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10 Cards in this Set
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peroration (noun) |
-the last part of a speech -a long dull speech |
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dicker (verb) |
to talk or argue with someone about the conditions of a purchase, agreement, or contract -to bargain [dickered over the price] [I tried to dicker for a discounted price] |
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imprimatur (noun) |
-official approval -imprint -a mark of approval or distinction ex: She gave the book her imprimatur -He could not begin the project w/o his boss's imprimatur. |
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titivate (verb) |
to make a small enhancing alterations to something ex: she put on a bow and titivated her hair |
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deign (intransitive verb) |
-to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity; to stoop ex: I would not deign to answer that absurd accusation. -I would not even deign to talk to him |
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remonstrance (noun) |
-a protest or complaint about something ex: Many residents wrote letters of remonstrance to city officials. -Despite the remonstrances of my advisers, I decided to change the subject of my thesis. |
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nettle (trans verb) |
-to make (someone) angry -to strike or sting with or as if with nettles ex: It nettles him that his younger bro gets more attention. -The mayor's recent actions have nettled many of his supporters. |
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sere (adj) |
being dried and withered ex: a sere region that can barely support any crops |
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pratfall (noun) |
-a fall on the buttocks -a humiliating mishap or blunder ex: He slipped and took a pratfall into the mud. |
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spoliation (noun) |
-the act of plundering, or of having been plundered -the act of injuring especially beyond reclaim ex: The spoliation of the native lands will forever taint the national memory. |
