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12 Cards in this Set
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Eloquent |
a. Speaking: clear and fluent
having or showing the ability to use language clearly and effectively
clearly showing feeling or meaning |
1. His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
2. an eloquent writer and speaker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the founders of the women's rights movement |
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Hasten |
v. rush accelerate
expedite To cause something to happen more quickly To move or act quickly |
1. His death was hastened by alcohol abuse.
2. hasten the activation of yeast with heat |
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Clientele |
n. Regular customers
the group of people who are regular customers at a particular business |
1. The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
2. Gottfried had been complaining for months that our local clientele didn't have the class to appreciate the house. |
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Cartographer |
n. Person who makes map |
No example |
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Tactile |
a. Sense: Concerned with touch
Tangible: Perceptible by touch Relating or being the sense of touch |
1. The thick brushstrokes give the painting a tactile quality.
2. He not only had visual difficulties but tactile ones, too—witness his grasping his wife's head and mistaking it for a hat |
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Review Tangible |
v. Can be touched
Easily seen or recognized |
1. There is no tangible evidence to support her claim.
2. Their sense of relief was almost tangible. |
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Notes ilk |
n.
Sort, kind |
Politicians and their ilk
The club attracts punk rockers and others of that ilk |
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Odious |
a. Hateful
causing hatred or strong dislike
arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance(strong feeling or disgust) : hateful |
An odious crime A false and odious comparison
An odious and unforgivable insult. |
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Obfuscate |
v. Deliberately make something difficult to understand
Becloud To make obscure |
Obfuscate the issue 1. Politicians keep obfuscating the issues. 2. Their explanations only serve to obfuscate and confuse.
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Mutinous |
a. Very rebellious
Involved in mutiny Feeling or showing a desire not to do what someone has told or ordered you to do |
vowed that he would someday see the mutinous crew hang |
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Irrational |
a. Unreasonable Absurd
not thinking clearly : not able to use reason or good judgment
not based on reason, good judgment, or clear thinking |
1. He became irrational as the fever got worse.
2. She had an irrational fear of cats. |
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Flout |
v. Deny (law) Reject
to break or ignore (a law, rule, etc.) without hiding what you are doing or showing fear or shame
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1. Despite repeated warnings, they have continued to flout the law.
2. an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled |
