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37 Cards in this Set
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Bulwark (Bull wurk)
Link Sentence- Bulls work building a bulwark. |
A defensive wall; something serving as a principal defense
Link- Bull Work Sentence- Our mother was a bulwark against bad times. |
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Augment (awg MENT)
Link Sentence- How not to augment a driveway with cement. |
To make or become greater
Link- Cement Sentence- The king attempted to augment his army by going into villages and drafting men into service. |
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Incongruous (in KAHN grew us)
Link Sentence- The new Alaskan senator's presence in congress was incongruous. |
not appropriate, unsuited, not fitting in
Link- in congress Sentence- Ed appeared incongruous wearing his tuxedo on an old fashioned hayride. |
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Gossamer (GOSS uh mer)
Link sentence- The spiders gossamer captured many unhappy customers. |
delicate floating cobwebs
Link- customer Sentence- The bride wore a white silk wedding dress, a gossamer of fine Italian lace gently touched her face. |
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Succinct (sek SINGKT)
Link sentence- Virginia was succinct when Ernie forgot to fix the sink. |
brief and to the point
Link- sink Sentence- When Joe was called upon, he succinctly paraphrased what the teacher had just explained. |
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Tantalize (TAN tal ize)
Link sentence- Santa's lies tantalize. |
to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach
Link- santa's lies Sentence- The tantalizing aroma of the bread made us all very hungry. |
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Languid (LANG gwid)
Link sentence- A languid squid. |
lacking energy, weak, showing little interest in anything
Link- squid Sentence- After his bout with the flu, Joe was languid and unable to workout for over a week. |
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Benighted (be NI tid)
Link sentence- A benighted knight. |
being in a state of intellectual darkness
Link- Knight Sentence- Many benighted people became enlightened during the Renaissance. |
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Dire
Link sentence- A dire fire. |
Panic
Link- Dire Sentence- |
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Kindle (KIN dl)
Link sentence- Patrick found a unique way to kindle candles |
to cause burn or ignite
Link- candle Sentence- The fire kindled when he squirted on some lighter fluid. |
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Myriad (MIR ee ud)
Link sentence- Many mirrors add a myriad of reflections. |
an extremely large number
Link- mirror add Sentence- On a clear night in Alaska the sky is filled with a myriad of stars |
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Rhetoric (RET or ik)
Link sentence- A salesman's rent-a-wreck rhetoric. |
the art or study of using language effectively and persuasively
Link- rent-a-wreck Sentence- A person's use of rhetoric can indicate much about that person's character. |
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Latent (LAYT nt)
Link sentence- Never lay your tent on a latent volcano." |
laying hidden or undeveloped
Link- lay tent Sentence- Trent had a latent talent as a singer which he didn't discover until he was in his 50's. |
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Trenchant (TREN chunt)
Link sentence- A trenchant mouth is characteristic of the famous Madagascar trench ant. |
incisive, having a sharp point
Link- trench ant Sentence- Julia had a trenchant tongue and was always putting her friends down behind their backs. |
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Jaunt (jawnt)
Link sentence- A jaunt haunt. |
a short pleasure trip
Link- haunt Sentence- Mary and Bryan always enjoy their annual jaunt to the mountains. |
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Vertigo (vur tuh GO )
Link sentence- When test pilot Bob developed a bad case of vertigo, he didn't know where to go. |
the sensation of dizziness
Link- where to go Sentence- Charles was acrophobic and even suffered from vertigo while standing on a stool, replacing the lights in the kitchen. |
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Impede (im PEED)
Link sentence- The job of highway patrolmen is to impede speeding motorists. |
to obstruct or interfere with; to delay
Link- speed Sentence- He was only my uncle, but he always told me not to impede my ambition to go to medical school. |
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Countenance (cownt uh nan)
Link sentence- By their facial countenance alone it was easy to count the nuts |
a person's face, especially with expression
Link- count the nuts Sentence- The submarine commander's countenance belied his true feelings of anxiety and fear. |
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Scrutinize (SKROOT uh nyze)
Link sentence- U.S. Customs officials have screw eyes when they scrutinize baggage. |
to look very carefully; to examine
Link- screw eyes Sentence- Newspaper proof readers scrutinize an entire newspaper each day. |
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Specter (SPEK ter)
Link sentence- A specter with spectacles. |
a ghost or phantom
Link- spectacles Sentence- As the lights came up on stage, a specter seemed to materialize from nowhere. |
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Paradox (PAR uh dahks)
Link sentence- The 'are we bears or ducks' paradox. |
a statement that seems true but at the same time seems to also have the opposite truth
Link- bears or ducks Sentence- Dr. Jekyll was often a paradox; as soon as you began to understand him, he became Mr. Hyde. |
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Wax
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to increase in extent, quantity, intensity power, etc.
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Wane
Link sentence- Snowmen wane in the rain |
to decrease gradually
Link- rain Sentence- A waning interest by theater-goers prompted the theater to shut down. |
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Copious (CO pee us)
Link sentence- Copious cops devour donuts, waiting for some excitement. |
large in quantity or number
Link- cops Sentence- As you read Cold Mountain, you must make copious annotations. |
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Perspicacious
Link sentence- Annotating the novel, Perry's perspiration increased while concentrating on perspicacious reading. |
Definition- having deep insight
Link- perspiration Sentence- If one examines political cartoons perspicaciously, the artist's message is quite clear |
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Marauder (muh RAWD er)
Link sentence- The fiercest marauders are ma raiders |
raider, intruder
Link- ma raider Sentence- During the Civil Warm marauding bands of Confederate guerrillas raided Union supply lines in the Midwest. |
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Cower (KOW er)
Link sentence- Bessie, the cowering cow, never could stand the sight of her own milk. |
cringe from fear, to shrink away
Link- cow Sentence- When Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok entered the Last Chance Saloon, the villains cowered in fear. |
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Aloof (uh LOOF)
Link sentence- Snowball, the cat, was so aloof when guests came she hid on the roof. |
distant, reserved in manner, uninvolved
Link- roof Sentence- Most everyone thought Theodore aloof when actually he was only very shy. |
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Daguerreotype (duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp)
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an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
Link- Sentence- He very kindly sent me a scan of a full plate daguerreotype he wants to know more about. |
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Shod (shod)
"To this accompaniment, the poorly shod of Inman's party climbed over the wall to yank the boots off the dead." (Frazier 13) |
a simple past tense and past participle of shoe
Link- Sentence- The blacksmith shod my horse. |
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Precipices (pres-uh-pis)
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a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
Link- Sentence- Rocky precipices drop almost 100 meters to the ocean. |
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Loom (loom)
Link Sentence- The BROOM LOOMED across the kitchen floor, reminding Reagan that she needs to sweep soon. |
to appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form
Link- Broom Sentence- The mountainous island loomed on the horizon. |
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Forbearance (for BAYR ans)
Link sentence- Four parents exhibiting forbearance. |
patience
Link- four parents Sentence- Teachers must forbear when they deal with unruly students. |
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Cerebral (suh REE brul)
Link sentence- Eat your cereal so you'll grow up and be cerebral like your father. |
of or relating to the brain; and intellectual person
Link- cereal Sentence- Cerebral for a football player, the wily Kansas quarterback rarely called a play that wasn't well planned and thought out. |
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Lament (la MINT)
Link sentence- We lament that Joe got buried in cement. |
to express sorrow or regret; to mourn
Link- cement Sentence- The song "Cowboy's Lament is a ballad about living the lonely life of those who drive cattle for a living. |
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Cacophony (kuh KAFH uh nee)
Link sentence- A cacophony of coughing. |
harsh sounds
Link- cough Sentence- A cacophony isn't noise alone, it is disturbing noise such as when people shout all at once. |
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Quietude (kwi i TUDE)
Link sentence- Dad was a quiet dude who sought quietude. |
calm, tranquil, peaceful
Link- quiet dude Sentence- Gene and Chris chose their property for the air of quietude and peace that pervaded the area. |
