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decrepit
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(a) Broken down with age.
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Fearing that it might fall in the storm, the farmer hired man to tear down the decrepit old barn.
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Enigma
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(n)a puzzle, a dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying, something that cannot be adequately explained.
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Toru is an enigma.
She has a lot of enigma. |
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explicable
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can be explained, understandable.
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Please don't angry. This matter is explicable!
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obscure
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-dark, dim, unclear
-not famous, unknown (a) (v) |
obscure saying
obscure style obscure author |
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diminutive
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(a) below the average size, very small, little
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abet
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(v) to aid, help, encourage
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The spy succeeded only because he had friends inside to abet.
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solvent
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(a) having the power to dissolve, able to pay all debts
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dissolve: sun dissolves ice
*to be dissolved in tear* |
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engender
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to bring about, to generate, to elicit. To cause to come into being
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renovate
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(v) to make new again
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renovate an old building.
renovate a temple. |
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engulf
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to surround completely, to flow over and enclose
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The tsunami engulf everything.
During the hurricane, the waves engulfed the shore, and the houses along the beach filled with water. |
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circumlocution
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(n) indirect, wordy means of an expression
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Rather than get to the point, the politician talked around the issue, producing evasive circumlocution
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staid
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(a) sober, grave, sedate
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itinerant
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(a) traveling, unsettled, wandering about the country
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itinerant circuit went to my town last week.
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palatial
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Like a castle, magnificent, stately
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Coming from a small town in Iowa, Ema was amazed by palatial house in Hollywood.
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coiffuire
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a headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.
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harsh
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rough
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harsh voice
harsh temper harsh person |
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treatise
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a writing composition on a particular subject, in which its principle are discussed or explained; a tract.
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The fourth year students have to make a treatise on their major subject.
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somnambulist
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a sleepwalker
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A somnambulist doesn't remember what he did last night.
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Partisan
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(n) a follower of certain cause, an adherent. Often refers to a guerilla
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Cua Lo partisan.
Partisans are important factors in Vietnam war. |
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injuriuos
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(a) causing harm, offensive
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injure
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rumple
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to form in to irregular inequalities, to winkle to crumple
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rumple the paper
rumple the clothes. |
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flatter
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to compliment, to praise excessively and insincerely
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I hate him, he usually flatters his boss to promote.
Imitation is sincerest form of flattery. |
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taut
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(a) pulled tight, not slack
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taut robe
taut nerves taut situation |
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pacify
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(v) to soothe, to silence, to calm someone down
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slur
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insulting remark
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