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to gesticulate
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v. - Some people can hardly talk without gesticulating (to make motions or gestures) with their hands.
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hue
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n. - In the meadows are many different hues (shades, tints) of green.
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impasse
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n. - Neither of the men will listen to the other: their dispute has reached an impasse (standstill, deadlock, an insoluble difficulty).
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ineluctable
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n. - The evidence was so clear that the conclusion was ineluctable (certain, unavoidable, inevitable).
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intransigent
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adj. - No use asking him to change his mind; he's intransigent (stubborn, uncompromising, irreconcilable).
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ken
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n. - I'm only a scientist; political matters are beyond my ken (knowing, field of knowledge, cognizance).
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lucid
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n. - His explanation of the invention was so lucid (clear, enlightening, comprehensive) that we could all understand how it worked.
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to malinger
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v. - The sergeant thought they were malingering (to shirk their work, to evade duty, to feign incapacity), by actually they were coming down with the measles.
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mnemonic
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adj. - Your memory is so bad you should go to a mnemonic (memory-improvement) expert.
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myriad
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adj. - The myriad (crowds of, very numerous, innumerable) subway riders crammed together in the cars.
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narcissistic
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n. - He had a narcissistic (self-centered, self-adulatory, egoistic) habit of staring at his own face in a mirror.
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odious
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adj. - He is such an odious (hateful, disgusting, offensive) person, with his sneers and his bad habits, that no one can stand him.
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to palpitate
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v. - At the sight of the famous actor, the young girl's heart palpitated (to beat quickly, pounded) with excitement.
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paraphrase
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n. - I can't remember her exact words, but I'll give you a paraphrase (restatement, a statement in other words).
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pedant
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n. - John is such a pedant (narrow-minded person, trivial person, a precisionist in teaching) that he obeys all the rules whether they make sense or not.
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peroration
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n. - John brought his speech to a close with an emotion-packed peroration (conclusion, summary, recapitulation).
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platonic
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n. - His idea of love was too platonic (idealistic, spiritual, unsensual) for her, too cold and high-minded.
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pragmatic
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adj. - Never mind the theory; let's be pragmatic (practical, businesslike, factual) --will the idea work?
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promiscuous
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adj. - In her respectable marriage, she has lived down her promiscuous (loose, sexually uncontrolled) past.
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recalcitrant
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adj. - The witness is recalcitrant (resisting authority, uncooperative, refractory) and will not tell what we know he knows, but we shall try to make him testify.
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