English Wordly Wise Exam Review

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DETRACT

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1.to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).

2.to draw away or divert; distract

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EMANCIPATE

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1.to free from restraint, influence, or the like.

2.to free (a slave) from bondage.

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INSUPERABLE

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1.incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted

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MAXIM

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1. an expression of a general truth or principle, especially an aphoristic or sententious one

2.a principle or rule of conduct

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OBLIGATORY

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1.required as a matter of obligation; mandatory

2.incumbent or compulsory (usually followed by on or upon)

3.imposing moral or legal obligation; binding

4.creating or recording an obligation, as a document.

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VAGABOND

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1.wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic

2.leading an unsettled or carefree life.

3.disreputable; worthless; shiftless.

4.of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagabond

5.having an uncertain or irregular course or direction

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VISAGE

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1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.;countenance.

2.aspect; appearance.

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WHEEDLE

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1.to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts

2.to persuade (a person) by such words or acts

3.to obtain (something) by artful persuasions

4.to use beguiling or artful persuasions

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ALACRITY

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1.cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

2.liveliness; briskness.

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DEDUCE

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1.to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed; infer

2.to trace the derivation of; trace the course of

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ENCUMBER

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1.to impede or hinder; hamper; retard

2.to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous

3.to burden or weigh down

4.to burden with obligations, debt, etc.

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FRAUGHT

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1.filled or laden

2.fraught with, full of; accompanied by; involving

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INEXPLICABLE

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1.not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.

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TORRID

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1.subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area

2.oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.

3.ardent; passionate

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TRAVERSE

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1.to pass or move over, along, or through.

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ZENITH

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1.the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer.

2.a highest point or state; culmination.

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ALLUDE

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1.to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion

2.to contain a casual or indirect reference

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DISSEMINATE

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1.to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively;broadcast; disperse

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FECKLESS

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1.ineffective; incompetent; futile

2.having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

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LAMENT

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1.to feel or express sorrow or regret for

2.to mourn for or over.

3. to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.

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MONETARY

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1.of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.

2.of or relating to money; pecuniary

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POMP

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1.stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.

2.ostentatious or vain display, especially of dignity or importance.

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SUBJUGATE

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1.to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.

2.to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.

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WANTON

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1.without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless:

2.a wanton or lascivious person

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ADAGE

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1.a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.

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EXTRANEOUS

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1.introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign

2.not pertinent; irrelevant

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MEANDER

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1.to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course

2.to wander aimlessly

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PARAPHERNALIA

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1.equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity

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REGALE

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1.of or relating to a king; royal

2.befitting or resembling a king.

3.stately; splendid.

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SEDENTARY

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1.characterized by or requiring a sitting posture

2. accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.

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TEMPORAL

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1. of or relating to time.

2. pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly

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WRY

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1. produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features

2. abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked

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CALLOW

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1.immature or inexperienced

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DESPOT

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1. a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.

2.any tyrant or oppressor.

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IMPEDIMENT

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1.obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.

2. any physical defect that impedes normal or easy speech; a speech disorder.

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INDOLENT

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1.having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful

2.causing little or no pain; inactive or relatively benign

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SAGACIOUS

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1.having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd

2.keen of scent.

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VENERATE

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1.to regard or treat with reverence; revere.

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VORACIOUS

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1.craving or consuming large quantities of food

2.exceedingly eager or avid

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WANE

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1.to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.

2. to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.

3.to draw to a close; approach an end

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APROPOS

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1.fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.

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ASCENDANCY

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1. the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.

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CONCEDE

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1. to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit

2.to acknowledge before it is officially established

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DOGMA

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1.an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.

2. settled or established opinion, belief, or principle

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EMBODY

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1. to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form

2.to provide with a body; incarnate; make corporeal

3.to collect into or include in a body; organize; incorporate.

4.to embrace or comprise.

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IMPART

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1.to make known; tell; relate; disclose

2.to give; bestow; communicate

3.to grant a part or share of.

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ORATORY

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1.skill or eloquence in public speaking

2.the art of public speaking, especially in a formal and eloquent manner.

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RUDIMENTARY

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1.pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary

2.of the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped or vestigial.

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AMOROUS

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1.inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love

2.showing or expressing love

3.being in love; enamored

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BELITTLE

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1.to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.

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EXORBITANT

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1.exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive

2.outside the authority of the law.

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EXPOSTULATE

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1. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to door has done; remonstrate

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FATEFUL

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1.having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous

2. fatal, deadly, or disastrous.

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INJUNCTION

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1. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.

2.an act or instance of enjoining.

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MOTIF

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1. a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

2.a dominant idea or feature

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SUBSIDIZE

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1.to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy.

2.to furnish or aid with a subsidy.

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SUMPTUOUS

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1.entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly

2.luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid

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VOLUBLE

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1.characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative