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12 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate |
1. To make or become better; to be more bearable 2. Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. |
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Profuse |
1. To be made abundantly and freely 2. ...woodland plants sprang up profusely in its recesses; unnumbered varieties of plants... |
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Pervade |
1. To become spread throughout all parts of 2. As spring pervaded, Helen's death overcame me as well. |
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Ostensible |
1. Outwardly appearing as such, visibly as, pretended 2. My ostensible errand on this occasion was to get measured for a pair of shoes; so i discharged that business first... |
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Oblige |
1. To require or constrain by law; favor as a gratitude or favor; mandatory 2. The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the school-room, and oblige them to stand. |
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Exult |
1. To show, feel excessant or lively joy; obsolete, especially when showing joy 2. 'Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph... |
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Melancholy |
1. a gloomy state of mind, especially of prolonged depression 2. this is a sad, a melancholy occasion; for it becomes my duty to warn you, that... |
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Implore |
1. To beg urgently or piteously 2. From the snare into which you had fallen, but he implored Mr. Mason to lose ... I used all despatch, and am thankful I was not too late... |
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Fastidious |
1. Excessively exact, particular, or careful 2. Is Mr. Rochester an exacting, fastidious sort of man? |
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Affable |
1. Pleasantly easy to approach and friendly towards 2. This affable and kind little widow was no great dame, but a dependent like myself. |
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Malevolent |
1. Wishing evil or harm to others 2. ...that you listen with no malevolent scorn of their indiscretion, but with a kind of innate sympathy — not the less comforting and encouraging... |
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Austere |
1. Severe in manner; self-disciplined and reserved 2. Believe me, you are not naturally austere... as she used to appear on the boards at the rising of — But never mind that. |
