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champion
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v. support militantly
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Martin Luther King, Jr., won the Noble Peace Prze because he championed supported militantly the oppressed in their struggle for equality
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charlatan
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n. quack; pretender to knowledge
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When they realized that the Wizard didn't know how to get them back to Kansas, Dorothy and her companions were indignant that they'd been duped by a charlatan- quack or pretender to knowledge
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chary
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adj. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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A prudent, thrifty, New Englander, DeWitt was as chary cautious; sparing or restrained about giving of investing money in junk bonds as he was cautious of paying people unnecessary compliments
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chasm
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n. abyss
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Looking down from the cliffs of Doom, Frodo and his companions could not see the bottom of the chasm abyss
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chassis
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n. framework and working parts of an automobile
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examining the car after the accident the woner discovered tha tthe body had been ruined but that the chassis or framework and working parts of an automobile was unharmed
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chaste
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adj. pure; virginal; modest
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To ensure that his bride would stay chaste while he was off to the wars, the crusader had her fitted out with a chastity belt.
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check
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v. stop motion; curb or restrain
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Thrusting out her arm, Grandma checked or stopped the motion of Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man," she said, "you'd better check restrain your temper."
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checkered
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adj. marked by changes in fortune
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During his marked by changes in fortune checkered career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses
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cherubic
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adj. angelic; innocent-looking
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with her cheerful smile and rosy cheeks, she was a particularly cherubic angelic; innocent-looking child.
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chicanery
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n. trickery; deception.
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AAThose sneaky lawyers misrepresented what occurred, made up all sorts of implausible alternative scenarious to confuse the jurors, and in general depended on tricker deception chicanery to win the case.
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chide
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v. scold
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Grandma began to chide scold steven for his lying
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cloister
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n. monastery or convent
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the nuns lived in a secluded life in the cloister monastery or convent
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concoct
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v. prepare by combining; make up in concert
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How did the inventive chef ever concoct prepare by combining such a strange dish... concoction
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contrived
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adj. forced; artificial; not spontaneous
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Feeling ill at ease with his new in-laws, James made a few contrived forced artificail not spontaneous attempts at conversation and then retreated into silence
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culvert
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n. artifical channel for water
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If we build a artificial channel for water culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road's being flooded during the rainy season
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dialectical
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adj. relating to the art of the debate; mutual or reciprocal
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the debate coach's students grew to develop great forensic and dialectical relating to the art of the debaate skill. teaching, however, is inherently a dialectical mutual situation; the coach learned at least as much from her students as they learned from her
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dispatch
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n. speediness; prompt execution; messege sent with all due speed
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Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible speediness dispatch; he then sent a dispatch messege to head quarters informing his commander of the great victory
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encumber
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v. burden
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some people encumber burden themselves with too much luggage when they take short trips
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flippant
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adj. lacking proper seriousness
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When mark told Mona he loved her, she dismissed his earnest declaration with a flippant lacking proper seriousness "Oh, you say that to all the girls."
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gainsay
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v. deny
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Even though it reflected badly upon him, he was too honest to gainsay deny the truth of the report
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grate
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v. make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
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the screams of the quarreling children grated have an unpleasent effect make a harsh noise on her nerves
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host
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n. great number; person entertaining guests; animal or plant from which a parasite gets its nourishment
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You must attent to a host great number of details if you wish to succeed as a host of a formal dinner party. Leeches are parasites that cling to their hosts and drink their hosts' blood
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indeterminate
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adj. uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so however remains indeterminate uncertain not clearly fixed indefinite
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insidious
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adj. treacherous; stealthy; sly
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the fifth colum is insidious treacherous stealthy sly because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat
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legerdemain
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n. sleight of hand
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the magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain sleight of hand
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patronize
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v. support; act superior toward; be a customer of
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Penniless artists hope to find some wealthy art-lover who will support patronize them. If some condescending wine steward patronized act suprior towards me because he saw i knew nothing about fine wine, id refuse to patronize be a customer of his resturaunt
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pied
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adj. variegated; multicolored
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin got his name from the multicolored clothing he wore
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precept
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n. practical rule guiding conduct
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"love thy neighbor as thyself" is a worthwhile precept practical rule guiding conduct
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quail
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v. cower; lose heart
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The Cowardly Lion was afraid that he would quail cower lose heart in the face of danger
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reconnaissance
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n. survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering
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If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your reconnaissance survey of enemy by soldiers, capture them for questioning
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reprobate
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n. person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
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I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate person hardened by sin you say he is
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rote
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n. repetition
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He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying
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sectarian
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adj. relating to a religious faction or subgroup ; narrow-minded; limited
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Far from being broad minded, the religious leader was intolerant of new ideas, paying attention only to purely sectarian relating to a religious faction interests
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supple
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adj. flexible; pliant
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Years of yoga excerses made grace's body supple flexible
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tether
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v. tie with a rope
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before we went to sleep we tethered the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night
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tundra
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n. rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
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Despite the cold, many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the tundra rolling, treless plains in Siberia and arctic North America
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vouchsafe
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v. grant; choose to give in reply; permit
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Occasionally the rock star would drift out onto the balcony and vouchsafe grant the crowd below a glimpse of her celebrated features. The professor vouchsafed choose to give in reply not a word to the students questions about what would be covered on the test
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coagulate
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v. thicken; congeal; clot
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Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate thicken, congeal, clot as it stands; therefore do not overcook the pudding
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concurrent
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adj. happening at the same time
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In America, the colonists were resisting the demands of the mother country; at the concurrent happening at the same time moemnt in france, the middle class as sowing the seeds of rebellion
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curator
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n. superintendent; manager
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the members of the board of trustees of the museum expected teh new curator superintendent manger to plan events ad exhibitions that would make the museum more popular
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dictum
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n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
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Unviersity administrations still follw the old dictum authoritative and weighty statement saying of "publish or perish." they don't care how good a teacher you are; if you don't publish enough papers, you're out of a job
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disputatious
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adj. argumentative; fond of arguing
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Convinced he knew more than his lawyers, Alan was a disputatious argumentative fond of arguing client, ready to argue about the best way to conduct the case
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evanescent
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adj. fleeting; vanishing
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Brandons satisfaction inhis new job was evanescent fleeting vanishing, for he immediatly began to notice its many drawbacks
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fallacious
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adj. false; misleading
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Paradoxically, fallacious false misleading reasoning does not always yield erroneous results; even though your logic my be faulty, the answer you get may be nevertheless be correct. fallacy
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florid
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adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery
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If you go to florida and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid ruddy reddish. If your postcards about the trip praise florida in flowery words, your prose sounds florid flowery
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gall
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n. bitterness; nerve
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the knowledge of his failure filled him with gail bitterness nerve
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gregarious
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adj. sociable
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typically, partygoers are gregarious socialble;hermits are not
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implore
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v. beg
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he implored begged her to give him a second chance
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indifferent
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adj. unmoved or unconcered by; mediocre
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insolence
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n. impudent disrespect; haughtiness
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How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of your insolence impudent disrespect haughtiness
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malignant
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adj. injurious; tending to cause death; aggressively malevolent
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Though many tumors are benign, some are malignant injurious tending to cause death agressively malevolent. growing out of control and endangering the life of the patient
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mimicry
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n. imitiation
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her gift for mimicry imitation was so great that her friends said she should be in the theater
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musky
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adj. having the odor of musk
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she left a trace of musky having the odor of musk perfume behind her
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pedant
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n. scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities
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Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a pedant shcolar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities rather than a scholar
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pine
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v. languish, decline; long for, yearn
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though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city, Heidi longed for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather
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precipitate
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v. throw headlong; hasten
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The removal of American political support appears to have precipitated throw headlong hastened teh downfall of the arcos Regime
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promontory
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n. headland
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They erected a lighthouse on the promontory headleand to warn approaching ships of their nearness to the show
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quay
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n. dock; landing place
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Because of the captain's carelessness, teh ship crashed into the quay dock landing place
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rectify
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v. set right; correct
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You had better send a check to rectify set right correct your account before American Express cancels your credit card
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sedition
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n. resistance to authority; insubordination
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His words, though not treasonous in themselves, were calculated to arouse thoughts of sedition resistance to authority insubordination
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stifle
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v. suppress; extinguish; inhibit
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Halfway through the boring lecture, Laura gave up trying to stifle suppress extinguish inhibit her yawns
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surfeit
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v. satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
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Every Thanksgiving we are surfeited satiated stuffed indulged to excess in anything with an overabundance of holiday treats
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Curative
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Therapeutic
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Now better known for its racetrack, Saratogo Springs first gained attention for the curative therapueutic ualities of its famous "healing waters"
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waft
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v. moved gently by wind or waves
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Daydreaming, he gazed at the leaves that wafted moved gently by wind or waves past his window
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clout
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n. great influence (especially political or social)
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Gatsby wondered whether he had enough clout great influence especiall political or social to be admitted to the exclusive club
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concomitant
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n. that whcih accompanies
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Cultures is not alwasy a concomitant that which accompanies of wealth
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controvert
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v. oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
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the witness's testimony was so clear and her reputation for honesty so well-established that the defense attorney decided it was wiser to make no attempt to controvert to oppose with arguments attempt to refute contradict what she said
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cumbersome
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adj. heavy; hard to manage
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He was burdened down with cumbersome heavy hard to manage parcels
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deleterious
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adj. harmful
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If you believe that smoking is deleterious to your health and the surgeon general certainly does then quit
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diaphanous
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adj. hseer; transparent
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Through the diaphanous sheer transparent curtains, teh burglar could clearly see the large jewerly box on the dressing table
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duress
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n. foricble restraint, especially unlawfully
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the hostages were held under duress forcible restraint especially unlawfully until the prisoners demands were met
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endearment
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n. fond statement
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your gifts and endearments fond statements cannot make me forget your earlier insolence
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facet
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n. small plane surface (of a gem); a side
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The stonecutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it with sever facets small plane surfaces of a gem a side
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flit
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v. fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
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Like a bee flitting flying dartign lightly passing swiftly by from flwer to flower, Rose flitted passed swiftly by from one boyfriend to the next
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gait
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n. manner of walking or running; speed
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the lame man walked with an uneven gait manner of walking or running speed
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hostility
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n. unfriendliness; hatred
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a child who has been the sole object of his parents affection often feels hostilitiy unfriendliness hatred toward a new baby in the family.
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malfeasance
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n. wrongdoing
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The authorities did not discover the campaign manger's malfeasance wrongdoing until after he had spent most of the money had embezzled
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oblique
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adj. indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line)
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Casting a quick oblique indirect slanting glance at the reviewing stand, the sergeant ordered teh company to march "oblique right"
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paucity
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n. scarcity
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They closed the restaurant because the paucity scarcity of customers made it uneconomical to operate
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precinct
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n. district or division of a city
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Ed McBain's detective nocels set in the 87th precinct district or division of a city provide an exciting picture of police work
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quaint
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adj. odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
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Her quaint odd old fashioned clothes and old fashioned language marked her as an eccentric
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reprove
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v. censure; rebuke
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Though Aunt bea at times had to reprove rebuke Opie for inattention in church she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad
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rotundity
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n. roundness; sonorousness of speech
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Short, squat, and round as a bowling ball, he was the very model of rotundity roundness sonorousness of speech
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secular
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adj. worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal
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Teh church leaders decided not to interfere in secular worldly matters.
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stem
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v. check the flow
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The paramedic used a tourniquet to stem check the flow the flow teh bleeding from teh slashed artery
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supplicate
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v. petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
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We supplicate petition humbly Your majesty to grant him amnesty
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turbid
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adj. muddy; having the sediment disturbed
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The water was turbid muddy after teh children had waded through it
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vanguard
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n. advance guard of a military force; forefront of a movement
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When no enemy was in sight, the Duke of Plaza toro marched in the advance guard of a military force of his troops, but once the bullets flew above, he headed for the rear
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voyeur
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n. peeping Tom
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Nancy called her brother a voyeur peeping tom when she caught him aiming his binoculars at an upstairs window of the house of the newlyweds next door
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