Word List 1

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Grief (n)

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1: Deep and intense sorrow or anguish esp. at someone’s death.
2: Something that causes deep mental anguish or suffering
3: Annoyance or frustration
4 Trouble or difficulty

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a. Deep and intense sorrow or anguish esp. at someone’s death.
i. The grief my father’s death brought to me was nothing that I had ever experienced before.
ii. I am sad to see my mother’s grief when she learnt about
b. Something that causes deep mental aguish or suffering
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c. Annoyance or frustration
i. Trying to follow their directions was nothing but grief.
d. Trouble or difficulty
i. the grief of trying to meet a deadline
ii. people were giving me grief for leaving ten minutes early

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Grieve (v)

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1: To cause to be sorrowful; distress
2: To mourn or sorrow for:

Hint 2

a. To cause to be sorrowful; distress
i. It grieves me to see you in such pain.
ii. It grieves me to learn about my Mom’s breast cancer
iii.
b. To mourn or sorrow for:
i. We grieved the death of our pastor.
ii. My mother is grieved Budhi dei’s death for a long time.

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Lie (v)

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1. To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline: He lay under a tree to sleep.
2. To be placed on or supported by a surface that is usually horizontal: Dirty dishes lay on the table. See Usage Note at lay1.
3. To be or remain in a specified condition: The dust has lain undisturbed for years. He lay sick in bed.
4.
a. To exist; reside: Our sympathies lie with the plaintiff.
b. To consist or have as a basis. Often used with in: The strength of his performance lies in his training.
5. To occupy a position or place: The lake lies beyond this hill.
6. To extend: Our land lies between these trees and the river.
7. To be buried in a specified place.
8. Law To be admissible or maintainable.
9. Archaic To stay for a night or short while.
n.
1. The manner or position in which something is situated.
2. A haunt or hiding place of an animal.
3. Sports The position of a golf ball that has come to a stop.
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1. To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline: He lay under a tree to sleep.
2. To be placed on or supported by a surface that is usually horizontal: Dirty dishes lay on the table. See Usage Note at lay1.
3. To be or remain in a specified condition: The dust has lain undisturbed for years. He lay sick in bed.
4.
a. To exist; reside: Our sympathies lie with the plaintiff.
b. To consist or have as a basis. Often used with in: The strength of his performance lies in his training.
5. To occupy a position or place: The lake lies beyond this hill.
6. To extend: Our land lies between these trees and the river.
7. To be buried in a specified place.
8. Law To be admissible or maintainable.
9. Archaic To stay for a night or short while.
n.
1. The manner or position in which something is situated.
2. A haunt or hiding place of an animal.
3. Sports The position of a golf ball that has come to a stop.

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Lie (n)

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n.
1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.
v. lied, ly·ing (lng), lies
v.intr.
1. To present false information with the intention of deceiving.
2. To convey a false image or impression: Appearances often lie.

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Inept (adj)

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1. Not apt or fitting; inappropriate.
2.
a. Displaying a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; foolish: an inept remark.
b. Bungling or clumsy; incompetent: inept handling of the account.

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Sympathy

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1.
a. A relationship or an affinity between people or things in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.
b. Mutual understanding or affection arising from this relationship or affinity.
2.
a. The act or power of sharing the feelings of another.
b. A feeling or an expression of pity or sorrow for the distress of another; compassion or commiseration. Often used in the plural. See Synonyms at pity.
3. Harmonious agreement; accord: He is in sympathy with their beliefs.
4. A feeling of loyalty; allegiance. Often used in the plural: His sympathies lie with his family.
5. Physiology A relation between parts or organs by which a disease or disorder in one induces an effect in the other.

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Condolence

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1 : sympathy with another in sorrow
2 : an expression of sympathy
synonyms see pity

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Empathy

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1. Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

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Epic

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Noun:
1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
2. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats.
3. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.
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Adjective:
1. Of, constituting, having to do with, or suggestive of a literary epic: an epic poem.
2. Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size: "A vast musical panorama . . . it requires an epic musical understanding to do it justice" (Tim Page).
3. Heroic and impressive in quality: "Here in the courtroom . . . there was more of that epic atmosphere, the extra amperage of a special moment" (Scott Turow).

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Vital

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dj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of life: See Synonyms at living.
2. Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining: a vital organ; vital nutrients.
3. Full of life; animated: "The population of the teeming, vital slum . . . declined" (Rick Hampson).
4. Imparting life or animation; invigorating: the sun's vital rays.
5. Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness; essential: "Irrigation was vital to early civilization" (William H. McNeill). "A vital component of any democracy is a free labor movement" (Bayard Rustin).
6. Concerned with or recording data pertinent to lives: vital records.
7. Biology Used or done on a living cell or tissue: vital dyes; vital staining.
8. Destructive to life; fatal: a vital injury.

Hint 10

1: Networking is vial to getting a job in this economy.
2: The warm and vital sunlight.
3. Alcohol damages vital organ like the kidney.
3. The nurse can observe the vital signs of a patient remotely.

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Agonize

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v. ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es
v.intr.
1. To suffer extreme pain or great anguish.
2. To make a great effort; struggle.
v.tr.
To cause great pain or anguish to. See Synonyms at afflict.

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Putative

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[ˈpjuːtətɪv]
adj
1 : commonly accepted or supposed
2 : assumed to exist or to have existed

— pu·ta·tive·ly adverb

Hint 12

the putative father.

“in putative retrospect, Nabo­kov would not have wanted me to become his Person from Porlock.”

Nabokovians at least will be grateful that the old man changed his putative mind.

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Efficacy

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noun
power to produce effects or intended results; effectiveness

Hint 13

Numerous studies have examined means of improving the efficacy of vaccines for the aged.

A recent exception was a study which evaluated the efficacy of acupuncture versus a sham acupuncture control.

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Nuance

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a slight or delicate variation in tone, color, meaning, etc.; shade of difference

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Resilient

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1. bouncing or springing back into shape, position, etc. after being stretched, bent, or, esp., compressed
2. recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant

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Quaint

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1. unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way

2 singular; unusual; curious fanciful; whimsical

Hint 16

Today's technologies make these fears seem almost quaint.

There are many quaint fishing villages to explore, all within easy driving distance.

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Innocuous (adj)

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1. that does not injure or harm; harmless an innocuous insect
2. not controversial, offensive, or stimulating; dull and uninspiring an innocuous speech

Hint 17

At any moment, a seemingly innocuous decision can explode in their faces.

So far, they have all appeared fully innocuous.

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Irony

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noun pl. ironies -·nies

1.
1. a method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense the irony of calling a stupid plan “clever”
2. an instance of this
2. the contrast, as in a play, between what a character thinks the truth is, as revealed in a speech or action, and what an audience or reader knows the truth to be
often dramatic irony
3. a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what is or might be expected or considered appropriate an irony that the firehouse burned
4.
1. a cool, detached attitude of mind, characterized by recognition of the incongruities and complexities of experience
2. the expression of such an attitude in a literary work
5. the feigning of ignorance in argument: often called Socratic irony (after Socrates' use of this tactic in Plato's Dialogues)

Hint 18

Dunn finds a rather bitter irony of circumstance in the fact that the anniversary of Lesley's death has coincided with Mother's Day.

Then, with plenty of time on my hands, I began to realize the irony of that whole experience.

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Elusive

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adjective

1. tending to elude
2. hard to grasp or retain mentally; baffling

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- Unfortunately, the right content can prove frustratingly elusive.

- As lawyers are aware, reasonableness is a notoriously elusive concept.

This is actually a common bird, but had proved surprisingly elusive.

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Elude

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transitive verb eluded elud′·ed, eluding elud′·ing

1. to avoid or escape from by quickness, cunning, etc.; evade
2. to escape detection, notice, or understanding by his name eludes me

Hint 20

The mystery of how the line acquired its nickname still eludes the author.

This has so far eluded us, but we live in hope!

Most of them, especially in the regions south of New England, simply wanted the economic success which had previously eluded their grasp.

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Discern

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transitive verb
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1. to separate (a thing) mentally from another or others; recognize as separate or different
2. to perceive or recognize; make out clearly

intransitive verb
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to perceive or recognize the difference

Hint 21

Why, then, do I discern a difference between them?

If I could discern a pattern, I would be able to justify my position better.

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Ebb

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noun
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1. the flow of water back toward the sea, as the tide falls
2. a weakening or lessening; decline the ebb of faith

intransitive verb

1. to flow back; recede, as the tide
2. to weaken or lessen; decline

Hint 22

President Obama's poll rating is ebbing.

Watching the everyday ebb and flow of harbor life is a perfect way to spend a day in Padstow.

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lament

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intransitive verb
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to feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve

transitive verb
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1. to feel or express deep sorrow for; mourn or grieve for
2. to regret deeply

noun
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1. an outward expression of sorrow; lamentation; wail
2. a literary or musical composition, as an elegy or dirge, mourning some death or calamity

Hint 23

On Monday, debate quickly bogged down in Republican procedural objections, causing Reid to lament: "This is not a good way to start this debate."

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Maritime

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1 on, near, or living near the sea maritime provinces, a maritime people
2 of or relating to sea navigation, shipping, etc. maritime law
3 characteristic of sailors; nautical

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This survey was part of a project to assess the maritime heritage along the shores of the Itchen.

Not only is a gulet cruise the best way to explore such an essentially maritime civilization, sometimes itâs the only way.

The term ' marine ' included all aspects of sea based and inland maritime activities as well as ports services.

Britain and Iran were locked in another diplomatic spat over maritime breaches in 2007 when 15 Royal Navy personnel were detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

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Engage

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1 to bind (oneself) by a promise; pledge; specif. (now only in the passive), to bind by a promise of marriage; betroth he is engaged to Ann
2 to arrange for the services of; hire; employ to engage a lawyer
3 to arrange for the use of; reserve to engage a hotel room
4 to draw into; involve to engage him in conversation
5 to attract and hold (the attention, etc.)
6 to employ or keep busy; occupy reading engages his spare time
7 to enter into conflict with (the enemy)
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1. to interlock with or cause to come into frictional driving contact with
2. to mesh together engage the gears

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Reckon

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1. to count; figure up; compute
2.
1. to consider as; regard as being reckon them friends
2. to judge; consider; estimate
3. Informal, Dialectal to think; suppose

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By introducing these systems and processes, IBM reckons itâs saved several billion dollars from its bottom line.

However, I reckon that everyone was more than happy with the species that we did find.

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Enthrall

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transitive verb enthralled -·thralled′, enthralling -·thrall′·ing

1, to hold as if in a spell; captivate; fascinate

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Indeed, not all New Mexicans are enthralled by the Space Port.

An enthralling love story set Europe threatened by the shadow of Hitler's Reich.

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Stoke

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1. to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.)
2. to tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.)
3. to feed or eat large quantities of food; fill (up)

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Bob stokes the boiler, providing steam for Fred to work the Beam Engine.

It allowed the press to stoke unwarranted public fears by reacting slowly to the scare stories.

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de rigueur

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Pronunciation: \də-(ˌ)rē-ˈgər\
Function: adjective
Etymology: French
Date: 1833

: prescribed or required by fashion, etiquette, or custom : proper

Hint 29

Belt tightening, weather it's caused by job lose or financial insecurities, is de regueur.

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Atone

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intransitive verb atoned atoned′, atoning aton′·ing

1. to make amends or reparation (for a wrongdoing, a wrongdoer, etc.)

transitive verb

1. to make amends for; expiate
2. to bring into agreement; reconcile

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Eke

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V. Tr
to get with great difficulty —usually used with out <eke out a living>

Idiom EKE Out
V. tr
1 : to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement <eked out his income by getting a second job>
2 : to make (a supply) last by economy

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Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.

He ekes out a living with a market stall.

With worsening market condition, OGI managed to eked out a 2% profit last year

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Disdain

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transitive verb
to regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn

Noun
the feeling, attitude, or expression of disdaining; aloof contempt or scorn

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Scron

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noun

1. extreme, often indignant, contempt for someone or something; utter disdain
2. expression of this in words or manner
3. the object of such contempt

transitive verb

1. to regard with scorn; view or treat with contempt
2. to refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful

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Rivalry brings deceitful disguises, mistaken identities and scorn - so much scorn.

She had great scorn for the notion that one should be able to laugh at oneself.

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Impute

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Verb:
To ascribe, to attribute (especially blame or fault).

Usage: The word impute is not always used in direct reference to blame, sin, guilt, or fault, but the reference is usually implied. You can impute a motive to someone if you feel their motive was improper or unjust. However, like the word "consequence," the connotation need not always be bad—a person may be imputed with goodness or evil, sometimes both. Colloquially, it is often used when someone is accused falsely.

Suggested Usage: While you might impute to someone the guilt in a murder trial, you would not impute to yourself greatness. The mighty impute is usually used to lay blame squarely at the feet of the person you believe to be guilty without saying it outright. This week, impute fault wherever you see fit—impute the economic crisis to George Bush or Barack Obama, or impute sin to the fourth graders you teach in Sunday school.

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Obviate

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Verb
Definition: To make unnecessary or prevent (an action).

Usage: This woefully underused verb is a convenient replacement for much longer and less specific phrases. Try expressions like "Lorraine's introductory remarks obviated most of my speech" or "The new software obviated most of the jobs in his division."

Suggested Usage: There is no semantic relation with "obvious"-beware!

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Abhor

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transitive verb abhorred -·horred′, abhorring -·hor′·ring

Definition: To hate, loathe, despise.

Usage: When you abhor something, you detest it absolutely as much as possible. Although the word might seem mild when you speak it, it is intended to convey the absolute depths of your disgust. Notice that it has the same root of horror: literally speaking, that which you abhor makes you bristle with rage or fear.

Suggested Usage: Abhorrence is more than hate. It is the big brother of hate. You might hate broccoli, but absolutely abhor broccoli with Velveeta on it. While a cat lover can’t imagine anyone truly hating cats, perhaps they terrify you to your core—you shrink from them in horror. You abhor them. When hate just isn’t strong enough, feel free to contrast it with abhor, as in “I hate you, but I abhor your twin brother.” See? You just made hate sound nice.

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Despise

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transitive verb despised -·spised′, despising -·spis′·ing

1. to look down on with contempt and scorn
2. to regard with dislike or repugnance

Hint 37

If Polly Toynbee and Harold Pinter despise everything we stand for that is a GOOD sign.

In fact, it looks like he despises most of these subjects.

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Aberration

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noun

1. a departure from what is right, true, correct, etc.
2. a deviation from the normal or the typical
3. mental derangement or lapse

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Definition: A disorder or mental derangement, a deviation from the norm. Also, a departure from the truth or proper conduct.

Usage: This word generally refers to a socially accepted standard. Those who are morally deviant are more technically aberrations than are people with whom you disagree. The aberrant individual acts in a way that is far removed from normalcy. You’ll likely notice the word used improperly on the local news, but they might consider it an aberration if you called and corrected them.

Suggested Usage: If your brother roots for the Yankees in a house full of Red Sox fans, your family will likely consider him an aberration-- a blight on the family. It could even be said that he suffers from an aberration, a lapse in mental faculties that makes him act unreasonably. To him, of course, you’re the aberration. You might also hear the word used in reference to an individual who crashes a wedding or skips through security at the airport. This latter situation represents a departure from the proper protocol of the airport and the former is an example of aberrant behavior on the part of the individual.

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Relegate

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transitive verb relegated -·gat′·ed, relegating -·gat′·ing

1. to exile or banish (someone) to a specified place
2. to consign or assign to an inferior position: usually with to

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Definition: (1) To refer or assign to an insignificant position or priority, as to relegate a diplomat to an obscure post or relegate a task to someone of little authority; (2) To turn over, refer or assign, as to relegate a task to someone.

Usage: You may relegate a job to someone or relegate someone to some lowly position: "The task of reviewing the pay scale of upper management was relegated to the librarian of the company archives; then his office was relegated to the mailroom." The important point is that the assignment or appointment is trivialized: "Finley has been relegated the task of keeping the office windows clean."

Suggested Usage: Today's word is often confused with a word of similar sound and meaning: "delegate." While these two words share the secondary meaning of today's word, to simply refer or assign, the primary meaning of "relegate" is "to assign a low position or priority," even "to banish or exile." "Delegate" has no such pejorative meaning. The process is "relegation" and a person exiled or relegated to an insignificant position is a "relegate."

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Extenuate

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to lessen or seem to lessen the seriousness of (an offense, guilt, etc.) by giving excuses or serving as an excuse extenuating circumstances

Hint 40

His new twist to the plot only seems to extenuate the circumstances under which the murder occurred.

Should there be extenuating circumstances causing the late return of items, readers may appeal against the fine.

Departments can use their discretion, but there must be extenuating reasons for your lower grades.

He cited extenuating circumstances for his late arrival at the court.

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Rapture

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n.

1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.
2. An expression of ecstatic feeling. Often used in the plural.
3. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven.

tr.v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.
To enrapture.

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Rapturous: Adj:

Hint 41

His rapturous and adulatory narrative quickly changed to more even-headed style

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Adulate

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adulate definition

adu·late (a′jo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -jə-)

transitive verb adulated -·lat′ed, adulating -·lat′·ing

1. to praise too highly or flatter servilely
2. to admire intensely or excessively

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His rapturous and adulatory narrative quickly changed to more even-headed style

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Whittle

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transitive verb whittled -·tled, whittling -·tling

1.
1. to cut or pare thin shavings from (wood) with a knife
2. to make or fashion (an object) in this manner
2. to reduce, destroy, or get rid of gradually, as if by whittling away with a knife: usually with down, away, etc. to whittle down the cost of a project

intransitive verb
to whittle wood; often, specif., to cut away aimlessly at a stick, etc.

Hint 43

A national panel of judges whittles a list of more than 700 nominated stories down to those that are summarized here.

Personal interviews will then be held to whittle the number down to 250.

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Confer

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transitive verb conferred -·ferred′, conferring -·fer′·ring

1. to give, grant, or bestow

intransitive verb
to have a conference or talk; meet for discussion; converse

Hint 44

he upbeat response by NK cells to physical activity may be one reason why regular exercise seems to confer resistance against infection.

Most modern trust instruments expressly confer wide investment powers.

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Sordid

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1.
1. dirty; filthy
2. squalid; depressingly wretched
2.
1. base; ignoble; mean
2. mercenary, avaricious, grasping, or meanly selfish

Hint 45

The whole sordid affair was kept secret for nearly 75 years.

She was young; it was her sordid little secret

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Wretched

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adjective

1. deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
2. characterized by or causing distress or misery; dismal wretched slums
3. poor in quality; very inferior a wretched meal
4. contemptible; despicable

Hint 46

he operation continued for another four months, with trench warfare proving a wretched existence.

Truth is, I had a pretty wretched childhood.

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Repertoire

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1. the stock of plays, operas, roles, songs, etc. that a company, actor, singer, etc. is familiar with and ready to perform
2. all the musical or theatrical works of a particular category, or of a particular writer, composer, etc., available for performance
3. ☆ the stock of special skills, devices, techniques, etc. of a particular person or particular field of endeavor

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It is good to keep introducing new pieces in order to increase a choir's repertoire - pieces can then be performed in rotation.

I have a large repertoire of songs ranging from Latin grooves to swing classics.

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Capitulate

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Synonyms:
verb: surrender, give in, yield, submit, succumb

capitulates 3rd person present; capitulating present participle; capitulated past tense, past participle

If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do. VERB
o
Synonym
submit; yield
o
The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal rights to women. V
o
In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand. V + 'to'
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capitulation N-UNCOUNT

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Imperious

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adjective

1. overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
2. urgent; imperative

If you describe someone as imperious, you mean that they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed. ADJ ADJ-GRADED written


Synonym
: haughty
- Her attitude is imperious at times.
- From across the desk she gave him a witheringly imperious look.

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Adept

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adjective
highly skilled; expert

: Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully. ADJ ADJ-GRADED usu v-link ADJ

He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media. + 'at'
He is an adept guitar player.

An adept is someone who is adept at something. N-COUNT

Kitzi was an adept at getting people to talk confidentially to him.
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adeptly ADV ADV-GRADED ADV with v /æd'eptli/
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Mrs Marcos' lawyer adeptly exploited the prosecution's weakness.