19/12/2015 Flashcards
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expel
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- To force or drive out: expel an invader.
- To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.
- 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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1.
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.
- Made of or covered with satin.
- Glossy, sleek, and smooth.
3
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plunge
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4
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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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- a sheltered port
- a place of refuge or safety
vb - (tr) to give shelter to: to harbour a criminal.
- (tr) to maintain secretly: to harbour a grudge.
- to shelter (a vessel) in a harbour or (of a vessel) to seek shelter
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consume
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- 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. - To waste; squander.
- To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.
- To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy.
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justice
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contrast
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9
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evident
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adjective clearly seen or understood; obvious:
she ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment.
10
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veil
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