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113 Cards in this Set
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vindictive vs vindicate
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vindictive - malicious, spiteful [full of spite]
punishments often are vindictive in nature vindicate - clearing accusation The lawyer tried to vindicate his client from the charges against him |
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affront vs effrontery
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affront - offensive behavior
Turning the back on your king was considered as a deliberate affront. effrontery - boldness He had the effrontery to turn up at my doorstep at 2 am |
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imprudent vs impudent
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imprudent - not prudent [not wise]
"very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; impudent - disrepctful The student was kept in for impudent behavior impudent - bold "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers" |
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ingenious vs ingenuous vs indigenous vs indigent
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ingenious - genious, having sophistication
ingenuous - lacking sophistication, innocent indigenous - native indigent - poor |
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grudge vs grovel
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grudge - resentment
Holding a grudge grovel - submissive, [not ostentatious] Artists are expected to grovel, aren't they ? |
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quiver vs quaver
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quiver - shiver
The city quivered with music and excitement quaver - noise He squinted up at me, then spoke in a high, quavering voice. |
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graft vs grate
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graft - organ implantation
Finally, she had a skin graft from her left leg to patch skin on near her left elbow. grate - grinding or pulverizing [or the sound of making it] - causing resentment The injustice grated her |
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craving vs raving
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craving - wanting [intense desire]
There may be certain times of day when smokers crave a cigarette. - beg, ask raving - talking or behaving irrationally raving mad |
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gibe vs glib
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gibe - contempt and derision
[The crowd gibed at the speaker] glib - having no intellectual depth [glib knowledge, glib reply] |
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connive vs contrive
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connive - plot out something secretly [malicious],
Encourage or agree in criminal activities contrive - devising a plan, come up with an idea "They contrived to murder their boss" |
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garrulous vs gluttonous
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garrulous - full of trivial conversation
"kept from her housework by garrulous neighbors" gluttonous - excessive eating/drinking a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure |
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emphatic vs empathy
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emphatic - spoken with emphasis [force]
empathy - entering and understanding others feelings |
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dawdle vs tawddle
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dawdle - lag, slow
"Get busy--don't dawdle!" twaddle - sily talk (non sense) He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle. |
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gull vs guile
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gull - hoax , deceive
"The immigrant was gulled because he trusted everyone" guile - trickery I love children's innocence and lack of guile. |
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swag vs swagger
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swag - loot
"It will avail them to dispose of their swag" swagger - acting arrogantly, or with a proud gait "He swaggers around like a rooster in a hen house" |
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commiserate vs commensurate
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commiserate - sympathize
commiserated over their failure. commensurate - equal in money, propotionate "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" |
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morose vs remorse
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morose - ill humored
She was morose, pale and reticent. remorse - feeling sad, regret, pentitence He has shown no remorse for his actions. |
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entail vs entrails
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entail - imply.
what does this move entail ? entrail - intestines. |
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peasant vs pheasant
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peasant - farmer, poor people
pheasant - game bird |
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ruse vs muse
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ruse - deceptive maneuver
This was a ruse to divide them. muse - think deeply "The scientist must stop to observe and start to muse" |
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muss vs muse vs muck
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muss - disarrange
muse - think deeply muck - feces of animals |
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shortcoming vs misgiving
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shortcoming - fault
misgiving - suspicion, qualm, delay |
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haul vs hurl
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haul - drawing slowly
hurl - hurling stones. throwing stones. |
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EPIGRAM/EPIGRAPH/
EPITAPH/EPITHET |
epigram - witty saying
epigraph - inscription on a statue epitaph - inscription on a tomb epithet - descriptive word. ashoka the great |
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crave vs craven
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crave - needing (lust, thirst)
craven - cowardly "the craven fellow turned and ran"; |
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contort vs contrite
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contort - twist and turn in shape
contrite - apologetic The judge was not moved by the contrite tears of the petitioner. |
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crouch vs grouch
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crouch - walk with four legs
grouch - bad tempered person |
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exhort vs extort
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exhort - force (praise) to do sth, encourage
"The crowd exhorted the demonstrating strikers" extort - forcing the money out. |
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covert vs covet
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covet - greedy
covert - secret |
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expletive vs expedite
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expletive - curse [expletives from the book were deleted]
expedite - hasten (rash) "This should expedite the process" |
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staunch vs stanch
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staunch - firm
Staunch supporter stanch - hold halt "My anxiety is stanched; I am at peace" |
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quip vs quirk
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quip - joke, remark
'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped. quirk - strange habit the quirks and foibles of people in everyday situations |
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ranch vs raunch
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ranch - cattle farm
a mink ranch. raunch - lacking taste, lewdness "Audiences are still astonished when she goes for the raunch" |
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savage vs sabotage vs savant vs savory
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savage - cruel, wild
sabotage - destruction savant - knowledgable scholar savory - morally acceptable |
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will vs wile
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wile - trick
will - persistent intent |
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rattle vs prattle
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rattle - make successive sound,disturb
- rattling noise - The news shouldnt rattle him. prattle - speak about unimportant matters |
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southpaw vs dexter
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southpaw - left handed
dexter - right handed |
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bellow vs bestow
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bellow - shouting
He bellowed the information into the telephone. bestow - providing bestowed high praise on the winners. |
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sequester vs sequencer
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sequester - seclude (sequestered himself for writing a book)
sequencer - chemical apparatus |
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lout vs flout vs clout
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lout - stupid person
flout - contemptuous disregard clout - influence [chairman's nephew has a lot of clout] - i gave him a clout on the nose [blow] |
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askew vs eschew
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askew - twisted or crooked
eschew - staying away from |
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demur vs demure
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demur - object/delay [demuring the decision]
demure - shy/modest [politician playful in his intentions] |
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apposite vs opposite
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apposite - very relavant
opposite - contradictory |
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complacent vs complaisant
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Complacent - uncritically satified with yourself. e.g - We must not be complacent about our achievements; there is still a lot to be done.
Complaisant - ready to please; obliging.; willing to please others or to accept their behaviour without protest. |
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ambiguous vs ambivalent
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Ambiguous = unclear, vague, unspecified, open to many interpretations
Ambivalent = torn between two sides; inability to make a choice due to the desire to do two conflicting things at the same time |
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emulate vs imitate
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If you try to climb the same mountain your big brother did, you're emulating him; but if you copy his habit of sticking peas up his nose, you're just imitating him.
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descry vs decry
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descry - watch out for
decry - express disapproval "We decry the racism in South Africa" |
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engender vs endanger
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engender - give rise to
endanger - posing a threat |
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deprecation vs depreciation
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deprication
- prayer to weed off evil - disapproval depreciation - belittle |
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extant and extent
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extant - still in existence "extant manuscripts";
extent - level or degree |
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corroborate vs collaborate
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corroborate- Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
His story corroborated my doubts collaborate - cooperate |
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endemic vs epidemic
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endemic - affecting particular group of people
epidemic - affecting globally |
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dissemble vs disassemble
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dissemble - "He dissembled his disappointment" [feign, pretending]
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Restive
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-- on edge
-- being tensed -- impatient "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive" |
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protean
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protean - variable
"eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same" |
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prolix
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Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
"editing a prolix manuscript" |
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Tortuous
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Tortuous -- full of plot twists
Not to be confused with torture |
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Obviate
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Obviate -- to make unnecessary
Not to be confused with obvious |
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ponderous
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- slow, dull
- tedious - having mass and weight |
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misapprehension
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Misapprehension - mistaken belief...... (Apprehension on GRE means feeling of worry or fear, other meaning for apprehension is understanding which is considered when considering the meaning of misapprehension)
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deference
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1) courteous expression (showing respect)
2) hold back for later time |
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confound
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Confound - confuse
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fatuous
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Fatuous - silly and pointless..... (adj form of noun fatuity which means foolishness)
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reproach
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Reproach - accuse of; express disapproval of or disappointment with.
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exorcise
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Exorcise - drive an evil spirit from a person or place.
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cleave
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1) split separate
2) sticking fast to cleaving to the principles |
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Invigoration
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Invigoration - give strength.
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Probity
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Probity - honesty and decency.
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Plaintive
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Plaintive - sounding sad and mournful.
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undulating
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undulating support is one which is waving.
The singers voice undulated [moved from high to low] |
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communicable
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contagious
communicable disease |
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trudge
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trudge - walking weary
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expanse
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area
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minstrel
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music (singer)
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finery
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clothes which are showy
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unbecoming
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untoward, indecent
"language unbecoming to a lady" |
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exorbitant
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exorbitant rent which is above moderation
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expressly
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"she needs the money expressly for her patients"
for specific purpose |
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grope
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She groped for the glasses in the darkness
fumble, search blindly |
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uprising
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revolt
rebellion |
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portly
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euphemism for stout
men are portly women are stout |
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magnanimous
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Noble and generous in spirit
Big hearted |
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want
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A state of extreme poverty
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hooky
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truancy (not attending) [donot confuse with hook attachment]
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malady
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unwholesome or desperate condition
"what maladies afflict our nation?" |
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mobilize
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marshal (marshal the army - make it ready for use)
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apprehend
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The police apprehended the criminals [take into custody]
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braid
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braiding the bride [decorating]
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plumb
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Pisa tower is not plumb. [plumb - vertical]
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shipshape
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prim, neat [ship is in proper shape]
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ornery
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ill-tempered, quarrelsome [Dont relate with ornament, jewellery]
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gainsay
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deny
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sententious
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(dont confuse with long) its pithy. [too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation]
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glut
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extra
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complacent vs complaisant
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complacent - critically self satisfied
complaisant - excessively obliging to gain sth |
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fervend vs fervid
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both mean ardent
but fervid has -ve connotation |
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exalt vs exult
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exalt - praise
exult - As the election results came in, her mood became exultant. |
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elicit vs illicit
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elicit - draw a confession
She managed to elicit a confession out of her cheating husband. illicit - unlawful After his wife had thrown him out of the house, he got arrested for illicit drinking. |
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discrete vs discreet
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“Discrete” means “separate”, while discreet means “careful and circumspect”. A finite number of discrete categories. You can rely on him to be discreet.
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abjure
adjure |
“Abjure” means “to renounce an oath” or “to abandon or abstain from”.
By contrast, adjure means “to command by exacting an oath” or, more commonly now, “to request earnestly”. |
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amoral
immoral |
While “immoral” means “not conforming to accepted standards of morality”, “amoral” implies “not concerned with or ignorant of morality”. The client pays for the amoral expertise of the lawyer. The council judged the film to be immoral and obscene.
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biannual
biennial |
“Biannual” means “twice a year”. “Biennial” means “taking place every two years”.
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bravado
bravery bravura |
“Bravado” means “ostentatious courage or boldness”, often concealing fear or reluctance, whereas “bravery” is a general word for “courageous action or character”. “Bravura” is a brilliant or showy style of playing music or of performance in some other field.
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discrete vs discreet
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“Discrete” means “separate”, while discreet means “careful and circumspect”. A finite number of discrete categories. You can rely on him to be discreet.
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exoteric
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opposite of esoteric. its for common people
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turbid vs turgid
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“Turbid” means “opaque and cloudy”, and “turgid” means “swollen and overflowing”.
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venal
venial |
venal police officer - corrupt
venial - sin Venal consulate officials have reportedly swindled untold thousands. He made a venial mistake. |
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contention
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argument
Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention. |
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apprise vs appraise
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apprise - inform
- gain in value appraise - give a value |
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default
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failure to act
mortage crisis occured because of defaulting by those who took the loan |
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vent vs dent
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vent - a hole
dent - a depression in surface (lessening consequence) |
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forbear vs forsake
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forbear - desist from, avoid
forsake - abandon |
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ordnance vs ordinance
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ordnance - military supplies
ordinance - authoritative rule |