19/12/2015 Flashcards

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expel

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  1. To force or drive out: expel an invader.
  2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.
  3. To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave: expelled the student from college for cheating.
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satin

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a. A smooth, often silk fabric that is woven with a glossy face and a dull back.
b. A garment made of this fabric.
2. A kind of paint that dries to a smooth shiny finish.

  1. Made of or covered with satin.
  2. Glossy, sleek, and smooth.
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plunge

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temptation

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the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise:
he resisted the temptation to call Celia at the office
[mass noun] we almost gave in to temptation.
▪ a thing that attracts or tempts someone:
the temptations of life in London.

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harbour*2

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  1. a sheltered port
  2. a place of refuge or safety
    vb
  3. (tr) to give shelter to: to harbour a criminal.
  4. (tr) to maintain secretly: to harbour a grudge.
  5. to shelter (a vessel) in a harbour or (of a vessel) to seek shelter
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consume

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  1. To take in as food; eat or drink up.
    2.
    a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.
    b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
  2. To waste; squander.
  3. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.
  4. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy.
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justice

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contrast

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evident

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adjective clearly seen or understood; obvious:

she ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment.

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veil

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