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abase
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lower; humiliate
"I will not abase myself by going to a base with you on the first date," she said to Paul. |
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abash
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to embarrass
Arthur was abashed at a bash when he drank too much and fell in the trash. |
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abate
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to lessen
Abigail's sister screamed, "Ab ate all the cookies!" Later, of course, her anger abated. |
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abominate
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to loathe; hate
The terrorist abominated his enemy Nate so much that he put a bomb in Nate's boxer shorts. |
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abstruse
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profound; difficult to understand
When Abraham Lincoln wrote a confusing peace agreement to end the Civil War, people commented that Abe's truce was abstruse. |
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accentuate
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to stress; emphasize
An accent mark accentuates a syllable. While in New York, it was rude of you to accentuate the fact that Brooklyn people speak with an accent you hate. |
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acclivity
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sharp incline of a hill
A cliff is an example of an acclivity. |
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accolade
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award; honor
When Coolio received an accolade for his acting, he just smiled and asked for a Kool-Aid. |
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accost
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to approach and speak to
"That snack cost you $3.95!" the salesman said, accosting the customer who was about to leave without paying. |
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adroit
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skillful
C3PO is an adroit android. |
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adulate
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to flatter and praise so much it's sickening
"Brad, dual eight hundreds on your math and critical reading SATs? You're a god!" she adulated. |
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adulterate
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to make impure
Never trust an adult with your belly button lint collection. He will definitely adulterate it. |
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
The economic indicators adumbrated that the price of gas would rise to a dumb rate. |
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adverse
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hostile; opposed; unfavorable
"It's tough writing a national anthem during a British attack," complained Francis Scott Key. "The only light you have is the rockets' red glare. You have to add verses under adverse conditions. |
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advocate
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to urge; recommend
Advertisements advocate products. |
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aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
As the tick was sucking blood from my arm I squashed it. The dead insect smeared on my arm was no aesthetically pleasing. |
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affected
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fake (think: a-FAKE-ted)
His affected personality negatively affected our affection. |
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affinity
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attraction
There was a natural affinity between him and his new Infiniti. |
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affluent
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rich
A flu went around the affluent passengers of the yacht; their diamond tiaras and Rolexes sparkled when they sneezed. |
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affray
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public brawl
The frog was afraid to enter the affray. |
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agape
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open-mouthed
If you stand agape, there is a gap in your mouth. |
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aghast
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horrified
We were aghast when he "passed gas." |
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agile
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able to move in a quick and easy fashion
Age'll make you less agile. |
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness
The empty auditorium was the result of a lack of alacrity among the sleep-deprived students. |
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alias
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a false name
"Your real name was all I asked you for; why did you give me an alias?" the reporter said to Jennifer Garner. |
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
When Watson asked, "What's a ten-letter word meaning 'supplying-nourishment'?" Sherlock replied, "Alimentary, my dear Watson. |
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allay
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to sooth; to make more bearable
He allayed his parents' fears by getting all As on his report card. |
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alleged
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stated without proof
It was alleged that he died by falling off a ledge. |
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allude
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to refer indirectly
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allusion
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a reference to something
A lewd person alludes to salacious sexual endeavors. |
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altercation
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a violent dispute
An altercation broke out when, at the altar, Kate said to her groom, "I don't." |
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amass
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to collect; to get a bunch of
By publishing this book, we hope to amass a mass of perfect scores for our readers. |
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ambulatory
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able to walk
After he was run over by the ambulance, he was no longer ambulatory. |
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ameliorate
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to improve a bad situation
Amelia rated her love life as having been ameliorated since last year. |
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amity
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peaceful relations; friendship
There was amity between the students at M.I.T. and their math professors. |
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amnesia
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loss of memory
We forgot our sentence for this word because we have amnesia. |
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amok
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freaked out and violently ****** off
The shmuck in the much got stuck, ran amok, and guess what word he screamed? (Answer: Shucks) |
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amorphous
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shapeless
If you take too much morphine you'll feel like an amorphous blob. |
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anthropoid
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C3PO is an anthropoid droid. SAT proctors try to appear as anthropoid as possible, but we know better.
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antipathy
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hatred; aversion; dislike
By this time you should be developing a strong antipathy to studying these words and their ridiculous definitions. |
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apathetic
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indifferent; showing lack of interest
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apathy
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indifference; lack of interest
It's a pathetic thing to be apathetic. "They found the cure for apathy, but no one showed any interest in it." - George Carlin |
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apex
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tip; peak; summit; way up there
The ape exercised by jumpong off the apex monkey house in the zoo. |
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appease
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to soothe; placate
He appeased his parents by eating a piece of slimy okra. |
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arbitrary
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chosen at random or without apparent reason
If a college rejects you, its admissions process must be arbitrary. |
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ardor
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heat; passion; zeal
With ardor she moaned, "You don't have to be so gentle-ardor, ardor." |
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askew
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crooked; off to one side
Don't tell us our type is a e k w Did we ask you? |
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assuage
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to ease; pacify
Buying a suede fringed jacket might assuage Donna's compulsive desire to shop. |
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astute
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shrewd; wise; observing
A student must be astute to outwit the Evil Testing Serpent. |
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attribute
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(n.) a characteristic, usually a good one
(v.) to explain by indicating a cause In her article on Pamela Anderson, the mean-spirited reporter attributed the actress's most prominent attribute to plastic surgery. |
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atypical
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not typical
Michael Jackson's face, voice, clothing, and habits are atypical for an earthling. |
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audacity
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boldness
Their audacity was evident when they published their odd SAT book. |
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august
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majestic; awe-inspiring
When Cleopatra saw Augustus in all his finery, she said, "Aw Gus, you look august." |
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austerity
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severity; strictness
His austerity is actually a rarity; severity is not his specialty. |
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averse
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opposed; unwilling
Eggbert was averse to eating Frisbees. |
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avuncular
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like an uncle
This word does not deserve a sentence because only your avuncular Uncle Herbert would ever use it. |
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awry
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twisted; crooked; out of whack; askew; wrong
"Waiter, there is something awry in my bread," she complained. "That thing?" he replied. "Why, that's just a rye seed. |
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bacchanalian
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orgiastic; like wild drunken revelry
Bacchus was the Roman god of wine, and the Bacchanalia was the festival devoted to him. He gave a bacchanalian party to welcome back an alien. |
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baleful
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something that exerts an evil influence or foreshadows evil
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baneful
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something that really is poisonous or deadly
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barrister
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lawyer
What do barristers and sperm have in common? Both have a one in a million chance of turning out human. |
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bawdy
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obscene; coarse; humorous
Many bawdy jokes have to do with certain parts of the body. |
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beatific
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displaying or imparting joy
"Be terrific," said the Hare Krishna with a beatific smile. |
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begrudge
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to envy, to resent
To be holding a grudge for so long against me means that you must begrudge me my happy life. |
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beguile
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trick
"The [Evil Testing] Serpent beguiled me and I did eat the apple." (Genesis 3:13) |
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belated
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delate; late
We sent a belated birthday present and in return got a month old piece of ice-cream cake. |
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bellicose
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violent; warlike
You'll know you're sitting next to a bellicose person if during the test his sharpened number 2 pencil into your belly goes. |
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benevolent
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kind
Superman may be the benevolent protector of the world, but have you ever noticed that he wears his underpants outside his pants? |
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berate
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to scold severely
If you don't get into college, your parents will berate you. If you don't do A work, your teachers will berate (B-rate) you. |
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betroth
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to become engaged
She discovered that he wasn't wearing a tuxedo--she really was betrothed to a penguin. |
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biennial
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every two years
My social life has been reduced to biennial parties. |
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bland
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not stimulating; dull
I found the movie about the politics of cauliflower rather bland. |
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blandishment
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flattery
The sycophants obsequiously lavished me with blandishments. |
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blighted
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ruined; destroyed; withered
When much of California was blighted by fires, the former governor tried to drown his feelings of hopelessness in Bud Light. |
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bereft
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lacking something needed
He felt sad and bereft just thinking about how she didn't love him; now he would be left without her. |
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boisterous
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rowdy
We have male cheerleaders at our school. When they get in front of the crowd, those boys stir us up until we're boisterous. |
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bombastic
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grandiloquent (wordy, pompous) in speech or writing
At the end of his long, boring, bombastic speech, the self-satisfied tyrant received a bomb basket as a farewell gift. |
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braggadocio
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cockiness; a braggart
Braggadocios tend to do a lot of empty bragging. |
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brevity
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briefness
When Janet had a 20-page paper due, but wanted to go out, her friend suggested, "You can write your paper with great brevity and brave a D. |
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brusque
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brief; curt; gruff; discourteous
The people who take tickets at the movies are always brusque, as though they're not genuinely interested in every single person who walks by them. |
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bucolic
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pastoral; typical of farms and rural life.
The scene was bucolic So we started to frolic In our feet so bare, Whoops! The cow chips were there! |
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bumptious
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self-assertive
The bumptious people bumped us out of line, so we gave them all fierce head-butts. |
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burgeon
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to grow; sprout; flourish
Madonna's career burgeoned as soon as she changed the title her unsuccessful song "Like a Burgeon." |
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burnish
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to polish
One of the housekeeper's jobs was burnishing the furnishings. |
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cache
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hiding place (pronounced "cash)
The thieves stashed the cash in the cache. |
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cacophonous
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sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to; the opposite of euphonious
As Dracula arose from his coffin, the werewolves let out a cacophonous wail. |
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cadaver
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corpse
The medical students named their cadaver Ernie so that they could be "working in dead Ernest." |
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cajole
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to coax
"Yes you can, Joel," they cajoled him. "You can become a professional thumb whistler if you set your mind to it." |
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callous
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unfeeling; unsympathetic
Brian complained of the callus on his big toe, but Meg remained callous. If you don't like that sentence, don't call us, we're callous. |
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calumniate
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to slander
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calumny
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slander; defamation
It was calumny when I wrote in a column in The New York Times that you enjoy poisoning Arctic wombats. I hated you, so I calumniated you. |
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candor
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frankness; candidness
"Speaking with complete candor, Hansel," said the wicked witch, "I have chopped Gretel up and canned her." |
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cantankerous
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ill-natured; quarrelsome
"Bloody screaming sea dogs, I can't anchor us!" the cantankerous captain cried. |
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capitulate
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to surrender
Jackie Chan never capitulates. |
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capricious
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unpredictable; following whim
The album charts were capricious; one week 50 Cent was on top--but as soon as we had catalogued all the swear words, Alicia Keys took over. |
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captious
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fault-finding
"What?! You're only in Cs? And your room's still messy, and you haven't cooked us dinner," said the captious review book authors. |
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carrion
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rotting flesh
The lion tore a hefty chunk of flesh out of the zebra's neck. Later the jackals came by and pulled more entrails out of the carrion. After the jackals left, the vultures remained to carry on with devouring it. |
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castigate
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to punish
Castration is a severe form of castigation. |
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cathartic
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cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion
Manek's method of preparing for the SAT is cathartic. |
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caustic
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burning; characterized by a bitter wit
When she saw the ugly necklace that her boyfriend had bought her, she said to him caustically, "How much did that cost?Ick!" |
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cauterize
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to burn tissue (usually because a wound isn't clotting)
When bleeding caught her eyes, the doctor knew that she would have to cauterize the patient's skin. |
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cavil
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to raise unnecessary or trivial objections
When I told the vet that I fed my cow Diet Coke, he caviled about how it would make my calf ill. |
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celerity
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swiftness, speed
When the light turned green the chauffeur floored the gas pedal with celerity and we suddenly accelerated. I nearly spilled my celery tea. |
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celibacy
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conditions of being celibate
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celibate
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without sex; unmarried
If the prostitute does not sell a bit, she will have to be celibate tonight. |
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censor
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(v.) to remove inappropriate stuff
(n.) someone who censors things Fabio sensed her longing with his rough hands caressed her voluptuous heaving CENSORED |
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censure
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to criticize; blame
When someone starts to criticize you, you can sense you're being censured. |
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cerebration
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thought
The guests at Einstein's birthday celebration were all deep in cerebration. |
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chagrin
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embarrassment
She grinned and blushed with chagrin. |
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chaos
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state of utter confusion
"We don't want to cause chaos," we told the customs official. "So just okay us for passage." |
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charlatan
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quack; someone who pretends he's someone he's not
Charlotte in Charlotte's Web was not a charlatan; she really could spell. |
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chaste
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pure; unspoiled; virginal
The virgin chased away the men so that she could remain chaste. |
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chicanery
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trickery
When I found the sneezing powder in my Chicken McNuggets I knew you were up to some chicanery. |
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choleric
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hot-tempered; easily made "hot under the collar"
The choleric pit bull did not enjoy it when his owner made him wear the electrified collar. |
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churlish
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boorish; rude
Someone who is girlish is probably not churlish. |
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ciliated
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having tiny hairs
"Oh Juliet, I love your deed blue eyes." "Oh Romeo, I love the ciliated lining of your nostrils." |
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circumspect
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prudent; cautious
"Search;em, inspector," ordered the circumspect detective. |
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clemency
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mildness of temper--especially leniency toward an enemy or in sentencing a criminal
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cogent
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clear; logical; well-thought-out
The two men (co-gents) on the debate team gave a cogent argument. |
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cogitate
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to think about deeply and carefully
A good time to cogitate about dairy products is while eating cottage cheese. |
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cognizant
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fully informed and aware; conscious
When the factory repairman becomes cognizant that the cog isn't working, he will fix the gear. |
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
The more frequently you comb your hair, the more comely you become. Or maybe not... |
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comestible
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food
Banana flambe is a combustible comestible. |
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commensurate
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equal; proportionate
You don't think that this pile of gold is commensurate with that one? Well, come measure it. |
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commiserate
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to sympathize; be miserable together
He commiserated with his friend at Yukon University, who also got 200s. |
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comport
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to behave in a particular way
Comport yourself in a comfortable way. |
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compunction
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strong uneasiness caused by guilt
I felt compunction about puncturing your tires with Japanese throwing stars, but I went ahead and did it anyway. |
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concupiscence
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sexual desire; lust sensuality
This word probably won't be on the test, but we like it. |
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concurrent
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at the same time
John Adam's and Thomas Jefferson's deaths were almost concurrent; they both died on Independence Day, 1826. |
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congenital
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existing at birth
Unless you've had a sex change, your genitals are congenital. |
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conjecture
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statement made without adequate evidence
"Can Jack surely reach that conclusion?" I asked. "Or is it only a conjecture?" |
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
Unless you can juggle both your careers, you will not have conjugal happiness. |
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contort
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twist; bend
We recommend that you contact your local contortionist in order to learn the skills necessary for sitting in an SAT chair. |
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contrition
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remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing
When Trish borke the priceless gorilla sculpture, she was overcome with contrition. |
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controversial
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of, relating to, or causing dispute
Distributing contraceptives in high school is a controversial issue. |
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convoke
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to call together; to cause to assume
They mayor convokes a town meeting so that the citizens can vocalize their grievances. |
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corp-
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a root meaning "body"
Example: corpse = dead body |
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corporal
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of the body; bodily
Corporal Thomas gave me corporal punishment because I saluted him with my foot instead of my hand. |
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corpulent
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obese; having a fat body
The corpulent corporal gave up eating for Lent. |
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corroborate
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to testify in agreement
Do you have any witnesses who can corroborate that this is the restaurant where Bonnie and Clyde (co-robbers) ate? |
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countermand
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to cancel a command
"Work in the stockroom today," the shopkeeper ordered. "No wait!" he countermanded, "Keep the front counter manned." |
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covert
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concealed; secret
When the press finds out about the CIA's covert operations the CIA tries to cover it up. |
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cower
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to quiver; shrink from fear
The coward cowered. |
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crass
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uncultured
It is crass to scratch your ass. |
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credulity
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gullibility
His credulity led him to think that the preposterous alibi was credible. I found it too incredible to believe. |
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crestfallen
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dejected
"I'm sorry I dropped the toothpaste," he said, crestfallen. |
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crux
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main point; central issue; heart of the matter
"The crux of our work is to crucify crooks," explained the Roman policeman. |
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cull
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to select; weed out
College admissions officers cull the best applications from the pile |
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cupidity
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greed; avarice
Note: Although Cupid is usually associated with love, he's actually the god of desire, including desire for money. Dan is possessed with stupidity as well as cupidity; he stole a lot of money, but then he burned it to get rid of the evidence. |
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dais
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raised platform
The nervous speaker whispered, "Da is no way I am going up on the dais!" |
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daunt
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to intimidate; frighten
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dauntless
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bold, unable to be daunted
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dearth
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scarcity
When there is nothing but d'earth there is dearth. Because of Darth Vader, there was a dearth of laughter on the Death Star. |
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debase
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to lower in quality or value; adulterate
The birds at de base of the statue debased it with excrement. |
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decoy
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a lure or bait
The coy duck disguised himself as a wooden decoy, but the hunters shot at him anyway. |
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defenestration
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the act of throwing something out the winder
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delude
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to deceive
De lewd due deluded himself into thinking he was attractive. |
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demivierge
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a person whose sexual activities stop short of intercourse
This word won't be on the test, but think how it will enrich the rest of your life. |
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demur
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to object mildly
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demure
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reserved; modest
The demure poodle demurred at the Saint Bernard's drooling in public. |
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deplete
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to lessen the supply or content of
She de-pleated the skirt by ironing it, thus depleting her stock of skirts. |
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depraved
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morally corrupt; debased; perverted
As a prank, the depraved criminal de-paved the highway. |
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deranged
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having a severe mental disorder; being insane
The deranged cowboy roamed the streets singing wildly, "rome, Rome on de range." |
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derogate
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to detract; to take away
The effect of the spear protruding from Bob's forehead was to derogate from his usually good-looking face. |
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descry
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to discern; to catch sight of something that is difficult to catch sight of
Through the mist they could descry the form of the hungry, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater munching on a bag of purple Skittles. |
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desultory
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aimless; disconnected; rambling; haphazard
"That's why I love pepper," said Uri, finishing his speech extolling the merits of salt. "De salut, Uri!" yelled his debate teacher. |
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deter
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to prevent or discourage from happening
Nothing can deter Derek Jeter from hitting a home run for the Yankees. |
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devastate
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to ruin by violent action
The Blob devastated de vast stat of Nevada. |
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devoid
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completely lacking; void; empty; without
Avoid diving into swimming pools that are devoid of water; you could hurt yourself and that would suck. |
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dexterous
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adroit or skillful in the use of hands or body
Houdini was dexterous; he could escape from a straitjacket. |
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diabolical
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fiendish; devilish; nastily scheming
The diabolical demon devised a deadly dungeon. |
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diaphanous
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translucent; gossamer
His diaphanous dinner dress caused much discussion. |
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discern
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to detect by the use of the senses
The watchman dis-earned his pay by not discerning the thieves. |
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discord
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lack of harmony
"I won't use dis cord 'cause it would create discord," said Mozart. |
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disparage
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to belittle; to reduce in esteem
"Dis porridge is too hot," Goldilocks disparaged. |
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disseminate
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to dispense objects, such as seeds, newspapers; to distribute
While making his stock boy walk the plank, the captain explained, "Dis seaman ate all of the supplies that he was supposed to disseminate. |
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distraught
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anxious; worried; distressed
Snow White became distraught when the dwarfs drank booze and fought. |
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divers
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several
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diverse
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distinct; varied; differing
William Shakespeare's divers verses about diverse subjects. |
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doleful
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sad; mournful
You will be Dole-full and sick if you eat 98 cans of pineapple chunks. |
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drastic
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severe
If your swimsuit strap breaks, you are in drastic need of elastic. |
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dynamic
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energetic; vigorous; forceful
The dynamic duo fell into the Joker's dynamite trap. |
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ebullient
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bubbly; overflowing with excitement
The chef took a hefty swig of cooking sherry and then ebulliently tossed the bouillon cubes into the soup. |
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edify
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to enlighten, educate
Ed defied the edict against education by trying to edify his pupils. |
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educe
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to elicit
He tried to educe as much information as possible from the suspects before he deduced who the murder was. |
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efface
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to erase; rub out
Be sure to completely efface any answer circle you wish to change. |
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effete
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tired; barren; decadent
By the time the authors had finished writing the E word list they were effete. |
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effigy
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dummy (mannequin), usually for symbolic torturing
The E words got together to burn F and G in effigy. |
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elation
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exhilaration; joy
The jolly mountaineers found elation on high elevations. |
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emaciated
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excessively thin; weak
In May she ate it, but now it's June and she's still emaciated. |
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emulate
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to imitate closely
When the tornado began, Dorothy called our, "Aunty Em you late. Emulate Toto and hurry up." |
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epitaph
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memorial text carved on a tombstone
I read the epitaph, "Here lies a politician ad an honest man," and wondered how they could fit two people in one grave." |
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epitome
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something that perfectly represents an entire class of things' embodiment
"You're the epitome of stupidity." she screeched after I spilled baloney dip all over her dress. |
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equestrian
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pertaining to horsemanship; on horseback
The equestrian knights went on a quest to Rion, but they were turned away because of a no-horses policy. |
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equipoise
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equality; balance; equilibrium
An equipoise of speed and comprehension must be acquired in order to succeed on the critical reading section. |
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equivocal
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capable of two interpretations; ambiguous
"A good meal from this cook is a rare treat," is an equivocal statement. |
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erode
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to diminish or destroy by small amounts
When a road erodes, there are potholes all over the place. |
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erudite
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scholarly
Erudite people say things like, "Ere you diet, would you partake of the torte?" instead of "Want some cake?" |
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eschew
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avoid; shun
"Eschew!" he sneezed loudly. "Gesundheit," she replied, while eschewing the globules of sneeze juice. |
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esoteric
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known only by a few people
Now you are one of the few people who knows this esoteric word. |
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ethereal
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not of the material world
The lisping child saw the ethereal ghost and asked, "It he real?" |
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eulogy
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praiseful speech at a funeral
In Santa's eulogy, the priest explained that Santa had died of cholesterol because of all those Yule logs he ate." |
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euphemism
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nice way of saying something unpleasant
"Moved on to the next wold" is a euphemism for "keeled over and bought it," which is a euphemism for "died." |
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exact
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On the SAT, the Serpent will use the secondary definition of this word, which is: to demand
The Stamp Act exacted from colonists taxes they could not afford to pay. So they "X'd" the act. |
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exhume
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to remove from a grave; disinter
They exhumed the coffin, but there was no cadaver in it. |
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exigent
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urgent; requiring immediate attention
It is exigent that I find a sexy gent to escort me to the prom. excessively demanding; excessively exacting I made exigent demands on my fairy godmother to find me a debonair prom date and a diaphanous dress. |
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fabricate
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to invent or make up something (often in order to deceive)
When Michael couldn't remove the stain from the fabric, he ate it and fabricated a story that aliens stole it. |
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facet
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side or aspect; face or something (e.g. gemstones)
"Face it! One of the facets of being a jeweler is sometimes selling flawed facets!" |
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facetious
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joking or jesting
She's so facetious that you should not take what she says at face value. |
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fallacious
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false; wrong; incorrect
They used to castigate people who made fallacious statements. (Well, that was a long time ago.) |
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fastidious
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careful about details; impossible to satisfy
The fastidious Enron accountant admonished his employees, "Be careful! Don't shred too fast, idiots." |
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fatuous
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inane; foolish; fatheaded
Eating 30 pounds of chocolate a day is a fatuous idea. |
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fawning
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groveling; overly admiring
The hunter who killed Bambi's mother should have come back and make a fawning plea for forgiveness. |
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feasible
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workable; plausible; possible
Homer's idea of opening a hair salon for bald people was not feasible--who would pay the $30 fee? D'oh! |
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fecund
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fertile
"Feh! Couldn't you do without all the smelly manure?" Slick asked Farmer Brown. "No, we need it to make the soil fecund." |
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fervor
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passion
I will fight a ferocious ferret and get its fur for you if it will prove the fervor of my love for you. |
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fetid
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smelly
I am proud to have fetid feet that smell of feta cheese. |
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fictitious
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false; not genuine
Books of fiction have fictitious plots. |
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filch
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to steal
Since they had zilch, they decided to filch. |
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flagrant
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deliberately conspicuous; glaring
After the protesters flagrantly burned the Stars and Stripes, the mayor began a flag rant, condemning the rebels. |
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flaunt
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to show off something
I flagrantly flaunted my physical flawlessness to my fawning followers. |
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fluctuation
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irregular variation
At the terrifying sight of the nasty sentence completion question, his heartbeat fluctuated wildly. |
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foible
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weakness, flaw
Britney Spear's foible is her penchant for attention. |
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foment
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to stir up; agitate; incite(think: when you stir something up it foams)
When your foe warned you not to foment the army against him, your foe meant he was afraid of getting his ass kicked. |
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forbearance
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patience
He played dead with forbearance until the four bears got antsy and went away. |
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formication
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spontaneous abnormal sensation of ants or other insects running over the skin
Some people experience this while taking the SAT. |
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forte
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strong point (think:forts are strong. Pronounced "fort or "for-tay")
His forte was sneaking into the for \t that was just before Fort B. |
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frenetic
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frenzied; frantic; freaked out
When the pilot and the flight attendants became frenzied, the passengers became frenetic. |
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froward
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stubborn
The froward guardsmen refused to retreat, so the protesters could not move forward. |
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frugal
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sparing in expense; stingy; miserly
They told me that I was frugal Because I bout a plastic bugle. |
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fulminate
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to explode; roar; denounce loudly
After he bombed the SAT, he fulminated for a full minute against the ETS. |
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futile
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completely ineffective
The one-armed floor layer felt his work was futile because he could lay only a few tiles a day. |
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forte
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strong point (think:forts are strong. Pronounced "fort or "for-tay")
His forte was sneaking into the for \t that was just before Fort B. |
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frenetic
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frenzied; frantic; freaked out
When the pilot and the flight attendants became frenzied, the passengers became frenetic. |
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froward
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stubborn
The froward guardsmen refused to retreat, so the protesters could not move forward. |
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frugal
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sparing in expense; stingy; miserly
They told me that I was frugal Because I bout a plastic bugle. |
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fulminate
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to explode; roar; denounce loudly
After he bombed the SAT, he fulminated for a full minute against the ETS. |
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futile
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completely ineffective
The one-armed floor layer felt his work was futile because he could lay only a few tiles a day. |
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elhnad
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elhnad
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