Gre-Bibile-32

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sluggard

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lazy person ; ;

You are a sluggard, a drone, a parasite, the angry father shouted at his lazy son.

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confiscate

Back 2

seize; commandeer;

The army confiscated all available supplies of uranium.

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default

Back 3

failure to do ; ;

As a result of her husband's failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default.

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fortitude

Back 4

bravery; courage;

He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle.

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languid

Back 5

weary; sluggish; listless

Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.

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anonymity

Back 6

state of being nameless; anonymousness;

The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his anonymity.

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fanciful

Back 7

whimsical; visionary;

This is a fanciful scheme because it does not consider the facts.

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proscenium

Back 8

part of stage in front of curtain ; ;

In the theater-in-the-round there can be no proscenium or proscenium arch.

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succumb

Back 9

yield; give in; die

I succumb to temptation whenever it comes my way.

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accost

Back 10

approach and speak first to a person; ;

When the two young men accosted me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.

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credence

Back 11

belief; ;

Do not place any credence in his promises.

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jubilation

Back 12

rejoicing; ;

There was great jubilitation when the armistice was announced.

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slither

Back 13

slip or slide; ;

During the recent ice storm, many people slithered down this hill as they walked to the station.

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expunge

Back 14

cancel; remove;

If you behave, I will expunge this notation from your record.

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innate

Back 15

inborn; ;

His innate talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.

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overweening

Back 16

presumptuous; arrogant;

His overweening pride in his accomplishments was not justified.

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portly

Back 17

stout; corpulent;

The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as portly rather than fat.

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annul

Back 18

make void; ;

The parents of the eloped couple tried to annul the marriage.

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fallow

Back 19

plowed but sowed; uncultivated;

Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to le fallow every few years.

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yore

Back 20

time past; ;

He dreamed of the elegant homes of yore, but gave no thought to their inelegant plumbing.

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cadaver

Back 21

corpse; ;

In some states, it is illegal to dissect cadavers.

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dispatch

Back 22

speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed

Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a dispatch to headquarters, informing his commander of the great victory.

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coy

Back 23

shy; modest; coquettish

She was coy in her answers to his offer.

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jocular

Back 24

said or done in jest; ;

Do not take my jocular remarks seriously.

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slapdash

Back 25

haphazard; careless; sloppy

From the number of typos and misspellings I've found on it, it's clear that Mario proofread the report in a remarkably slapdash fashion.

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natty

Back 26

neatly or smartly dresssed ; ;

Priding himself on being a natty dresser, the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.

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relent

Back 27

give in; ;

When her stern father would not relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.

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travail

Back 28

painful labor; ;

How long do you think a man can endure such travail and degradation without rebelling?.

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ponderous

Back 29

weighty; unwieldy ;

His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ponderous.; an elephant's ponderous walk; a ponderous and difficult book

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gratify

Back 30

please; ;

Her parents were gratified by her success.