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10 Cards in this Set
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bore (n)
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- Someone who is boring.
I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up may curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. |
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privy (adj)
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- be privy to sth: sharing in the knowledge of facts that are secret.
Colby was privy to the committee's decisions I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown man. |
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feign (v)
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-To pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep.
Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. I have feigned sleep, preoccupation. or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon. |
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revelation (n)
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- a surprising fact about someone or something that was previously secret and is now made known.
He resigned after revelations about his affair. |
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mar (v)
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- to make something less attractive or enjoyable.
Their wedding was marred by the death of Jenny's mother a week earlier. |
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snobbish (adj)
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- behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or know more than they do.
Her family seems snobbish. |
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decency (n)
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- polite, honest, and moral behaviour and attitudes that show respect for other people
a judgment reflecting the decency and good sense of the American people. |
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parcel (v)
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- to divide or share something among several people
They didn't want the federal government parceling out food supplies. |
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riotous (adj)
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- noisy, exciting, and enjoyable in an uncontrolled way
- noisy or violent especially in a public place. I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. |
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excursion (n)
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- a short journey
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