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Alter, Verb, Old French |
make different, change, modify - Susan altered her body with plastic surgery.
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Apparel, Noun, Old French |
outer clothing, atire, dress -
Her atire was modest for the occasion. |
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Distort, Verb, Latin |
twist out of the true meaning, misstate, garble -
You should not distort the truth because it will make your situation worse. |
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Farce, Noun, M. French |
ridiculous show, mockery, burlesque - The television show was a farce because of the poor acting of the leading actors.
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fickle, adjective, Old English |
changeable in ones affections, intersts, or loyalites, inconstant, capricious- The hired soliders were so fickle that they would betray their own master to the highest bidder.
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flimsy, adjective, Unknown |
without strengh or solidity, of inferior materials and workmenship, weak, thin - The flismy shack could not stand up to the mighty hurricane.
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harbinger, noun, M. English |
anything that foreshadows a future event, omen, forerunner -
The dark skies were a harbinger that night was close at hand. |
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interpret, verb, Latin |
set forth the meaning of, explaination, construe -
You will need to be able to interpert Latin in order to understand the odd writing on the walls. |
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intimate, adj, L. Latin |
make known indirectly, hint. suggest - The teacher intimated that there might be a pot quiz tommorrow.
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irrelevant, adjective, 1780-90 |
not realting to the subject, "inapplicable," extraneous - Your luggage is irrelevant, we must find shelter before the storm arrives.
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lucrative, adjective, Latin |
producing wealth, profitable, gainfull, money making - The invention was very lucrative for the brothers.
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malign, verb, Old French |
speak harmful untruths about, villivy, defame - The press was trying malign the facts about the couples finances.
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monumental, adjecive, L. Latin |
impressively large, huge, massive - The atomic bomb in WW2 caused a monumental loss of life.
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negligible, adjective, 1829 English |
so tiny that it may safely be discarded, slight, trifling - The amount of toxic waste that was discarded in the lake was neglibible.
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orge, noun, Unknown |
hideous giant, person to be dreaded, monster, tyrant - The orge attacked the helpless village and destroyed all their crops.
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prestige, noun, French |
standing in the eyes of others, influence, status, reputation - The kings prestige was so large that others feared to challenge his authority.
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quiver, verb, French |
shake with a slight rapid motion, tremble, shivver, shudder - A scary movie can make you quiver in fear.
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rout, verb, M.French |
defeat disastrously, and put to disorderly flight, overwhelm, conquer - At the end of WW2, America routed the Japense with overwhelming force.
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sage, noun, Old French |
person distinguished for wisdom, scholar, philsopher -
The sage had a large amont of knowledge about medicine. |
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weird, adjective, Old English |
strickly odd, strange, bizarre, fantistic - The sight of a pig flying would cause a werid sense of iorny,
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mal-, Prefix, French |
bad, badly
Malfunction, Maladjusted, Malformation |
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un-, Prefix, Old English |
not, against, opposite
unceasing, unequal, unjust |
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irr-, Prefix, Latin |
not.
irrelevant, irresolute, irregular |
