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blunder

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error. The criminal’s fatar blunder led to his capture.

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blurt

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utter impulsively; うっかり口走る. Before she could stop him, he blurted out the news.

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bluster

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blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully. “Let the stormy winds bluster,” cried Jack, “we’ll set sail tonight.”

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bode

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foreshadow; portend; の前兆となる、を予告する. The gloomy skies and the sulfurous odors from the mineral springs seemed to bode evil to those who settled in the area.

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bogus

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counterfiet; not authentic. The police quickly found the distributors of the bogus twenty-dollar bills.

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bohemian

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unconventional (in an artistic way). Gertrude Stein ran off to Paris to live an eccentric, bohemian life with her writer friends.

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boisterous

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violent; rough; noisy. The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.

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bolster

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support; reinforce. The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.

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bolt

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dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down. Jack was set to bolt out the front door, but Jill bolted the door.

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bombardment

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attack (as with missiles). The enemy bombardment demolished the town.

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language. Puffed up with conceit, the orator spoke in such a bombastic manner that we longed to deflate him.

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boon

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blessing; benefit. The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a boon to the whole community.

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boorish

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rude; insensitive. Though Mr. Potts constantly interrupted his wife, she ignored his boorish behavior, for she had lost hope of teaching him courtesy.

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bountiful

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abundant; graciously generous. Thanks to the good harvest, we had a bountiful supply of food and we could be as bountiful as we liked in distributing food to the needy.

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bowdlerize

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expurgate; （本などから不穏当な部分を）削除する. After the film editors had bowdlerized the language in the script, the motion picture’s rating was changed from “R” to “RG.”

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boycott

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refrain from buying or using. To put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm worker’s health, Ceasar Chavez called for consumers to boycott grapes.

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braggadocio

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boasting; 自慢屋、ほら吹き. He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio.

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brandish

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wave around; flourish. Alarmed, Doctor Watson wildly brandished his gun until Holmes told him to put the thing away before he shot himself.

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bravado

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swagger; assumed air of defiance; 虚勢、強がり、威力の誇示. The bravado of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.

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brawn

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muscular strength; sturdiness. It takes brawn to become a champion weight-lifter.

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brazen

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insolent; 厚かましい、恥知らずの. Her brazen contempt for authority angered the officials.

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breach

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breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap. Jill sued Jack for breach of promise, claiming he had broken their engagement.

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brevity

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conciseness. Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.

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bristling

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rising like bristles; showing irritation. The dog stood there, bristling with anger.

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brittle

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easily broken; difficult. My employer’s brittle personality made it difficult for me to get along with her.

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broach

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introduce; open up. Jack did not even try to broach the subject of religion with his in-laws. If you broach a touchy subject, the result may be a breach.

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brook

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tolerate; endure. The dean would brook no interference with his disciplinary actions.

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browbeat

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bully; intimidate. Billy resisted Ted’s attempts to browbeat him into handing over his lunch money.

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brunt

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main impact or shock. Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the work fell on others. However, Tom bore the brunt of Aunt Polly’s complaints when the paint began to peel.

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brusque

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blunt; abrupt; ぶっきらぼうな、無愛想な. She was offended by his brusque reply.

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bucolic

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rustic; pastoral; 羊飼いの、田舎風の. Filled with browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.

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buffoonery

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clowning; おどけ. In the Ace Ventura movies, Jim Carrey’s buffoonery was hilarious.

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bugaboo

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bugbear; object of baseless terror. If we become frightened by such bugaboos, we are no wiser than the birds who fear scarecrows.

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bulwark

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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends. The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.

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bungle

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mismanage; blunder. Don’t botch this assignment, Bumstead; if you bungle the job, you’re fired.

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buoyant

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able to float; cheerful and optimistic. When the boat capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat.

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burgeon

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grow forth; send out buds; 新芽を出す. In the spring, the plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come.

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burlesque

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give an imitation that ridicules. In Galaxy Quest, Alan Rickman burlesques Mr. Spock of Star Trek, outrageously parodying Spock’s unemotional manner and stiff bearing.

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burnish

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make shiny by rubbing; polish. The maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.

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buttress

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support; prop up. Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses, debaters buttress their arguments with facts.

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buxom

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Full-bosomed; plump; jolly; 快活な、陽気な、胸が豊かな. High-fashion models usually are slender rather than buxom.

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cacophonous

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discordant; inharmonious. Do the students in the orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they’re tuning up? I don’t know how they can stand the racket.

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cadence

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rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat. Marching down the road, the troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.

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cadge

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beg; mooch; panhandle. While his car was in the shop, Bob had to cadge a ride to work each day. Unwilling to be a complete moocher, however, he offered to pay for the gas.

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calamity

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disaster; misery. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.

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caliber

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ability; quality. Einstein’s cleaning the blackboards again? Albert, quit it! A man of your caliber shouldn’t have to do such menial tasks.

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callous

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hardened; unfeeling. He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards.

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callow

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youthful; immature; inexperienced. As a freshman, Jack was sure he was a man of the world; as a sophomore, he made fun of freshman as callow youths. In both cases, his judgement showed just how callow he was.

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calorific

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Heat-producing. Coal is much more calorific than green wood.

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calumny

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malicious misrepresentation; slander. He could endure his financial failure, but he could not bear the calumny that his foes heaped upon him.

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camaraderie

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Good-fellowship. What he loved best about his job was the sense of camaraderie he and his coworkers shared.

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canard

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false or unfounded story; fabricated report. Rather than becoming upset by the National Enquirer story about Tony’s supposed infidelity, Tina refused to take the canard seriously.

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candor

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frankness; open honesty. Jack can carry candor too far: when he told Jill his honest opinion of her, she nearly slapped his face.

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canker

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any ulcerous sore; any evil. Poverty is a canker in the body politic; it must be cured.

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canny

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shrewd; thrifty; 抜け目ない、慎重な. The canny Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.

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canon

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collection or authoritative list of books (e.g., by an author, or accepted as scripture)

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canon

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rule or principle, frequently religious.

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cant

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insincere expression of piety; jargon of thieves; うわべだけの言葉、偽善の言葉. Shocked by news of the minister’s extramarital love affairs, the worshippers dismissed his talk about the sacredness of marriage as mere cant.

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cantankerous

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Ill-humored; irritable. Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a cantankerous patient.

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canvass

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determine or seek opinions, votes, etc. After canvassing the sentiments of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.

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capacious

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spacious. In the capacious areas of the railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their trains.

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capitulate

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surrender. The enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation.

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caprice

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whim; 気まぐれ、移り気. She was an unpredictable creature, acting on caprice, never taking thought of the consequences.

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capricious

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unpredictable; fickle. The storm was capricious: it changed course constantly.

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captious

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faultfinding. His criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions.

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careen

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lurch; sway from side to side. The taxicab careened wildly as it rounded the corner.

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caricature

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distortion; burlesque; パロディー. The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.

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carnage

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destruction of life. The film The Killing Fields vividly depicts the carnage wreaked by Pol Pot’s followers in Cambodia.

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carnal

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fleshly. Is the public more interested in carnal pleasures than in spiritual matters? Compare the number of people who read Playboy daily to the number of those who read the Bible every day.

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carping

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petty criticism; fault-finding. Welcoming constructive criticism, Lexy appreciated her editor’s comments, finding them free of carping.

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castigation

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punishment; severe criticism. Sensitive even to mild criticism, Woolf could not bear the castigation that she found in certain reviews.

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cataclysm

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deluge; upheaval; 大変動、激変. A cataclysm such as the French Revolution affects all countries.

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catcall

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shout of disapproval; boo. Every major league pitcher has off days during which he must learn to ignore catcalls and angry hisses from the crowd.

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catharsis

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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; (精神の)浄化、便通. Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts.

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cathartic

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purgative; 排便作用のある、浄化作用のある. Some drugs act as laxatives when taken in small doses but act as cathartics when taken in much larger doses.

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catholic

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universal; wide-ranging; liberal. He was extremely catholic in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.

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caustic

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burning; sarcastically biting. The critic’s caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.

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cavalier

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casual and offhand; arrogant. Sensitive about having her ideas taken lightly, Marcia felt insulted by Mark’s cavalier dismissal of her suggestion.

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cavil

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make frivolous objections; 難癖をつける. I respect your sensible criticisms but I dislike the way you cavil about unimportant details.

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cede

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yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally. Eventually the descendants of England’s Henry II were forced to cede their French territories to the King of France.

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celerity

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speed; rapidity. Hamlet resented his mother’s celerity in remarrying within a month after his father’s death.

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celestial

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heavenly. She spoke of the celestial joys that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter.

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celibate

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abstaining fro sexual intercourse; unmarried; 禁欲主義の、独身の. Though the late Havelock Elis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in such matters, recent studies maintain he was celibate throughout his life.

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censorious

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severely critical; fault-finding. Censorious people delight in casting blame.

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censure

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blame; criticize. The senator was censured for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.

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cerebral

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pertaining to the brain or intellect. The content of philosophical works is cerebral in nature and requires much thought.

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cerebration

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thought. Mathematics problems sometimes require much cerebration.

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ceremonious

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marked by formality. Ordinary dress would be inappropriate at so ceremonious an affair.

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certitude

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certainty. Though there was no certitude of his getting the job, Lou thought he had a good chance of being hired.

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cessation

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stoppage. The airline’s employees threatened a cessation of all work if management failed to meet their demands.

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cession

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yielding (something) to another; ceding; 譲渡、割譲. The Battle of Lake Erie, a major U.S. Naval victory in the War of 1812, ensured U.S. Control over Lake Erie and ruled out any territorial cession in the Northwest to Great Britain in the peace settlement.

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeavor. When you separate the wheat from the chaff, be sure you throw out the chaff.

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chagrin

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vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment. Embarrassed by his parents’ shabby, working-class appearance, Doug felt their visit to his school would bring him nothing but chagrin.

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