Gre-Bibile-45

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turpitude

Back 1

depravity

A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral turpitude.

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archetype

Back 2

prototype; primitive pattern;

The Brooklyn Bridge was the archetype of the many spans that now connect Manhattan with Long Island and New Jersey.

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squat

Back 3

stocky; short and thick ;

Tolkien's hobbits are somewhat squat, sturdy little creatures, fond of good ale, good music, and good food.

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converge

Back 4

come together

Marchers converged on Washington for the great Save Our Cities-Save Our Children March.

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inveigle

Back 5

lead astray; wheedle;

She was inveigled into joining the club after an initial reluctance.

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gargantuan

Back 6

huge; enormous ;

The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.

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lionize

Back 7

treat as a celebrity

She enjoyed being lionized and adored by the public.

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preclude

Back 8

make impossible; eliminate;

This contract does not preclude my being employed by others at the same time that I am working for you.

Front 9

flaunt

Back 9

display ostentatiously

She is not the one of those actresses who flaunt their physical charms; she can act.

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pine

Back 10

display ostentatiously

Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city, Heidi pined for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.

Front 11

amend

Back 11

correct; change; generally for the better

Hoping to amend his condition, he left Vietnam for the United States.

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agrarian

Back 12

pertaining to land or its cultivation

As a result of its recent industrialization, the country is gradually losing its agrarian traditions.

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compact

Back 13

tightly packed; firm; brief

His short, compact body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.

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equitable

Back 14

fair; impartial;

I am seeking an equitable solution to this dispute, one which will be fair and acceptable to both sides.

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spurious

Back 15

fair; impartial;

The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell spurious antiques from the real things.

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contusion

Back 16

bruise

She was treated for contusions and abrasions.

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inundate

Back 17

overflow; flood;

The tremendous waves inundated the town.

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pathos

Back 18

tender to sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings

The quiet tone of pathos that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.

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secrete

Back 19

hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism;

The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas secretes insulin in the islets of Langerhans.

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vogue

Back 20

popular fashion

Jeans became the vogue on many college campuses.

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flag

Back 21

droop; grow feeble ;

When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first period, the home team's spirits flagged.

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piebald

Back 22

of different colors; motled; spotted

You should be able to identify Polka Dot in this race; he is the only piebald horse running.

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amble

Back 23

moving at an easy pace

When she first mounted the horse, she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble.

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douse

Back 24

plunge into water; drench; extinguish

They doused each other with hoses and balloons.

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homespun

Back 25

domestic; made at home ;

homespun wit, like homespun cloth, was often coarse and plain.

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miserly

Back 26

stingy; mean;

The miserly old man hoarded his coins not out of prudence but out of greed.

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spoonerism

Back 27

accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words

When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver, he was guilty of spoonerism.

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contortions

Back 28

twistings; distortions;

As the effects of the opiate wore away, the contortions of the patient became more violent and demonstrated how much pain she was enduring.

Front 29

intrinsically

Back 29

essentially; inherently; naturally

Although my grandmother's china has intrinsically little value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.

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degraded

Back 30

lowered in rank; debased;

The degraded wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors.