|
'n whelp'
|
'young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family); young wolf
|
|
'n larder'
|
'pantry; place where food is kept'
|
|
'n epithet'
|
'word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)'
|
|
'n disport'
|
'amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert'
|
|
's emblazon'
|
'ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment'
|
|
'remonstrate'
|
'protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest'
|
|
's contrive'
|
'invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention'
|
|
'resplendent'
|
'brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious'
|
|
'n lackadaisical'
|
'lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid'
|
|
'n sate'
|
'satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy'
|
|
'thrifty'
|
'careful about money; economical; N. thrift'
|
|
'n wake'
|
'trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war'
|
|
'n lexicon'
|
'dictionary'
|
|
'cloister'
|
'monastery or convent'
|
|
'n lectern'
|
'reading desk or stand for a public speaker'
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'abdicate'
|
'renounce; give up (position
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'abusive'
|
'coarsely insulting; physically harmful'
|
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'n winsome'
|
'charming (in a childlike way); agreeable; gracious; engaging'
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'n acclivity'
|
'sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity'
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'refulgent'
|
'effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming; Ex. refulgent moon'
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'languish'
|
'lose animation or strength'
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's unregenerate'
|
'making no attempt to change one\'s bad practices'
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'termination'
|
'end; V. terminate'
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'marked'
|
'noticeable; targeted for vengeance or attack; Ex. marked improvement/man'
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'n martinet'
|
'strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; CF. Jean Martinet'
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'n relish'
|
'enjoy; savor; N: enjoyment; zest'
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'n burgeon'
|
'grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon'
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'n whorl'
|
'ring of leaves around stem; ring; circular arrangement; Ex. whorls on the fingers'
|
|
'n plenitude'
|
'abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary
|
|
'reprieve'
|
'postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of'
|
|
'spectral'
|
'ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom'
|
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'n cavalier'
|
'casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight'
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'malefactor'
|
'evildoer; criminal'
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|
'n strew'
|
'spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals'
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's warp'
|
'twist out of shape; N.'
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'n provenance'
|
'place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come'
|
|
'n ribald'
|
'marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke'
|
|
'n cynosure'
|
'object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor'
|
|
'n canny'
|
'shrewd in money matters; thrifty'
|
|
'n capitulate'
|
'surrender; give up all resistance'
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's bulge'
|
'protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude'
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'n crone'
|
'hag; ugly old woman'
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'n don'
|
'put on; OP. doff'
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'n interpolate'
|
'insert between'
|
|
'loiter'
|
'hang about/around; stand idly about; linger'
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|
'adamant'
|
'hard; inflexible'
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|
'n array'
|
'marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array'
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|
'integrity'
|
'honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness'
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|
'aversion'
|
'firm dislike'
|
|
'n chassis'
|
'framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached'
|
|
'n visionary'
|
'produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas'
|
|
'n holster'
|
'leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)'
|
|
'n rent'
|
'tear made by rending; rip; split'
|
|
'ephemeral'
|
'short-lived; fleeting'
|
|
'n quixotic'
|
'idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote'
|
|
'n stultify'
|
'make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression'
|
|
'augment'
|
'increase; add to'
|
|
'recapitulate'
|
'summarize'
|
|
'circlet'
|
'small ring; band of gold
|
|
'n bemused'
|
'confused; lost in thought; preoccupied'
|
|
'n inebriated'
|
'habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety'
|
|
'n percussion'
|
'striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion'
|
|
'depose'
|
'dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify'
|
|
'hypocritical'
|
'pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; N. hypocrisy: profession of beliefs one does not possess; CF. hypocrite'
|
|
'unrequited'
|
'not requited; not reciprocated; Ex. unrequited love'
|
|
's bound'
|
'leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my opinion; CF. bounce
|
|
'incredulous'
|
'withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief'
|
|
'n proscenium'
|
'part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage'
|
|
'n rhapsodize'
|
'speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery'
|
|
'n epistemologist'
|
'philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge; N. epistemology'
|
|
's gust'
|
'strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster'
|
|
'redolent'
|
'odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery'
|
|
'n blighted'
|
'suffering from a disease; destroyed'
|
|
'n benefit'
|
'advantage; anything that brings helpl
|
|
'n luxuriant'
|
'abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious
|
|
'n episodic'
|
'(of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience'
|
|
'kinetic'
|
'producing motion; of motion'
|
|
'miscellany'
|
'mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items'
|
|
'nomadic'
|
'wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place'
|
|
'solemnity'
|
'seriousness; gravity'
|
|
'n rampant'
|
'growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed'
|
|
'n excoriate'
|
'scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off'
|
|
'n hone'
|
'sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool'
|
|
'n knave'
|
'untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery'
|
|
'n aperture'
|
'opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light'
|
|
'n regatta'
|
'boat or yacht race'
|
|
's mange'
|
'skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair'
|
|
'benefactor'
|
'gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose'
|
|
'n vendetta'
|
'blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams'
|
|
'n determinate'
|
'having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final'
|
|
'n panegyric'
|
'formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don\'t deserve such panegyrics.'
|
|
's willowy'
|
'flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow'
|
|
'distend'
|
'expand; swell out'
|
|
'n diffuse'
|
'wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse'
|
|
'n low'
|
'moo; make the sound of a cow'
|
|
'n countermand'
|
'cancel; revoke (an order)'
|
|
'insuperable'
|
'insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties'
|
|
'incipient'
|
'beginning; in an early stage'
|
|
'n inordinate'
|
'beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands'
|
|
'defile'
|
'pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains'
|
|
'n inexorable'
|
'relentless; unyielding; implacable; not capable of being changed by entreaty or efforts; Ex. inexorable price rises'
|
|
'n brazen'
|
'insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence'
|
|
's inebriate'
|
'make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated person'
|
|
'n insensate'
|
'without feeling; lacking sense; foolish'
|
|
'n immure'
|
'imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall'
|
|
'embezzlement'
|
'taking for one\'s own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one\'s care)'
|
|
'n lancet'
|
'small surgical tool for making incisions'
|
|
'aptitude'
|
'fitness; talent'
|
|
'n acetic'
|
'vinegary'
|
|
'vestige'
|
'trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion'
|
|
'n forsake'
|
'desert; abandon; renounce'
|
|
's growl'
|
'low
|
|
'reactionary'
|
'strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical'
|
|
'n edify'
|
'instruct; correct morally'
|
|
'n founder'
|
'fail completely; sink; CF. flounder'
|
|
'pastoral'
|
'rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor'
|
|
'n panache'
|
'flair; manner of doing things without any difficulty (causing admiration); flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a helmet); Ex. with great panache; CF. ÀÜ ¾Æ·¡·Î õÀ» »©³»´Â ¼Ø¾¾'
|
|
'n bereavement'
|
'state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft'
|
|
'n usury'
|
'lending money at illegal high rates of interest'
|
|
'n disburse'
|
'pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse'
|
|
'ornate'
|
'excessively or elaborately decorated'
|
|
'n rotundity'
|
'roundness; sonorousness of speech'
|
|
'n hoary'
|
'white with age'
|
|
'quay'
|
'dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)'
|
|
'anneal'
|
'reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)'
|
|
's healthful'
|
'conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air'
|
|
'n chastise'
|
'punish as by beating; criticize severely'
|
|
'n vanguard'
|
'forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard'
|
|
's chuckle'
|
'laugh quietly'
|
|
'n sententious'
|
'pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic'
|
|
'verge'
|
'border; edge
|
|
'n superannuated'
|
'retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete'
|
|
's reduce'
|
'diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction'
|
|
'n husband'
|
'use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one\'s energy; CF. house holder'
|
|
'n wanderlust'
|
'strong longing to travel'
|
|
'effete'
|
'having lost one\'s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted'
|
|
'regicide'
|
'murder of a king or queen'
|
|
's halfhearted'
|
'exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm'
|
|
'muted'
|
'silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic noise'
|
|
'n fancier'
|
'breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest
|
|
'n veritable'
|
'being truly so; real or genuine; actual; not false or imaginary'
|
|
'n d\\\'enouement'
|
'final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained'
|
|
's herald'
|
'messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher'
|
|
'n strident'
|
'loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency'
|
|
's sprightly'
|
'lively'
|
|
'annex'
|
'attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one'
|
|
'n artifice'
|
'deception; trickery'
|
|
'n fresco'
|
'painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)'
|
|
'n piscatorial'
|
'pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces'
|
|
'n sinecure'
|
'well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif'
|
|
'n beeline'
|
'direct quick route'
|
|
'n magnate'
|
'person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate'
|
|
'influx'
|
'flowing into'
|
|
'n ethereal'
|
'like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air'
|
|
'apathy'
|
'lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic'
|
|
'n isthmus'
|
'narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land'
|
|
'entity'
|
'real being'
|
|
's permissive'
|
'allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex. permissive society'
|
|
's sway'
|
'swing from side to side; influence (someone) to change one\'s opinion; N.'
|
|
'title'
|
'name (of a book
|
|
'virtue'
|
'goodness; moral excellence; good quality; advantage; Ex. by virtue of; Ex. make a virtue of necessity'
|
|
'precocious'
|
'advanced in development; N. precocity'
|
|
'woe'
|
'great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes'
|
|
'euphemism'
|
'mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic'
|
|
'mode'
|
'prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life'
|
|
's thrash'
|
'beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net.'
|
|
'n coterie'
|
'group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests'
|
|
'converse'
|
'opposite; ADJ.'
|
|
'n demure'
|
'(of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure'
|
|
'categorical'
|
'without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute'
|
|
'n thrall'
|
'slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall'
|
|
'spawn'
|
'lay eggs (in large numbers); produce offspring (in large numbers); N: eggs of aquatic animals'
|
|
'discretion'
|
'prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary'
|
|
's confide'
|
'tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about'
|
|
's sprout'
|
'begin to grow; give off shoots or buds; N: new growth on a plant; shoot'
|
|
'n riddle'
|
'pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)'
|
|
'n impolitic'
|
'not wise; not expedient; not politic'
|
|
'allay'
|
'calm; pacify'
|
|
'n azure'
|
'sky blue'
|
|
's rake'
|
'immoral or dissolute person'
|
|
'laborious'
|
'demanding much work or care; tedious'
|
|
'n gape'
|
'open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape'
|
|
's rake'
|
'angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular'
|
|
'n amok(amuck)'
|
'in a state of rage; Ex. run amok'
|
|
'decapitate'
|
'behead'
|
|
'recuperate'
|
'recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses'
|
|
'n epigram'
|
'witty thought or saying
|
|
's groom'
|
'man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)'
|
|
'n enunciate'
|
'announce; proclaim; utter or speak
|
|
'n capillary'
|
'having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity'
|
|
's flirt'
|
'behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious'
|
|
'n bowdlerize'
|
'expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler'
|
|
'sacrilegious'
|
'desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration
|
|
'n verve'
|
'enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor'
|
|
's rolling'
|
'(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments'
|
|
'n semblance'
|
'outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.'
|
|
'n sportive'
|
'playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport: play or frolic; CF. sportsmanlike'
|
|
's lunatic'
|
'insane; Ex. lunatic asylum'
|
|
'harry'
|
'harass
|
|
's tatter'
|
'torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of clothes) old and torn; (of a person) dressed in old torn clothes'
|
|
'n protean'
|
'able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will'
|
|
'n tithe'
|
'tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe'
|
|
'convention'
|
'social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement'
|
|
'increment'
|
'increase'
|
|
'n garrulous'
|
'loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity'
|
|
'dissident'
|
'dissenting (with an opinion
|
|
'n emetic'
|
'substance causing vomiting; ADJ.'
|
|
'insatiable'
|
'not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite'
|
|
'n menagerie'
|
'collection of wild animals on exhibition; zoo'
|
|
's interjection'
|
'exclamation; Ex. ``Ouch\'\''
|
|
'n granary'
|
'storehouse for grain'
|
|
'n jocund'
|
'merry'
|
|
'n leaven'
|
'add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent
|
|
's tribune'
|
'official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights; protector of the people'
|
|
'dolorous'
|
'sorrowful; N. dolor'
|
|
'lethargic'
|
'drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity'
|
|
'refute'
|
'disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation'
|
|
'n onomatopoeia'
|
'words formed in imitation of natural sounds'
|
|
'n cauterize'
|
'burn (a wound or snakebite
|
|
'n dais'
|
'raised platform for speakers or other important people'
|
|
'n travail'
|
'strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth'
|
|
's discompose'
|
'disturb the composure of; confuse'
|
|
'enigma'
|
'puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling'
|
|
's desperate'
|
'having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort'
|
|
'n madrigal'
|
'pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments'
|
|
'mercenary'
|
'motivated solely by money or gain; N.'
|
|
'n drone'
|
'idle person who lives on other people\'s work; male bee'
|
|
'n betray'
|
'be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.'
|
|
's rig'
|
'arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship\'s sails'
|
|
'n purse'
|
'pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N: wallet'
|
|
'alluvial'
|
'pertaining to soil deposits left by running water'
|
|
'coalition'
|
'partnership; league; union of separate political parties'
|
|
'n serpentine'
|
'winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; Ex. serpentine course of the river; N. serpent: snake'
|
|
'n prude'
|
'excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things
|
|
'n relegate'
|
'put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children\'s room; Ex. relegated to the second division'
|
|
'avarice'
|
'greediness for wealth'
|
|
'n spendthrift'
|
'someone who wastes money; CF. thrift: accumulated wealth'
|
|
'n apiary'
|
'a place where bees are kept'
|
|
'n cabal'
|
'small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests'
|
|
'n hermetic'
|
'sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight'
|
|
'n pastiche'
|
'imitation of another\'s style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists'
|
|
'n turpitude'
|
'depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude'
|
|
'epitome'
|
'perfect example or embodiment; brief summary; Ex. epitome of good manners; V. epitomize: make an epitome of; be an epitome of; embody'
|
|
'obsequious'
|
'slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic'
|
|
'repartee'
|
'quick clever reply'
|
|
'n rivulet'
|
'small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river'
|
|
'coin'
|
'make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented'
|
|
'n canto'
|
'division of a long poem'
|
|
'fusion'
|
'union; coalition; V. fuse'
|
|
'n plumage'
|
'feathers of a bird;'
|
|
'n subaltern'
|
'subordinate'
|
|
'replica'
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'copy'
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'homespun'
|
'domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy'
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'n knell'
|
'tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral
|
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'efface'
|
'rub out; remove the surface of'
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'attenuate'
|
'make thin; weaken'
|
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'n fret'
|
'be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful'
|
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's requisition'
|
'formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.'
|
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'n berate'
|
'scold strongly'
|
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'n cajole'
|
'persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle'
|
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'contumacious'
|
'stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)'
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'complicity'
|
'participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)'
|
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'h 34'
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'n unctuous'
|
'oily; bland; insincerely suave'
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'collate'
|
'examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)'
|
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'molecule'
|
'the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance'
|
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'n barefaced'
|
'shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; Ex. barefaced lie'
|
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'n nutrient'
|
'nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment'
|
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'n killjoy'
|
'grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others'
|
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'n requite'
|
'make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N. requittal'
|
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'h 6'
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''
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'slake'
|
'satisfy (thirst); quench; sate'
|
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'n staid'
|
'serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony'
|
|
'n tautological'
|
'needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye\'\'; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true'
|
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'n hovel'
|
'shack; small wretched house'
|
|
'n debauch'
|
'corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)'
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's capsize'
|
'(of a boat) turn over'
|
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'n pander'
|
'cater to (the low desires of others)'
|
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'n quell'
|
'suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion\'\' in newspaper; CF. kill'
|
|
'transcendent'
|
'exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy'
|
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'decant'
|
'pour off gently (wine or liquid)'
|
|
'n stanch'
|
'stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound'
|
|
'ravel'
|
'fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist'
|
|
'hedonist'
|
'one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one\'s life purely for pleasure'
|
|
'vehement'
|
'forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence'
|
|
'n filial'
|
'pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect'
|
|
's list'
|
'tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side)'
|
|
'n careen'
|
'lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger'
|
|
'credence'
|
'belief'
|
|
'n shun'
|
'keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors.'
|
|
'abnegation'
|
'renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation'
|
|
'n awl'
|
'pointed tool used for piercing'
|
|
'oratorio'
|
'dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata'
|
|
'n blasphemy'
|
'irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege'
|
|
'n ramshackle'
|
'(of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart'
|
|
's prepossessing'
|
'attractive; CF. preoccupying ?'
|
|
'n litotes'
|
'understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)\'\''
|
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'n verisimilar'
|
'having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible'
|
|
'n prosody'
|
'art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse'
|
|
's debar'
|
'bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services'
|
|
'superfluous'
|
'excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity'
|
|
'n parley'
|
'conference (between opponents); CF. speak'
|
|
's tension'
|
'stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people'
|
|
'n frolicsome'
|
'prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky'
|
|
'n doff'
|
'take off; OP. don'
|
|
'amend'
|
'correct; change ; generally for the better'
|
|
'acumen'
|
'mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen'
|
|
'composure'
|
'mental calmness'
|
|
'n kleptomaniac'
|
'person who has a compulsive desire to steal'
|
|
'enjoin'
|
'command; order; forbid'
|
|
'n dissolution'
|
'disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life'
|
|
'n solecism'
|
'nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette'
|
|
'n pulchritude'
|
'beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous'
|
|
's ration'
|
'fixed portion; V: distribute as rations'
|
|
'n gorge'
|
'stuff oneself (with food); glut; CF. gorgeous: dazzlingly beautiful'
|
|
'fissure'
|
'crevice; crack'
|
|
'unfetter'
|
'liberate; free from chains; V. unfetter'
|
|
's palm'
|
'conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir'
|
|
'atrophy'
|
'wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)'
|
|
'alacrity'
|
'cheerful promptness without reluctance'
|
|
's dominant'
|
'exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive'
|
|
's convulsion'
|
'violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive'
|
|
'n avid'
|
'greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity'
|
|
'implicit'
|
'understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust'
|
|
'n wheedle'
|
'deceive
|
|
'indisputable'
|
'too certain to be disputed; beyond doubt'
|
|
'n quirk'
|
'sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate'
|
|
'n befuddle'
|
'confuse thoroughly'
|
|
's prize'
|
'pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)'
|
|
'n doddering'
|
'shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder'
|
|
'n douse'
|
'plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse'
|
|
'n horde'
|
'crowd; swarm'
|
|
's scion'
|
'detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant'
|
|
'n gainsay'
|
'deny'
|
|
'n pine'
|
'long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline'
|
|
's fiend'
|
'evil spirit; devil'
|
|
'n resurge'
|
'rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again'
|
|
'dilate'
|
'expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)'
|
|
'n mountebank'
|
'charlatan; boastful pretender'
|
|
's ram'
|
'male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact'
|
|
's drudge'
|
'do drudgery; N: person who drudges'
|
|
'unerringly'
|
'infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes'
|
|
'outrage'
|
'act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive'
|
|
'n filibuster'
|
'block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter'
|
|
'n vouchsafe'
|
'grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment'
|
|
'tempo'
|
'speed of music'
|
|
'h 4'
|
''
|
|
's concordat'
|
'formal agreement'
|
|
'n unction'
|
'the act of anointing with oil; Ex. extreme unction'
|
|
'n fete(f\\^ete)'
|
'honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or feast; CF. feast'
|
|
'n fanciful'
|
'whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme'
|
|
's bid'
|
'command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom'
|
|
'render'
|
'give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully'
|
|
'n sadistic'
|
'inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty'
|
|
'n draconian'
|
'extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician'
|
|
'n garner'
|
'gather; store up; amass'
|
|
'disclose'
|
'reveal; N. disclosure'
|
|
'n elixir'
|
'cure-all; panacea; something invigorating'
|
|
'rudimentary'
|
'elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language'
|
|
'engaging'
|
'charming; attractive'
|
|
'n beleaguer'
|
'besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset'
|
|
'effectual'
|
'able to produce a desired effect; valid'
|
|
'n mealymouthed'
|
'indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive'
|
|
'n imprecation'
|
'curse; swearword'
|
|
'n gamely'
|
'in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game'
|
|
's curb'
|
'chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain'
|
|
'n dingy'
|
'(of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain'
|
|
'adversity'
|
'great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event'
|
|
'condign'
|
'adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved'
|
|
'lechery'
|
'gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man'
|
|
'n dumbfound(dumfound)'
|
'astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded
|
|
'n waylay'
|
'ambush; lie in wait for and attack'
|
|
'agnostic'
|
'one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality'
|
|
'n burlesque'
|
'give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly'
|
|
'remiss'
|
'negligent; careless about a duty'
|
|
'n viscid'
|
'adhesive; gluey'
|
|
'n cornice'
|
'projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars); ó¸¶ Àå½Ä'
|
|
's defalcate'
|
'embezzle'
|
|
'n forensic'
|
'suitable to debate or courts of law; of or used in legal proceedings and the tracking of criminals; Ex. forensic science/medicine'
|
|
'n macerate'
|
'soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper'
|
|
'n staccato'
|
'played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound; Ex. staccato applause'
|
|
'n thermal'
|
'pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air'
|
|
'preponderance'
|
'superiority of power
|
|
'n refractory'
|
'unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn; Ex. refractory horse'
|
|
'n prelate'
|
'church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop)'
|
|
'h 48'
|
''
|
|
'n suffuse'
|
'spread through or over (with a color or liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her cheeks.'
|
|
's billow'
|
'large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge
|
|
'n extraneous'
|
'not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject'
|
|
'prototype'
|
'original work used as a model by others'
|
|
'unintimating'
|
'unfrightening'
|
|
'n incorporeal'
|
'without a material body; insubstantial'
|
|
'n abeyance'
|
'suspended action'
|
|
'hatch'
|
'deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg'
|
|
'leonine'
|
'like a lion'
|
|
'n commemorative'
|
'remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp'
|
|
'irretrievable'
|
'impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve'
|
|
'h 44'
|
''
|
|
'eugenic'
|
'pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race'
|
|
'n periphery'
|
'outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town'
|
|
'n flippant'
|
'lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy'
|
|
'reprobation'
|
'severe disapproval; CF. approbation'
|
|
'prodigy'
|
'highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder'
|
|
'n cavalcade'
|
'procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry'
|
|
's scrappy'
|
'quarrelsome'
|
|
'n haggle'
|
'argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)'
|
|
'abrasive'
|
'rubbing away; tending to grind down'
|
|
'criteria'
|
'standards used in judging; CF. criterion'
|
|
'nullify'
|
'make invalid; make null; invalidate'
|
|
'n prattle'
|
'talk idly; babble; N. CF. prate'
|
|
'n apropos'
|
'with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.'
|
|
'n splice'
|
'join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.'
|
|
'hypercritical'
|
'excessively exacting; too critical (without noticing good qualities)'
|
|
's tablet'
|
'small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall'
|
|
'beseech'
|
'beg; plead with'
|
|
'syllogism'
|
'logical formula consisting of a major premise
|
|
'n sage'
|
'person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise'
|
|
's volley'
|
'simultaneous discharge of a number of shots; V.'
|
|
'n pusillanimous'
|
'cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted'
|
|
'n gourmand'
|
'epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink'
|
|
'palette'
|
'board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)'
|
|
's galvanic'
|
'of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani'
|
|
's havoc'
|
'widespread damage; disorder; chaos'
|
|
's recreant'
|
'disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person'
|
|
'n homily'
|
'sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning; ADJ. homiletic'
|
|
'pugilist'
|
'boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing'
|
|
'n deciduous'
|
'falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth'
|
|
'n maculated'
|
'spotted; stained; CF. immaculate'
|
|
's mangle'
|
'tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies'
|
|
'obliterate'
|
'destroy completely; wipe out; Ex. obliterate the village'
|
|
'chronicle'
|
'report; record (in chronological order)'
|
|
's fuss:'
|
'trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby'
|
|
'n feral'
|
'(of an animal) not domestic; wild'
|
|
'n fiat'
|
'command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done'
|
|
'theocracy'
|
'government run by religious leaders'
|
|
'cognate'
|
'having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.'
|
|
's nebula'
|
'diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy'
|
|
's fancy'
|
'imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate'
|
|
'solstice'
|
'point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator'
|
|
'n expatiate'
|
'talk at length; speak or write in detail'
|
|
'perpetuate'
|
'make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity'
|
|
'n piecemeal'
|
'one part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal'
|
|
's voluptuous'
|
'sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person'
|
|
's tenancy'
|
'possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant\'s occupancy'
|
|
'repercussion'
|
'rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion'
|
|
'rout'
|
'put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat'
|
|
'n prescience'
|
'ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient'
|
|
'malignant'
|
'tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor'
|
|
'acoustics'
|
'science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in'
|
|
'n anodyne'
|
'drug that relieves pain or trouble; ÁøÅëÁ¦; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement'
|
|
'genesis'
|
'beginning; origin'
|
|
'n effluvium'
|
'noxious(harmful) smell'
|
|
'underscore'
|
'underline; emphasize'
|
|
'n cozen'
|
'cheat; hoodwink; swindle'
|
|
'n nib'
|
'beak(bill); pen point'
|
|
'n ennui'
|
'boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy'
|
|
'egregious'
|
'notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking'
|
|
's pedestal'
|
'support or base as for a pillar or statue'
|
|
'n disaffected'
|
'disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty'
|
|
'n fulminate'
|
'thunder; explode; issue a severe denunciation'
|
|
'grandiloquent'
|
'(of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic'
|
|
'n squat'
|
'short and thick; stocky; Ex. ugly squat tower; V. N.'
|
|
'evanescent'
|
'fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce'
|
|
'n assay'
|
'analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)'
|
|
's kneel'
|
'go down on one\'s knee(s)'
|
|
's elaborate'
|
'work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ.'
|
|
'n timbre'
|
'quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)'
|
|
'n malaise'
|
'uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease)'
|
|
'thematic'
|
'of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea'
|
|
'n artless'
|
'without guile; open and honest'
|
|
'hybrid'
|
'mongrel; mixed breed; V. hybridize'
|
|
'n harping'
|
'tiresome dwelling on a subject; V. harp: dwell on(think or speak a lot about) tediously'
|
|
'n fracas'
|
'brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee'
|
|
'n endearment'
|
'fond word or act; expression of affection'
|
|
'rend'
|
'split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow'
|
|
's sledge'
|
'large sled drawn by work animals'
|
|
'n spatula'
|
'broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing'
|
|
'opportune'
|
'timely; well-chosen'
|
|
'amity'
|
'friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations'
|
|
'amnesia'
|
'loss of memory'
|
|
'analogy'
|
'similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things'
|
|
'n furtive'
|
'stealthy; quiet and secret (trying to escape notice); sneaky; Ex. furtive glance'
|
|
'n catcall'
|
'shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.'
|
|
'n ravine'
|
'narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully
|
|
's porridge'
|
'soft food made by boiling oatmeal'
|
|
'soliloquy'
|
'talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation)'
|
|
'n titillate'
|
'tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it'
|
|
'insightful'
|
'discerning; perceptive'
|
|
'fraudulent'
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'cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle'
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'n moribund'
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'dying; at the point of death; CF. death'
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'n demur'
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'object (because of doubts
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's wisp'
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'small bunch (of hair); faint streak (of smoke)'
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's crossbreed'
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'hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed'
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'n tertiary'
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'third in order or rank'
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'exalt'
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'raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation'
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'hieroglyphic'
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'picture writing; ADJ.'
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'n clangor'
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'loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging'
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'prevalent'
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'widespread; generally accepted'
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'obsequy'
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'funeral ceremony'
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'n miasma'
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'swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence'
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'manacle'
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'restrain; handcuff; N.'
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'n atavism'
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'resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic'
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'n debunk'
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'expose as false
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's slack'
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'moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack season; Ex. slack in one\'s work; N. V.'
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's hail'
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'frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail'
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'n jocose'
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'given to(having a tendency of) joking'
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'n sybarite'
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'lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy'
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'n musky'
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'having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer'
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'sensuous'
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'giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin'
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'diverge'
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'vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating'
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'celerity'
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'speed; rapidity'
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's cross'
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'bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry'
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'encomiastic'
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'praising; eulogistic; N. encomium: very high praise; eulogy'
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'congeal'
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'freeze; coagulate'
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'n animus'
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'hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition'
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'zenith'
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'point directly overhead in the sky; summit; acme; highest point'
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'n quiescent'
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'dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence'
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'n maudlin'
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'effusively sentimental'
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'foresight'
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'ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future'
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'n disgorge'
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'surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge'
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'n petulant'
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'touchy; peevish; ill-tempered'
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'n personable'
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'attractive (in personality or appearance)'
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's odds'
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'chances; probability; disagreement; Ex. The odds are that it will rain. Ex. at odds with'
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's pedigree'
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'line of ancestors; ancestry; lineage; ADJ. (of an animal) descended from of a chosen family; Ex. pedigree dog; CF. crane\'s foot'
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'decrepitude'
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'state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age'
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'nautical'
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'pertaining to ships or navigation'
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'n cleft'
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'N: split'
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'explicate'
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'explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable'
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'rendition'
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'rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song
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'n gambit'
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'opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage'
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's underhand(underhanded)'
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'done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)'
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'endemic'
|
'prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic'
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'seismic'
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'pertaining to earthquakes'
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'n lithe'
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'flexible; supple; CF. limber'
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's studious'
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'given to diligent study'
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'ecologist'
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'person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology'
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'arrears'
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'being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done'
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's linger'
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'loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days.'
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'n nexus'
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'connection'
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'n Machiavellian'
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'crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli
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'caption'
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'title; chapter heading; text under illustration'
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'component'
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'element; ingredient'
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'n lax'
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'careless; negligent; not paying enough attention; Ex. lax service'
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'n smelt'
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'melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal; melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition'
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'n restive'
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'impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction); restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control; Ex. restive horses because of wolves; CF. not a general synonym for `restless\''
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'n stolid'
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'dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected'
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'n quaff'
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'drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment); ²Ü²©²Ü²© ¸¶½Ã´Ù; CF. sip'
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's hazard'
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'venture; put in danger; risk; Ex. hazard a guess; N: possible source of danger'
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'sedentary'
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'requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population'
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'infraction'
|
'violation (of a rule or regulation); breach'
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'comprehensive'
|
'broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive'
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'gravity'
|
'seriousness; ADJ. grave'
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'imponderable'
|
'weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound'
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'desolate'
|
'make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert'
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'n aegis'
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'shield; protection; defense'
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'n ceremonious'
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'marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy'
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's stampede'
|
'sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex. stampede before the price rises'
|
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'n rousing'
|
'lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up'
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's lance'
|
'pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon'
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's phalanx'
|
'formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)'
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'n venison'
|
'meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork
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'deference'
|
'courteous regard for another\'s wish; courteous yielding to another\'s wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery'
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'n inviolable'
|
'secure from corruption
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'n imbroglio'
|
'complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil'
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's buffoon'
|
'stupid person; clown'
|
|
'equinox'
|
'period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial'
|
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'lateral'
|
'of or coming from the side'
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'obloquy'
|
'slander; disgrace; infamy'
|
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's dummy'
|
'imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy'
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'n palliate'
|
'ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)'
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'guile'
|
'deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade her by guile'
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's gracious'
|
'kind in a generous way (to someone less important)'
|
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'misogamy'
|
'hatred of marriage'
|
|
'consanguinity'
|
'kinship; relationship by birth'
|
|
'excise'
|
'cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision'
|
|
'n heinous'
|
'atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime'
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'besiege'
|
'surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually'
|
|
'libel'
|
'defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person\'s character; V. ADJ. libelous'
|
|
'n wrangle'
|
'quarrel noisily; obtain through arguing; herd cattle; N.'
|
|
'n knead'
|
'mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough'
|
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's furrow'
|
'long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V.'
|
|
'clamor'
|
'loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous'
|
|
'n stipple'
|
'paint or draw with dots or short strokes'
|
|
'n chide'
|
'scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)'
|
|
'n sentient'
|
'capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience'
|
|
's run-down'
|
'(of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted'
|
|
'nemesis'
|
'someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis'
|
|
'ursine'
|
'bearlike; pertaining to a bear'
|
|
'n archetype'
|
'prototype; primitive pattern'
|
|
's paste'
|
'smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); V: cause to adhere by applying paste'
|
|
'interim'
|
'meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ. taking place during an interim; Ex. interim paper'
|
|
'n nicety'
|
'precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; Ex. distinguish between niceties'
|
|
's compassion'
|
'sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate'
|
|
'n libido'
|
'psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire'
|
|
'n mundane'
|
'worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world'
|
|
'engross'
|
'occupy fully; absorb'
|
|
'n carrion'
|
'rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture'
|
|
'appropriate'
|
'acquire; take possession of for one\'s own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate'
|
|
'n pulmonary'
|
'pertaining to the lungs'
|
|
's lounge'
|
'stand
|
|
'sibling'
|
'brother or sister'
|
|
'anoint'
|
'consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)'
|
|
'precedent'
|
'something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented'
|
|
'n mural'
|
'wall painting'
|
|
'malevolent'
|
'wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence'
|
|
'n poultice'
|
'soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body'
|
|
'cogitate'
|
'think over; ponder'
|
|
'n nadir'
|
'lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith'
|
|
'imperative'
|
'absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done'
|
|
'n dote'
|
'be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline'
|
|
'n officious'
|
'meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one\'s services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy'
|
|
'pandemic'
|
'widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people'
|
|
'n restitution'
|
'returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss
|
|
's wring'
|
'twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands)'
|
|
'valedictory'
|
'pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises)'
|
|
'sophistry'
|
'seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism'
|
|
'invective'
|
'abuse'
|
|
'indiscriminate'
|
'choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions'
|
|
's horoscope'
|
'diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person\'s birth) used by astrologers'
|
|
'frail'
|
'weak; N. frailty'
|
|
'n truculence'
|
'aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce'
|
|
'indolent'
|
'lazy'
|
|
'sophist'
|
'teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument'
|
|
's valediction'
|
'saying farewell; expression of leave-taking'
|
|
'diversion'
|
'act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse'
|
|
's bump'
|
'hit or knock against with force; N.'
|
|
'contagion'
|
'infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air'
|
|
's vigilante'
|
'one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers'
|
|
'n vulpine'
|
'like a fox; crafty'
|
|
'impertinent'
|
'insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence'
|
|
'benign'
|
'kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor'
|
|
'n frieze'
|
'ornamental horizontal band on a wall'
|
|
'n uproarious'
|
'marked by commotion or uproar; very noisy (esp. with laughter); hilarious; causing loud laughter; extremely funny'
|
|
's patrimony'
|
'property inherited from a father'
|
|
'n supererogatory'
|
'superfluous; more than needed or demanded'
|
|
'superficial'
|
'of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge'
|
|
'retain'
|
'keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor'
|
|
's lace'
|
'cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; V: draw together by tying a lace'
|
|
'contest'
|
'dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.'
|
|
'presage'
|
'foretell; be a warning or sign of; N: presentiment; foreboding; omen'
|
|
'ascetic'
|
'practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism'
|
|
's battalion'
|
'army unit made up of four or more companies'
|