Combo Vocab Flashcards

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Elucidation

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clarification, explanation

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Ochlocracy

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Plutocracy

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gov. run by the wealthy

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Oligarchy

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gov run by a few powerful people

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Magisterial

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commanding and dignified

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Disquietude

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a state of anxiety

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Surreptitious

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secret, stealthy

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Decrepitude

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a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

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Expository

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intended to explain or describe something

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Imbibe

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(v.) to drink; to take in, absorb

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Abnegate/Abjure/Abdicate

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renounce or reject (something desired or valuable)

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Unctuous, obsequious, to Kowtow

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(of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily:

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Exegesis

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critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

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Vociferous

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loud and noisy; compelling attention; nosily crying out, as in protest

related: stentorian, clamor

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Scrupulous

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principled, very careful and conscientious

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Excogitating/cogitation

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think out, plan, or devise

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Impinging

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have an effect or impact, especially a negative one

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Didactic

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intended to teach

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Raillery/Japery

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practical joke; say or do something in jest or mockery.

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Disavowal

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denial; disclaiming; repudiating; disowning; V. disavow

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Promulgate

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promote or make widely known (an idea or cause): these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization.

• put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation: in January 1852, the new constitution was promulgated.

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Callow

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(especially of a young person) inexperienced and immature: earnest and callow undergraduates.

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Taxonomy

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the classification of something, especially organisms: the taxonomy of these fossils.

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Bellicose/Belligerent/Truculent/Pugnacious

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demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight: a group of bellicose patriots.

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Ignominy; n, Opprobrium; n

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public shame or disgrace: the ignominy of being imprisoned.

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Indemnify

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compensate (someone) for harm or loss: the amount of insurance that may be carried to indemnify the owner in the event of a loss.

• secure (someone) against legal responsibility for their actions: the newspaper could not be forced to indemnify the city for personal-injury liability.

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Constancy

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the quality of being faithful and dependable.

• the quality of being enduring and unchanging: the trade winds are noted for constancy in speed and direction.

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Incisive

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trenchant; penetrating ; remarkably clear + direct; keen; acute

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Apostate (n, adj) Apostasy (n)

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One who renounces a belief

person who deserts a party, cause, religion, etc.

related:
recreant (coward or deserter)
perfidy (faithlessness, treachery)
heretic (believer who disagrees with religious authorities; any nonconformist thinker)
quisling (traitor)
infidel (unbeliever, person who does not accept a particular faith)

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Keen

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Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight or perception

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Inert

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having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (as opposed to active)

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Flout

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to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock

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Propitiate

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To make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate

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Coagulate

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congeal; curdle; change from fluid into a thicker mass

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Recondite, arcane, inscrutable, abstruse, obscure

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esoteric knowledge about profound or difficult subject matter

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Quibble

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slight objection or criticism; to raise objection about something that is trivial

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Solicitous

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characterized by or showing interest or concern

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Confound/Bemuse

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to cause surprise or confusion in somebody else

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Obstinate, Obdurate, Recalcitrant, Intransigent, Intractable, Obstreperous , Refractory , Tenacious

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stubbornly refusing; unyielding; intractable

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Relegate

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(v) send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task) to someone else

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Delineate

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(v. ) to portray, sketch, or describe precisely; mark the outline of; sketch ; describe in detail
related: adumbrate (give a rough outline of)

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Felicitous

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(adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

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Striated

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furrowed; striped; streaked

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Parry

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(v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

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Magnanimous/Liberality/Munificent/ Unstinting

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generous; charitable; forgiving

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Emulate

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to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass

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Sanction

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Give authority or permission to; legal penalty for a forbidden action

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Insensible

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without one’s mental faculties, typically a result of violence or intoxication; unconscious.

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Precarious

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uncertain; risky; lacking in security or stability

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Analogus

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comparable; similarity b/w like features of two things

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Caustic

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(adj.) corrosive; able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic in a scathing way

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Empirical

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based on or concerned with observations not just logic

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Implicit

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implied though not plainly expressed

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Solipsism

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the theory that the self is the only reality; the quality of being selfish or self-centered

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Indolent

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wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy

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Facetious

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant; glib; frivolous

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Tenuous

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having little substance or strength; weak connection; very weak; flimsy

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Maverick

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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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Politic

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shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic

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Coda

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concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes

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Discrete

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unconnected; separate; distinct

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Complaisant

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Eager to please; cheerfully complying

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Yoke

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to bind; the quality of being oppressive ex) the yoke of capitalism

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Mendacious

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dishonest, deceitful

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supporting bar; a structural support or brace

related: bolster or fortify, buttress

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purify; refine; get to the essential meaning of something

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a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person; devotee

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ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience

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express disapproval or disappointment

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a profoundly wise person

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a strong inclination or liking

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(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years

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an uncertain belief; (N) assumption, hypothesis, something that has been supposed

related: conjecture

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a confused multitude of things; move in turbulent manner

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(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

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a support or prop

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an excuse or trick (artifice) for escaping or hiding something

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to move stealthily; to lie in hiding

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(adj.) unreasonably high; excessive

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(adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant

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the quality or fact of being greater in quantity, or importance

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showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant

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the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.

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to detect through careful observation

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bad-tempered or irritable

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analyze; test; evaluate

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to foreshadow

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To look upon with disfavor;

to disapprove of

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peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant

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(v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

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to gently criticize or correct

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an organized society, such as a nation, state, church, or other organization, having a specific form of government

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(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

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a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law

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song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy

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formal or elaborate praise

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(n)- A temporary stay
(v)- To stay for a time
[syn]- ((n)): visit, stopover, brief stay

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the art of public speaking

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the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

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move in a feeble or unsteady way

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loyal, reliable, and hardworking

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not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable

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surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react; perplexed

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prevent from functioning in a normal way; deprived of strength or power

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plump; stocky; substantial; brave and determined

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embarrassed, ashamed

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Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

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childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

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bending readily; easily influenced

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(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

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a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others

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To place or come between; to intervene or interrupt; to mediate

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to sail or travel all the way around; to avoid an obstacle; avoid dealing with something

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required by law or a rule; obligatory; mandatory

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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith

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extremely or unusually small

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opponents, enemies

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not sensible or wise; not appropriate in a particular situation

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subject to one’s own judgment

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a professional soldier hired by a foreign army; primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

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One who speaks for another; spokesman; chairman

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(n) a person’s face or facial expression; (v) to approve, support or encourage

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place or source of origin; a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality

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familiar with someone or something so that you can understand or recognize them or it, and act in an appropriate way

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characterized by lying or falsehood

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a transformation or dramatic change

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Faithfully; done diligently and carefully

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(v.) to make amends, to atone

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to become smaller or thinner toward one end

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beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or understanding; mysterious

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informal: all of the children in a family: he was the youngest in a brood of six |

figurative : a remarkable brood of writers.

verb
1 [ no obj. ] Ponder; to think or worry persistently or moodily about; think deeply about something that makes one unhappy: he brooded over his need to find a wife.

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having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage

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(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; (adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou

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incapable of being terminated; unending

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to provide an instance of or concrete evidence in support of (a theory, concept, claim, or the like).

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[ with obj. ] decisively put an end to: a spokesman has scotched the rumors.

• archaic render (something regarded as dangerous) temporarily harmless: feudal power in France was scotched, though far from killed.

2 [ with obj. ] wedge (someone or something) somewhere: he soon scotched himself against a wall.

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Trifling; ineffective

of no value or importance: a nugatory and pointless observation.

• useless; futile: the teacher shortages will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new curriculum.

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Mysterious; used for casting a spell; having some secret or mysterious meaning:
runic rhyme.

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Calmness; composure

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Protest strongly; attack w words; speak or write about (something) with great hostility: nationalists inveighed against those who worked with the British.

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Make unclear

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Friendly relations between different religions

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Noun- Good natured manner; affable; geniality

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Inappropriate lightness of manner; frivolity

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shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.

heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.

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the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.

an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.

a redundant word or expression.

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Prosperous; calm; peaceful; Idyllically calm and peaceful; an untroubled golden time of satisfaction, happiness, and tranquility

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Heroic bravery

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Resisting authority or control

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Attacking original, cherished beliefs and long held traditions

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Believing that one god created and rules humans/the world

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Not blatant; inconspicuous

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Generous and forgiving

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Wild Party

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A period of work done in rotation with others

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Something that has a calming or soothing effect

Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life

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Care or concern for someone of something; a feeling of excessive concern

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The practice of avoiding activity; laziness

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Made up of many different parts

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Factual or straightforward; having the style or diction of prose (lacking poetic beauty); commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

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Written or spoken language in it’s ordinary form (without poetic structure); plain or dull writing

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An ornamental chain of flowers or ribbons

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Lacking good sense

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Wrongdoing

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Extreme ill will that exists between enemies

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An set of principles or beliefs

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Something that is intended to deceive

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a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative

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Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Proof with evidence

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verb | | [with object]
make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse: they did not consummate their marriage until months after it took place.

• complete (a transaction or attempt); make perfect: his scheme of colonization was consummated through bloodshed.

adjective
showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect: she dressed with consummate elegance.

having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; to make perfect and complete in every aspect

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Without error

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changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties, interests, or affection: Web patrons are a notoriously fickle lot, bouncing from one site to another on a whim | the weather is forever fickle.

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Obscure; difficult to understand

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holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action; resolute, stubborn: he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions.

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too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words: the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades.

• not to be uttered: the ineffable Hebrew name that gentiles write as Jehovah.

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verb
1 [with two objects] envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something): she begrudged Martin his affluence.

2 [with object] give reluctantly or resentfully: nobody begrudges a single penny spent on health.

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verb [with object]
describe or portray (something) precisely: the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent.

• indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary).

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verb (indemnifies, indemnifying, indemnified) [with object]
compensate (someone) for harm or loss: the amount of insurance that may be carried to indemnify the owner in the event of a loss.

• secure (someone) against legal liability for their actions: the newspaper could not be forced to indemnify the city for personal-injury liability.

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the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

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utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience: [ with obj. ] : she declaimed her views | [ no obj. ] : a preacher declaiming from the pulpit.

• [ no obj. ] (declaim against) forcefully protest against or criticize (something).

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1 naive, simplistic, and superficial: their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions.
2 (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting: the poem seems to me rather jejune.

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Thick or dense or obscure, confused, muddled (not clear, coherent or arranged in order)

(of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter: the turbid estuary.
• confused or obscure in meaning or effect: a turbid piece of cinéma vérité.

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1 equivocate (to be deliberately unclear) or prevaricate in action or speech: if you palter or double in your answers, I will have thee hung alive in an iron chain.

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foolish and speculative

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praise (someone) excessively or obsequiously: he was adulated in the press.

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concerned with the way in which something, especially language, has developed and evolved through time.

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1 of or associated with the underworld.

2 relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.

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wildly uninhibited, frenzied, or orgiastic

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gloomy, sluggish, sullen, or taciturn in temperament

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unrestrained in revelry; orgiastic

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“sealed airtight” or “isolated, impervious to outside influence.

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Urgent; pressing; demanding

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wary and unwilling to take risks; careful, cautious, well-considered

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expose the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief); reduce the inflated reputation of (someone), especially by ridicule

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a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future: the dispute cast an air of deep pessimism over the future of the peace talks.

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree:

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present, appearing, or found everywhere

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adjective

essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison: they inhabit disparate worlds of thought.

• containing elements very different from one another: a culturally disparate country.

noun (disparates) archaic
things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

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adjective

fond of or causing heated arguments: a congenial hangout for disputatious academics | disputatious council meetings.

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adjective

relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech: a polemical essay.

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verb [with object]
prolong: he had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process.

Protracted: adjective
lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual: a protracted and bitter dispute.

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loud and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor someone or something:

the tackle brought the fans to their feet in acclamation | the president was again greeted by the acclamations of all present.

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oun (plural symposia | -zēə | or symposiums)

a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.

a collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.
a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet (and notable as the title of a work by Plato).

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adjective
1 having or enclosed by a cloister, as in a monastery: a cloistered walkway bordered the courtyard.

2 kept away from the outside world; sheltered: a cloistered upbringing.

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verb [with object]

cite as evidence: a number of factors are adduced to explain the situation.

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verb (trumpets, trumpeting, trumpeted)

1 [no object] play a trumpet: a jazz band trumpeted on the stage behind, and the kids danced until dark.
• make a loud, penetrating sound resembling that of a trumpet: wild elephants trumpeting in the bush.

2 [with object] proclaim widely or loudly: the press trumpeted another defeat for the government.

PHRASES
blow one’s (own) trumpet
mainly British talk openly and boastfully about one’s achievements: he refused to blow his own trumpet and blushingly declined to speak.

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adjective

self-evident or unquestionable: it is axiomatic that dividends have to be financed.

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cal·low | ˈkalō |
adjective
(of a young person) inexperienced and immature: earnest and callow undergraduates.

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verb | ˈaspəˌrāt | [with object]
Medicine breathe (something) in; inhale: some drowning victims don’t aspirate any water.
• draw (fluid) by suction from a vessel or cavity: bile was aspirated through a catheter.

noun | ˈasp(ə)rət |
1 Phonetics an aspirated consonant.
• the sound h or a character used to represent this sound.
2 Medicine matter that has been drawn from the body by suction: gastric aspirate | esophageal aspirates.

adjective | ˈasp(ə)rət | Phonetics
(of a sound) pronounced with an exhalation of breath; aspirated.

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verb [with object and adverbial]
persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery: we cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper.

• (inveigle oneself or one’s way into) gain entrance to (a place) by persuading (someone) with deception or flattery: Jones had inveigled himself into her house.

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adjective
1 (of weather) mild: it is a very clement day.
2 (of a person or a person’s actions) merciful.

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adjective
1 fair and impartial: an equitable balance of power.
2 Law valid in equity as distinct from law: the beneficiaries have an equitable interest in the property.

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adjective (courtlier, courtliest)

very polite or refined, as befitting a royal court: he gave a courtly bow.

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verb [with object]
1 collect and combine (texts, information, or sets of figures) in proper order: all the information obtained is being collated.
• compare and analyze (texts or other data): these accounts he collated with his own experience.
• Printing verify the order of (sheets of a book) by their signatures.
2 appoint (a member of the clergy) to a benefice.

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verb [no object] US informal

talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.

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verb [with object] informal

pilfer or steal (something, especially a thing of small value) in a casual way: I was promptly accused of filching Mr. Muir’s idea.

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adjective

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way: it seems churlish to complain.

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noun
a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief: the widening schism between Church leaders and politicians | [mass noun] : the persistence of this group could produce schism within society.

• the formal separation of a Church into two Churches or the secession of a group owing to doctrinal and other differences. See also Great Schism.

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noun
patient self-control; restraint and tolerance: forbearance from taking action.

• Law the action of refraining from exercising a legal right, especially enforcing the payment of a debt.

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noun
a formal authorization or proposition; a decree: adopting a legislative review program, rather than trying to regulate by fiat.

• an arbitrary order: the appraisal dropped the value from $75,000 to $15,000, rendering it worthless by bureaucratic fiat.

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denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace: we cannot prevent ourselves sometimes from dreaming of performing venial if not mortal sins | everything I’ve disclosed up to now can be seen as venial. Often contrasted with mortal.

• (of a fault or offense) slight and pardonable.

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verb [no object]
1 express vehement protest: he fulminated against the evils of his time | she began fulminating at the injustice of it all.

2 literary explode violently or flash like lightning: thunder fulminated around the house.

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make (someone) unable to think or feel properly: the offense of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her.

• astonish and shock: the amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents.

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adjective
endless (often used hyperbolically): we got bogged down in interminable discussions.

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verb (delimits, delimiting, delimited) [with object]
determine the limits or boundaries of: agreements delimiting fishing zones.

related: demarcate

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adjective [predicative] (tantamount to)

equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as: the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt.

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apt in the circumstances or in relation to something: an apposite quotation | the observations are apposite to the discussion.

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adjective
1 (of a mythical animal) formed from parts of various animals: the design is based on a chimeric creature with the body of a turtle and the head of a dragon.

2 hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve: the notion of tolerance is a chimeric dream.

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adjective formal

concerned with tasting or the sense of taste: gustatory delights.

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1 a luminous cloud or a halo surrounding a supernatural being or a saint: a nimbus of power played around him, brighter than lightning.
• a light, color, etc., that surrounds someone or something.

2 a large gray rain cloud: [as modifier] : nimbus clouds.

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an abundance: the farm boasts a plenitude of animals and birds.

• the condition of being full or complete: the plenitude of the Pope’s powers.

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noun
a preconceived opinion; a prejudice: ill-informed prepossessions | imagine listening to Beethoven with the prepossession that C is a good note and F a bad one.

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1 (of an appearance or action) suggest; be evidence of: the attractive tree-lined road bespoke money.

2 order or reserve (something) in advance: obtaining the affidavits that it has been necessary to bespeak.

3 archaic speak to: and in disgrace bespoke him thus.

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verb [with object]
publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm: the senator made himself famous as a pinch-penny watchdog of public spending, lampooning dubious federal projects.

noun
a speech or text lampooning someone or something: does this sound like a lampoon of student life?

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noun
1 an area of muddy or boggy ground: in midwinter the track beneath this bridge became a muddy morass.

2 a complicated or confused situation: she would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations.

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adjective
1 [predicative] having no legal or binding force; invalid: the establishment of a new interim government was declared null and void.

2 having or associated with the value zero.
• Mathematics (of a set or matrix) having no elements, or only zeros as elements.

3 lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content: his curiously null life.

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adjective
1 of or forming a general summary or synopsis: a synoptic outline of the contents.

• taking or involving a comprehensive mental view: a synoptic model of higher education.

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adjective
tending or able to change frequently or easily: it is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject.

• able to do many different things; versatile: Shostakovich was a remarkably protean composer, one at home in a wide range of styles.

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(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy; boring verbosity: he found the narrative too prolix and discursive.

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adjective

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative: a crusty, cantankerous old man.

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verb [with object]
represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by someone; attribute: the crimes imputed to Richard.

Finance assign (a value) to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes: by imputing the interest rates they potentially introduce a measurement error.
Theology ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another: Christ’s righteousness has been imputed to us.

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verb [no object]
complain pettily; grumble: she heard him grousing about his assistant.

noun
a grumble or complaint: our biggest grouse was about the noise of the construction work.

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noun
1 a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission: the UN special envoy to Yugoslavia | a peace envoy.

2 a minister plenipotentiary, ranking below ambassador and above chargé d’affaires.

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adjective
characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons: an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor | a narrow, humorless, ascetic face.

noun
a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

abstinent or austere in lifestyle

related: hermit, anchorite (person who lives away from society), recluse (person who lives in solitude)

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noun
assistance and support in times of hardship and distress: the wounded had little chance of succor.
• (succors) archaic reinforcements of troops.

verb [with object]
give assistance or aid to: prisoners of war were liberated and succored.

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adjective

silly; stupid: don’t constantly badger people with inane questions.

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adjective

capable of making mistakes or being erroneous: experts can be fallible.

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adjective

silly and pointless: a fatuous comment.

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noun (plural volleys)
1 a number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time: the infantry let off a couple of volleys.
• a series of utterances directed at someone in quick succession: he unleashed a volley of angry questions.
• Tennis an exchange of shots.
2 (in sports, especially tennis or soccer) a strike or kick of the ball made before it touches the ground: a forehand volley.

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noun formal
a spoken curse: she hurled her imprecations at anyone who might be listening.

curse, prayer for harm to come to someone

related: malediction

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noun (plural salvos or salvoes)
a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle: a deafening salvo of shots rang out | another salvo crashed nearer to the German positions.

a number of weapons released from one or more aircraft in quick succession.
a sudden, vigorous, or aggressive act or series of acts: the pardons provoked a salvo of accusations.

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adjective dated

humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner: a waggish riposte.

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noun
1 a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.
2 a quick return thrust following a parry.

verb
1 [with direct speech] make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism: “I’d have made lamb chops had I known you’re a vegetarian,” Kris riposted.
2 [no object] make a quick return thrust in fencing.

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declare or state assuredly

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1 expressed clearly; easy to understand: a lucid account | write in a clear and lucid style.

showing ability to think clearly, especially in the intervals between periods of confusion or insanity: he has a few lucid moments every now and then.
Psychology (of a dream) experienced with the dreamer feeling awake, aware of dreaming, and able to control events consciously.

2 literary bright or luminous: birds dipped their wings in the lucid flow of air.

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(of a liquid) free of anything that darkens; completely clear: the limpid waters of the Caribbean.

(of a person’s eyes) unclouded; clear: the limpid gray eyes gazed trustfully at her.
(especially of writing or music) clear and accessible or melodious: the limpid notes of a recorder.

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be thrifty or parsimonious; economize: I have scrimped and saved to give you a good education.

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verb [with object]
(of a person) dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one’s own use: department officials had misappropriated funds.

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(of a person) easy to control or influence: tractable dogs that have had some obedience training.

• (of a situation or problem) easy to deal with: trying to make the mathematics tractable.

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adjective

willing to please others; obliging; agreeable: when unharnessed, Northern dogs are peaceful and complaisant.

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the act of pestering or harassing somebody, usually in order to make him or her do something

tell (someone) repeatedly to do something: an association that chivvies government into action.

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unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable: the ineluctable facts of history.

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adjective

not capable of being changed or exchanged.

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adjective
lacking physical sensation: a patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate.
• lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling: a positively insensate hatred.
• completely lacking sense or reason: insensate jabbering.

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adjective

unpleasantly or arrogantly domineering: his overbearing, sometimes ruthless desire to succeed.

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make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing): they are quick to requite a kindness.

return a favor to (someone): to win enough to requite my friends.
respond to (love or affection); return: she did not requite his love.

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verb [no object]
(of a company, government, or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty: as a result of the recession the company retrenched | [with object] : if people are forced to retrench their expenditure trade will suffer.

• [with object] formal reduce or diminish (something) in extent or quantity: right-wing parties which seek to retrench the welfare state.

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verb [with object]
make a military observation of (a region): they reconnoitered the beach some weeks before the landing | [no object] : the raiders were reconnoitering for further attacks.

noun
an act of reconnoitering: a nocturnal reconnoiter of the camp.

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verb (descries, descrying, descried) [with object] literary

catch sight of: she descried two figures.

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without a clearly defined shape or form: amorphous blue forms and straight black lines.

vague; ill-organized; unclassifiable: make explicit the amorphous statements.
(of a group of people or an organization) lacking a clear structure or focus: an amorphous and leaderless legislature.

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verb [no object]
speak or write at length or in detail: she expatiated on working-class novelists.

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describes “an action performed beyond what is expected or required.”

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noun
1 spongy white tissue lining the rind of an orange, lemon, and other citrus fruits.
• Botany the spongy cellular tissue in the stems and branches of many higher plants.
• archaic spinal marrow.
2 the essence of something: a book that he considered contained the pith of all his work.
3 forceful and concise expression: he writes with a combination of pith and exactitude.
verb [with object]
1 remove the pith from: peel and pith the oranges.
2 pierce or sever the spinal cord of (an animal) so as to kill or immobilize it.

to kill by cutting the spinal cord

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to weaken or drain of vigor

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(v) Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround
related: harry (harass or annoy), hound (harass or pursue relentlessly), beleaguer (surround, as with with difficulty or attackers)

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(n) Insolence, boldness, or presumptuous

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(v) To make or become thin, less compact, or less dense
(v) To purify, refine, or make more spiritual
(adj) lofty, very high up or elevated, exclusive; select

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(n) Bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation

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(v) To throw or fall down headlong
(v) To bring about or cause to happen, especially abruptly or prematurely
(v) To cause (a substance) to separate from a solution;
To condense or cause to condense and fall from the sky as snow, rain, etc.
(adj.) Speeding headlong, rapidly, or dangerously;
Proceeding with undue haste and without necessary forethought

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(v) To assert or affirm positively
(v) To formally assert or prove in pleading a case or cause
state or assert to be the case: [ with clause ] : he averred that he was innocent of the allegations | [ with direct speech ] : “You’re the most beautiful girl in the world,” he averred.
• [ with obj. ] Law allege as a fact in support of a plea.

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(adj. ) Intelligible or readily understandable
(adj. ) Sane or rational
(adj. ) Translucent or clear; bright or luminous

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(adj.) Resolutely fearless or undaunted

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(adj. ) Deviating from the norm or expectations; irregular

(adj. ) Uncertain or incongruous in nature

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(v) To produce or send out new growth; to sprout or bloom

(v) To grow, expand, or develop quickly and often profusely

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(n) 1. The circulatory fluid of a plant; an essential bodily fluid
2. Health, vitality, or energy (metaphor related to “essential body fluid”)
3. A gullible person, fool, or dupe
(v) 1. To deplete, drain, or weaken, especially of energy or vitality
2. To diminish the intensity or supply of
3. To undermine the foundations of

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(adj. ) Secret or withheld from the uninitiated
(adj. ) Mysterious, inscrutable, difficult or impossible to comprehend
(adj. ) Of, related to, or concerned with magic or the supernatural

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(v) To deny or prove false

(v) To oppose or speak out against

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(n) The central point or essence; the heart of the matter

(n) The grounds of a legal action

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(n) Capacity to be molded or made to assume or hold a shape

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(n) Liveliness or exuberance, especially in manner or expression; joyously unrestrained

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(adj. ) Uncultured or ignorant, lacking in knowledge
(adj. ) Poorly or crudely made
(adj. ) Without artificiality; natural, sincere

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(adj. ) Winding; containing numerous twists, turns, or bends
(adj. ) Crooked, tricky, or devious
(adj. ) Highly involved, circuitous, or complex

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(adj. ) Not dense; thin or diluted inconsistency
(adj. ) Slender
(adj. ) Lacking substance or strength; flimsy; shaky

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v) To gain or regain the favor of; appease or conciliate

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(n) A curse

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(POSITIVE meaning) Official or authoritative permission or authorization;
support or encouragement
(v) To approve or authorize officially;
to support or tolerate by showing approval
(NEGATIVE meaning) A penalty meant to force compliance;
a military or economic measure adopted by several nations and meant to coerce
another nation violating international law
(v) To penalize, especially for a violation of international law

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(adj.) Agreeable, eager to please, obliging

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(adj.) Existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread

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(n) 1. The quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness
2. An act of disloyalty

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(adj. ) Not original; secondary or copied

(adj. ) Derived

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(n) A noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance

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(adj.) Overstepping the bounds of what’s right or proper; inappropriately forward or
taking liberties

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(v) 1. To treat as unimportant or make light of
2. To treat with disdain or discourteous inattention

To do inattentively or negligently
(n) An instance of being slighted
(adj. ) 1. Slim or delicate of body
Small in size, extent, or quantity
Trifling, trivial, or unimportant
Lacking strength or substance; flimsy

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(adj. ) Belonging or related to the original, earliest condition; primitive
(adj. ) Remaining in a pure, unspoiled state; untouched by civilization
(adj. ) Clean as if new

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(v) To confuse, perplex, or stump; to throw into disorder
(v) To mix up; to fail to notice differences
(v) To refute, prove wrong, or put to shame

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(v) To comfort; to alleviate someone’s grief, suffering, or sense of loss

(n) 1. a cabinet (such as for a television) designed to stand on the floor
2. the control unit of a computer, electrical system, vehicle, etc.

related: succor (comfort, provide relief)

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(n) Separate or distinct; an individual thing

(n) Consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous

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(n) Official approval

(n) Commendation; praise; a warm expression of approval

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(v) To agree, cooperate, or coincide

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Public condemnation or censure

2. An accusation of a crime

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(v) To foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse

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(adj. ) Dispersed; spread out

(adj. ) Wordy and poorly organized

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(v) To clear from a charge or guilt

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(adj.) Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course against
argument or persuasion; difficult to control, subdue, or remedy

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(adj. ) Impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount, or degree; enormous
(adj. ) Marvelous; eliciting amazement

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(v) 1. To impose and collect (such as a tax)
2. To draft troops into military service
3. To declare and wage war

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(adj. ) Not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled

(adj. ) Sheltered or covered

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verb (used with object)
to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit:
He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.

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(v) To inform, tell, or give notice to

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(adj.) Stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance

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(v) To call (as a group of people) to a meeting

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(adj.) Universal, broad-minded

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(n) Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a disciplinarian

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(adj. ) Of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk

(adj. ) Labored, dull, or lifeless

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(adj.) 1. Pertaining to the body (as opposed to the mind, a body part, or the
environment)
2. Relating to the wall of the body cavity

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(n) A stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident

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(v) 1. To take off or remove (as clothes); to tip or remove (one’s hat) in greeting
2. To put aside or discard

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(n) A wasting disease caused by vitamin C deficiency

(adj. ) Contemptible, despicable, or mean

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(adj.) Appropriate, relevant, or apt

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(adj.) Wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling, often trivial speech

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(v) To frolic; to skip or leap about playfully

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(v) To send out or issue with denunciation, invective, or condemnation
(v) To explode

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(n) The act of cutting off

noun Botany
the natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit: leaf abscission in trees | [as modifier] : abscission layer.

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(adj. ) Ferocious, cruel, or savage
(adj. ) Deadly or destructive
(adj. ) Scathing or harsh
(adj. ) Belligerent or aggressive; disposed to fighting

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strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.

the full or extreme severity of laws, rules, etc.

severity of living conditions; hardship; austerity:
the rigor of wartime existence.

a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc.
scrupulous or inflexible accuracy or adherence:
the logical rigor of mathematics.

severity of weather or climate or an instance of this:
the rigors of winter.

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(adj.) Relevant or closely related

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(adj.) Having a sticky, adhesive, or viscous quality or consistency

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(adj. ) Fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity or thoughtlessness
(adj. ) Done with natural ease or off hand nonchalance

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v) To repay or make return for; to reciprocate
(v) To avenge
(v) To recompense for a service, benefit, or injury

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(v) To complain, grumble
(n) A grievance; a persistent complaint
(n) Any of various types of plump, chicken-like gamebirds

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(adj) Possible to see, measure, or estimate

large enough to be noticed (usu. refers to an amount)

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(v) 1. To cause to expand; to widen or enlarge

2. To speak or write at length on a subject

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(n) Self-possession or composure, especially under stress

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(n) Indulgence of passions or appetites

(n) Excessive drinking of alcohol

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(adj.) Strong or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit

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(v) To cut short or condense (especially of a written work)

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(v) To crush or squash as if by trampling
(v) To quell or suppress completely
(v) To silence, as by a crushing remark
(v) To emit a splashing, sucking sound

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(adj.) Done, said, or composed with little or no preparation; unpremeditated; impromptu

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(v) To hinder or prevent in advance
(v) To anticipate or deal with in advance
(v) To buy up goods so as to drive up prices for resale

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(n) The state of being quiescent; tranquil restfulness or repose

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(n) A person who is wealthy, prominent, or important

n) A provincial governor of India’s Mogul empire (historical

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(adj.) Having an extremely offensive smell

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(n) Power; might

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bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen): Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer | she might live to rue this impetuous decision.
noun archaic

repentance; regret: with rue my heart is laden.

• compassion; pity: tears of pitying rue.
(n) a bitter herb used medicinally

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(adj.) Slow, late; procrastinating or stalling for time

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(adj.) Probably, likely, or appearing to be true

ver·i·si·mil·i·tude | ˌvərəsəˈmiləˌt(y)o͞od |
noun
the appearance of being true or real: the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude.

related: feasible (possible, logical, likely or suitable), plausible

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(n) One who abstains totally from alcohol

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(adj. ) Permanent; impossible to remove, erase, or wash away

(adj. ) Memorable; unforgettable; making a lasting impression

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(adj.) Complacently foolish or silly

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(adj. ) Established through long practice or precedent

(adj. ) Habitual or ingrained

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(v) To multiply or breed; to pass (traits) to offspring
(v) To extend or spread to a greater area or number
(v) To foster wider knowledge or spread word of; to publicize

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(adj. ) Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; straightforward, candid, or frank; Free of dissimulation.
related: guileless, artless, ingenue

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(adj.) Pleasant and easy to talk to; approachable

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(v) To stay attached; to stick to
(v) To be devoted in support or allegiance
(v) To remain committed to

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(adj.) Negligent, careless, or lax; slow, sluggish, or lacking energy; lacking
tautness or tightness; weak; inactive, not busy
(v) 1. To become slack; to loosen or make slower
2. To shirk or evade work; to be careless or inattentive in doing

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(n) The act of going out or exiting

(n) An exit or way out

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(v) To move or slope upward; to rise from a lower level or station
(v) To go back in time or genealogical progression
(v) To become king or queen

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(adj. ) Having been torn, violently lacerated, or wrested from
(n) 1. A tear or opening created by rending
2. A rift or breach in relations

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(adj. ) Free from or protecting against infection by pathogenic microorganisms
(adj. ) Without animation or emotion

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(n) Deceitful, underhanded, unscrupulous behavior

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(v) To shred (such as cheese) by rubbing against anabrasive surface;
to cause to make a harsh sound through grinding (as teeth);
to persistently annoy

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(adj. ) Done, given, or obtained without payment; unearned

(adj. ) Unwarranted, unjustified, or uncalled-for

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(n) A false, derogatory claim meant to injure someone’s reputation
(n) The act of making such a claim
(n) A sprinkling with water, especially as part of a religious ceremony

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(adj. ) Calm, peaceful, or tranquil

(adj. ) Prosperous or wealthy

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a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:

An encomium by the president greeted the returning hero.

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(n) A learned person, scholar, or sage; an idiot savant

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(adj. ) Diligent or persevering in effort or application
(adj. ) Done or achieved through perseverance

related: assiduous

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(n) A paid position or office requiring little or no work

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(v) To disturb or torment
(v) To prepare ground for planting with a harrow (a tool designed to break up and
even out plowed land)

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(v) grab or hold; secure a goal (to “clinch the win”), make final or settle conclusively; to fasten or hold together

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(v) To block, thwart, or stand in the way of

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(n) A confused jumble or mass
(v) To become deeply involved or embroiled in something
(v) To roll, writhe, or heave

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(v) To ask humbly of (someone); to beseech

(v) To ask for something humbly; to pray for

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(adj. ) Parched; burning or intensely hot
(adj. ) Passionate or ardent
(adj. ) Fast or hurried

related: arid (dry, barren)

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(n) A poem, either a short description of an idealized rural scene or a narrative
dealing with romantic or heroic themes
(n) A carefree, lighthearted experience or period;
a romantic interlude

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(n) A distorted, debased, grotesque, or inferior imitation or likeness
(n) An exaggerated burlesque or imitation of a serious literary work, which is usually
grotesquely incongruous

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(n) Depravity, baseness, or vileness

(n) A corrupt act

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(v) To care for (as a young bird) until it is ready to fly
(v) To cover with or as with feathers
(v) To grow plumage needed for flight

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(adj.) Penniless; without money

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(n) One who advocates or attempts to incite war

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(v) To equivocate, lie, or stray from the truth

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(n) Dishonesty; lack of probity (probity = honesty)

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(n) Familiarity; the state of being able to speak about something (“converse”)
knowledgeably

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(n) State of perplexity, especially regarding how to proceed

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(n) The quality of being proper or appropriate

(n) Plural: The customs and rules of polite society

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(adj.) Insolent; boldly disrespectful

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(v) To challenge or attack as false or questionable

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(adj. ) Accidental or unintentional

(adj. ) Inattentive; not fully focused or taking heed

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(adj. ) Lying down or reclining, especially in repose

(adj. ) Resting or idle

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(v) To renounce, recant, or repudiate, often solemnly or under oath
related: forswear (reject or renounce under oath; swear falsely in court, eschew

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(adj.) Abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

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(adj.) Radiant or resplendent; shining brilliantly

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(v) To gather together

(n) Formed by the collection of smaller parts

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(n) An invasion, raid, or hostile entrance of another’s territory
(n) The act of entering

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(n) Calmness; mental or emotional stability under stress; balance or equilibrium

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not exactly known, established, or defined: the date of manufacture is indeterminate.

(of a judicial sentence) such that the convicted person’s conduct determines the date of release.
Mathematics (of a quantity) having no definite or definable value.
Medicine (of a condition) from which a diagnosis of the underlying cause cannot be made: indeterminate colitis.

(adj.) Having an infinite number of solutions

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(adj. ) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated cardboard)
(adj. ) Wrinkled, as in the skin or face

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(n) Utter poverty, without comfort

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(adj. ) Native to or naturally occurring in a region or environment
(adj. ) Innate or natural

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(adj.) Understood by or intended for only a select group, often of people with
specialized knowledge
(adj.) Confidential

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(adj. ) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior
(adj. ) Deviating from the normal or expected type; atypical

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(adj. ) Crude, gross, and unrefined; lacking indiscrimination
(adj. ) Excessively materialistic

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(adj. ) Urgently, keenly desirous to the point of greed

(adj. ) Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest

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(adv) immediately; in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice

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(adj.) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something

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(adj. ) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying
(adj. ) Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher

Answer 417

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(v) To deaden; to hold back or retard the energy of; to stifle, suffocate, or restrain

Answer 418

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(v) To solicit business, votes, etc., in a persistent or annoying way
(v) To describe or advertise boastfully; promote or praise excessively

Answer 419

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(adj. ) Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy (fallacy = logical mistake)
(adj. ) Misleading or delusive

Answer 420

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(n) A gift, service, or other demonstration of gratitude, admiration, or affection
(n) Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic
(n) Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange for protection

Answer 421

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(v) To lure, induce, or win over by using flattery

(v) To obtain by flattery or coaxing

Answer 422

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(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation (such as yogurt or other such foods)
2. To excite or agitate; to foment
(n) A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult (“the political ferment may lead to revolt”)

Answer 423

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(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness

noun
brisk and cheerful readiness: she accepted the invitation with alacrity.

Answer 424

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(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsensically

Answer 425

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(v) To be in harmony; agree

Answer 426

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(adj.) Fruitful, fertile

Answer 427

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(adj.) Stubbornly disobedient; hard to manage

Answer 428

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(adj. ) Mean-spirited, contemptible, or selfish
(adj. ) Showing a lack of values or ethics
(adj. ) Of inferior value or quality

Answer 429

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n) A shifty or unethical lawyer

(n) A person who bickers or quibbles over trivial matters

Answer 430

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(v) Chat; talk casually
(v) To make things up; in psychology, to fill in gaps in one’s memory with
“fabulous” stories

Answer 431

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(v) Shackle, put in chains, or restrict the freedom of

Answer 432

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(v) Brag about

Answer 433

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(adj. ) Immature; showing lack of judgment

(adj. ) Pretentious and immature at the same time

Answer 434

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(n) Harsh, unpleasantly conflicting, or cacophonous sounds

(n) Inconsistency or lack of agreement

Answer 435

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(adj. ) Exceeding the natural, normal, or regular; extraordinary
(adj. ) Existing outside of or beyond the normal course of nature
(adj. ) Supernatural

Answer 436

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(v) (Of animals) To smooth and clean one’s fur or feathers
(v) To dress with great care or primp
(v) To gloat, congratulate oneself, or swell with pride

Answer 437

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(n) Weariness or fatigue

(n) Listlessness or indolence

Answer 438

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(n) Lightness or unseriousness of manner, mind, or character, to the point of being
inappropriate; frivolity
(n) Fickleness or inconstancy

Answer 439

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(adj.) Slow, sluggish, or lagging behind

Answer 440

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(adj. ) Urgent, pressing, or demanding immediate action

(adj. ) Demanding a good deal or too much

Answer 441

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(n) Something profound; intellectual, mental, or emotional depth

Answer 442

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(n) A shallow place in a body of water where one can cross on foot, by horse, etc.
(v) To cross over a body of water, such as a river, in this way

Answer 443

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(adj. ) Clear or transparent
(adj. ) Simple, transparent, or easily understood (as in style or speech)
(adj. ) Untroubled or serene

Answer 444

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(v) To prohibit or forbid
(v) To condemn as dangerous or harmful
(v) To banish; to publish the name of a convicted outlaw

Answer 445

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(v) To lean to one side, as a ship

Answer 446

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(n) The state or quality of being acrid in smell; biting, caustic, sharp, or incisive

Answer 447

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(v) To move or rest in a reclined, indolent manner; to droop or hang

Answer 448

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(n) Attribute; give blame or responsibility for (sometimes falsely)

Answer 449

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noun
a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one’s pride: he left in a fit of pique.

2 (be piqued) feel irritated or resentful: she was piqued by his curtness.

3 (pique oneself) archaic pride oneself.

Answer 450

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(v) To soothe or put to sleep
(v) To deceive or cause to feel a false sense of safety or security

related: slack (calm, period of quiet)

Answer 451

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(n) That which is standard, approved, or sanctioned, especially in regards to
scripture or literature
(n) A rule, principal, or law

Answer 452

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(n) One who fraudulently claims to have medical skills; a charlatan

Answer 453

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(v) To make soft or dissolve by soaking; to emaciate

Answer 454

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(adj. ) Lacking in consistency or order; unplanned or fitful

(adj. ) Random or disconnected from the main subject

Answer 455

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(n) Someone with refined, discriminating taste, especially in food or wine; a connoisseur

Answer 456

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(v) To reject or criticize bluntly or abruptly; to snub

(v) To check, repel, or drive of

Answer 457

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(adj.) Challenging to those of average understanding or knowledge; abstruse or
deep
(adj.) Concealed or hidden

Answer 458

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(adj. ) Tending to cause sleep or dull alertness

(adj. ) Sleepy, lethargic, or drowsy

Answer 459

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E (adj.) Causing fear or awe; alarming or formidable

(adj.) Illustrious; worthy of respect

Answer 460

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(adj.) Changeable, volatile, or given to rapid shifts in mood
(adj.) Having qualities associated w/Greek god Mercury, including cleverness,
eloquence, and thievishness

Answer 461

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(adj) concerned with abstract thought; related to metaphysics (branch of
philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of being and of the world);
very subtle or abstruse

Answer 462

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(adj.) Standing out; most noticeable or important

Answer 463

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(adj.) Prescribing a norm or standard; expressing value judgments (how things
should be) instead of just stating the facts

Answer 464

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(n) A person who uses petty or unethical practices, esp. a lawyer who does this

Answer 465

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(adj.) Like twilight; dim

Answer 466

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(n) Reconciliation or fusion (esp. only partial) of different philosophies, religions,
belief systems, etc.

Answer 467

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(adj.) Universal; worldwide in scope

Answer 468

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(n) Severe criticism, reproach, or punishment

related: admonish, reprove, upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, excoriate, castigate

Answer 469

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(v) To be discontent, complain, or fret

(v) To yearn or long deeply for something

Answer 470

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(adj.) resembling a meteor in speed; having sudden and temporary brilliance similar to a meteor’s

Answer 471

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(adj.) Menacing or threatening in nature or aspect

Answer 472

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(adj. ) Native to or characteristic of a certain place or people
(adj. ) Restricted or confined to a specific area or place

Answer 473

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(v) To abolish, annul, or put aside, usually officially

Answer 474

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(v) To mention, suggest, or bring up

(v) To tap, pierce, or open up

Answer 475

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(n) The act of removing from power
(n) Testimony under oath
(n) The process of depositing, or the state of being deposited

Answer 476

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(n) Growth by gradual addition or build up

Answer 477

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(n) Disgrace or infamy due to shameful, despicable behavior
(n) Harsh contempt or condemnation
(n) A cause for shame or disgrace

Answer 478

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(v) To satisfy or appease (an appetite) fully

(v) To indulge (an appetite) to excess; to glut

Answer 479

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(adj.) Fair and impartial; characterized by or showing equity (equity = fairness)
(Note: do not confuse with equivocal, meaning ambivalent, undecided)

Answer 480

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(adj.) Smart and trim in dress or appearance (usually of a man: “nattily dressed”

Answer 481

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(adj.) Sordid; unpleasant; showing the low side of life

Answer 482

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(adj. ) Diligent or persevering in effort or application

(adj. ) Done or achieved through perseverance

Answer 483

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(v.) To erase; to rub or wipe out
(v.) To conduct oneself inconspicuously, to make oneself “invisible” (often used in the
expression “self-effacing”)

Answer 484

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(n) A new word, phrase, or usage

(n) A psychotic symptom involving the creation of new words

Answer 485

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(adj. ) Pertaining to seed; having possibility of future development
(adj. ) Very original and influencing later works (as a seminal artist or artwork)

Answer 486

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(n) A link or connection
(n) A connected group or series
(n) The core, focus, or central point of connection

Answer 487

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(adj.) Lying on the back or face up
(adj.) Showing or characterized by lethargy, passivity, or apathetic inactivity;
mentally or morally indifferent or lax

Answer 488

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(adj. ) Capable of burning, corroding, or eating away at

(adj. ) Cutting, harsh, sarcastic, or severely critical

Answer 489

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(adj. ) Of little value, worth, or importance; trifling or inconsequential
(adj. ) Without force or effectiveness

Answer 490

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(n) A chaotic, turbulent situation

Answer 491

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(adj.) Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course, against
argument or persuasion
(adj.) Difficult to control, subdue, or remedy

Answer 492

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(adj. ) Full of sinews (tendons); tough and stringy or strong
(adj. ) Lean and muscular; strong, forceful, or vigorous

Answer 493

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(v) To obstruct, close up, or block off

(v) To prevent the passage of

Answer 494

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(n) A large number or quantity (“a whole slew of problems”)

Answer 495

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(adj.) Exercising or marked by self-restraint, especially of the desires

Answer 496

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(n) The state or quality of being odious (arousing contempt or strong displeasure)
(n) Contempt, dislike, or repugnance
(n) Disgrace or infamy due to reprehensible or hateful acts

Answer 497

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(adj. ) Weighted down with or as if with water; soaked thoroughly
(adj. ) Dull or expressionless, as from drink
(adj. ) Sluggish or torpid

Answer 498

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(n) 1. An excessive amount or oversupply
2. Overindulgence (such as in food or drink); disgust from overindulgence
(v) To feed or supply to surfeit (i.e., satiety, excess, or disgust)

Answer 499

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(adj.) Able to pay debts; not bankrupt

Answer 500

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(adj. ) Burdensome or troublesome (“onus”=burden)

(adj. ) Entailing legal obligations that exceed the benefits

Answer 501

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(n) Crafty schemes or plots

Answer 502

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(adj. ) Cautious or wary
(adj. ) Sparing; hesitant to give, accept, or expend
(adj. ) extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to); reserved, diffident

Answer 503

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(adj.) Scornfully mocking; derisive

Answer 504

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(adj.) Partisan; marked by a strong point of view

Answer 505

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(v) Dress or decorate in a gaudy, ostentatious way

Answer 506

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(adj. ) Pertaining to conflict within a group

(adj. ) Mutually destructive

Answer 507

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(adj.) Dry or withered

Answer 508

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(n) The theory or study of signs and symbols used as elements of communication;
the study of languages, gestures, or even clothing used as communication

Answer 509

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shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid:
troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.

attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous: she was resplendent in a sea-green dress.

Answer 510

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An interval or pause

Answer 511

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Factual or straightforward

Answer 512

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Indirect information

Answer 513

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One who is morally unprincipled

Answer 514

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An unprincipled or dishonest person

Answer 515

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To do something that one considers beneath their dignity

Answer 516

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Become smaller; used in relation to having made contracts

Answer 517

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Swollen or affected with swelling

Answer 518

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Talk with extravagant enthusiasm

Answer 519

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Composure, self-control; facial expression; admit as acceptable or possible; support

Answer 520

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Weakened in force or effect

Answer 521

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reckless, crazy, eccentric

Answer 522

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reckless about spending; one who spends money wastefully

Answer 523

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Any violent upheaval, esp one of a social or political nature

Answer 524

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constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive; unremitting (not slacking or abating; incessant)

Answer 525

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(V) travel from place to place, esp. on foot

related: Itinerant, peripatetic, wayfaring

Answer 526

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(ADJ) relating to the different meanings of words or other symbols

Answer 527

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(V) Avoid commitment by leaving provisions for withdrawal or changing one’s mind; protect a bet by also betting on the other side

related: equivocate, waffle, Tergiversate (waver, use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing), Palter (talk insincerely; bargain or haggle)

A hedge fund is an investment fund that hedges risk with a variety of methods, such as short selling and derivatives

Answer 528

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(ADJ)

Recrudescence (N)
Recrudesce (V)

Revival, breaking out into renewed activity

generally used for the reappearance of a disease

related: renascent (reviving, becoming active again), resurgent (having a revival, rising or surging again)

Answer 529

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(V) climb away awkwardly or with difficulty, scramble

Answer 530

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(V) to have a good or bad effect, esp as a result of a person’s efforts or actions (usually used with to, on or upon)

related: reap (harvest, get as a result of one’s effort)

Answer 531

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N) outer part of a shadow from an eclipse; any surrounding region, fringe, periphery; any area where something sort of exists

related: hinterland (remote or undeveloped area)

Answer 532

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sift, analyze critically, separate the useful part from the worthless part

related: rarefy (make more pure, exclusive, or thinner and less dense)

Answer 533

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funny in an odd way; adjective
curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement: his unique brand of droll self-mockery.
noun archaic

a jester or entertainer; a buffoon.

related: waggish (merry), risible (lau

Answer 534

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(N) grasping, squeezing, etc. of the hands as an expression of nervousness, guilt, etc. extended debate over what to do about an issue

Answer 535

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(N) environment, atmosphere; the environmental setting in which something happens or develops

related: zeitgeist (the cultural, intellectual mood of a time period), ethos (the character or moral values specific to a person, group or time period, etc)

Answer 536

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personal inclination or tendency

related: predilection, propensity

Answer 537

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(N) mix of incongruous parts; artistic work imitating the work of other artists, often satirically; a thrown together mess

related: hodgepodge, medley, farrago, potpourri, olio (mixtures of diverse things) eclectic is more positive and means selecting the best from a diverse selection

Answer 538

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person who applies doctrine in an impractical or rigid and close-minded way (noun); merely theoretical, impractical, or fanatical about other people accepting once’s ideas (adj)

related: dogmatic

Answer 539

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concise summary, abstract

related: digest, recapitulation, compendium

Answer 540

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(V) strike, chop, or hack (with a axe, sword, etc.) make or shape something (such as a statue) with a cutting tool

Answer 541

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a substance used to whiten walls, wood, etc. (noun); deception, covering up wrongs, errors, misdeeds, etc. (verb)

related: gloss over, paper over

Answer 542

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gruesome or excessively vivid; sensational, shocking, unrestrained

Answer 543

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a shallow, overused statement; cliche

related: banal, hackneyed, inane, insipid, trite

Answer 544

A

bury (a dead body) or place in a tomb

Answer 545

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disconcerting, confusing, frustrating

related: abash (destroy the confidence of, make ashamed), disquiet

Answer 546

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V) tear violently esp to tear one’s clothing or hair out of grief; pull apart, split or tear away

Answer 547

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sudden outpouring or rush; flood

[ usu. in sing. ] a large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession: a spate of attacks on travelers.

related: inundated, deluge

Answer 548

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In a searching or penetrating manner; while examining closely or probing for answers

Answer 549

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Incapable of error; certain

related: unerring

Answer 550

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cheat or defraud

related: hoodwink, swindle, con, fleece

Answer 551

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pertaining to glaciers; cold, icy, slow, unsympathetic

related: frigid (very cold, without human warmth or emotion), gelid (icy)

Answer 552

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not religious, lacking reverence, ungodly

related: irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous

Answer 553

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attractive un a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; deceptive

related: gaudy, showy, garish (much too bright, vivid, fancy)

Answer 554

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deny, repudiate

Answer 555

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professed, evident, or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way

related: putative (supposed or reputed), nominal (trivial; in name only, so-called)

Answer 556

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irritable, easily angered

related: dyspeptic, curmudgeon, crotchety, cantankerous

Answer 557

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very sheer, fine, translucent

related: gossamer

Answer 558

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left unplanted (of land); not in use

related: arable (able to be farmed; fertile)

Answer 559

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in an intense, fiery or heated way

related: heatedly

Answer 560

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period of time spent doing something or a specific, limited amount of work (noun); to be frugal, to get by on little

related: mister, cheapskate, skinflint (stingy person), frugal, thrifty

Answer 561

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beggar, or religious follower who lives by begging]]

related: pauper, Alms (money or other donation given as charity)

Answer 562

A

wavering, not sure how to proceed; not firm in one’s decision making

related: ambivalent, equivocal

Answer 563

A

(N) judge, umpire, person empowered to decide on matters at hand

related: Adjudicator (judge or arbitrator, esp. judge of a competition)

Answer 564

A

the restatement of a main idea; a summary or concise review… this is where recap comes from!

related: precis, digest (periodical containing shortened versions of works published elsewhere), compendium

Answer 565

A

shed or cast off, esp to regularly shed skin, feathers, etc. (as a snake)

related: to slough or shed

Answer 566

A

Reckless, vicious, without regard for what is right; unjustifiable, deliberately done for no reason at all; sexually unrestrained, or excessively luxurious

Answer 567

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breaking bonds or breaking up a group of people; death; disintegration; extreme hedonism; a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure

disintegration; decomposition: the dissolution of the flesh.
formal death.

2 debauched living; dissipation: an advanced state of dissolution.

Answer 568

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greed, excessive desire

related: avarice, covetousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

Answer 569

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wander in search of; rummage, hunt, make a raid

related: plunder, pillage, ransack, depredate and despoil all mean raiding or looting)

Answer 570

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person devoted to pleasure and luxury

related: voluptuary, hedonist (pleasure-seeker)

Answer 571

A

leading units at the front of an army; leaders in a trend or movement, people on the cutting edge; the forefront of a trend or movement

Answer 572

A

blood red or flesh colored

related: vermilion (bright red)

Answer 573

A

former, previous (adj); in the past, formerly (adv)

related: bygone (past, former), quondam (former, sometime)

Answer 574

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join living tissue (skin) to the part of the body where it will continue to live and grow; to attach as if by grafting; the act of acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means esp. by abusing one’s power (noun)

Answer 575

A

the rules governing grammar and how words join to make sentences, the study of these rules

Answer 576

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join or fit together

related: converge (move towards one another or towards a point; unite)

Answer 577

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any large group that stays together

related: covey (group of birds, or any group), brood (group of offspring born at the same time)

Answer 578

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pretend to be sick, esp. to get out of work, duties, etc.

related: shirk, skulk (to hide for a bad reason, such as avoiding work, or waiting to attack someone)

Answer 579

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show reluctance or object; esp for moral reasons

related: balk (refuse to proceed or to do something)

Answer 580

A

Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface

Answer 581

A

scooping or digging tool; force out a person’s eye with one’s thumb; swindle, extort money from

related: rout (dig around as with a snout; rummage; scoop out or gouge)

Answer 582

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distant physically or emotionally, reserved; indifferent

related: detached (impartial or aloof) standoffish (cold, unfriendly)

Answer 583

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having a particular manner; esp. an artificial one

related: affectation (fake behavior, such as in speech or dress, adopted to give a certain impression)

Answer 584

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Extremely infectious, poisonous, etc. hateful, bitterly hostile

related: pathogenic, pervasive

Answer 585

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howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf

Answer 586

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censor; remove objectionable or offensive parts

related: bowdlerize (expurgate, abridge, or distort), expunge (strike, eliminate, mark for deletion)

Answer 587

A

belittle, put down

related: denigrate

Answer 588

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suitable; proper; effective, often at the expense of ethics or other considerations

Answer 589

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unruly, troublemaking; irritable

related: obstreperous, refractory, captious (faultfinding, making a big deal of trivial faults)

Answer 590

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extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive

related: rash (too hasty, acting without considering the consequences)

Answer 591

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suffer or tolerate; put up with something or somebody unpleasant

related: condone, countenance

Answer 592

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noun
the action of formally investing a person with honors or rank: the investiture of bishops.

• a ceremony at which honors or rank are formally conferred on a particular person.

Answer 593

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have a great effect, weigh heavily (often militate against)

related: inimical (hostile, adverse or harmful)

Answer 594

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unmerciful, harsh (as in not sparing any criticism); generous, lavish (as in not sparing any help or gifts to others)

related: acerbic, acrid, astringent, caustic

Answer 595

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self-evident truth requiring no proof; universally or generally accepted principle

related: maxim, postulate (self-evident proposition, such as in math)

Answer 596

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injustice, wickedness, sin

Answer 597

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rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

related: obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory

Answer 598

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act indecisively; a state of fear or trembling excitement

related: vacillate and equivocate

Answer 599

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brave, spirited

Answer 600

A

flexible, supple, agile

related: nimble (moving quickly and lightly; alert)

Answer 601

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full, rich and clear (of the voice or speaking); pompous, bombastic

related: 
sonorous (giving out a deep, rich, loud sound)
dulcet (melodious, agreeable to the ear)
mellifluous
stentorian (loud)

Answer 602

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restrict or confine; strictly limit a role, range of activity, or area; in math, to be constructed around so as to touch as many points as possible

Answer 603

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grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)

related: crank (an unbalanced person who is fanatical about a private, generally petty cause), cantankerous

Answer 604

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not having or not showing physical feeling or emotion: apathy; not feeling or showing emotion: impassive passersby ignore the performers.

related: stoic, inscrutable (not able to be scrutinized, mysterious)

Answer 605

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send off or deal with in a speedy way; speed, promptness; To transact or dispose of a matter promptly or speedily; the property of being prompt and efficient

related: expediency

Answer 606

A

listen, pay attention to

Answer 607

A

fixed, not moving or changing

related: status quo, stasis, standing (existing indefinitely), stationary (not moving)

Answer 608

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narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity: opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behavior: illiberal and anti-democratic policies.

related: insular, jingoism

Answer 609

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modified, limited, conditional on something else

related: tentative, temper

Answer 610

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the quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgement, esp. decided by vote

related: resolve

Answer 611

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to increase

related: augment, aggrandize

Answer 612

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person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative

related: proponent

Answer 613

A

measure the depth of, penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand

related: fathom, plumb

Answer 614

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gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily

Answer 615

A

surpass, exceed, be larger or better than; leave behind

related: supersede

Answer 616

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physically awkward esp. a tall, skinny person

related: coltish (playful, wild, resembling a young horse; esp having disproportionately long legs, ungainly (awkward, ungraceful)

Answer 617

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support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of

related: corroborate, substantiate, verify

Answer 618

A

useless, ineffective

related: bootless, otiose

Answer 619

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prevent, eliminate, make unnecessary

related: circumvent (bypass, avoid)

Answer 620

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happening at the same time; occurring at the same time, rate, and thus happening together repeatedly

related: simultaneous, contemporaneous

syn/sym means the together

Answer 621

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coming after or following

related: subsequent

Answer 622

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ruler, person of great power

Answer 623

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ready to occur, impending

Answer 624

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highly respected; standing above others in quality or position

Answer 625

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Discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

related: cow (intimidate, destroy the courage of)

Answer 626

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bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold, robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions.

• (of a plant) able to survive outside during winter.

related: robust, hale

Answer 627

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restless; impatient or uneasy under the control of another

Answer 628

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based on inference or assumption; providing reasonable grounds for belief

related: ostensive, ostensible
* don’t confuse with presumptuous*

Answer 629

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notorious, ill fame; the state of being well-known for a disgraceful reason

related: infamous

Answer 630

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make worse, weaken

related: exacerbate, aggravate, mar, vitiate

Answer 631

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a person who is not a member of the clergy

related: laity (the church’s membership)

Answer 632

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in an opposite way; on the other hand

related: the expression “on the contrary”

Answer 633

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not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

Answer 634

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very cowardly, lacking courage

related: timorous, pusillanimous, dastardly

Answer 635

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border, lie along the edge of, go around; evade

related: circumvent

Answer 636

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to the extent that; insofar as: these provisions apply only inasmuch as trade between Member States is affected.

• considering that; since (used to specify the respect in which a statement is true): it was not really a still life inasmuch as all the objects were in motion.

related: whereas (while on the contrary, considering that)

Answer 637

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playful, merry, done in sport rather than intended seriously

related: jocular, jocose, jocund, waggish, risible

Answer 638

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to take in and incorporate as one’s own; absorb

to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc. of a group, nation; adapt or adjust

Answer 639

A

not enough or barely enough

related: modicum, scintilla, iota, mote, tad (small amount)
paucity, dearth (scarcity, lack)

Answer 640

A

(adj) formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat
(v) to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way

Answer 641

A

(n) the office or term of office of a pontiff
(v) to perform the office or duties of a pontiff (a high or chief priest)

speak in a pretentiously dignified or dogmatic way

Answer 642

A

tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies

Answer 643

A

the use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
• a fallacious argument.

Answer 644

A

steal from, typically using force; plunder: many types of predators depredate bird nests | wandering flocks of pigeons depredating barley crops.

Answer 645

A

not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs: heterodox views.

Answer 646

A

tending to induce sleep; soporific.

Answer 647

A

of or relating to the state immediately before falling asleep; tending to induce sleep.

Answer 648

A

characterized by a sudden, often ludicrous, switch from elevated to the everyday or banal

Answer 649

A

to disembowel (cut open and remove the internal organs of) or to remove something of central significance

Answer 650

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1 [ with obj. ] disparage (someone or something): it is typical of Pirandello to derogate the powers of reason.

2 [ no obj. ] (derogate from) detract from: this does not derogate from his duty to act honestly and faithfully.

3 [ no obj. ] (derogate from) deviate from (a set of rules or agreed form of behavior): one country has derogated from the Rome Convention.

Answer 651

A

spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of: development programs have been vitiated by the rise in population.
• destroy or impair the legal validity of.

Answer 652

A

Cowardly; unfaithful; traitorous

Answer 653

A

deserving praise, reward, esteem

Answer 654

A

serious in intention, purpose, or effort

Answer 655

A

hiding place

Answer 656

A

an act of retaliation

Answer 657

A

having become an object of common mention or reference

Answer 658

A

of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter

Answer 659

A

roundabout, not direct

Answer 660

A

A blow; violent shock or concussion

Answer 661

A

to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate

Answer 662

A

Continuing without change; enduring; steadfast

Answer 663

A

that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable

Answer 664

A

relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process

Answer 665

A

extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious

Answer 666

A

Strong attractive power or charm

Answer 667

A

a force that causes rotation

Answer 668

A

A breach or wide fissure

Answer 669

A

Remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all

Answer 670

A

Noteworthy series of events or activities; A procession of persons riding horses

Answer 671

A

a minor character flaw; (n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw

Answer 672

A

to make impossible; to prevent the occurrence or existence of

Answer 673

A

having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative

Answer 674

A

intended to entrap or beguile; Working in a subtle but destructive way

Answer 675

A

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

Answer 676

A

to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively

Answer 677

A

fight; argument

Answer 678

A

causing hatred or disgust; repulsive

Answer 679

A

offensive; arousing disapproval

Answer 680

A

burdesome

Answer 681

A

(v.) to inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice

Answer 682

A

to assert

Answer 683

A

narrowly restricted in scope or outlook

Answer 684

A

agreeable; easily persuaded

Answer 685

A

verb) to suggest something subtly

noun) a hint, indirect suggestion

Answer 686

A

free of bias or self-interest; impartial; neutral

Answer 687

A

confusing or ambiguous

Answer 688

A

reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated; to make less severe

Answer 689

A

contradict; give a false impression; misrepresent

Answer 690

A

Disrespectful; improperly forward or bold

Answer 691

A

the condition of being susceptible to bribes or corruption

Answer 692

A

impudent behavior; feeling of deep and bitter anger/ill-will

Answer 693

A

knowledge of things before they happen; foresight

Answer 694

A

an oversupply; to oversupply

Answer 695

A

impossible to stop or prevent

Answer 696

A

acknowledge defeat; admit ( to a wrongdoing); surrender/relinquish

Answer 697

A

the quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

Answer 698

A

deliberate breach of faith or trust; disloyalty — treacherous; traitorous; deceitful; faithless

Answer 699

A

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Answer 700

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dangerously unstable and unpredictable; tending to betray

Answer 701

A

unoriginal; taken from something already existing; to take or receive from a source; to obtain through reasoning

Answer 702

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(adj.) showing unusually early development or maturity (especially in talents and mental capacity)

Answer 703

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rebellious, resentful of authority

Answer 704

A

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain if those one views as unworthy

Answer 705

A

to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against

Answer 706

A

a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)

Answer 707

A

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

Answer 708

A

to include, incorporate

Answer 709

A

of a belief that is based on faulty reasoning

Answer 710

A

marked by or showing hopelessness

Answer 711

A

so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.

Answer 712

A

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

Answer 713

A

be a sign of; indicate

Answer 714

A

serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

Answer 715

A

lacking social graces; tactless

Answer 716

A

demanding perfection; strict

Answer 717

A

lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Answer 718

A

incapable of being reformed or improved; impervious to correction by punishment

Answer 719

A

characteristic of a limited perspective; not fashionable or sophisticated

Answer 720

A

a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

Answer 721

A

overused, cliched

Answer 722

A

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; defame

Answer 723

A

to make holy or set apart for a high purpose

Answer 724

A

adjective: available when required or as promised

Synonyms : approaching , coming , upcoming

The President announced that the senators were about to reach a compromise, and that he was eager to read the forthcoming details of the bill.

adjective: at ease in talking to others

Synonyms : extroverted , outgoing

As a husband, Larry was not forthcoming: if Jill didn’t demand to know details, Larry would never share them with her.

Answer 725

A

to explain in detail; to clarify; state in depth

Answer 726

A

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

Answer 727

A

(adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)

Answer 728

A

intellectually productive

Answer 729

A

rising again as to new life and vigor

Answer 730

A

marked by great carelessness; dependent upon or characterized by chance

Answer 731

A

presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious: likely to result in or show signs of success

Answer 732

A

an abstract part of something

Answer 733

A

cancel officially

Answer 734

A

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

Answer 735

A

Incapable of being retracted or revoked

Answer 736

A

hostile (usually describes environments or conditions), unfriendly, or harmful

Answer 737

A

Diametrical : in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; sharply contrasted

Answer 738

A

easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding

Answer 739

A

clumsy; inept

Answer 740

A

(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Answer 741

A

troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

Answer 742

A

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail: he chooses his words with fastidious care.

very concerned about matters of cleanliness: the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty.

hard to please

Answer 743

A

Brief, lacking in permanence

Answer 744

A

effective; producing the desired outcome

Answer 745

A

with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Answer 746

A

enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; to instruct someone morally or spiritually

Answer 747

A

Carelessly and hastily put together

Answer 748

A

deprive of nerve or courage; cause to lose self-control; upset; enervate

Answer 749

A

agree to finance; to support financially

Answer 750

A

To pursue relentlessly; to hound

Answer 751

A

To yearn for

Answer 752

A

To be extremely wicked like the devil

Answer 753

A

To trick or swindle; a person who is easily tricked and swindled

Answer 754

A

to read carefully; scrutinize

Answer 755

A

very hungry; approaching an activity with gusto

Answer 756

A

noun: an abusive rant (often tedious)

Joey had difficulty hanging out with his former best friend Perry, who, during his entire cup of coffee, enumerated all of the government’s deficiencies–only to break ranks and launch into some screed against big business.

Answer 757

A

adjective: very thorough; complete

Synonyms : exhaustive , thorough

As a thoroughgoing bibliophile, one who had turned his house into a veritable library, he shocked his friends when he bought a Kindle.

Answer 758

A

to offer formally; proffer

Answer 759

A

to be shy, and to be inclined to retract from company

Answer 760

A

(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn

Answer 761

A

(adj.) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Answer 762

A

neglectful in performance of one’s duty, careless

Answer 763

A

(adj) unable to pay debts owed; bankrupt

Answer 764

A

significant and important value

Answer 765

A

to be in abundance

Answer 766

A

(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Answer 767

A

large number of something

Answer 768

A

to suddenly move in a particular direction

Answer 769

A

noun: an ill-tempered or violent woman

Synonyms : amazon

Poor Billy was the victim of the virago’s invective - she railed at him for a good 30-minutes about how he is the scum of the earth for speaking loudly on his cellphone in public.

Answer 770

A

describes someone who is brilliant and lively

Answer 771

A

adjective: appropriate, and matches nicely

Synonyms : comely , comme il faut , decent , decorous , seemly

Her dress was becoming and made her look even more beautiful.

This word has other definitions but this is the most important one to study

Answer 772

A

(v.) - to increase gradually in size or degree

Answer 773

A

to search for something persistently

Answer 774

A

blissfully happy

Answer 775

A

Impossible to estimate, fathom or figure out

Answer 776

A

to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

Answer 777

A

scarcity, lack of something

Answer 778

A

of foremost importance; fundamental

Answer 779

A

marked by disreputable or unfortunate happenings

Answer 780

A

a small amount of money

Answer 781

A

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse, emaciated

Answer 782

A

traveling, itinerant, peripatetic

Answer 783

A

Insignificant; unimportant; irrelevant

Answer 784

A

To celebrate a person

Answer 785

A

a period of relief or rest

Answer 786

A

controlling influence; domination

Answer 787

A

a sickness, illness, disease, disorder

Answer 788

A

to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference

Answer 789

A

unceasing; never-ending

Answer 790

A

adjective: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

Synonyms : devil-may-care , rakish

The men found him raffish, but the women adored his smart clothes and casual attitude.

Answer 791

A

slow-moving and unexciting; laborious and slow movement

Answer 792

A

does not allow fluids to pass through; (adj.) resistant to capture or penetration (Though the invaders used battering rams, catapults, and rain dances, the fortress proved impregnable and resisted all attacks.)

Answer 793

A

stormy weather , harsh; severe in attitude or action; showing no mercy

Answer 794

A

a desirable state; very close and convivial

Answer 795

A

the quality of being clever, original, and inventive

Answer 796

A

beginner; novice; inexperienced

Answer 797

A

an abundant supply of

Answer 798

A

verb: made ineffective or powerless

The FBI has made so many restrictions on the local police that they are absolutely hamstrung, unable to accomplish anything.

Answer 799

A

a conceited and self-centered person

Answer 800

A

abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

Answer 801

A

devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless

2 empty space; emptiness.

Answer 802

A

gnaw into; make resentful or angry

(of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists: the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles.

Answer 803

A

reject with contempt

Answer 804

A

belief in something

Answer 805

A

refined in manner or style

Answer 806

A

warlike; relating to the military

Answer 807

A

to resist

Answer 808

A

lacking, empty of, deficient in

Answer 809

A

(adj) improper, inappropriate, against the rules of taste or politeness

Answer 810

A

not easily upset or excited

Answer 811

A

a witty saying or remark; to make a witty remark, to say in jest

Answer 812

A

taking part in immoral and unethical plots

Answer 813

A

adjective: something that is concise and instructive of a general truth or principle

Sometimes I can’t stand Nathan because he tries to impress every

Answer 814

A

deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to

Grow worse (devolve into)

Answer 815

A

verb: To live off meager resources, to scrape by

Stranded in a cabin over the winter, Terry was able to eke out an existence on canned food.

Answer 816

A

irritate intensely; infuriate

Answer 817

A

adjective: without partiality

Teachers often have trouble being evenhanded to all of their varied students.

Answer 818

A

mixture of different kinds of things, jumble

Answer 819

A

a deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness.

Answer 820

A

precede in time

Answer 821

A

to give reluctantly, to envy a possession or one’s enjoyment

Answer 822

A

behave awkwardly; have difficulties

Answer 823

A

achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

Answer 824

A

adj. characterized by hard work and perseverance; working hard to promote an enterprise

Answer 825

A

having an agreeably pungent taste

Answer 826

A

to take precedence over someone or something already arranged or in place; to seize priority; to take for oneself; arrogate

Answer 827

A

lacking excitement; boring or monotonous

Answer 828

A

to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor

Answer 829

A

a thin superficial surface layer

Answer 830

A

(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Answer 831

A

marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

Answer 832

A

involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

Answer 833

A

be necessary for; be proper for as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on; one’s duty or obligation

Answer 834

A

adverb: more than is adequate

Synonyms : fully

The boat was amply supplied for its year at sea - no man would go hungry or thirst.

Answer 835

A

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; temporary; tentative

Answer 836

A

praiseworthy

Answer 837

A

extremely bad; appalling

Answer 838

A

to hinder, impede

Answer 839

A

vulgar; characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners; unrefined

Answer 840

A

harass, as with questions or requests; cause to feel distressed or worried

Answer 841

A

characterized by dignity and propriety

Answer 842

A

A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group: especially a hereditary or official right

Answer 843

A

(v.) to defeat in a battle or contest, overthrow; to overcome a feeling or condition

Answer 844

A

to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to proceed

Answer 845

A

involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt

Answer 846

A

persistently petty and unjustified criticism

Answer 847

A

produced by, or characterized by internal dissension

Answer 848

A

(v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority

Answer 849

A

quarrelsome, inclined to argue

Answer 850

A

a detested person; the source of somebody’s hate

Answer 851

A

assume something is true (usu. followed by “the question”, meaning that you ask a question in which you assume something that hasn’t been proven true)

Answer 852

A

excessively complex; intricate

Answer 853

A

the general spirit of the time

Answer 854

A

bully; intimidate with threats; bluster

Answer 855

A

adj. poor, impoverished, destitute; miserly

Answer 856

A

presumptuous; arrogant

Answer 857

A

complete, utter

Answer 858

A

to help pay the cost of, either in part or full

Answer 859

A

communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable manner

Answer 860

A

impossible to bear; intolerable

Answer 861

A

lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible; lazy ; incompetent

Answer 862

A

bossy and domineering

Answer 863

A

overly dramatic

Answer 864

A

manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

Answer 865

A

a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation

Answer 866

A

adjective: extremely optimistic

even in the midst of a lousy sales quarter, Debbie remained Pollyannaish, never losing her shrill voice and wide smile, even when prospective customers hung up on her.

Answer 867

A

related to fashion or clothes

Answer 868

A

to limit or qualify a statement; to avoid making a direct statement

Answer 869

A

noun: a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class

Synonyms : arriviste , nouveau-riche , upstart

The theater was full of parvenus who each thought that they were surrounded by true aristocrats.

Answer 870

A

to have a limited outlook or understanding

Answer 871

A

calmness or poise in difficult situations

Answer 872

A

terribly evil

Answer 873

A

a force that cannot be stopped

Answer 874

A

tending or able to change frequently or easily; able to do many different things; versatile

Answer 875

A

adjective: describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile

George W. Bush’s win in the 2000 election was in many ways a pyrrhic victory: the circumstances of his win alienated half of the U.S. population.

Answer 876

A

artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears

Answer 877

A

adjective: trifling (insignificant) or petty (a person)

Synonyms : fiddling , footling , lilliputian , little , niggling , petty , piddling , piffling , trivial

English teachers are notorious for being picayune; however, the English language is so nuanced and sophisticated that often such teachers are not being contrary but are only adhering to the rules.

Answer 878

A

both words describe strong and biased views on controversial issues

Answer 879

A

to be deliberately teasing

Answer 880

A

plead in protest

Answer 881

A

the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

Answer 882

A

noun: joy from watching the suffering of others

From his warm apartment window, Stanley reveled in schadenfreude as he laughed at the figures below, huddled together in the arctic chill.

Answer 883

A

to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest

Answer 884

A

noun: a traitor

Synonyms : collaborationist , collaborator

History looks unfavorably upon quislings; indeed they are accorded about the same fondness as Nero—he who watched his city burn down while playing the violin.

Answer 885

A

to be biased against due or envy or prejudice

Answer 886

A

noun: something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen

The downtown was a palimpsest of the city’s checkered past: a new Starbucks had opened up next to an abandoned, shuttered building, and a freshly asphalted road was inches away from a pothole large enough to swallow a small dog.

Answer 887

A

Exalted, perfect example, deification, or glorified; the highest point of development

Answer 888

A

being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened

Answer 889

A

to censure scathingly, to upbraid

Answer 890

A

adjective: illusive; unreal

Synonyms : phantasmagoric , surreal , surrealistic

Those suffering from malaria fall into a feverish sleep, their world a whirligig of phantasmagoria; if they recover, they are unsure of what actually took place and what was simply a product of their febrile imaginations.

Answer 891

A

filled with courage or valor

Answer 892

A

preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal/ not given careful consideration

Answer 893

A

(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

Answer 894

A

adjective: excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work

Most accounts of Tiger Woods life were hagiographic, until, that is, his affairs made headlines.

Answer 895

A

a socially awkward or tactless act

Answer 896

A

enthusiastically acclaim or celebrate something

Answer 897

A

of momentous or ominous significance

Answer 898

A

any long and tedious account of something

noun (plural litanies)
a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.
• a tedious recital or repetitive series: a litany of complaints.

Answer 899

A

well known, respected, and admired for past achievements

Answer 900

A

harsh or corrosive in tone

Answer 901

A

draw back, as with fear or pain

Answer 902

A

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

Answer 903

A

marked by precise accordance with details

Answer 904

A

to confuse; to perplex

Answer 905

A

being on the point of death; declining rapidly losing all momentum in progress

Answer 906

A

not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive; something that calms or soothes pain

Answer 907

A

remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral

Answer 908

A

attribute or credit (responsibility) to

Answer 909

A

lacking vigor or energy

Answer 910

A

to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way

Answer 911

A

to talk or move aimlessly

Answer 912

A

adjective: expressing praise or approval

Synonyms : affirmative , approbative , approving

Although it might not be her best work, Hunter’s new novel has received generally approbatory reviews.

Answer 913

A

deceitfulness, pretending to want one thing but interested in something else

Answer 914

A

noun: the state of being first in importance

The primacy of Apple Computers is not guaranteed, as seen in the recent lawsuits and weak growth.

Answer 915

A

noun: the quality of innocence

Synonyms : ingenuousness , innocence , naturalness

I, personally, found the artlessness of her speech charming.

Answer 916

A

having to do with money

Answer 917

A

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Answer 918

A

beg persistently and urgently

Answer 919

A

adjective: uncooperative, not willing to give up information

The teacher demanded to know who broke the window while he was out of the room, but the students understandably were unforthcoming.

Answer 920

A

hold back

Answer 921

A

someone who deliberately creates trouble

Answer 922

A

exemption from a rule or usual requirement: although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play two matches | they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off.

• permission to be exempted from the laws or observances of a church: he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices.

Answer 923

A

must be kept sacred; sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned

Answer 924

A

act quickly; characterized by lack of thought

Answer 925

A

not able to work, survive, or succeed

Answer 926

A

to express strong disapproval of

Answer 927

A

(adj.) not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain

Answer 928

A

natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)

Answer 929

A

To make less dense; to thin; make more subtle or refined

Answer 930

A

not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure

Answer 931

A

powerful ;
I see in my mind a noble and ___ nation.
(Poo sent all other apps to hell by becoming so powerful)

Answer 932

A

deeply hurt the feelings of; distress

Answer 933

A

adjective: (of a circumstance) with little chance of success

With only a bottle of water and a sandwich, the hikers faced an unpropitious task: ascending a huge mountain that took most two days to climb.

Answer 934

A

adjective

so good or unusual as to be impossible to imitate or copy; unique: the inimitable ambience of Hawaii.

Answer 935

A

the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved; outcome of a complex sequence of events

Answer 936

A

to cause (something, such as an idea, belief, etc.) to become clear and fully formed [clarify]

Answer 937

A

(adj.) discouraged, dejected, downcast

Syn.: despondent, disconsolate
Ant.: elated, cheerful, self-satisfied, cocky

Answer 938

A

verb: to hold back the progress of something

Synonyms : gimp , hitch , limp

Bad weather has hobbled rescue efforts, making it difficult for crews to find bodies in the wreckage.

Answer 939

A

the act of accusing in return; a counter charge

Answer 940

A

to fit together with, so as to form a harmonious whole; interlock with

Answer 941

A

a feeling of evil to come/foreshadowing evil

Answer 942

A

(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate

Answer 943

A

glaringly obvious

Answer 944

A

strikingly appropriate and relevant

Answer 945

A

to take a risk for some advantage

Answer 946

A

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Answer 947

A

causing irritation or annoyance

irritate or annoy (someone): I was nettled by Alene’s tone of superiority.

Answer 948

A

a witty saying

Answer 949

A

to react in an angry or offended manner

Answer 950

A

adjective: supply added support

Synonyms : accessory , adjunct , adjuvant , ancillary , auxiliary

In hiking Mt. Everest, sherpas are appurtenant, helping climbers both carry gear and navigate treacherous paths.

Answer 951

A

adjective: strongly affectionate towards

Even though her father did not approve, Juliet became besotted with the young Romeo.

adjective: very drunk

Synonyms : blind drunk , blotto , cockeyed , crocked , fuddled , loaded , pie-eyed , pissed , pixilated , plastered , slopped , sloshed , smashed , soaked , soused , sozzled , squiffy , stiff , tight , wet

Never before have I seen my mom so besotted, and honestly, I hope it’s the last time she drinks so much.

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adjective: highly perceptive

Synonyms : clear

Even the most percipient editor will make an occasional error when proofreading.

Answer 953

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total lack of meaning or ideas

Answer 954

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reconciliation; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries

Answer 955

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filled with or evoking sadness

Answer 956

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in an early stage of development

Answer 957

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(v.) to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

Answer 958

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not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered: a mind untrammeled by convention.

Answer 959

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showing little emotion

Answer 960

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a new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity

Answer 961

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a pithy instructive saying

Answer 962

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having a sophisticated charm

Answer 963

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noun: a strong verbal attack

Synonyms : bill , broadsheet , circular , flier , flyer , handbill , throwaway

Political broadsides are usually strongest in the weeks leading up to a national election.

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express strong disapproval of ; to scold or reprimand

Answer 965

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noun: something to be imitated

Lena’s homework is on the wall because it is an exemplar of clean, neat, and thoughtful work.

Answer 966

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(adj.) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; (n.) such a person

Answer 967

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creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression

Answer 968

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mix together different elements or concepts

Answer 969

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provide with an opportunity

Answer 970

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(adj.) easily done or attained; superficial; ready, fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt

Answer 971

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adjective: being of equal extent or scope or duration

Synonyms : coextensive , conterminous

The border of the state is coterminous with geographic limits on travel; the east and north are surrounded by a nearly uncrossable river and the south by a desert.

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a very intense and uncontrolled fire; an emotionally heated event

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noun: something desired as a necessity

The desideratum of the environmental group is that motorists should rely on carpooling.

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(adj. ) acceptable to the taste or mind

(syn. ) toothsome, appetizing, tasty

Answer 975

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free of guilt; not subject to blame; beyond doubt or reproach

Answer 976

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adjective: highly or widely praised or boasted about

For years, they had heard of New York City’s vaunted skyline, and when they finally saw it, the spectacular cityscape did not disappoint them in the least.

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rambling, lacking order

Answer 978

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characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

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cause one, through routine, to lose energy and enthusiasm

I’m stultified by my job

Answer 980

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unjust, not equitable or fair

Answer 981

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change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

Answer 982

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not drawing attention to oneself; modest

Answer 983

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(n.) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity

Answer 984

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brave and persistent

Answer 985

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adverb: with care and persistence

The top college football program recruits new talent assiduously, only choosing those who were the top in their county.

Answer 986

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uninteresting, lacking vitality; dried up; dehydrated

Answer 987

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slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; lacking in insight or discernment

Answer 988

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immune to attack; without flaws

Answer 989

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to take possession of for one’s own use; confiscate; to allocate (appropriate funds)

Answer 990

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verb: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

Synonyms : check , curb

New curfew laws have bridled people’s tendency to go out at night.

verb: anger or take offense

The hostess bridled at the tactless dinner guests who insisted on eating before everybody had gotten their food.

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Expressing sorrow or lamentation

Answer 992

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to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause

Answer 993

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(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

Answer 994

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meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority; offensive

Answer 995

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true; actual; genuine; real; authentic

Answer 996

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inappropriate

Answer 997

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(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

Answer 998

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An event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Answer 999

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adj. unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love; sorrowful through loss or deprivation

Answer 1000

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openly expressive of emotions

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noun: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

Synonyms : effigy , image

The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center showcases a simulacrum of all the present and approved buildings in the city of Shanghai.

noun: a bad imitation

The early days of computer graphics made real people into a simulacrum that now seems comical.

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a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) ;the person for whom something is named.

as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great

Answer 1003

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prolonged and idle discussion

Answer 1004

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corruption, usually through bribery

Answer 1005

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unwilling to do something contrary to your custom (usually followed by ‘to’); reluctant

I was loath to…

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Irritable; bad-tempered; spiteful.
Origin: The word derives from spleen, the abdominal organ that the ancients regarded as the seat of emotions.
Ex: One way to drive Albie into a splenetic frenzy is to discuss income taxes with him.

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the quality of being meager

Answer 1008

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verb: To erroneously attribute; to falsely ascribe; used especially of authorship.

I made a mistake; I misattributed “Crime and Punishment” to Leo Tolstoy when it was actually written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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noun: an act that debases or corrupts

Synonyms : bastardisation

The movie World War Z is a complete bastardization of the book with little more in common than zombies and a title.

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(n) fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc.;

Answer 1011

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to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal; to arrive at a judgement or conclusion

Answer 1012

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a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people; cruel and oppressive leader

Answer 1013

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be valid, applicable, true, or customary

Answer 1014

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to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

Answer 1015

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to expose to public scorn or contempt/attack or ridicule publicly

Answer 1016

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a small amount of something

Answer 1017

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(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

Answer 1018

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(n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom; apathy

Answer 1019

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relationship in which an organism obtains its nourishment from dead or decaying organic matter

Answer 1020

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insignificant; petty; trivial; (of ab amount) small or meager

Answer 1021

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adj) clearly expressed; easy to understand

noun) the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness: the perspicacity of her remarks.

Answer 1022

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impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless.

impossible to understand; incomprehensible

Answer 1023

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amounting to very little; trifling; negligible

Answer 1024

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regard as worthless or of little value; despise.

speak slightingly or abusively of; vilify.

Answer 1025

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relating to a flood

Answer 1026

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(n.) an idle wanderer, tramp; (adj.) wandering aimlessly

Answer 1027

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completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish

Answer 1028

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TO EXPLAIN; INTERPRET; CLARIFY

Answer 1029

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1 a building, especially a large, imposing one.

2 a complex system of beliefs: the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built.

Answer 1030

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(of goods, especially clothing) made to order: a bespoke suit.
• (of a trader) creating made-to-order goods: bespoke tailors.

Answer 1031

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put into force or operation: school choice would effectuate a transfer of power from government to individuals.

Answer 1032

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fearful, hesitant

Answer 1033

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surpassing the ordinary; exceptional: the conductor was described as a “transcendent genius.”

Answer 1034

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using characters+ events as symbols

Answer 1035

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adjective

familiar with or knowledgeable about something: many ladies are conversant with the merits of drill-eyed needles.

Answer 1036

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unpredictable; not regularly or continuously; intermittently: he slept fitfully.

Answer 1037

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fast and nimble in movement: a man of advancing years, but fleet of foot.

Answer 1038

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noun
a series of interconnected things or events: a singular concatenation of events unlikely to recur.
• the action of linking things together in a series.

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instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction: the failures of the churches to inculcate a sense of moral responsibility.
• teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction: they will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.

Answer 1040

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made into symbolic representation

Answer 1041

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characterized by bitterness or resentment: sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes | a rancorous debate.

Answer 1042

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abrupt or offhand in speech or manner: she could be brusque and impatient.

Answer 1043

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historic records

Answer 1044

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a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity: a paroxysm of weeping.
• Medicine a sudden recurrence or attack of a disease; a sudden worsening of symptoms.

Answer 1045

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noun (also travails)
painful or laborious effort: advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail.
• labor pains: a woman in travail.
verb [ no obj. ]
engage in painful or laborious effort.
• (of a woman) be in labor.

Answer 1046

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adjective
1 necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental: games are an integral part of the school’s curriculum | systematic training should be integral to library management.

[attributive] included as part of a whole rather than supplied separately: the unit comes complete with integral pump and heater.
[attributive] having or containing all parts that are necessary to be complete: the first integral recording of the ten Mahler symphonies.

Answer 1047

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adjective
relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one: the dystopian future of a society bereft of reason | the utopian dream that became a dystopian nightmare.
noun
a person who advocates or describes an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad: a lot of things those dystopians feared did not come true.

Answer 1048

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verb [ no obj. ] literary

(of light) flash or sparkle: the light was coruscating from the walls.

Answer 1049

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economics of land management

Answer 1050

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make wrong or inaccurate statements about.

Answer 1051

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supply (an organ or other body part) with nerves.

Answer 1052

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involving or causing much bloodshed; murderous

Answer 1053

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utter coward

Answer 1054

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full of danger or uncertainty; precarious; perilous : the parlous state of the economy.

Answer 1055

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filled with horror or shock: when the news came out they were aghast.

Answer 1056

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divided/allocated

Answer 1057

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1 in a vehement or emphatic manner: the latest attacks have been roundly condemned by campaigners for peace.
• so thoroughly as to leave no doubt: the army was roundly beaten.
• too plainly for politeness; bluntly: she told him roundly to get to the point.

Answer 1058

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reviewed negatively (used to refer to plays, moves, etc

Answer 1059

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overt: a bald lie

Answer 1060

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not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god: the emperor’s impious attacks on the Church.
• (of a person or act) wicked: impious villains.

Answer 1061

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being funny or playful, especially in a mischievous way: a puckish sense of humor.

Answer 1062

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having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters: she’d been the subject of much prurient curiosity.

Answer 1063

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monetary reward or gain: money

Answer 1064

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unduly demonstrative: lacking reserve

Answer 1065

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expressions of praise

Answer 1066

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playful; energetic but awkward in one’s movements or behavior.

Answer 1067

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forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable: he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night.

Answer 1068

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sweet + soothing

Answer 1069

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(of an animal, especially of a horse) excitable or easily scared: a skittish chestnut mare | figurative : skittish investors withdrew their money from equity markets.
• (of a person) playfully frivolous or unpredictable: my skittish and immature mother.

Answer 1070

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adjective (motlier, motliest)
incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate: a motley crew of discontents and zealots.
noun
1 [ usu. in sing. ] an incongruous mixture: a motley of interacting interest groups.

Answer 1071

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generally considered or reputed to be: the putative father of a boy of two.

Answer 1072

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the state or quality of being serious and dignified: his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity.
• (usu. solemnities) a formal, dignified rite or ceremony: the ritual of the church was observed in all its solemnities.

Answer 1073

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calm, soothing

Answer 1074

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showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper: a blithe disregard for the rules of the road.
• happy or joyous: a blithe seaside comedy.

Answer 1075

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witticism, quip

Answer 1076

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strong + healthy

Answer 1077

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grave, serious

Answer 1078

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Laughable

Answer 1079

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unstable or moody

Answer 1080

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difficult to understand or comprehend

Answer 1081

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to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs

forecast/prediction

Answer 1082

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degenerate; worn out; sterile

(of a person) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual: effete trendies from art college.

• no longer capable of effective action: the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle.

Answer 1083

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to make keen or eager; stimulate

Answer 1084

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understood or implied

Answer 1085

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desire to do evil

Answer 1086

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to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously (abruptly)

Answer 1087

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Bad tempered and irritable

Answer 1088

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sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing: intellectual acuity | visual acuity.

Answer 1089

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lack of respect; rudeness: they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion.

Answer 1090

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a rare, unusual, or intriguing object.

Answer 1091

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not previously announced, expected, or recognized.

Answer 1092

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skillful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks.
• deception; trickery.

Answer 1093

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a descendant of a notable family: he was the scion of a wealthy family.

Answer 1094

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egg-laying

Answer 1095

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bright blue color

Answer 1096

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obtrusively bright and showy; lurid: garish shirts in all sorts of colors.

Answer 1097

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gradually spread through or over: her cheeks were suffused with color | the first half of the poem is suffused with idealism.

Answer 1098

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one-sided

adjective

1 (of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others: unilateral nuclear disarmament.

2 relating to, occurring on, or affecting only one side of an organ or structure, or of the body.

Answer 1099

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1 obtain (something), especially with care or effort

• obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person: he was charged with procuring a minor.

2 [ with obj. and infinitive ] Law persuade or cause (someone) to do something: he procured his wife to sign the agreement.

Answer 1100

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indolence; laziness

Answer 1101

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stuborness

Answer 1102

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howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief: women were ululating as the body was laid out.

Answer 1103

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tending to disappear; fleeting: she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth.

Answer 1104

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1 [ often postpositive ] reigning; ruling: a queen regnant.

2 currently having the greatest influence; dominant: the regnant belief.

Answer 1105

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a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc. and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism

Answer 1106

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inordinate pride in oneself or one’s achievements; excessive vanity.

Answer 1107

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having or showing shrewdness and good judgment, especially in money or business matters: canny shoppers came early for a bargain.

Answer 1108

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having many curves, bends, or turns (a sinuous path); characterized by a series of graceful curving motions(a sinuous dance); indirect/devious (sinuous questions)

Answer 1109

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relating to the logical discussion of ideas and opinions: dialectical ingenuity.

Answer 1110

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relating to or expressing penitence or penance: penitential tears.

Answer 1111

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loud and harsh; grating: his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident.
• presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way: public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident.

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a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something: the blandishments of the travel brochure.

Answer 1113

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a wrong or inaccurate name or designation: “king crab” is a misnomer—these creatures are not crustaceans at all.

• a wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term: to call this “neighborhood policing” would be a misnomer.

Answer 1114

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Friendliness; a friendly relationship

Answer 1115

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comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness: she sought solace in her religion.

Answer 1116

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swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside: [ no obj. ] : the abdomen distended rapidly | [ with obj. ] : air is introduced into the stomach to distend it.

physical swelling

Answer 1117

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a temporary fix

Answer 1118

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assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty: the authorities did not accede to the strikers’ demands.

assume an office or position: he acceded to the post of director in September.

Answer 1119

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• [ as modifier ] consisting of or combining two or more aspects or qualities: a portmanteau movie composed of excerpts from his most famous films.

Answer 1120

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the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive: his admission came after years of circumlocution | he used a number of poetic circumlocutions.

Answer 1121

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(of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy.

Answer 1122

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diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry): the report attempted to educate the public and allay fears.

Answer 1123

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stiff and awkward in movement or manner: she is one of the most wooden actresses of all time.

Answer 1124

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boastful or arrogant behavior.

Answer 1125

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sounding sad and mournful: a plaintive cry.

Answer 1126

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having no match or equal; unrivaled: he is a nonpareil storyteller | [ postpositive ] : a film critic nonpareil.

Answer 1127

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a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration: the Queen was the cynosure of all eyes.

Answer 1128

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sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge or gain

Answer 1129

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a person compared to Machiavelli for favoring expediency over morality.

Answer 1130

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(of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible: a palpable sense of loss.

Answer 1131

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show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success: exulting in her escape, Annie closed the door behind her.

Answer 1132

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very small amount; generally of energy

a required or allowed amount, especially an amount of money legally payable in damages.
• a share or portion: each man has only a quantum of compassion.

Answer 1133

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causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep: vertiginous drops to the valleys below.

Answer 1134

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of or relating to a person’s body, especially as opposed to their spirit: he was frank about his corporeal appetites.

Answer 1135

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the protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization: negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the UN.

Answer 1136

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the attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president: the queen’s accession to the throne | lost the vote on the Fortas accession to the chief justiceship.

Answer 1137

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express strong disapproval or disagreement: I expostulated with him in vain.

Answer 1138

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a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad: spend the money without compunction.

Answer 1139

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causing dizziness

Answer 1140

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to support

Answer 1141

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cheerful and lighthearted: a jocund wedding party.

Answer 1142

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(of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.

Answer 1143

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each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole1 and pole2); a homograph.

• each of two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g., to , too, and two); a homophone.

Answer 1144

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deductive reasoning

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a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated. For example, Washington is a metonym for the federal government of the US.

Answer 1146

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a curtain hung over a door or doorway.

Answer 1147

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great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity: the recital ended with a blazing display of bravura | [ as modifier ] : a bravura performance.

Answer 1148

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adjective
recent; new; modern: another effort by the White House to display its neoteric wizardry went awry.

noun
a modern person; a person who advocates new ideas.

Answer 1149

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root out and destroy completely: the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land.

surgically remove

Answer 1150

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select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources: anecdotes culled from Greek and Roman history.

Answer 1151

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energy, style, and enthusiasm: a rousing march, played with great elan.

Answer 1152

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inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality: the entire performance was imbued with sparkle and elan.

Answer 1153

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an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres: a 35% increase in net acreage.

Answer 1154

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(of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree: an acute housing shortage | the problem is acute and getting worse.

• (of a disease or its symptoms) of short duration but typically severe: acute appendicitis. Often contrasted with chronic.

having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight: shrewd: an acute awareness of changing fashions.
• (of a physical sense or faculty) highly developed; keen: an acute sense of smell.

(of an angle) less than 90°.

having a sharp end; pointed.
(of a sound) high; shrill.

Answer 1155

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adjective
of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.
• relating to landed property.

• relating to a social system upon which agriculture is the sustaining foundation.

noun
a person who advocates a redistribution of landed property, especially as part of a social movement.

Answer 1156

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append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document: the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791 | (as adj. annexed) : the annexed diagram.

add (territory) to one’s own territory by appropriation: the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France in 1797.
informal take for oneself; appropriate: it was bad enough that Richard should have annexed his girlfriend.
archaic add or attach as a condition or consequence.

Answer 1157

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1 (of the weather) pleasantly warm: the balmy days of late summer.

2 N. Amer. or dated extremely foolish; eccentric: this is a balmy decision.

• mad; crazy: I think he’s gone balmy again.

Answer 1158

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a main branch of a tree: apple boughs laden with blossom.

Answer 1159

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demonstrating neat skill, especially with the hands: dexterous accordion playing.

• mentally adroit; clever: power users are dexterous at using software, rather than creating it.

Answer 1160

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surround; enclose: the stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil.

Answer 1161

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adjective
extremely small: an infinitesimal pause.

noun
Mathematics
an indefinitely small quantity; a value approaching zero.

Answer 1162

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for each person; in relation to people taken individually: [ as adv. ] : the state had fewer banks per capita than elsewhere | [ as adj. ] : per capita spen

Answer 1163

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verb [ with obj. ]
(of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen: the outcome of the game presaged the coming year.
• archaic (of a person) predict: lands he could measure, terms and tides presage.

Answer 1164

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noun
an edge or border: they came down to the verge of the lake.

• an extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen: I was on the verge of tears.

verge 2 |vərj|
noun
a wand or rod carried before a bishop or dean as an emblem of office.

verb [ no obj. ]
incline in a certain direction or toward a particular state: his style verged into the art nouveau school.

Answer 1165

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assimilate or cause to assimilate a different culture, typically the dominant one: [ no obj. ] : those who have acculturated to the US | [ with obj. ] : the next weeks were spent acculturating the field staff | (as adj. acculturated) : an acculturated Cherokee.

Answer 1166

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excessively praising or admiring: an adulatory review | the tone here is adulatory and uncritical.

Answer 1167

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collect or form into a mass or group: [ with obj. ] : companies agglomerate multiple sites such as chains of stores | [ no obj. ] : these small particles soon agglomerate together.

noun |əˈɡlämərət|
a mass or collection of things: a multimedia agglomerate.

Answer 1168

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feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated: they were aggrieved at the outcome | she did not see herself as the aggrieved party.

Answer 1169

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adverb
with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward: she stood with arms akimbo, frowning at the small boy.

• (of other limbs) flung out widely or haphazardly.

Answer 1170

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any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods.Compare wandering albatross.

a seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility.

something burdensome that impedes action or progress.

Answer 1171

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adverb

high up; far above the ground.

Answer 1172

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lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group: the theory that high-rise architecture leads to anomie in the residents.

Answer 1173

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verb [ with obj. ]
imitate the behavior or manner of (someone or something), especially in an absurd or unthinking way: new architecture can respect the old without aping its style.

Answer 1174

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• (apocrypha)writings or reports not considered genuine.

Answer 1175

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a formal written defense of one’s opinions or conduct: an apologia for book banning.

Answer 1176

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a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial: an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s.

Answer 1177

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like an eagle.

• (of a person’s nose) hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.

Answer 1178

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1 a scene of uproar and confusion: there was bedlam in the courtroom.

2 • archaic an institution for the care of mentally ill people

Answer 1179

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literature regarded as a fine art, especially as having a purely aesthetic function.

light and elegant literature, especially that which is excessively refined, characterized by aestheticism, and minor in subject, substance, or scope.

Answer 1180

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ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat: [ with obj. and infinitive ] : they beseeched him to stay | [ with obj. ] : they earnestly beseeched his forgiveness | [ with obj. and direct speech ] : “You have got to believe me,” Gloria beseeched him | (as adj. beseeching) : a beseeching gaze.

Answer 1181

A

a chimpanzee with a black face and black hair, found in the rain forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). Also called pygmy chimpanzee.

Answer 1182

A

make or become less sharp: [ with obj. ] : wood can blunt your ax | [ no obj. ] : the edge may blunt very rapidly.

• [ with obj. ] weaken or reduce (something): their determination had been blunted.

Answer 1183

A

verb (used without object)
to be in a vigorous state; thrive:

to be in its or in one’s prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence, etc.

verb (used with object)
to brandish dramatically; gesticulate with:
a conductor flourishing his baton for the crescendo.
to decorate or embellish (writing, a page of script, etc.) with sweeping or fanciful curves or lines.

noun
an act or instance of brandishing.

an ostentatious display.

Answer 1184

A

wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

Answer 1185

A

to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.

verb (used with object), ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing.
to express by gesturing.

Answer 1186

A

1 the ability or tendency to float in water or air or some other fluid.
• the power of a liquid to keep something afloat.

2 an optimistic and cheerful disposition: the happiness and buoyancy of his nature.

3 a high level of activity in an economy or stock market: there is renewed buoyancy in the demand for steel.

Answer 1187

A

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others: his callous comments about the murder made me shiver.

Answer 1188

A

the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone’s reputation; slander.

• a false and slanderous statement.

Answer 1189

A

a feudal tenant’s or vassal’s sworn loyalty to a lord: they owed fealty to the Earl rather than the King.

• formal acknowledgment of this: a property for which she did fealty.

Answer 1190

A

strong and healthy; vigorous: the Caplans are a robust, healthy lot.

(of an object) sturdy in construction: a robust metal cabinet.
(of a process, system, organization, etc.) able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions: California’s robust property market.
uncompromising and forceful: the country’s decision to bow to UN pressure was preceded by a robust defense of its policies | he took quite a robust view of my case.
(of wine or food) strong and rich in flavor or smell.

Answer 1191

A

supersede and replace: another discovery could supplant the original finding.

Answer 1192

A

noun
an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt: a gibe at his old rivals.

verb [ no obj. ]
make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer: some cynics in the media might gibe.

Answer 1193

A

an innocent or unsophisticated young woman.

Answer 1194

A

an upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier.

• (in full cattle stanchion)a frame that holds the head of a cow in place, especially to facilitate milking.

Answer 1195

A

an item of food: a fridge groaning with comestibles.
adjective

edible: comestible plants.

Answer 1196

A

resembling or suggestive of earth or soil: an earthy smell.

(of a person) direct and uninhibited; hearty: the storefront is given over to a young, earthy crowd.
(of humor) somewhat coarse or crude: their good-natured vulgarity and earthy humor.

Answer 1197

A

extend the application of (a method or conclusion, especially one based on statistics) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable: the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups | [ no obj. ] : it is always dangerous to extrapolate from a sample.

• estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating: attempts to extrapolate likely human cancers from laboratory studies.

Answer 1198

A

inciting/guiding discovery

enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves: a “hands-on” or interactive heuristic approach to learning.

Answer 1199

A

having or streaked with gray hair: grizzled hair.

Answer 1200

A

hairy: their hirsute chests.

Answer 1201

A

like glass in appearance or physical properties.

• (of a substance) derived from or containing glass: the toilet and bidet are made of vitreous china.

Answer 1202

A

the action or skill of steering a ship or boat: the principles that govern the helmsmanship of marine vessels |
figurative : his helmsmanship of the economic recovery.

Answer 1203

A

kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning.

Answer 1204

A

verb [with object] (usually be contraindicated) Medicine

(of a condition or circumstance) suggest or indicate that (a particular technique or drug) should not be used in the case in question: surgery may also be contraindicated for more general reasons of increased operative risk.

Answer 1205

A

imitation, in particular:
• representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.

• the deliberate imitation of the behavior of one group of people by another as a factor in social change.

Answer 1206

A

the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule: the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry | a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers.

Answer 1207

A

the quality of being infallible; the inability to be wrong: his judgment became impaired by faith in his own infallibility.

Answer 1208

A

(pretension to) a claim or the assertion of a claim to something: their pretensions to culture | we cannot tolerate pretension to infallibility.

• (often pretensions) an aspiration or claim to a certain status or quality: another aging rocker with literary pretensions.

2 the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness: he spoke simply, without pretension.

Answer 1209

A

a thin, light, sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting.

(especially of speech or intelligence) quick and incisive: rapier wit.

Answer 1210

A

verb [ no obj. ]
make the sound and movement of vomiting.

• vomit.

noun
a movement or sound of vomiting.

Answer 1211

A

1 a disorderly retreat of defeated troops: the retreat degenerated into a rout | the army was in a state of demoralization verging on rout.

• a decisive defeat: the party lost more than half their seats in the rout.

2 Law, dated an assembly of people who have made a move toward committing an illegal act that would constitute an offense of riot.

Answer 1212

A

verb (wallops, walloping, walloped) [ with obj. ]
strike or hit (someone or something) very hard: they walloped the back of his head with a stick | figurative : they were tired of getting walloped with income taxes.

• heavily defeat (an opponent).

noun
1 a heavy blow or punch.

Answer 1213

A

a person who makes facetious jokes.

Answer 1214

A

of or relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows, or the buildings in which they live: a monastic order.

• resembling or suggestive of monks or their way of life, especially in being austere, solitary, or celibate: a monastic student bedroom.

Answer 1215

A

noun
work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value: writing off the cold fusion phenomenon as a boondoggle best buried in literature.

• a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft: they each drew $600,000 in the final months of the great boondoggle.

verb [ no obj. ]
waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects.

Answer 1216

A

adverb

at a high cost: they buy property cheaply and sell dear.

Answer 1217

A

a ghost.

• something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence: the specter of nuclear holocaust.

Answer 1218

A

4 [ usu. as modifier ] informal a highly desirable attainment, accomplishment, or acquisition, typically a job: he landed a plum assistant producer’s job.

Answer 1219

A

a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized: they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance.

Answer 1220

A

an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based: a national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy.

Answer 1221

A

a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.

Answer 1222

A

noun
the expression of approval or agreement: a loud murmur of assent | he nodded assent.

• official agreement or sanction: the governor has power to withhold his assent from a bill.

verb [ no obj. ]
express approval or agreement, typically officially: Roosevelt assented to the agreement | [ with direct speech ] : “Guest house, then,” Frank assented cheerfully.

Answer 1223

A

a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill: the first ascent of the Matterhorn | the routes of ascent can be retraced.

an upward slope or path: the ascent grew steeper.
[ in sing. ] a rise to an important position or a higher level: his ascent to power.

Answer 1224

A

encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense: he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others.

• encourage or assist someone to commit (a crime): we are aiding and abetting this illegal traffic.

Answer 1225

A

often derogatory
conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable: it seems sad that such a scholar should feel compelled to use this modish jargon.

Answer 1226

A

divide (a region or body) into smaller mutually hostile states or groups.

Answer 1227

A

an aristocrat or nobleman.

N. Amer. a member of a long-established wealthy family.
a member of a noble family or class in ancient Rome.

Answer 1228

A

unchanging over time or unable to be changed: an immutable fact.

Answer 1229

A

put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed: white-band disease imperils coral reefs.

Answer 1230

A

unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless: he was seized with an impotent anger.

2 (of a man) abnormally unable to achieve a sexual erection.

• (of a male animal) unable to copulate.

Answer 1231

A

have sexual intercourse

Answer 1232

A

a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation: she relented in her determined inquisition and offered help.

historical a judicial or official inquiry.
the verdict or finding of an official inquiry.

Answer 1233

A

an intervening period of time: enjoying a lunchtime interlude.

Answer 1234

A

1 [ with obj. ] (usu. be inured to) accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant: these children have been inured to violence.

2 [ no obj. ] (inure for/to) Law come into operation; take effect: a release given to one of two joint contractors inures to the benefit of both.

Answer 1235

A

overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with: we’ve been inundated with complaints from listeners.

2 flood: the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.

Answer 1236

A

noun (pl. lackeys)
a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant.

• derogatory a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person or group of people.

verb(also lacquey) (lackeys, lackeying, lackeyed) [ with obj. ] archaic
behave servilely to; wait upon as a lackey.

Answer 1237

A

2 (usu. be larded with) embellish (talk or writing) with a variety of expressions: his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge.

• cover or fill thickly or excessively: the pages were larded with corrections and crossings-out.

Answer 1238

A

any of a number of shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves

• honor or praise for an achievement: she has rightly won laurels for this brilliantly perceptive first novel.

look to one’s laurels
be careful not to lose one’s superior position to a rival.
rest on one’s laurels

be so satisfied with what one has already achieved that one makes no further effort.

Answer 1239

A

lack of strictness or care: the result of such fiscal laxity is a budget deficit | laxity of discipline.

2 looseness of a limb or muscle: over-stretching can result in joint laxity.

Answer 1240

A

cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions: a city leery of gang violence.

Answer 1241

A

• a seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant used as food.

Answer 1242

A

a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.

Answer 1243

A

well-educated people who are interested in literature.

Answer 1244

A

failing or unable to cope with the demands of a normal social environment: maladjusted behavior.

Answer 1245

A

an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.

any of various nonalcoholic beverages.

Answer 1246

A

a mixture; a medley: a mélange of tender vegetables and herbs.

Answer 1247

A

belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

• chiefly historical the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

Answer 1248

A

(of a cancer) spread to other sites in the body by metastasis: cancers that metastasize to the brain.

Answer 1249

A

a confused mixture: a mishmash of outmoded ideas.

Answer 1250

A

denoting a dealer or trader in a specified commodity: fishmonger | cheesemonger.

• a person who promotes a specified activity, situation, or feeling, especially one that is undesirable or discreditable: rumormonger | warmonger.

Answer 1251

A

a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.

• a long and typically tedious speech by one person during a conversation: Fred carried on with his monologue as if I hadn’t spoken.

Answer 1252

A

make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent: [ with obj. ] : I shall not moderate my criticism | (as adj. moderating) : his moderating influence in the army was now needed more than ever | [ no obj. ] : the weather has moderated considerably.

Answer 1253

A

a tiny piece of a substance: the tiniest mote of dust.

Answer 1254

A

military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and stores: reserves of nuclear, chemical, and conventional munitions | [ as modifier ] : a munitions expert | munition factories.

verb [ with obj. ]
supply with munitions.

Answer 1255

A

a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.

Answer 1256

A

the central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. In traditional Western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars.

Answer 1257

A

• an uncivilized, unintelligent, or uncouth person, especially a man: the stereotype of the mechanic as a macho Neanderthal.

Answer 1258

A

2 [ no obj. ] investigate or pry into something: I was anxious to get inside and nose around her house | she’s always nosing into my business.

• [ with obj. ] detect by diligent searching.

3 [ no obj. ] (of a vehicle or its driver) make one’s way cautiously forward: he turned left and nosed into an empty parking space.

• (of a competitor) manage to achieve a winning or leading position, especially by a small margin: they nosed ahead by one point.

Answer 1259

A

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

• historical a poem meant to be sung.

Answer 1260

A

(of a deity) having unlimited power; able to do anything.
• having ultimate power and influence: an omnipotent sovereign.

noun (the Omnipotent)
God.

Answer 1261

A

someone or something that has been left out or excluded: there are glaring omissions in the report.

the action of excluding or leaving out someone or something: the omission of recent publications from his bibliography.
a failure to do something, especially something that one has a moral or legal obligation to do: to pay compensation for a wrongful act or omission.

Answer 1262

A

1 informal criticize (someone or something) severely: the movie was panned by the critics.

2 wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold): the old-timers panned gold | [ no obj. ] : prospectors panned for gold in the Yukon.

• (of gravel) yield gold.

Answer 1263

A

verb [ no obj. ] (pander to)
gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.): newspapers are pandering to people’s baser instincts.
noun dated

a pimp.

• archaic a person who assists the baser urges or evil designs of others: the lowest panders of a venal press.

Answer 1264

A

a group of particularly respected, famous, or important people: the pantheon of the all-time greats.

Answer 1265

A

2 a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction: a parcel of shares.

• a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate.

Answer 1266

A

having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner: there was no mistaking that jaunty walk.

Answer 1267

A

1 (of a girl or young woman) attractively lively or cheeky: a pert Belgian actress.

• (of a young person or their speech or behavior) impudent: no need to be pert, miss.

• another term for peart.
2 (of a bodily feature or garment) attractive because neat and jaunty: she had a pert nose and deep blue eyes.

Answer 1268

A

[ as modifier ] denoting a simplified form of a language, especially as used by a nonnative speaker: we exchanged greetings, communicating in pidgin Spanish.

Answer 1269

A

adverb
piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually:
to work piecemeal.

into pieces or fragments:
to tear a letter piecemeal.

Answer 1270

A

a soft, moist mass of material, typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth.

Answer 1271

A

the steepness of a slope, especially of a roof.

• Climbing a section of a climb, especially a steep one.

Answer 1272

A

a soft, moist mass of material, typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth.

Answer 1273

A

a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities: a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day.

an impressive or outstanding example of a particular quality: Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline.
an amazing or unusual thing, especially one out of the ordinary course of nature: omens and prodigies abound in Livy’s work.

Answer 1274

A

a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities: a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day.

an impressive or outstanding example of a particular quality: Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline.
an amazing or unusual thing, especially one out of the ordinary course of nature: omens and prodigies abound in Livy’s work.

Answer 1275

A

complain or protest strongly and persistently about: he railed at human fickleness.

Answer 1276

A

the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for: “the Morning Star” and “the Evening Star” have the same referent (the planet Venus).

Answer 1277

A

adjective [ predic. ]
(especially of something undesirable or harmful) of common occurrence; widespread: male chauvinism was rife in medicine in those days.

• (rife with) full of: the streets were rife with rumor and fear.
adverb

in an unchecked or widespread manner: speculation ran rife that he was an arms dealer.

Answer 1278

A

adjective
denoting or concerning a sect or sects: ethnic and sectarian differences.

(of an action) carried out on the grounds of membership of a sect, denomination, or other group: a sectarian attack.
rigidly following the doctrines of a sect or other group.

noun
a member of a sect.

• a person who rigidly follows the doctrines of a sect or other group.

Answer 1279

A

[ with obj. ] archaic cook (food) by boiling it in a liquid: others were cut into joints and seethed in cauldrons made of the animal’s own skins.
(of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger: inwardly he was seething at the slight to his authority.
(of a place) be crowded with people or things moving about in a rapid or hectic way: the entire cellar was seething with spiders | the village seethed with life.

Answer 1280

A

the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices.

Answer 1281

A

an assisting force regarded as drawing something along behind something else: when the U.S. economy booms, the rest of the world is pulled along in the slipstream.

Answer 1282

A

pretentious or juvenile: sophomoric double entendres.

Answer 1283

A

the branch of science concerned with the investigation and measurement of spectra produced when matter interacts with or emits electromagnetic radiation.

Answer 1284

A

tasteless or shoddy clothes, jewelry, or ornaments.

Answer 1285

A

abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
We elbowed our way through the teeming station.

prolific or fertile.

Answer 1286

A

stimulate or excite (someone), especially in a sexual way: these journalists are paid to titillate the public.

• archaic lightly touch; tickle.

Answer 1287

A

fashionable among wealthy or stylish people: a tony restaurant.

Answer 1288

A

to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.

Answer 1289

A

verb [ with obj. ]
1 (also wrack)cause extreme physical or mental pain to; subject to extreme stress: he was racked with guilt.

• historical torture (someone) on the rack.

Answer 1290

A

a harsh-tempered, violent, turbulent or overbearing woman.

Answer 1291

A

of or relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.

Answer 1292

A

desire or yearning

Answer 1293

A

noun
a person who is learning the letters of the alphabet.

a beginner in any field of learning.

rudimentary; elementary; primary.

Answer 1294

A

regard as being above reproach or of great significance: we have canonized freedom of speech as an absolute value overriding all others.
accept into the literary or artistic canon: [ as adj. ] : a familiar, canonized writer.

Answer 1295

A

the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Answer 1296

A

• worthless things; trash.

Answer 1297

A

burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.

Answer 1298

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noun
a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

adjective
having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact: he didn’t tell me about it and I’m not clairvoyant.

Answer 1299

A

a soldier or unit of soldiers specially trained to carry out raids.

Answer 1300

A

report on an event as it occurs, especially for a news or sports broadcast; provide a commentary.

Answer 1301

A

a fellow citizen or national of a country: Stich defeated his compatriot Boris Becker in the quarterfinals.

Answer 1302

A

a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities: the Earth is a specialized conglomerate of organisms.

• a large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms: a media conglomerate.

Answer 1303

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having the power to make laws: the country’s supreme legislative body.

• of or relating to laws or the making of them: legislative proposals. Often contrasted with executive.

Answer 1304

A

a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union or from within a particular discipline: an international congress of mathematicians.

the action of coming together

Answer 1305

A

relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor: consanguineous marriages.

Answer 1306

A

violate the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct): this would contravene the rule against hearsay.

• conflict with (a right, principle, etc.), especially to its detriment: this contravened Washington’s commitment to its own proposal.

Answer 1307

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1 (usu. be couched in) express (something) in language of a specified style: many false claims are couched in scientific jargon.

Answer 1308

A

• a small group of people or things: coveys of actors rushed through the rooms.

Answer 1309

A

1 (Dame)(in the UK) the title given to a woman equivalent to the rank of knight.

2 N. Amer. informal a woman.

Answer 1310

A

a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field: she’s the doyenne of daytime TV.

Answer 1311

A

earmarks of a classic.

2 US a congressional directive that funds should be spent on a specific project.

designate (something, typically funds or resources) for a particular purpose: the new money will be earmarked for cancer research.

Answer 1312

A

1 the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Answer 1313

A

a period of time in history or a person’s life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics: the Victorian epoch.

Answer 1314

A

an earnest or humble request: the king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties.

Answer 1315

A

pass out of sight, memory, or existence.

Answer 1316

A

(of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive: his flagrant bad taste | a flagrant violation of the law.

Answer 1317

A

excessive adherence to prescribed forms: academic dryness and formalism.

the use of forms of worship without regard to inner significance.
the basing of ethics on the form of the moral law without regard to intention or consequences.
concern or excessive concern with form and technique rather than content in artistic creation.

Answer 1318

A

adverb and adjective

(especially as a direction) loud or loudly.

Answer 1319

A

an expression of vehement protest: the fulminations of media moralists.

• a violent explosion or a flash like lightning.

Answer 1320

A

a fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly.

• an annoying person, especially one who provokes others into action by criticism.

Answer 1321

A

a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village.

Answer 1322

A

an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse.

• a damaging loss of valuable people or resources suffered by an organization, group, or country: a hemorrhage of highly qualified teachers.

Answer 1323

A

(of an office or position) given as a mark of respect, but having few or no duties.

• denoting a form of address showing high status, politeness, or respect: an honorific title for addressing women.

Answer 1324

A

fill with cavities or tunnels: whole hillsides were honeycombed with mines.

• infiltrate and undermine: their men honeycombed the army.

Answer 1325

A

an adherent of an ideology, especially one who is uncompromising and dogmatic: a conservative ideologue.

Answer 1326

A

To free someone from a misconception or deception.

Answer 1327

A

Sullen, gloomy or melancholy

Answer 1328

A

Hostility, opposition or active resistance

Answer 1329

A

Present or available in great amount; plentiful, bountiful or copious

Pouring forth freely or abundantly; extravagant

Answer 1330

A

An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something

Answer 1331

A

Phalanxes (plural)

A body of troops or police officers standing by or living on close formation

A group of people or things of a similar type forming a compact body

Answer 1332

A

Badly made or done

Answer 1333

A

Displaying or characterized by the exceptional technical skill

Answer 1334

A

tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.

Answer 1335

A

becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt: sclerotic management.

Answer 1336

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having become rigid or fixed in attitude or position: an ossified institution | ossified business practices.

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