Word Meaning

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Abbot

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Head of monetary

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Emeritus

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Honorable retired from my job

Emeritus professor of microbiology

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Intimated

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State or make known

Mr Harsh has intimated his decision to retire

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Dissimulate

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Conceal a disguise,

A country gentleman who dissimulate his wealth

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Winsome

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Charming in a child like manner

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Contagious

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Which spreads by physical touch or contact

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Contiguous

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Sharing common border

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Revel

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Enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way,

This change old man would revel in every penny he said

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Acrostic

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C runchy

A wesome

N ice

D elightful

Y ummy

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Salvo

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discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle or an occasion.

A salvo salute took place at the Marine funeral

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Cenotaph

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A built monument in the memory of a soldier killed in a war who are built somewhere else

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Epistle

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A long serious letter on an important subject

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Dissident

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person who opposes the current political structure, group or laws; one who disagrees

When the dissident ran away, he was afraid to return for fear that he would be punished.

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Intestate

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not having made a will before one dies.

He died intestate

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Retribution

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justly deserve penalty punishmen

everyone knew the shooting was an act of retribution from a rival gang

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orthography

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the conventional spelling system of a language."a spoken language which has as yet no sanctioned orthography"

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Nihilist

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Someone who rejects all theories of morality of religious belief

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Sumptuary

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Regulating controlling expenditure on personal behaviour

Sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plot

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Pacifist

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A person who believes in total abolition of war

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Placard

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Written or printed notice pasted in public places

They were placarding the town with posters

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foreboding

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a feeling that something bad is going to happen.

She wandered around the house with a foreboding that this was the last time she would see it.

He did not know why, but he felt a foreboding that he would not carry out his intention.

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encumbrance

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an impediment or hinderence

the horse raised his leg to rid itself of an encumberence

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infringement

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the action of breaking the law or term

Jack did not want any children because he knew their needs would infringe on his social life

Does Cara infringe upon her children’s privacy by checking their emails?

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Atrabilious

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melancholy or irritable.

an atrabilious old man

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emancipation

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to give freedom to someone

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reprieve

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cancel or postpone the punishment of someone sentenced to death

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disquietude

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a state of uneasiness or anxiety.

"such passages reflect a sense of disquietude, of alienation even"

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fret over

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to worry about something or someone

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sullen

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bad tempered and gloomy

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harbringer

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a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

"witch hazels are the harbingers of spring"

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solicitous

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characterized by or showing concern

I am going to keep a solicitous eye out for criminals in this hard-hit neighborhood.

The solicitous mother did not want her young daughter going out on a date.

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absolve

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to state formally that someone is not guilty,acquit,vindicate

i absolve you from all your guilty

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attribution

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the act of assigning someone credit or acknowledgement for doing something.

My book included an attribution to all those who edited the manuscript.

Joe’s attribution of supernatural powers to the magician unsettled the scientist.

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toil

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to work extremely hard ,slog

he rolled up his sleeve and toiled all night

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insolent

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extremely rude and showing lack of respect

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collate

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to collect information togather from different sources in order to examine

the software allows people to collate photograph by dates

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ramble

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to talk aimlessly

Because my math professor tends to ramble on, I often fall asleep in class.

When the tour guide started to ramble about his home life, many of the passengers on the bus grew bored.

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anathema

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curse

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promulgated

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formally made public

the king will promulgate an amnesty

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sumptuous

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rich and superior in quality

My eyes grew large when I saw the sumptuous wedding feast.

Since the filmmaker only spent a few hours on the movie, he was not surprised to have a finished project that was far from sumptuous.

-the sumptuous leather coat is sure to cost a great deal of money.

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venal

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showing susceptibility to bribary

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daze

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a state of of stunned confusion and a lack of clarity

In a daze, I wandered through the hallways of the hospital, bumping into everyone that passed me by.

after hearing that her father had been killed in combat, Jackie walked around in a daze.

After taken a serious beating, our team played the second half of the game in a total daze