Set 21

Front 1

Mainstream

Back 1

Adjective:

considered ​normal, and having or using ​ideas, ​beliefs, etc. that are ​accepted by most ​people

Noun:

the way of ​life or set of ​beliefs ​accepted by most ​people

Hint 1

-This is the director's first mainstream ​Hollywood ​film.

-The new ​law should ​allow more ​disabled ​people to ​enter the mainstream of American ​life.

Front 2

Superstition (noun)

Back 2

belief that is not ​based on ​human ​reason or ​scientific ​knowledge, but is ​connected with ​old ​ideas about ​magic

Hint 2

I don't ​believe in the ​old superstition that the ​number 13 is ​unlucky.

Front 3

Swell (verb)

Back 3

to ​become ​larger and ​rounder than ​usual

to (​cause to) ​increase in ​size or ​amount

Hint 3

-It was ​obvious she had ​broken her ​toe, because it ​immediately ​started to swell (up).

-It’s ​spring, and the ​buds on the ​trees are ​beginning to swell.

Front 4

Disclose (verb)

Back 4

to make something ​known ​publicly, or to show something that was ​hidden

Hint 4

The ​police have disclosed that two ​officers are under ​internal ​investigation

Front 5

Detain (verb)

Back 5

-To ​force someone ​officially to ​stay in a ​place

-To detain someone is also to ​delay that ​person for a ​short ​period of ​time

Hint 5

- A ​suspect has been detained by the ​police for ​questioning.

- We were detained in ​traffic and ​arrived at the ​theater a little late.

Front 6

Abhor (verb)

Back 6

to ​hate a way of ​behaving or ​thinking, often because you ​think it is not ​moral

Hint 6

I abhor all ​forms of ​racism

Front 7

Embrace (verb)

Back 7

- to ​accept something ​enthusiastically

- to ​hold someone ​tightly with both ​arms to ​express ​love, ​liking, or ​sympathy, or when ​greeting or ​leaving someone

Hint 7

- They embraced (each other) before saying good-bye.

- This was an ​opportunity that he would embrace

Front 8

Deceive (verb)

Back 8

- to ​persuade someone that something ​false is the ​truth; ​trick or ​fool

- If you deceive yourself, you ​pretend something is ​true

Hint 8

- The ​company deceived ​customers by ​selling ​old ​computers as new ​ones.

- The ​sound of the ​door ​closing deceived me into ​thinking they had gone out.

- She ​thinks he'll come back, but she's deceiving herself.

Front 9

Merely (adverb)

Back 9

- used to ​emphasize that you ​mean ​exactly what you are saying and nothing more

- Only not more then

Hint 9

- The ​medicine won't ​cure her, it merely ​stops the ​pain.

- I wasn't ​complaining, I merely said that I was ​tired.

- I didn't say that you had to go - I merely ​suggested that you might ​want to go.

Front 10

Disgrace (verb)

Back 10

to make ​people ​stop ​respecting you or ​your ​family, ​team, etc. by doing something very ​bad

Hint 10

You have disgraced us all with ​your ​behaviour.

Front 11

Disgrace (noun)

Back 11

- embarrassment and the ​loss of other people's ​respect, or ​behaviour that ​causes this

- to be a very ​bad ​situation

Hint 11

- He’s a disgrace to his ​family

- It's a disgrace that the ​government ​spends so much on ​guns and so little on ​education.