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Elective
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a course that you choose to do but it is not mandatory.
An elective that I chose to take this year was Technology. |
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Portly
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1. rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
2. Archaic. stately, dignified, or imposing. He was a portly gentleman, who wore a carnation in his lapel and carried a cane. |
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Linger
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1. to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
2. to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing, etc.: She lingered a few months after the heart attack. Such practices still linger among the older natives. I like to linger in my garden after i have finished working there. |
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Conviction
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1. a fixed or firm belief.
2. the act of convicting. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. |
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Quiver
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1. to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
–noun 2. the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor. She quivered while taking a test. |
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Bluff
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good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up. |
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Scowled
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to have a gloomy or threatening look.
He scowled back at me when I told him he had funny hair. |
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Sheepishly
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embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
She sheepishly looked to the ground when she was having a lecture. |
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Ferocity
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a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. |
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Trudge
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to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily
She trudged up a long line of stairs. |
