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What does ‘affable’ mean?

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Affable - (AF uh bul) adj. friendly, courteous, amiable; affability n. the quality of being friendly, courteous, amiable

Derivative: affably

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What does ‘augmented’ mean?

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Augmented - (awg MENT) v. to make greater or to supplement

Derivatives: augmented, augmenter, augmentation

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What does ‘emulate’ mean?

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Emulate - (EM yuh late) v. to try to equal or to be like another, usually through imitation; emulation n. imitation of another

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What does ‘entreaty’ mean?

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Entreaty - (en TREE tee) n. a plea, an earnest request; entreat v. to plea or make an earnest request

Derivatives: entreats, entreated, entreatingly

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What does ‘exorcise’ mean?

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Exorcise - (EK sor size) v. to expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome; exorcist n. one who expels evil spirits

Derivatives: exorcism

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What does ‘instigation’ mean?

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Instigation - (in stuh GAY shun) n. urging, provocation, incitement

Derivatives: instigations, instigate, instigator

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What does ‘portent’ mean?

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Portent - (POR tent) n. a sign or forewarning

Derivatives: portents, portended, portentous

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What does ‘spurn’ mean?

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Spurn - (SPURN) v. to reject or to refuse with hostility

Derivatives: spurns, spurned, spurning

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What does ‘taper’ mean?

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Taper - (TAY pur) v. to decrease in thickness or width; n. a wax candle

Derivatives: tapered, tapering, tapers

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What does ‘whets’ mean?

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Whets - (WHETS) v. to stimulate; to sharpen by grinding

Derivatives: whet, whetted

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What does ‘abridge’ mean?

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Abridge - (uh BRIJ) v. to shorten, to diminish

Derivatives: abridged, abridges, abridgment

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What does ‘confound’ mean?

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Confound - (kon FOUND) v. to cause one to become confused; confounded adj. confused or bewildered

Derivatives: confounds, confoundedly, confounding

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What does ‘enfranchise’ mean?

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Enfranchise - (en FRAN chize) v. to give or to bestow something, such as the right to vote or citizenship; enfranchisement n. the release from slavery or custody, the privileges of free citizens

Derivatives: enfranchiser, enfranchises, enfranchised

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What does ‘flourish’ mean?

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Flourish - (FLUR ish) v. to thrive, to grow well

Derivatives: flourishes, flourished, flourishing

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What does ‘legacy’ mean?

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Legacy - (LEG uh see) n. a gift by will, something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor

Derivative: legacies

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What does ‘mutinous’ mean?

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Mutinous - (MYOOT un us) adj. rebellious, unruly; mutiny n. defiance, resistance, disobedience, revolt

Derivatives: mutinies, mutinousness

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What does ‘prostration’ mean?

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Prostration - (pros TRAY shun) n. a stretching out due to lacking vitality, being completely overcome; prostrate adj. lying flat, face down in total submission

Derivatives: prostrates, prostrated, prostrating

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What does ‘unassailable’ mean?

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Unassailable - (un uh SALE uh bul) adj. undisputable, not able to be attacked with success

Derivatives: unassailably, unassailed

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What does ‘vanquish’ mean?

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Vanquish - (VAN kwishd) v. to conquer, overpower, subjugate

Derivatives: vanquishes, vanquished, vanquisher

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What does ‘vouchsafe’ mean?

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Vouchsafe - (VOUCH safe) v. to grant or to give, as a favor

Derivatives: vouchsafed, vouchsafing

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What does ‘proscribe’ mean?

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Proscribe - (pro SCRIBE) v. to denounce or to condemn, to forbid; proscription n. the act of proscribing, prohibition, banishment

Derivatives: proscript, proscriptive

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What does ‘mettle’ mean?

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Mettle - (MET ul) n. courage or spirit

Derivatives: mettles, mettled, mettlesome

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What does ‘chasten’ mean?

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Chasten - (CHAY sun) v. to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior; chastisement n. verbal punishment, rebuke for making a mistake

Derivatives: chastened, chastening

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What does ‘contaminant’ mean?

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Contaminant - (con TAM uh nunt) n. something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes; contaminate v. to cause impurity, defile or pollute

Derivatives: contaminated, contaminating, contamination

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What does ‘mirth’ mean?

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Mirth - (MURTH) n. gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

Derivatives: mirthful, mirthfulness

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What does ‘presumptuous’ mean?

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Presumptuous - (pre ZUMP choo us) adj. brazenly overstepping bounds, arrogant; presume v. to take for granted, assume or suppose

Derivatives: presumptuously, presumption, presumptive

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What does ‘yoke’ mean?

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Yoke - (YOKE) v. to fit or to join with a harness, to connect or to join together

Derivatives: yoked, yoking, yokeless

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What does ‘chide’ mean?

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Chide - (CHIDE) v. to voice disapproval, to scold

Derivatives: chides, chided, chiding

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What does ‘cynical’ mean?

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Cynical - (SIN uh kul) adj. given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; cynic n. a person who believes all people are selfish, whose outlook is scornful and negative

Derivatives: cynically, cynicism

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What does ‘nimble’ mean?

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Nimble - (NIM bul) adj. quick in movement or resourcefulness; nimbleness n. light and quick of movement

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What does ‘exigent’ mean?

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Exigent - (EK she junt) adj. urgent, requiring immediate attention; exigent n. pressing necessity, decisive moment

Derivatives: exigence, exigency, exigencies

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What does ‘vile’ mean?

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Vile - (VILE) adj. wretchedly bad, highly offensive, unpleasant or objectionable

Derivatives: viler, vilest, vileness

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What does ‘peevish’ mean?

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Peevish - (PEE vish) adj. fretful, obstinate

Derivatives: peevishly, peeve, peevishness

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What does ‘presage’ mean?

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Presage - (PRES ij) n. something that foreshadows a future event, foreknowledge of the future; presage v. to have a presentiment, to foreshow or foreshadow

Derivatives: presagement, presager

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What does ‘ascend’ mean?

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Ascend - (uh SEND) v. to move upward, to rise from a lower station, to climb or advance

Derivatives: ascends, ascendancy, ascending

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What does ‘tidings’ mean?

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Tidings - (TIE dings) n. information or news

Derivatives: tiding, betide, tide

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What does ‘melancholy’ mean?

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Melancholy - (MEL un kol ee) n. depression of spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive despondency

Derivatives: melancholia, melancholic

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What does ‘engender’ mean?

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Engender - (en JEN der) v. to cause, to produce or create

Derivatives: engenders, engendered, engendering

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What does ‘tarry’ mean?

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Tarry - (TARE ee) v. to delay in coming or going, to linger

Derivatives: tarried, tarries

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What does ‘virtuous’ mean?

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Virtuous - (VIR choo us) adj. having excellent morals, righteousness; virtue n. moral excellence, goodness, righteousness

Derivatives: virtuously, virtuousness, virtues

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