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121 Cards in this Set
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the male head of a family or tribe |
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...but Alexander J. Ellis was still a living ________, with an impressive head always covered by a velvet skull cap,
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to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind
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I _____ the editor of a leading monthly review to commission an article from Sweet on the imperial importance of his subject.
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contemptuous, mocking
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When it arrived, it contained nothing but a savagely _______ attack on a professor of language and literature whose chair Sweet regarded as proper to a phonetic expert only."
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defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures |
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The article, being _____, had to be |
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to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win
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"Henry Sweet, then a young man, lacked their sweetness of character: he was about as ______ to conventional mortals as Ibsen or Samuel Butler."
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to reject as having no authority or binding force
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"...he had become a sort of walking _____ of Oxford and all its traditions."
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a native or inhabitant of the East End district of London, England, traditionally, one born and reared within the sound of Bow bells.
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I would decipher a sound which a _____ would represent by zerr, and a Frenchman by seu, |
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incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable |
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"...his unfortunate determination to make this remarkable and quite legible script serve also as a Shorthand reduced it in his own practice to the most _____ of cryptograms."
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a message written in code or cypher
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"...his unfortunate determination to make this remarkable and quite legible script serve also as a Shorthand reduced it in his own practice to the most inscrutable of ______________." |
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the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing |
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"The four and six-penny manual, mostly in |
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crude, coarse, unrefined; referring to common people
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The manual "was never _____ advertised,"
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to be or prove superior in strength, power, or influence |
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"...until then [Sweet's system] will certainly not ______ against Pitman."
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a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent; any secluded place |
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"I am informed by the publishers that its ______ existence is still a steady and healthy one." |
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to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material |
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"...my secretary cannot _____ Sweet, having been perforce taught in the schools of Pitman."
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of necessity; necessarily
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"...my secretary cannot transcribe
Sweet, having been _____ taught in the schools of Pitman." |
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to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation
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Therefore, Sweet _____ at Pitman as vainly as Thersites _____ at Ajax: his _____, however it may have eased his soul, gave no popular vogue to Current Shorthand.
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in fashion
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Therefore, Sweet railed at Pitman as vainly as Thersites railed at Ajax: his raillery, however it may have eased his soul, gave no popular _____ to Current Shorthand. |
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high station, rank, or repute; a person of high rank |
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"... the failure of Oxford to do justice to his _____..." |
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the quality of being pleasing or agreeable in situation, prospect
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I think Oxford is quite right in demanding a certain social _____ from its nurslings...
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calm, peaceful, tranquil |
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"...I well know how hard it is for a man of genius with a seriously underrated subject to maintain _____ and kindly relations with the men who underrate it..." |
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to declare openly; to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession |
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"... and who keep all the best places for less important subjects which they _____ without originality and sometimes without much capacity for them..." |
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scorn; contempt |
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"...still, if he overwhelms them with wrath and _____, he cannot expect them to heap honors on him." |
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intended for instruction; instructive |
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"... I delight in throwing [the success of the play] at the heads of the wiseacres who repeat the parrot cry that art should never be _____. |
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(especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper
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The modern _____daughter who fulfils her ambition by playing the Queen of Spain in Ruy Blas at the Theatre Francais is only one of many thousands of men and women who have sloughed off their native dialects and acquired a new tongue.
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to shed; dispose of; get rid of; cast off
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The modern concierge's daughter who fulfills her ambition by playing the Queen of Spain in Ruy Blas at the Theatre Francais is only one of many thousands of men and women who have _____ off their native dialects and acquired a new tongue. |
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to long for; to seek ambitiously |
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"But the thing has to be done scientifically, or the last state of the _____ may be worse than the first." |
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a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch |
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[There are] "pedestrians running for shelter into the market and under the _____ of St. Paul's Church, where there are already several people, among them a lady and her daughter in evening dress." |
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nerve; courage
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" If Freddy had a bit of _____, he would have got
one at the theatre door." |
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cannot be understood |
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"Here, with apologies, this desperate attempt to represent her dialect without a phonetic alphabet must be abandoned as _____ outside London." |
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friendly; sociable; agreeable |
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"An elderly gentleman of the _____ military type rushes into shelter, and closes a dripping umbrella. " |
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near; near; next before or after in order |
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"THE FLOWER GIRL [taking advantage of the military gentleman's _____ to establish friendly relations with him]..."
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a square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal |
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"He goes to the _____ beside the flower girl; puts up his foot on it; and stoops to turn down his trouser ends." |
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to express earnest disapproval of
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"...General hubbub, mostly sympathetic to the flower girl, |
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of settled or sedate character |
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"Steady on. Easy, easy, etc., come from the
elderly______ spectators, who pat her comfortingly." |
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distracted; deeply agitated
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to express sharp, stern disapproval of |
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HIGGINS [hearing in it the voice of God, ______ him for his Pharisaic want of charity to the poor girl]... |
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the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room |
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Further down the room, on the same side, is a fireplace, with a comfortable leather-covered easy-chair at the side of the ______ nearest the door, and a coal-scuttle. |
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of or pertaining to life; having great energy
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"He appears in the morning light as a robust, _____, appetizing sort of man of forty or thereabouts..." |
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characterized by rash action; doing without thinking |
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"He is, in fact, but for his years and size, rather like a very _____ baby "taking notice" eagerly and loudly, and requiring almost as much watching to keep him out of unintended mischief." |
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warmly & cheerfully friendly |
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"His manner varies from _____ bullying when
he is in a good humor to stormy petulance when anything goes wrong..." |
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sudden, impatient irritation
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"His manner varies from genial bullying when he is in a good humor to stormy _____ when anything goes wrong..." |
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direct & unreserved in speech |
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"But he is so entirely _____ and void of malice that he |
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of or pertaining to, or written for a chorus |
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Mrs. Pearce is a _____ figure; she monitors Higgins's behavior with respect to Eliza and tells him when he erred. |
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cheaply made |
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"She has a nearly clean apron, and the shoddy coat has been tidied a little. "
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the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion |
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" The _____ of this deplorable figure, with its innocent vanity and consequential air, touches Pickering..." |
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causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable
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The pathos of this _____ figure, with its innocent vanity and consequential air, touches Pickering...
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urge; to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole
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"[Higgins] _____ women as a child |
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suddenly; in an abrupt manner
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HIGGINS [_____
, recognizing her with unconcealed disappointment, and at once, baby-like, making an intolerable grievance of it] |
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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: imperious; dictatorial
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"HIGGINS [_______] Sit down." |
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to express earnest disapproval of
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LIZA [strongly _____ this view of her] Ah--ah--ah--ow--ow--oo!
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a gentle gust of wind; a breeze |
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"Higgins, thus scolded, subsides. The hurricane is succeeded by a _____ of amiable surprise."
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with determination
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MRS. PEARCE [_____] You must be reasonable, Mr. Higgins: really you must."
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dexterous; nimble; skillful
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"HIGGINS [_____ retrieving the handkerchief and intercepting her on her reluctant way to the door]"
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to argue in protest or objection
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PICKERING [in good-humored _____] Does it occur to you, Higgins, that the girl has some feelings?
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to become less severe; give in, give up
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"And you shall marry an officer in the Guards, with a
beautiful moustache: the son of a marquis, who will disinherit him for marrying you, but will _____ when he sees your beauty and goodness--" |
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to take for granted
entitled |
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If the King finds out you're not a lady, you will be taken by the police to the Tower of London, where your head will be cut off as a warning to other _____ flower girls.
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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base:
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HIGGINS [_____] I swear! [Most emphatically] I never swear. I detest the habit
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive. |
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MRS. PEARCE [_____] That's what I mean, sir. You swear a great deal too much.
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elevated in style, tone, or sentiment, as writings or speech
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HIGGINS [_____] I cannot charge myself with having ever uttered it, Mrs. Pearce.
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unclean in appearance or habits
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"I mean not to be slovenly about her dress or untidy
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Here I am, a shy, _____ sort of |
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shy, lacking in confidence |
