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Bogus Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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Adj. counterfiet, false The art historian discovered a bogus picture hanging in the museum.

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demise Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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noun the end of an existence death. Mark Twain wryly observed that reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

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devise Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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verb. To form or arrange in the mind. The personnel manager had to devise a training program for all the new workers.

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enshrine Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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verb. To cherish as sacred The personnel manager had to devise a training program for all the new workers.

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evince Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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verb to show clearly to provoke. The comedian’s zany antics failed to evince a laugh from his audience.

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irrevocable Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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ADJ. impossible to change. Your birthday is an irrevocable fact of life.

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martial Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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ADJ. having to do with war, armies, and fighting. Joe was issued a court marshal for stealing artwork from bagdad Museums.

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memorabilia Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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noun plural. Objects collected over a period of time for an event. Thomas Edison’s memorabilia can be seen at his winter home in Fort Myers, Florida.

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mundane Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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ADJ. ordinary Checking a report for spelling errors is a mundane but necessary task.

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patronize Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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verb to be a supporter of, to belittle. Checking a report for spelling errors is a mundane but necessary task.

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querulous Brendan Coughlin Simonson Section 2

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ADJ to find fault I commiserated with him for having to put up with his visiting uncle’s querulous demands.

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noun. Eccentric manner, a odd turn of events. A quirk of fate brought us both to the spot where we had first met ten years earlier.

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verb. To prove to be false. I refuted her claim that taking vitamins was a waste of time by showing her the latest research from the medical group.

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Noun. Approval or persmission from an authority, actions between nations to aprove.Economic sanctions against South Africa were lifted when it ended its policy of apartheid.

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Noun A large book. I admired the tome’s sumptuous satiny jacket, but had trouble wading through its twelve-hundred pages.