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Coherent
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showing an orderly relation to parts
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This play is a model of coherent plot development having a single line of action
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Colloquial
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characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech
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Let's stick together is colloquial; " Let us be a coherent group" is formal.
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Commiserate
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to feel or express sorrow or pity
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Following the assassination of President Kennedy, hundreds of people sent poems and letters to commiserate wit the nation
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Condone
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to forgive, to disregard an offense
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The Ohlone people do not condone archeologists' disturbing ancestral homes in tribal burying grounds
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Commodious
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spacious, roomy as in a house
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Mount Vernon is a commodious dwelling, having spacious rooms with high ceilings
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Contrite
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thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins.
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According to Psalm 51, God looks with tolerance upon a sinner's heart
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Abstain
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to refrain from something by someone's choice
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Doctors advise pregnant woman to abstain from smoking and alcohol
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Impertinent
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impudent; rude
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When in Alice in Wonderland the Cheshire Cat says he'd rather not kiss the hand of the Ding, that monarch replies "Don't be impertinent
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Pertinacious
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holding firmly even stubbornly to a belief
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A pertinacious crusader against slavery and for women's rights, Sojourner Truth transfixed her audies with her message and her gospel singing
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Tenacity
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hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly
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Having the lost the golf tournament, the seasoned champion showed her tenacity when she said, "I'll be back next year."
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Criterion
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standard used in judging
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What criterion did you use when you selected this essay as the prize winner?
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Depose
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remove from office
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The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government
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relegated
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banish to an inferior position, delegate, assign.
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After Ralph dropped his second tray of drinks that week, the manager relegated him to a minor post, cleaning the floors of the restaurant
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indicts
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charge
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if the grand jury indicts the suspect he will go to trial
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incontrovertible
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indisputable, not open to questions
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unless you find the evidence against my client incontrovertible, you must declare her not guilty
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infamous
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famous, notoriously bad
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Charles Monson and Jeffrey Dahmer are both infamous killers
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indelible
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not able to be erased
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The indelible ink left a permanent mark on my shirt
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exacerbate
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worsen, embitter
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the latest bombing exacerbated England's already existing bitterness against the IRA
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exhaustive
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thorough; comprehensive
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we have made an exhaustive study of all published SAT tests and are happy to share our research with you.
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explicit
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totally clear; definite outspoken
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Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be explicit about what's bugging you
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