Vocabulary List 21 Flashcards
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Gudgeon
n. a pivot or spindle on which a bell or other object rotates
n. the tubular part of a hinge into which the pin fits to unite the joint
n. a socket at the stern of a vessel, into which a rudder is fitted
n. a pin holding two blocks of stone together
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Foundry
n. a workshop or factory for casting metal
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Gantry
n. a bridgelike overhead structure with a platform supporting equipment such as a crane, railroad signals, lights, or cameras
n. a movable framework for supporting and servicing a rocket prior to launching
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Girder
n. a large iron or steel beam or compund structure for building bridges and the framework of large buildings
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Tassel
n. a small piece of stone or wood supporting the end of a beam or joist
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Joist
n. a length of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in a parallel series to support a floor or ceiling
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Ocher
n. an earthy pigment containing ferric peroxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown to red
n. a pale brownish yellow color
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Hassock
n. a footstool
n. a cushion for kneeling on in church
n. a firm clump of grass or matted vegetation in marshy or boggy ground
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Mantelpiece
n. a structure of wood, marble, or stone above and around a fireplace
n. a mantelshelf
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Sideboard
n. a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, placed along a wall and used for storing dishes, glasses, and table linen
n. a board forming the side, or a part of the side, of a structure, especially a removable board at the side of a truck or trailer
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Bureau
n. a chest of drawers
n. a writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downward to form a writing surface
n. an office or department for transacting particular business: a news bureau
n. a government department: the intelligence bureau
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Secretary
n. a writing desk with shelves on top of it
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Gulch
n. a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream
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Bevel
n. a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge
n. (in full bevel square) a tool for marking angles in carpentry and stonework
v. reduce (a square edge on an object) to a sloping edge: a beveled mirror
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Runnel
n. a narrow channel in the ground for liquid to flow through
n. a brook or rill
n. a small stream of a particular liquid: a runnel of sweat
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Rill
n. a small stream
n. a shallow channel cut in the ground by running water
v. (of water) flow in or as in a rill: the springwater rilled over our cold hands
v. (as adj. rilled) indented with small grooves: blocks of butter pounded into artful shapes with rilled paddles
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Rille
n. a fissure or narrow channel on the moon’s surface
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Prow
n. the portion of a ship’s bow above water
n. the pointed or projecting front part of something such as a car or building
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Counterpane
n. a bedspread
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Coverlet
n. a bed spread, typically less than floor-length
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Cantilever
n. a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used chiefly in bridge construction
n. a long bracket or beam projecting from a wall to support a balcony, cornice, or similar structure
v. [with obj.] support by a cantilever or cantilevers: a cantilevered deck
v. [no obj.] project as or like a cantilever: a conveyor cantilevered out over the river
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Morain
n. a mass of rocks and sediments carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity
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Light (architectural only)
n. a window or opening in a wall to let light in
n. any of the perpendicular divisions of a mullioned window
n. any of the panes of glass forming the roof or side of a greenhouse or the top of a cold frame
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Piling
n. heavy stakes or posts installed to support the foundations of a superstructure: wooden piling supporting a complex of waterfront buildings
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Superstructure
n. a structure built on top of something
n. the parts of a ship, other than masts and rigging, built above its hull and main deck
n. the part of a building above its foundations
n. a concept or idea based on others
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Stoop
n. [in sing.] a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forward: a tall, thin man with a stoop
n. the downward stoop of a bird of a prey
n. a porch with steps in front of a house or other building
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Ward
n. a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient: a children’s ward
n. an administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councilor or councilors
n. a person, usually a minor, under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court
n. (usu. wards) any of the internal ridges or bars in a lock that prevent the turning of any key that does not have grooves of corresponding form or size
v. admit (a patient) to a hospital ward
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n. a pivot or spindle on which a bell or other object rotates
n. the tubular part of a hinge into which the pin fits to unite the joint
n. a socket at the stern of a vessel, into which a rudder is fitted
n. a pin holding two blocks of stone together
Gudgeon
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n. a workshop or factory for casting metal
Foundry
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n. a bridgelike overhead structure with a platform supporting equipment such as a crane, railroad signals, lights, or cameras
n. a movable framework for supporting and servicing a rocket prior to launching
Gantry
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n. a large iron or steel beam or compund structure for building bridges and the framework of large buildings
Girder
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n. a small piece of stone or wood supporting the end of a beam or joist
Tassel
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n. a length of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in a parallel series to support a floor or ceiling
Joist
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n. an earthy pigment containing ferric peroxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown to red
n. a pale brownish yellow color
Ocher
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n. a footstool
n. a cushion for kneeling on in church
n. a firm clump of grass or matted vegetation in marshy or boggy ground
Hassock
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n. a structure of wood, marble, or stone above and around a fireplace
n. a mantelshelf
Mantelpiece
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n. a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, placed along a wall and used for storing dishes, glasses, and table linen
n. a board forming the side, or a part of the side, of a structure, especially a removable board at the side of a truck or trailer
Sideboard
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n. a chest of drawers
n. a writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downward to form a writing surface
n. an office or department for transacting particular business
Bureau
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n. a writing desk with shelves on top of it
Secretary
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n. a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream
Gulch
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n. a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge
v. reduce (a square edge on an object) to a sloping edge
Bevel
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n. a narrow channel in the ground for liquid to flow through
n. a brook or rill
n. a small stream of a particular liquid
Runnel
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n. a small stream
n. a shallow channel cut in the ground by running water
Rill
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n. a fissure or narrow channel on the moon’s surface
Rille
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n. the portion of a ship’s bow above water
n. the pointed or projecting front part of something such as a car or building
Prow
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n. a bedspread
Counterpane
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n. a bed spread, typically less than floor-length
Coverlet
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n. a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used chiefly in bridge construction
n. a long bracket or beam projecting from a wall to support a balcony, cornice, or similar structure
Cantilever
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n. a mass of rocks and sediments carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity
Morain
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n. a window or opening in a wall to let light in
n. any of the perpendicular divisions of a mullioned window
n. any of the panes of glass forming the roof or side of a greenhouse or the top of a cold frame
Light
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n. heavy stakes or posts installed to support the foundations of a superstructure
Piling
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n. a structure built on top of something
n. the parts of a ship, other than masts and rigging, built above its hull and main deck
n. the part of a building above its foundations
n. a concept or idea based on others
Superstructure
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n. a porch with steps in front of a house or other building
Stoop
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n. an administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councilor or councilors
n. a person, usually a minor, under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court
Ward
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Concourse
n. an assemblage; gathering: a concourse of people.
n. a driveway or promenade, especially in a park.
n. a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
n. a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station.
n. an area or grounds for racing, athletic sports, etc.
n. an act or instance of running or coming together; confluence: a concourse of events.
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Ripple
v. to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface
v. (of sound) to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude
n. a small wave or undulation, as on water.
n. any similar movement or appearance; a small undulation or wave, as in hair.
n. a small rapid
n. a sound, as of water flowing in ripples: a ripple of laughter
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Emporium
n. a large retail store, especially one selling a great variety of articles.
n. a place, town, or city of important commerce, especially a principal center of trade: New York is one of the world’s great emporiums.
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Cockamamie
adj. ridiculous; implausible
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Scat
n. a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words
n. heroin
n. the excrement of an animal
v. to go off hastily (often used in the imperative).
v. (intransitive) to sing jazz in this way
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Festal
adj. pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
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Brine
n. water saturated or strongly impregnated
n. a salt and water solution for pickling
n. the sea or ocean
n. the water of the sea
v. to treat or steep (something) in brine
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Spool
n. a small cylindrical piece of wood or other material on which yarn is wound in spinning, for use in weaving; a bobbin
n. a small cylinder of wood or other material on which thread, wire, or tape is wound, typically expanded or with a rim at each end and having a hole lengthwise through the center.
n. the material or quantity of material wound on such a device.
n. the cylindrical drum in a reel that bears the line.
v. to wind on a spool
v. to unwind from a spool (usually followed by off or out)
v. to operate (an input/output device) by using buffers in main and secondary storage
v. [no obj.] to wind or unwind
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Extrude
v. to thrust out; force or press out; expel: to extrude molten rock
v. to form (metal, plastic, etc.) with a desired cross section by forcing it through a die.
v. to protrude
v. to be extruded: the metal extrudes easily
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Plumb
n. a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line
adv. in a perpendicular or vertical direction.
v. to test or adjust by a plumb line
v. to make vertical
v. to sound with or as with a plumb line.
v. to measure (depth) by sounding
v. to examine closely in order to discover or understand: to plumb someone’s thoughts
v. to seal with lead.
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Marry
v. to unite intimately: Common economic interests marry the two countries.
v. to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable: The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation’s largest corporations.
v. (of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend: This wine and the strong cheese just don’t marry.
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Superimpose
v. to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
v. to put or join as an addition (usually followed by on or upon).
v. to print (an image) over another image so that both are seen at once: The credits were superimposed over the opening scene.
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Fixture
n. something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
n. a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
n. a.any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.
b. any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
n. an event that takes place regularly.
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Hull
n. the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
n. the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.
n. any covering or envelope.
v. to remove the hull of.
v. to shell (peas or beans).
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Calyx
n the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals
n. a cuplike part
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Divot
n. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
n. a piece of turf.
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Ribbon
n. a woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc.
n. a band of inked material used in a typewriter, adding machine, etc., that supplies ink for printing the figure on the striking typeface onto the paper beneath.
n. torn or ragged strips; shreds: torn to ribbons
n. a long, thin flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline.
v. to adorn with ribbon.
v. to separate into ribbonlike strips.
v. to form in ribbonlike strips.
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Besot
v. to intoxicate or stupefy with drink
v. to make stupid or foolish: the stories had besotted her mind with fear and suspicion
v. to infatuate; obsess: youth and beauty have a tendency to besot middle-aged men
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Potsherd
n. a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value
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Fane
n a temple
n. a church
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Cerebral
adj, of or relating to the cerebrum or the brain
adj. characterized by the use of intellect rather than intuition or instinct
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Snub
v. to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring
v. to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark
v. to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out)
v. to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object
v. to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner
adj. (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip
adj. blunt
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Ewer
n. a pitcher with a wide spout
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Palfrey
n. a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse
n. a saddle horse particularly suitable for women
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Ropy
adj. forming viscid or glutinous thread, as a liquid
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Glutinous
adj. of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky
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Hippodrome
n. an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles
n (in ancient Greece and Rome) an oval track for horse races and chariot races
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Manful
adj. having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; absolute
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Offshore
adv. in a foreign country
adj. registered, located, conducted, or operated in a foreign country
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Corpulence
n. bulkiness or largeness of body; fatness; portliness
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Paternity
n the state of being a father; fatherhood
n. derivation or acquirement from a father
n. origin or authorship
adj. noting or pertaining to a legal dispute in which an unwed mother accuses a man for being the father of her child
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Poniard
n. a small, slender dagger
v. to stab with a poniard
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Facility
n. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.
n. readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity: to compose with great facility
n. ready compliance: her facility in organizing and directing made her an excellent supervisor
n. an easy-flowing manner: facility of style
n. freedom from difficulty, controversy, misunderstanding, etc.: facility of understanding
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Conflate
v. to fuse into one entity; merge: to conflate dissenting voices into one protest
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Knot
n. a group or cluster of persons or things: a knot of spectators
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Headpiece
n. the top piece or part of any of various things
n. any covering for the head
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Impracticable
adj. (of ground, places. etc.) impassable
adj. (of persons) hard to deal with because of stubbornness, stupidity, etc.
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Houseroom
n. lodging or accomodation in a house
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Fete
n. a day of celebration; holiday
n. a festive celebration or entertainment
n. a religious feast or festival
v. to entertain at or honor with a fete: to fete a visiting celebrity
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Sanitarium
n. an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort
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Immanent
adj. remaining within; indwelling; inherent
adj. (of a mental act) taking place within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it; contrast with transeunt
adj. (of the Deity) indwelling the universe, time, etc.; contrast with transcendent
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Jowl
n. a jaw, especially the lower jaw
n. the cheek
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Betake
v. to cause to go (usually used reflexively): she betook herself to town
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Engage
v. to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire: to engage a worker; to engage a room
v. to attract or please
v. to bind, as by pldge, promise, contract, or oath; make liable: he engaged himself to repay his debt
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Plash
n. a gentle splash
n. a pool or puddle
v. to splash gently
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Situation
n. manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: the situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view
n. a place or locality
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Index
n. a sequential arrangement of material, especially in alphabetical or numerical order
n. something used or serving to point out; a sign, token, or indication: a true index of his character
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List
v. to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price: the radio lists at $49.95
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Leverage
n. the action of a lever
n. the use of a small initial investment, credit, or borrowed funds to gain a profit
v. to use (a quality or advantage) to obtain a desired effect or result: leverage one’s past experiences to get a job
v. to provide with leverage: The board of directors plans to leverage two failing branches of the company with an influx of cash.
v. to invest or arrange (invested funds) using leverage.
v. to exert power or influence on: It was Joe who leveraged her to change her habits.
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Bumptious
adj. offensively self-assertive
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Tragus
n. a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear
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Aphasia
n. the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain
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Dotty
adj. crazy or eccentric.
adj. feeble or unsteady in gait.
adj. very enthusiastic or infatuated (usually followed by about or over)
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Escarpment
n. a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth’s crust
n. ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive position.
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Escarp
n. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
n. any similar steep slope.
v. to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps.
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Felicitate
v. to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
v. to make happy.
adj. made happy
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Barbate
adj. tufted or furnished with hairs; bearded
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Samsara
n. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature.
n. the endless series of births, deaths, and rebirths
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Covert
adj. covered; sheltered
adj. (of a wife) under the protection of one’s husband.
n. a covering; cover.
n. a shelter or hiding place.
n. concealment or disguise.
n. a thicket giving shelter to wild animals or game.
n. also called tectrix; one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail.
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Quick
n. living persons: the quick and the dead
n. the tender, sensitive flesh of the living body, especially that under the nails: nails bitten down to the quick
n. the vital or most important part
n. a line of shrubs or plants, especially of hawthorn, forming a hedge
n. a single shrub or plant in such a hedge
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Draw
v. to move or pass, especially slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force (often followed by on, off, out, etc.): The day draws near
v. to produce or permit a draft, as a pipe or flue
n. something that attracts customers, an audience, etc.
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Flue
n. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
n. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
n. a tube, especially a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
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Intermit
v. to discontinue temporarily; suspend
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Parlay
v. to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
v. to use (one’s money, talent, or other assets) to achieve a desired objective, as spectacular wealth or success: He parlayed a modest inheritance into a fortune.
n. a bet of an original sum and the subsequent winnings.
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Finagling
v. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
v. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.
v. to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
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Dentition
n. the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement
n. the eruption or cutting of the teeth; teething; odontiasis.
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Anaculothon
n. a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry
n. an instance of a lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence (anacoluthia)
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Cruciferous
adj. bearing a cross
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Confraternity
n. a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
n. a society or organization, especially of men, united for some purpose or in some profession.
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Miscegenation
n. marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
n. sexual relations between two people from different racial backgrounds that results in the conception of a mixed-race child.
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Endoscope
n. a slender, tubular optical instrument used as a viewing system for examining an inner part of the body and, with an attached instrument, for biopsy or surgery
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Prognathous
n. the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
n. a specimen obtained from a biopsy.
v. to remove (living tissue) for diagnostic evaluation.
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Cognate
adj. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
adj. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
adj. allied or similar in nature or quality.
n. a person or thing cognate with another.
n. a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
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Skim
v. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
v. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk.
v. to become covered with a thin film or layer
n. an act or instance of skimming.
n. something that is skimmed off.
n. a thin layer or film formed on the surface of something, especially a liquid, as the coagulated protein material formed on boiled milk.
n. a thin layer, as of mortar.
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n. a driveway or promenade, especially in a park.
n. a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
n. a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station.
n. an area or grounds for racing, athletic sports, etc.
Concourse
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v. to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface
v. (of sound) to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude
n. a small wave or undulation, as on water.
Ripple
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n. a large retail store, especially one selling a great variety of articles.
n. a place, town, or city of important commerce, especially a principal center of trade
Emporium
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adj. ridiculous; implausible
Cockamamie
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n. a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words
n. heroin
n. the excrement of an animal
Scat
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adj. pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
Festal
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n. water saturated or strongly impregnated
n. a salt and water solution for pickling
n. the sea or ocean
Brine
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v. to operate (an input/output device) by using buffers in main and secondary storage
v. [no obj.] to wind or unwind
Spool
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v. to thrust out; force or press out; expel: to extrude molten rock
v. to form (metal, plastic, etc.) with a desired cross section by forcing it through a die.
Extrude
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v. to measure (depth) by sounding
v. to examine closely in order to discover or understand
v. to seal with lead
v. to make vertical
Plumb
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v. to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable
Marry
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v. to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
v. to put or join as an addition (usually followed by on or upon).
Superimpose
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n. a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
n. a.any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.
b. any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
n. an event that takes place regularly.
Fixture
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n. the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
n. the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.
n. any covering or envelope.
Hull
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n the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals
n. a cuplike part
Calyx
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n. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
n. a piece of turf.
Divot
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n. a band of inked material used in a typewriter, adding machine, etc., that supplies ink for printing the figure on the striking typeface onto the paper beneath.
n. torn or ragged strips; shreds
n. a long, thin flexible band of metal, as for a spring, a band saw, or a tapeline.
Ribbon
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v. to intoxicate or stupefy with drink
v. to make stupid or foolish
Besot
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n. a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value
Potsherd
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n a temple
n. a church
Fane
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adj. characterized by the use of intellect rather than intuition or instinct
Cerebral
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v. to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring
v. to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark
v. to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out)
v. to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object
v. to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner
Snub
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n. a pitcher with a wide spout
Ewer
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n. a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse
n. a saddle horse particularly suitable for women
Palfrey
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adj. forming viscid or glutinous thread, as a liquid
Ropy
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adj. of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky
Glutinous
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n. an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles
n (in ancient Greece and Rome) an oval track for horse races and chariot races
Hippodrome
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adj. reckless; careless; rollicking
Devil-may-care
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adj. having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; absolute
Manful
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adv. in a foreign country
adj. registered, located, conducted, or operated in a foreign country
Offshore
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n. bulkiness or largeness of body; fatness; portliness
Corpulence
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n. derivation or acquirement from a father
n. origin or authorship
Paternity
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n. a small, slender dagger
Poniard
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n. readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity
n. an easy-flowing manner
n. freedom from difficulty, controversy, misunderstanding, etc.
Facility
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v. to fuse into one entity; merge
Conflate
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n. a group or cluster of persons or things
Knot
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n. the top piece or part of any of various things
n. any covering for the head
Headpiece
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adj. (of ground, places. etc.) impassable
adj. (of persons) hard to deal with because of stubbornness, stupidity, etc.
Impracticable
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n. lodging or accomodation in a house
Houseroom
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n. a day of celebration; holiday
n. a festive celebration or entertainment
n. a religious feast or festival
Fete
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n. an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort
Sanitarium
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adj. remaining within; indwelling; inherent
adj. (of a mental act) taking place within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it; contrast with transeunt
adj. (of the Deity) indwelling the universe, time, etc.; contrast with transcendent
Immanent
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n. a jaw, especially the lower jaw
n. the cheek
Jowl
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v. to cause to go (usually used reflexively)
Betake
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v. to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire
v. to attract or please
v. to bind, as by pldge, promise, contract, or oath; make liable
Engage
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n. a gentle splash
n. a pool or puddle
v. to splash gently
Plash
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n. a place or locality
Situation
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n. a sequential arrangement of material, especially in alphabetical or numerical order
n. something used or serving to point out; a sign, token, or indication
Index
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v. to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price
List
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n. the use of a small initial investment, credit, or borrowed funds to gain a profit
v. to use (a quality or advantage) to obtain a desired effect or result
v. to exert power or influence on
Leverage
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adj. offensively self-assertive
Bumptious
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n. a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear
Tragus
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n. the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain
Aphasia
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adj. crazy or eccentric.
adj. feeble or unsteady in gait.
adj. very enthusiastic or infatuated (usually followed by about or over)
Dotty
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n. a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth’s crust
Escarpment
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n. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
n. any similar steep slope.
Escarp
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v. to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
v. to make happy.
Felicitate
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adj. tufted or furnished with hairs; bearded
Barbate
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n. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature.
n. the endless series of births, deaths, and rebirths
Samsara
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adj. covered; sheltered
adj. (of a wife) under the protection of one’s husband.
n. a covering; cover.
n. a shelter or hiding place.
Covert
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n. living persons
n. the tender, sensitive flesh of the living body, especially that under the nailsn. the vital or most important part
Quick
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v. to move or pass, especially slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force (often followed by on, off, out, etc.)
v. to produce or permit a draft, as a pipe or flue
n. something that attracts customers, an audience, etc.
Draw
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n. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
n. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
n. a tube, especially a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
Flue
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v. to discontinue temporarily; suspend
Intermit
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v. to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
v. to use (one’s money, talent, or other assets) to achieve a desired objective, as spectacular wealth or success
n. a bet of an original sum and the subsequent winnings.
Parlay
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v. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of)
v. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation
v. to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
Finagle
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n. the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement
n. the eruption or cutting of the teeth; teething; odontiasis.
Dentition
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n. a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry
n. an instance of a lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence
Anacoluthon
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adj. bearing a cross
Cruciferous
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n. a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
n. a society or organization, especially of men, united for some purpose or in some profession.
Confraternity
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n. marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person
Miscegenation
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n. a slender, tubular optical instrument used as a viewing system for examining an inner part of the body and, with an attached instrument, for biopsy or surgery
Endoscope
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n. the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
n. a specimen obtained from a biopsy.
v. to remove (living tissue) for diagnostic evaluation.
Prognathous
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adj. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
adj. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
adj. allied or similar in nature or quality.
Cognate
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v. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
n. a thin layer or film formed on the surface of something, especially a liquid, as the coagulated protein material formed on boiled milk.
n. a thin layer, as of mortar.
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