Gre-Bibile-35

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regale

Back 1

entertain

John regaled us with tales of his adventures in Africa.

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transcend

Back 2

exceed; surpass;

This accomplishment transcends all our previous efforts.

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vertex

Back 3

summit

Let us drop a perpendicular line from the vertex of the triangle to the base.

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emancipate

Back 4

set free

At first, the attempts of the Abolitioninst to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.

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niggardly

Back 5

meanly stingy; parsimonious;

The niggardly pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty.

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defray

Back 6

provide ofr the payment of

Her employer offered to defray the costs of her postgraduate education.

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franchise

Back 7

right granted by authority

The city issued a franchise to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.

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lassitude

Back 8

languor; weariness;

The hot, tropical weather created a feeling of lassitude and encouraged drowsiness.

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incidence

Back 9

rate of occurrence; particular occurrence;

Health professionals expressed great concern over the high incidence of infant mortality in major urban areas.

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retrieve

Back 10

recover; find and bring in;

The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to retrieve the game killed by the hunter.

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cascade

Back 11

small waterfall

We could not appreciate the beauty of the many cascades as we made detours around each of them to avoid getting wet.

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sundry

Back 12

various; several;

My suspicions were aroused when I read sundry items in the newspapers about your behavior.

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acrid

Back 13

sharp; bitterly pungent;

The acrid odor of burnt gunpowder filled the room after the pistol had been fired.

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cloister

Back 14

monastery or convent

The nuns lived in the cloister.

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verisimilitude

Back 15

appearance of truth; likelihood;

Critics praised her for the verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth.

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elucidate

Back 16

explain; enlighten;

He was called upon to elucidate the disputed points in his article.

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nether

Back 17

lower

Tradition locates hell in the nether regions.

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insalubrious

Back 18

unwholesome; not healthful;

The mosquito-ridden swamp was an insalubrious place, a breeding ground for malarial contagion.

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palatial

Back 19

magnificent

He proudly showed us through his palatial home.

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sanguinary

Back 20

bloody

The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly sanguinary with many casualties.

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incense

Back 21

enrage; infuriate;

Unkindness to children incensed her.

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retiring

Back 22

modest; shy ;

Given Susan't retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking; surprisingly enough, she became a star of the school debate team.

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carnivorous

Back 23

meat-eating

The lion is a carnivorous animal.

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callow

Back 24

youthful; immature;

In that youthful movement, the leaders were only a little less callow than their immature followers.

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dissemble

Back 25

disguise; pretend ;

Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls.

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harbor

Back 26

provide a refuge for; hide;

The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees.

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verbiage

Back 27

pompous array of words

After we had waded through all the verbiage, we discovered that the writer had said very little.

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elicit

Back 28

draw out by discussion

The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.

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negligible

Back 29

so small; trifling; or unimportant as to be easily disregarded

Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.

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assuage

Back 30

ease; lessen(pain) ;

Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.