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161 Cards in this Set
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instinct
ex Cats possess a natural hunting instinct. |
natural intuitive power.
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surpass
ex Last quarter, sales surpassed two million. |
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree
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macrobiotic
ex macrobiotic diet |
long-lived.
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chuck
ex Chuck these old notes |
to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin, to eject (a person) from a public place
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retard
ex This drug will retard your heart rate |
to make slow
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titillate
ex a film made to titillate the audience |
excite a tingling or itching sensation in, as by touching or stroking lightly.
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chaos
ex The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city. |
a state of utter confusion or disorder
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luxe
ex luxe accommodations |
luxury; elegance
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disruption
ex The barking dogs disrupted my sleep. |
forcible separation or division into parts
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mow
ex "mow the grass |
to cut grass, grain, etc
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grain
ex a grain of sugar |
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet
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millet
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a cereal grass
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relive
ex an athlete trying to relive his glory days |
to experience again, as an emotion
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downpour
ex the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car |
a heavy, drenching rain
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drench
ex The tsunami drenched every boat in the harbour |
to wet thoroughly; soak
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ravage
ex Hurricane Andrew ravaged Louisiana and Florida in 1992, causing $19 billion in damage |
a destructive action
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hacked
ex he hacked his way through the forest |
cut, manage successfully
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overbear
ex overbear criticism, protest, or arguments |
overcome
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nod
ex The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer |
to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head,
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dispute
ex You can dispute your bill if you believe it is inaccurate. |
questioned the truth
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eternal
ex the wait seemed eternal |
continuing forever
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dwarf
ex shrubs dwarfed by the lack of wate |
a person of abnormally small stature
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draconian
ex It is time we changed these draconian laws |
rigorous; unusually severe or cruel:
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axe
ex they will axe the research program, axe wood |
a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees
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gesture
ex He gestured at his audience. |
motion of hands
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spill
ex spill the milk |
to scatter
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shield
ex celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public |
a protective covering or structure
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elusive
ex "a haunting elusive odour |
difficult to describe
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pothole
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a deep hole; pit.
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breed
ex pandas rarely breed in captivity |
to produce
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lure
ex He lured me into temptation |
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
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entice
ex He enticed me into temptation |
to lead on by exciting hope or desire
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allure
ex was so allured by his sister's college roommate that before long he was asking her for a date |
to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
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crouch
ex The lion crouched in the tall grass, waiting to attack the gazelle (deer) |
to stoop or bend low
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stoop
ex The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse |
to bend the head and shoulders
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potion
ex The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess. |
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers
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gamesmanship
ex They blur the line between gamesmanship and cheating |
the use of dubious methods to win the game
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ante
ex the base price is $500, but any additional repairs will up the ante |
an individual's share of the total expenses incurred by a group.
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commendable
ex. a commendable sense of purpose |
worthy of high praise
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audition
ex She auditioned for a role on Broadway |
performing arts
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boutique
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a small shop that sells fashionable clothes
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rehabilitate
ex After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated |
to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work
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inmate
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a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
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confine
ex I confine you to two visits to the pub a day |
to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict
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reservoir
ex The pen has a large ink reservoir. |
a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use
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vamoose
ex it's getting late, so we had better vamoose |
leave suddenly
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inflation
ex in inflation everything gets more valuable except money |
a general and progressive increase in prices
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asterisk
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star
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furore
ex baseball fans in a furore as the game stretched to 11 inning |
an interest followed with exaggerated
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prey
ex The bird circled above looking for prey. |
an animal hunted or seized for food,
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beak
ex an actor with a big beak |
a person's nose, mainly means for birds
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delude
ex we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet |
to mislead the mind or judgment of
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grave
ex he put flowers on his mother's grave |
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
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sequel
ex The new film is a sequel to the very successful comedy that came out five years ago |
consequence
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defraud
ex "She defrauded the customers who trusted her" |
to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud
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deprive
ex The Nazis deprived the Jews of all their assets |
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons)
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starlet
ex She was a starlet in the 1940s. |
a small star
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bean
ex. "use your bean" |
head
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fumes
ex The chimney was fuming |
any smokelike ex.tobacco fumes or angry mood
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linen
ex She washes the linen every week. |
fabric woven from flax yarns
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yarn
ex. The sheep's wool will be spun into yarn. |
thread for weaving
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interlace
ex He interlaced his hands around her neck |
to cross one another
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flax
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the fiber of this plant
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lessee
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tenant who holds a lease
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lesser
ex The winner will receive $100; lesser amounts will be given to three runners-up. |
smaller, as in size or importance
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inferior
ex These pearls are of inferior quality. |
lower in station, rank, degree, or grade
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obligation
ex he is under an obligation to finish the job |
something that is done or is to be done for such reason
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bountiful
ex a bountiful supply of water |
abundant;
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ample
ex had ample food for the party |
abundant
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feline
ex They move with feline agility. |
belonging or pertaining to the cat family
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exemplary
ex. as a hospital volunteer you have given exemplary service to your community |
worthy of imitation; commendable
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oversight
ex. The fact that you didn't get an invitation is surely just an oversight. |
an omission or error due to carelessness
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casualty
ex the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children |
someone injured or killed in accident
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merchandize
ex The political candidates are being merchandised to the public. |
engage in the trade
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discrimination
ex He sued the company for age discrimination. |
show partiality
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resplendent
ex The fields were resplendent with flowers. |
shining brilliantly
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gleam
ex His eyes were gleaming |
a flash or beam of light
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swindler
ex hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deed |
to obtain by fraud
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deceit
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to obtain by fraud
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loom
ex Another air plane loomed into the sky |
the art or the process of weaving.
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punitive
ex The federal government will take punitive action against the company that polluted the river. |
inflicting punishment
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falcon
ex the tribes like to falcon in the desert |
hunt
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shun
ex shun fattening foods if you want to lose weight |
avoid and stay away deliberately
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maoists
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advocate of communism
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mangroves
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any tropical tree or shrub of the genus
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tropical
ex wanted to escape winter and visit some tropical location where freezing to death would not be a possibility |
very hot and humid:
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curb
ex We sat on the curb eating our ice cream. |
anything that restrains or control
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enshrine
ex some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar |
to cherish as sacred
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cherish
ex I will always cherish that memory. |
to hold or treat as dear
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sprout
ex She dreamed that her boss had sprouted horns. |
to begin to grow
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imperial
ex a member of the imperial family |
relating to or associated with an empire
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dissent
ex The Supreme Court, with two justices dissenting, ruled that the law was constitutional. |
different opinion
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tangy
ex a tangy sauce with a strong aftertaste |
pleasantly sharp or acid
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contagious
ex I'm sick, but the doctor says I'm not contagious. |
tending to spread from person to person
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cynosure
ex that company is the cynosure for anyone wishing to make it in the music business |
something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest
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impersonate
ex He was arrested for impersonating a police officer. |
to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain.
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impulsive
ex Kishore needs to learn to control his impulsive behavior. |
actuated or swayed by emotional
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actuate
ex.a light actuated by a motion detector |
to incite or move to action; impel; motivate:
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incite
ex the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours |
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action
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impel
ex She felt impelled to give a speech after the performance. |
to drive or urge forward
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sway
ex He has come under the sway of terrorists. |
to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
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hiatus
ex The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus. |
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work
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denizen
ex the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic |
resident
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inhabitant
ex the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists |
permanent resident
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platter
ex She ordered the seafood platter. |
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish
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dashes
ex People were dashing inside to get out of the rain. |
move quick, break into pieces
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confrontation
ex a series of confrontations between residents and police |
a bold challenge
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durable
ex a durable relationship |
able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting
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enduring
ex could not endure noisy children |
lasting; permanent
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galore
ex whiskey galore |
in great numbers, existing in abundance
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glare
ex The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her |
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light
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fade
ex The pain eventually faded |
to lose brightness or vividness of color
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vivid
ex She could remember the dream in vivid detail. |
strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc
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glutton
ex he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake |
a person who eats and drinks excessively
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avid
ex He is an avid admirer of horror movies. |
enthusiastic
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voracious
ex He has a voracious appetite. |
consuming large quantities of food
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yearning
ex had a sudden yearning for something sweet |
deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness
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craving
ex I had a sudden craving for french fries, so I pulled into the nearest fast-food restaurant. |
great or eager desire
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zest
ex His humor added a certain zest to the performance. The recipe calls for a tablespoon of lemon zest. |
outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste of food, spice, flavour
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zephyr
ex a summer zephyr gently stirred her hair |
gentle breeze
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zenith
ex at the zenith of her career as a dancer |
point directly overhead in the sky, acme
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zealot
ex a religious zealot |
one who is zealous
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zeal
ex they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority |
eager enthu
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zany
ex hired a zany to entertain the children at the birthday party |
comic; craze
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yore
ex I also believe in a little bit of corporal punishment going back to the days of yore, where examples have to be shown |
time past and especially long past
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yokel
ex a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city |
rustic; country bumbkin
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yoke
ex two animals yoked or worked together |
join together
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yield
ex This soil should yield good crops. |
amount produced; crop
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yeoman
ex yeoman farmer who rented land on which he kept upwards of a hundred sheep. |
middle class farmer
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yen
ex She yenned for a cigarette |
strong desire, longing urge
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xenophobia
ex.my concern is how terrorism promotes xenophobia and racism |
fear or hatred of foreigners
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wry
ex a wry neck |
twist (expressing displeasure)
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sarcastic
ex <sarcastic criticism |
characterized by sarcasm
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sarcasm
ex I know you're not happy, but there's no need to resort to petty sarcasms to make your point |
harsh or bitter derision or irony
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derision
ex One of the students laughed in derision at my error |
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing
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irony
ex It was a tragic irony that he made himself sick by worrying so much about his health. |
To convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
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wrongheaded
ex a wrongheaded approach to dealing with the problem |
stubbornly wrong
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writhe
ex She lay on the floor, writhing in pain. |
twist in coilsl; contort in pain
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contort
ex His body contorted with pain. |
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
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coil
ex The snake coiled around its prey. |
to wind on a flat surface into rings one around the other
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wrinkle
ex Here's the latest wrinkle in the story—we find out that the villain is actually the hero's father! |
small ridge on a smooth surface
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ridge
ex We hiked along the ridge. |
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains
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wring
ex I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry. |
twist
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wrench
ex He wrenched his back when he tried to lift a heavy box. |
twist or pull violently
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wretch
ex the clerk was an ungrateful wretch who stole money from his employer's cash register |
miserable person
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contempt
ex He feels that wealthy people view him with contempt because he is poor. |
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless
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despicable
ex despicable behavior |
scorn
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wrest
ex wrest power from the old government |
obtain by pulling violently
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wreak
ex Gangs have been wreaking mayhem in the city. |
inflict
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inflict
ex These insects are capable of inflicting a painful sting. |
revenge
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wrangle
ex The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street |
quarrel noisily
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worldly
ex She is more worldly than her younger sister. |
engrossed in matters of this earth; not in spiritual
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wont
ex got up early as he is wont to do |
habit or custom
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woeful
ex woeful treatment of the accused |
sad
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woe
ex ah, woe, with the death of the last of my siblings I am alone in this world |
great sorrow
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wizened
ex a face wizened by age |
withered; shriveled:
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withered
ex The plants withered and died. |
decay
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shriveled
ex plants shriveling in the heat |
decay
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sorcery
ex in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to deat |
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits
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grudge
ex I don't grudge paying my share. |
Accept or admit unwillingly
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lame
ex. a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big cit |
Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
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