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abreast |
side by side and facing the same way ex: The three of them walked abreast along a narrow road consisting of no more than two bare strips of dirt in the grass. |
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brash |
rash ex: You are such an enigma, one minute all cocky and brash, the next formal and chivalrous. |
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lolled |
relaxed way ex: She lolled her head back and closed her eyes. |
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abolitionist |
a person who favors the doing away with ex: In 1865 at the close of the war, he declared that, slavery being abolished, his career as an abolitionist was ended. |
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speculate |
to form a theory about a subject without firm evidence ex: In 1865 at the close of the war, he declared that, slavery being abolished, his career as an abolitionist was ended. |
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solemn |
formal ex: Aside from his solemn expression, there was nothing in the way he acted with the children that might indicate anything was wrong between them. |
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bygones |
a thing dating from an earlier time ex: Let bygones be bygones. |
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lament |
to mourn ex: We saw the pet's graveyard with its sad lament to "Little Boxer." |
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pensive |
reflecting ex: We were pensive as we tried to fathom what was occurring. |
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disposition |
a tendency to act in a specified way ex: Their disposition was to leave the Chinese in unmolested possession of the plain. |
