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indiscriminate

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  • the indiscriminate killing of civilians.
  • she was indiscriminate with her affections.
  • the indiscriminate use of antibiotics can cause problems.
  • indiscriminate reading habits.
  • indiscriminate mass destruction.
  • indiscriminate application of a law.
  • indiscriminate sexual behavior
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steeped

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  • my cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.
  • ## the chillies are steeped in olive oil.
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replete

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  • the football game was repleted with excitement and great play.
  • a book replete with … delicious details.
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abound

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  • this land abounds with wildlife.
  • life abounded in mysteries.
  • institutions abound with evidence of his success.
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prognosticate

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  • the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.

- the mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.

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realm

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  • within the realm of possibility.
  • new discoveries in the realm of medicine.
  • in political and legal realms.
  • the realm of applied chemistry
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tinge

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  • a tinge of guilt.
  • a mass of white blossom tinged with pink.
  • his optimism is tinged with realism.
  • showing a tinge of color.
  • dark hair with reddish tinges.
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implore

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  • implored the crowd to be quiet.
  • he implored her to change her mind.
  • Don’t go. I implore you.
  • “Think of the children!” he implored.
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drudgery

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  • my work is filled with much drudgery and little pleasure.
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interminable

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  • By private terminal standards, that was interminable travel time.
  • we got bogged down in interminable discussions.
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perceive

{to attain awareness or understanding of}

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  • I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn’t sure.

- perceived that it was going to be a nice day.

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laconic

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  • his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic.
  • He had a reputation for being laconic.
  • the sportscaster’s color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point.
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throng

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  • this throng of business.
  • he pushed his way through the throng.
  • people thronged to see the play.
  • tourists thronged to the picturesque village.
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intrepid

{fearless; adventurous}

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  • our intrepid reporter.

- an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted

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furtive

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  • they spent a furtive day together.
  • the look in his eyes became furtive.
  • had a furtive look about him.
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hapless

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  • tale of a hapless sailor.
  • The hapless runner tripped during the race.
  • the hapless victims of the disaster.
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pretext

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  • her pretext of being tired did not fool us for an instant.
  • the rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move.
  • She went back to her friend’s house on the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.
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adroit

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  • he was adroit at tax avoidance.
  • an adroit leader.
  • adroit maneuvers.
  • this bird can do adroit maneuvers in the air.
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vigilant

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  • the burglar was spotted by vigilant neighbors.
  • We remain vigilant against theft.
  • When traveling through the city, tourists should be extra vigilant.
  • They were vigilant about protecting their children.
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avid

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  • an avid reader of science fiction.
  • she was avid for information about the murder inquiry.
  • avid readers/fans.
  • an avid golfer.
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rudimentary

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  • he received a rudimentary education.
  • a rudimentary stage of evolution.
  • the rudimentary tail of a hyrax.
  • When baseball was in its rudimentary stages, different teams played by different rules.
  • Some insects have only rudimentary wings.
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nuance

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  • he was familiar with the nuances of the local dialect.
  • a performance of remarkable pliability and nuance.
  • He listened to the subtle nuances in the song.
  • a poem of little depth and nuance.
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lackluster

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  • The actor gave a lackluster performance.

- speaking in a monotone, the politicians was booed for his lackluster address.

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incipient

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  • he could feel incipient anger building up.
  • we seemed more like friends than incipient lovers.
  • an incipient solar system.
  • evidence of incipient racial tension.
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inadvertent

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  • an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment.
  • an inadvertent omission.
  • an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush.
  • an inadvertent mistake.
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repudiate

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  • she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
  • the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses.
  • repudiate a charge.
  • repudiate a debt.
  • He published an article that repudiates the study’s claims.
  • She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.
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cessation

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  • the cessation of hostilities.
  • mutually agreed to a cessation of fighting.
  • Relapses after cessation of treatment are common.
  • the cessation of the snowstorm was a relief.
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incongruous

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  • the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath.
  • incongruous colors.
  • conduct incongruous with principle.
  • an incongruous story(inconsistent within itself).
  • incongruous manners(unsuitable).
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stipulate

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  • The cease-fire was stipulated by the treaty.
  • The rules stipulate that players must wear uniforms.
  • he stipulated certain conditions before their marriage.
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wary

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  • dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers.
  • The store owner kept a wary eye on him.
  • Investors are increasingly wary about putting money into stocks.
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wistful

{regretful, nostalgic, yearning, longing}

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  • a wistful smile.
  • a wistful glance.
  • She was wistful for a moment, then asked, “Do you remember the old playground?”.
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zealot

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a religious zealot

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vexation

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  • the vexations of life under canvas.
  • the problems and vexations of everyday life.
  • the repeated vexations guaranteed that she wouldn’t get any work done.
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vindicate

{convict, blame}

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  • hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict.
  • Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.
  • He felt vindicated when the truth became known.
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vitiate

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  • development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population.
  • a mind vitiated by prejudice.
  • fraud vitiates a contract.
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vituperative

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  • a vituperative outburst.
  • the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations.
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vogue

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  • the vogue is to make realistic films.
  • crochet garments are in vogue this season.
  • the new vogue for scarves.
  • His art seems to be enjoying a vogue these days.
  • When did Thai food come into vogue?
  • That style went out of vogue years ago.
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volatile

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  • volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene.
  • The stock market can be very volatile.
  • She is a volatile woman.
  • The protests are increasing, creating a volatile situation in the capital.
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unfeigned

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  • a broad smile of unfeigned delight.

- She looked at him with unfeigned admiration.

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untenable

{indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable}

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  • this argument is clearly untenable.
  • an untenable position.
  • untenable apartments.
  • the Government’s position is untenable.
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untoward

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  • both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened.

- There was nothing untoward about his appearance.

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vacillate

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  • I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
  • She has vacillated on this issue.
  • vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision.
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vapid

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  • tuneful but vapid musical comedies
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variegated

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  • the variegated costumes of the dancers in the nightclub.

- a variety of variegated tulip that is highly prized by gardeners.

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vaunt

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  • the much vaunted information superhighway.

- even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit.

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venal

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  • local customs officers are notoriously venal.

- that judge is known for being venal and easily bought.

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venerate

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  • a writer venerated by generations of admirers.

- She is venerated as a saint.

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veracious

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  • a veracious account.
  • he has a reputation for being veracious, so people generally take his word for things.
  • most readers have accepted the book as a veracious account of Samuel Johnson’s table talk.
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transgression

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  • I’ll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions.
  • acts that are transgressions against the laws of civilized societies everywhere.
  • a dying woman asking for divine forgiveness for a lifetime of transgressions.
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transient

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  • a transient cold spell.
  • the transient nature of the labour force in catering.
  • transient beauty.
  • transient visitors.
  • transient symptoms.
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travail

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  • advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail.
  • a woman in travail.
  • creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny.
  • They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
  • no greater travail than that of parents who have suffered the death of a child.
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trepidation

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  • the men set off in fear and trepidation.

- The boys approached the abandoned house with trepidation.

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tumid

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  • a badly infected tumid leg(swollen, enlarged).
  • sails tumid in the breeze.
  • he’d just been in a fight, and was nursing his tumid lip.
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turgid

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  • a turgid and fast-moving river(swollen).
  • turgid prose.
  • turgid limbs.
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uncanny

{preternatural, supernatural, strange, mysterious}

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  • an uncanny feeling that she was being watched.
  • an uncanny sense of direction(strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way).
  • an uncanny ability to predict the weather.
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taxonomy

{the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.}

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  • the taxonomy of these fossils.
  • a taxonomy of smells.
  • the taxonomies of various plant groups.
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tenet

{a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy}

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  • the tenets of classical liberalism.
  • the central tenets of a religion.
  • one of the basic tenets of the fashion industry.
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tenuous

{very weak or slight}

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  • the tenuous link between interest rates and investment.
  • a tenuous rope.
  • a tenuous fluid.
  • tenuous reasons.
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terrestrial

{of or relating to the earth or its live beings}

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  • terrestrial magnetism.
  • increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems.
  • Does anything like terrestrial life exist on other planets?
  • terrestrial birds.
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theocracy

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  • a state governed by a theocracy.
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timber

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  • a renowned thespian and director
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tirade

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  • a tirade of abuse.
  • He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.
  • The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.
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toady

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  • she imagined him toadying to his rich clients.
  • She’s a real toady to the boss.
  • to be a toady.
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tome

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  • a long tome on European history.

- picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store.

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torpor

{a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.}

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  • The news aroused him from his torpor.

- they veered between apathetic torpor and hysterical fanaticism

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tortuous

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  • a tortuous path up the mountain.

- a tortuous mountain road marked by numerous hairpin turns.

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tractable

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  • This new approach should make the problem more tractable.

- He’s a very tractable child.

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tout

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  • People were touting tickets outside the stadium.

- People were touting outside the stadium.

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succor

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  • That philosophy has succored me through breakups, deaths and career reversals.
  • prisoners of war were liberated and succored.
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suffrage

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  • women who fought for suffrage.

- even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women’s suffrage.

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sundry

{of various kinds; several}

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  • sundry articles.

- We disagreed for sundry reasons.

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supersede

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  • These instructions supersede those you received earlier.

- the older models have now been superseded.

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imbroglio

{
an intricate or complicated situation
an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
}

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  • survived the political imbroglio.

- a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene

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supine

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  • she lay supine on the sand.
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supplant

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  • another discovery could supplant the original finding.
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suppliant

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  • the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance
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supplicant

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  • hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters
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supposition

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  • a supposition that proved correct.
  • This is just idle supposition.
  • they were working on the supposition that his death was murder.
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syllogism

{deductive reasoning as distinct from induction}

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  • logic is rules or syllogism.

- An example of a syllogism is: “All men are human; all humans are mortal; therefore all men are mortal.”

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sylvan

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  • trees and contours all add to a sylvan setting.

- vistas of sylvan charm.

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tacit

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  • your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.
  • a tacit admission.
  • a tacit mortgage.
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talisman

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  • a pendant of white nephrite jade is often worn by Indians as a talisman to ward off heart disease.
  • this talisman has been in our family for more than twelve generations.
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tangenial

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  • a tangential line.
  • tangential thoughts(diverging from a previous course or line; erratic).
  • the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life.
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tautology

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“A beginner who has just started” is a tautology.

“avoid such tautology as “let’s all work together, everyone, as a team” by saying simply “let’s work together””

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alacrity

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  • she accepted the invitation with alacrity.
  • He accepted the challenge with alacrity.

: brisk and cheerful readiness

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disdain

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  • her upper lip curled in disdain
  • He regarded their proposal with disdain.
  • I have a healthy disdain for companies that mistreat their workers.

: contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect

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intimidate

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  • he tries to intimidate his rivals.
  • tried to intimidate a witness
  • he sent his goons to intimidate the local merchants

: frighten, menace, terrify, scare

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belligerent

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  • belligerent nations
  • belligerent remarks
  • a belligerent stranger

: feeling or showing readiness to fight.
: carrying on war

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feint

fānt |

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  • The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook.
  • The child’s feint involved pretending to be ill so he would not have to face his bullies at school.
  • Looking at the surveillance tapes, the security chief quickly noticed the feint the man used to steal watches from the jeweler.
  • the attack on the main gate was a feint.

: bluff, blind, ruse, deception, subterfuge, hoax, trick

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pugnacious

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  • this looks like the kind of dive that appeals to pugnacious patrons.
  • The definition of pugnacious is eager to fight or disagree.

: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent

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promulgate

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  • they promulgated their own views.
  • Her ideas have been widely promulgated on the Internet.

: make known, make public, publicize, spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate, broadcast, promote, preach

  • the law was promulgated in 1942.

: put into effect, enact, implement, enforce.

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brash

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  • She asks such brash questions.
  • a brash request to get something for free.
  • The demon lord was brash, aggressive – and almost always honest, until it came time to deal.

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scoff

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  • “You, a scientist?” he scoffed.
  • department officials scoffed at the allegations.
  • The definition of a scoff is an expression of doubt or a mocking comment.
  • they scoffed at her article.

: mock, deride, ridicule

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belittle

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  • this is not to belittle his role | she felt belittled.
  • a curiosity so vast that it almost belittled the main matter.
  • The definition of belittle means to speak about someone or something in a way to make it seem less important.

: make (someone or something) seem unimportant.

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tangible

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  • the emphasis is now on tangible results.
  • There is no tangible evidence to support her claim.
  • Their sense of relief was almost tangible.

: clear and definite; real.

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laceration

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  • he suffered lacerations to his head and face | his death was due to multiple skull fractures with laceration of the brain.
  • She suffered lacerations on her legs.
  • The broken glass caused severe laceration of his feet.

: a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh.

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castigate

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  • he was castigated for not setting a good example.
  • The judge castigated the lawyers for their lack of preparation.
  • My mother was a cruel woman who never missed an opportunity to castigate my father.
  • When the police chief discovers his officers let the criminal escape, he is sure to castigate them.

: reprimand (someone) severely.

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sordid

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  • the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
  • Obviously, they thought there was something sordid to hide.

: dirty or squalid

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octogenarian

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his octogenarian mother-in-law.

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subversive

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  • subversive literature.
  • The definition of subversive is something that is trying to destroy or overthrow something like a government or an idea.

: seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

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subsume

səbˈso͞om |

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  • most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.
  • Subsume is to absorb, contain or include something into something else.

: include or absorb (something) in something else

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  • the college became virtually bankrupt

- by means of virtual reality techniques

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virtually:

effectively, in effect, all but, more or less, practically, almost, nearly, close to, verging on, just about, as good as, essentially

103
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The above argument tries to establish a direct link between X and Y

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The above argument tries to establish a direct link between X and Y

104
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The underlying basis of the argument is that …

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The underlying basis of the argument is that …

105
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The weather conditions, economic stature and work environment of Asia and North America are very different from each other.

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stature:

an architect of international stature: reputation, repute, standing, status, position

106
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there is no solid evidence that eating soy foods on a regular basis is a solution for chronic fatigue and depression.

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there is no solid evidence that eating soy foods on a regular basis is a solution for chronic fatigue and depression.

107
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it can be said that

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it can be said that

108
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The author should have provided a few proofs and data to establish this relationship.

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The author should have provided a few proofs and data to establish this relationship.

109
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many points given in support of the views of the writer are not very convincing.

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many points given in support of the views of the writer are not very convincing.

110
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The points given by the author have no relevant relation among themselves

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The points given by the author have no relevant relation among themselves

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