Sat Group #1

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Cogent

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convincing; reasonable.

"Christin'a argument was so cogent that even her opponents had to agree with her

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Didactic

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intended to instruct

"The tapes were entertaining and didactic because they both amused and instructed children

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lucid

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easily understood; clear

"Our teacher does a good job because he provides lucid explanations of difficult concepts"

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arbiter

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a judge who decides a disputed issue

"An aribter weas hired to settle the Major League Baseball strike because the owners and players could no come to an agreement."

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exculpate

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to free from guilt or blame

"WHen the gold coins discoved in his closest were found to be fake, Dr. Rideau was exulpated and the search for the real thief coninuted."

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jurisprudence

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the philosophy or science of law

"Judges and lawyers are longtime students of jurisprudence."

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pentitent

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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds.

" His desire to make amends to the people he had wronged indicated that he was truly penitent

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despotic

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exercising absolute power;l tyrannical.

"He was a despotic ruler whose every law was enforced with threats of violence or death"

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dictatorial

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domineering; oppressivley overbearing.

"The coach had a distatorial manner and expected people to do whatever he demanded"

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haughty

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arrogant; vainly proud

"His haughty manner made it clear that he thought he was better than everyone else.

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imperious

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arrogantly domineering or overbearing.

"SHe had a very imperious way about her; she was bossy and treated others as if they were beneath her."

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cryptic

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difficult to comprehend

"The writing on the walls of the crypt was crypotic; none of the scientists understood it."

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dilatory

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habitually late

"Always waiting until the last moment to do his work, Stephen was a dilatory student"

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indolent

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lazy

"Mr. Lan said his students were indolent because none of them had done their homework."

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insipid

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uninteresting; unchallenging

"That insipid movie was so boring and predictabel that I walked out."

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listless

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lacking energy

"Since she is accustomed to an active lifestyle, Mary feels listless when she has nothign to do

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torpor

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laziness;inactivity;dullness

"The hot and humid day filled everyone with an activity-halting torpor."

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servile

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submissive; like a servantq

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embellish

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to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate

"WE embellished the account of our vacation by including descriptions of the many colorful people and places we visited"

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florid

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describing flowery or elaborate speech

"THe candidate's speech was so florid that although no one could understand what he was talking about, they all agreed that he sounded good saying it."

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ornate

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elaborately decorated

"The carved wood was so ornate that you could exmine it several times and still noticce thigns you had not seen before

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ostentatious

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describing a shoy or pretentious display

"Whenever the millionaire gave a party, the eblaborate decorations and enormous amounts of food were always part of her ostentatious display of wealth."

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poignant

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profoundly moving; touching

"The most poignant part of the movie was when the father finally made peace with his son."

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ebullience

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intense enthusiasm

"A sense of ebullience swept over the crowd when the matador defeated the bull."

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effusive

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emotionally unrestrained; gushy

"Gymenth was effusive in her thanks after winning the OScarl she even burst into tears."

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egregious

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conspicuously bad or offensive

"Forgetting to sterilize surgical tools before an operation would be an egregious error."

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frenetic

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wildy excited or active

"The pace of the buys office was frenetic Megan never had a moment to catch her breath."

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prodigious

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enormous

"The shattered vase required a prodigious mount of glue to repair."

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replete

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abundantly supplied; filled to capacity

"After a successful night of trick-or-treating, Dee's bag was replete with Halloween candy."

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auspicious

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favorable; promising

"Our trip to the beach had an auspicious start; the rain stopped just as we started the car."

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benign

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kind and gentle

"Uncle Ben is a benign and friendly man who is always willing to help."

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emollient

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(adj) Softening and soothing
(n)something that softens or soothes

"His kind words served as an emollient to the pain she had suffered."

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mollify

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to calm or soothe

"Anna's apology for scaring her brother did not mollify him; he was mad at her all day."

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reclamation

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the act of making something useful again

"Thanks to the reclamation project, the once unusable land became a productive farm."

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spurious

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not genuine; false; counterfeit

"The sportscaster made a spurious claim when he said that the San Antonio Spurs were undefeated.

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astute

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shrewd; clever

"Kelly is financially astute she never falls for the tricks that credit card companies play."

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coup

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a brilliantly executed plan

"It was a coup when I talked the salesperson into selling me this valuable cuckoo clock for five dollars."

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disingenuous

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not straightforward; crafy

"Mr. Gelman was rather disingenuous; although he seemed simply to be asking about your health, he was really trying to figure out why you'd been absent."

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ruse

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a crafty tick

"The offer of a free cruise was merely a ruse to get people to listen to their sales pitch."

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Stratagem

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a clever trick used to deceive or outwit

"PLanting microphones in the gangster's home was a clever, but illegal, stratagem."

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surreptitiously

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done by secretive means

"Matt drank the cough syrup surreptitiously because he didn't want anyone to know that he was sick."

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wily

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cunning

"The wily coyote devised all sorts of clever traps to catch the roadrunner."

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ambiguous

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open to more than one interpretation

"His eyes were an ambiguous color: Some people thought they were brown and some thought they were green."

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ambivalent

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simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

"She had ambivalent feelings about her dance class: ON one hand, she enjoyed the exercise, but on the other hand, she thought the choice of dances could be more interesting."

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capricious

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impulsive and unpredictable

"The referee's capricious behavior angered the players because he was inconsistent in his calls; he would call a foul for minor contact, but ignore elbowing and kicking."

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equivocate

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to avoid making a definiate statement

"ON critical reading questions, i choose anserts that equivocatel they use words such as could or may that make them hard to disprove.

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whimsical

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subject to errative behavior; unpredictable

"Egbert rarley behaved as expected; indeed he was a whimsical soul whose every decision was anybody's guess"

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tenuous

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having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure; weak

"Her grasp oon reality is tenuous at best; she's not even sure what year it is."

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assiduous

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hard-working

"Spending hours in the hot sun digging out every tiny weed, Sidney tended her garden with assiduous attention."

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dogged

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stubbornly persevering

"Her first few attempts resulted in failure, but her dogged efforts ultimately ended in success."

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intrepid

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couageous; fealess

"The intrepid young soldiers scaled the wall and attacked the enemy forces despite being outnumbered fifty to one."

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obdurate

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subborn; inflexible

"Leanna was so obdurate that she was unwilling to change her way of thinking on even the most minor issues."

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obstinate

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stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action

"Even though he begged them constantly, Jeremy's parents were obstinate in their refusal to buy him a motorcycle."

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incumbent

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imposed as a duty; obligatory

"Since you are the host, it is incumbent upon you to see that everyone is having fun."

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dogmatic

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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs

"Doug was dogmatic in his belief that evercising frequently boosts one's immune system."

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innate

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possessed at birth; inborn

"Cats have an innate abilikty to see well in the dark; they are born with this skill, and do not need to develop it."

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inveterate

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long established;deep-rooted; habitual

"Stan has always had trouble telling the truth; in fact, he's an inveterate liar."

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tansitory

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short-lived or temporary

"The sadness she felt was only transitory; the next day her mood improved."

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affable

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easy-going; friendly

"WE enjoyed spending time with Mr. Lee because he was such pleasant affable man."

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amenable

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responsive; agreeable

"Since we had been working hard all day, the group seemed amenable to my suggestion that we all go home early."

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facetious

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playfully humorous

"Although the teacher pretended to be insulting her favorite students, she was just be factious."

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impinge

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to hinder; interfere with

"By not allowing the students to publish a newspaper, the school was impinging upon their right to free speech."

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dilettante

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one with an amateaurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

"YOu can't trust Betsy's opinion because she's just a dilettante who doesn't understand the subleties of the painting."

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eclectic

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made up of a variety of sources or styles

"Lou's taste in music is eclectic because he listens to everything from rap to polka."

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decorous

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proper; marked by good taste

"The class wa well-behaved and the substitue was grateful for their decorous conduct."

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propriety

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appropiatness of behavior

"Anyone who blows his nose on the tablecloth has no sense of propriety."

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Staid

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unemotional; serious

"Mr. Carver had such a staid demeanor that he stayed calm while everyone else celebrated the team's amazing victory."

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stoic

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indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

"Not one to complain, Jenny was stoic in accepting her punishment."

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disparage

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to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle.

"Greg disparaged Wanda's work as being careless and unoriginal."

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prejorative

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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone

"Teachers should refrain from using such prejorative terms as "numbskull" when dealing with students who need encouragement."

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brusque

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rudley abrupt

"Mr. Weir was a brusque teacher who didn't take the time to talk to or listen to his students"

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caustic

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bitingly sarcastic or witty

"She had a cery caustic wit and she seldom told a joke without offending someone."

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feral

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savage; untamed

"Although Murphy was usually timid, he joined the feral cats who lived in the woods after his owner deserted him."

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fractious

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quarrelsome; unruly

"Leonard was a fractious child who disagreed with everything and refused to listen."

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incorrigible

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unable to be reformed

"Sasha is absolutely incorrigible; no matter how many times you punish her, she goes right ahead and misbehaves."

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pugnacious

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combative; belligerent

"Lorenzo was a pugnacious child who settled his differences by fighting with people."

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deleterious

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having a harmful effect; injurious

"ALthough it may seem unlikely, taking too many vitamins can actually have a deleterious effect on your health"

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enmity

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mutual hatred or ill will

"There was a great enmity between the opposing generals, and each one wanted to destroy the other."

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malfeasance

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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

"the mayor was accused of malfeasance because of his questionable use of public funds."

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rancorous

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hateful; marked by deep-seated ill will

"They had such a rancorous relationship that no one could believe that they had ever gotten along."

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archaic

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characteristic of an earlier perioid; old fashioned

"How dost though?" is an arachisc way of saying "how are you?"

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hackneyed

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worn-out through overuse; trite

"All my mom could ofer in the way of advice were hackneyed old phrases that I'd heard a hundred times before."

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austere

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without decoratoin; strict

"The gray walls and bare floors provided a very austere setting."

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ponderous

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extremely dull

"The 700-page book on the anatomy of the flea was so ponderous that i could not read more than one paragraph."

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prosaic

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unimaginative; dull

"Rebecca made a prosaic mosaic - it consisted of only one tile."

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sedentary

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not migratory; settled

"Galatea led a sedentary existence; she never even left her home unless she had to."

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timorous

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timid; fearful about the future

"Tiny Tim was timorous; he was afraid that one day he would be crushe by a giant."

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nascent

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coming into existence; emerging


If you study Nirvana's first album, you can see their nascent abilities that were brought to maturity on their second recording."

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candor

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sincerity; openness

"Its refreshing to hear Candice's honest and candor - when asked about her Enlgish teacher, she says, "I can't stand her!"

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Conflagaration

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a widespread fire

"The protestors burned flags, accidentally staring a fire that developed into a conflagration that raged out of control."

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sonorous

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producing a deep or full sound

"My father's sonorous snoring keeps me up all night unless I close my door and wear earplugs."

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indealize

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to consider perfect

"The fans had idealized the new star pitcher; they had such unrealisticaly high expectiations that they were bound to be disappointed."

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laudatory

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giving praise

"The principal's speech was laudatory when he congratualted the students on their SATS scores."

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pragmatic

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practical

"Never one for wild and unrealistic schemes, AMy took a pragmatic approach to research."

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solvent

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able to pay one's depts

"After five years of losing money, the business has finally sovled its finacial problems and become solvent."

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venerated

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highly respected

Princess Diana was venerated fro her dedication to banning land mines around the world; people today still sing her praises."

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paradigm

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an example or model

"The current educcation paradigm has students engaged in discovey-based learning, wheeras the older model had teachers lectuiring and sutdents merely taking notes."