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adulation

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AD EULOGY TO GANDHI FAMILY - ADULATION OF HIS FOLLOWERS N. flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men. adulate,V.

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adulterate

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KID IS ADULTERATED WHEN YOU GIVE HIM CIGARETTE V. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beech-Nut had adulterated their apple juice by mixing it with water, they protested vigorously.

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advent

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ADVANI NO ANT - MODI ARRIVAL -N. arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.

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adventitious

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ACCIDENT WITH TITIASS BABE - ADVENTITIOUS MEETING - ADJ. accidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.

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adversary

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N. opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.

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adverse

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ADJ. unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Father’s investment portfolio: he lost so much money that he could no longer afford the butler and the upstairs maid. adversity, N.

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adversity

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N. poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

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advert

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ADVERTISEMENT ADVERT TO HOT BODY OF HEROINE V. refer (to). Since you advert to this matter so frequently, you must regard it as important.

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advocacy

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ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS N. support; active pleading on something’s behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.

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advocate

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V. urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. also N.

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aegis

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UNDER THE AEGIS OF BILL OF RIGHTS N. shield; defense. Under the aegis of the Bill of Rights, we enjoy our most treasured freedoms.

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aerie

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AIRY AREA - NEST BUILT UPHIGH IN AIR- EAGLE’S AERIE N. nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.

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aesthetic

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AASHTA OF BEAUTY - Esther’s aesthetic sense - ADJ. artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany’s stained glass appealed to Esther’s aesthetic sense. aesthete, N.

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affable

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ADJ. easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.

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affected

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ADJ. artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress. His affected mannerisms-his “Harvard” accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign wordsbugged us: he acted as if he thought he was too good for his old high school friends. affectation, N.

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affinity

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N. kinship. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.

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affirmation

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N. positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath. Despite Tom’s affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.

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affliction

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AFFLICT PAIN - IN MIDST OF HER AFFLICTION N. state of distress; cause of suffering. Even in the midst of her affliction, Elizabeth tried to keep up the spirits of those around her.

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affront

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PRANAB TOOK IT AS AN PERSONAL AFFRONT(INSULT) WHEN YOU CONFRONTED HIM IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, N. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week. alsoV.

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agglomeration

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agglomeration of miscellaneous items

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aggrandize

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President may aggrandize his power – V. increase or intensify. The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may aggrandize his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress.

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aggregate

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AGGREGATE SCORE - TOTAL SCORE –V. gather; accumulate. Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in so-called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time. aggregation, N.

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aggressor

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N. attacker. Before you punish both boys for fighting, see whether you can determine which one was the aggressor.

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aghast

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ADJ. horrified. He was aghast at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.

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agility

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N. nimbleness. The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.

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agitate

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V. stir up; disturb. Her fiery remarks agitated the already angry mob.

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agnostic

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N. one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality. Agnostics say we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of god; we simply just can’t know. alsoADJ.

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agog

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A G O G TUM EAGER KYUN HOJI!! ADJ. highly excited; intensely curious. We were all agog at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter monastery.

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agrarian

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ADJ. pertaining to land or its cultivation –agrarian occupation –. The country is gradually losing its agrarian occupation and turning more and more to an industrial point of view.

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alacrity

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ALAH NA KARAMTHI JE AAVE TE - HE ACCEPTED THE OFFER WITH ALACRITY N. cheerful promptness. Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.

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alcove

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CLOVES - NOOK NEXT TO KITCHEN FOOL OF CLOVES N. nook; small, recessed section of a room. Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room, an alcove adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.

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alienate

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V. make hostile; separate. Her attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.

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alimentary

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ADJ. supplying nourishment. ALIMENTARY CANAL - The alimentary canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there. When asked for the name of the digestive tract, Sherlock Holmes replied, “Alimentary, my dear Watson.”

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alimony

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N. payment by a husband to his divorced wife (or vice versa). Mrs. Jones was awarded $200 monthly alimony by the court when she was divorced from her husband.

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allay

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AL-LAY - CREW TRIED TO ALLAY PASSENGERS WHEN FIRE BROKE . calm; pacify. The crew tried to allay the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been controlled.

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allege

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V. state without proof. Although it is alleged that she has worked for the enemy, she denies the allegation and, legally, we can take no action against her without proof. allegation, N.

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allegiance

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No one can shake allegiance of Modi to alliance partners of BJP. N. loyalty. Not even a term in prison could shake Lech Walesa’s allegiance to Solidarity, the Polish trade union he had helped to found.

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allegory

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RAMAYAN AS ALLEGORY - DESCRIBED BY ALI GHORI BABA - N. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

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alleviate

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V. relieve. This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs.

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alliteration

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ALL ITERATION - Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers- an example of alliteration. N. repetition of beginning sound in poetry. “The furrow followed free” is

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alloy

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N. a mixture as of metals. Alloys of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal.

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alloy

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V. mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate. Yankees’ victory was alloyed by our concern - Our delight at the Yankees’ victory was alloyed by our concern for Dwight Gooden, who injured his pitching arm in the game.

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allude

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V. refer indirectly. Try not to mention divorce in Jack’s presence because he will think you are alluding to his marital problems with Jill.

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allure

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V. entice; attract. Allured by the song of the sirens, the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef. also N.

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allusion

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ALLUDE - ALLUSION - N. indirect reference. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper, “One hundred bucks? What do you want, a pound of flesh?,” she was making an allusion to Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.

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alluvial

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AALOO VILA IN THE ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS - ADJ. pertaining to soil deposits left by running water. The farmers found the alluvial deposits at the mouth of the river very fertile.

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aloft

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CLIMB ALOFT TO GET INTO LOFT –ADV. upward. The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging. To get into a loft bed, you have to climb aloft.

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aloof

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ADJ. apart; reserved. Shy by nature, she remained aloof while all the rest conversed.

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altercation

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N. noisy quarrel; heated dispute. In that hottempered household, no meal ever came to a peaceful conclusion; the inevitable altercation might even end in blows.

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altruistic

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ADJ. unselfishly generous; concerned for others. In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed. altruism, N.

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amalgamate

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V. combine; unite in one body. The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.

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amass

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V. collect. The miser’s aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible.

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amazon

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N. female warrior. Ever since the days of Greek mythology we refer to strong and aggressive women as amazons.

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ambidextrous

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ADJ. capable of using either hand with equal ease. A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ambidextrous.

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ambience

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N. environment; atmosphere. She went to the restaurant not for the food but for the ambience.

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ambiguous

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ADJ. unclear or doubtful in meaning. His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take. ambiguity, N.

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ambivalence

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N. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings. ambivalent,ADJ.

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amble

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AMBULATORY AT EASY PACE- GENTLE AMBLE - N. moving at an easy pace. When she first mounted the horse, she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble. alsoV.

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ambrosia

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N. food of the gods. Ambrosia was supposed to give immortality to any human who ate it.

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ambulatory

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ADJ. able to walk; not bedridden. Juan was a highly ambulatory patient; not only did he refuse to be confined to bed, but he insisted on riding his skateboard up and down the halls.

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ameliorate

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MILI NA RATE THIS IMPROVE KARVU…V. improve. Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.

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amenable

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MANE TEVA BAL —AMENABLE KIDS– readily managed; willing to be led. He was amenable to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to; he resented advice from his inferiors.

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amend

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V. correct; change, generally for the better. Hoping to amend his condition, he left Vietnam for the United States.

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