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Scavenge |
To clean refuse from. To remove unwanted substances. |
Coyotes scavenge for food. |
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Immure |
To lock up or confine |
Prisoners are immured in jail. |
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Gesticulate |
To show, express or direct through movement. |
The car gesticulated to move to the next lane. |
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Efforescence |
The time and process of budding up and unfolding blossoms. |
The flowers efflorescence in the spring time. |
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Uncomunicative |
Not inclined to talk or give information or to express opinions. |
The mimes in Paris are uncommunicative. |
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Crumple |
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. |
The boy crumpled the paper and threw it in the trash. |
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Swaths |
To wrap in swaddling clothes. |
The mountain man has rugged clothes/swaths. |
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Irrelenvence |
The lack of relation to something to the matter at hand. |
Her theory was irrelevant. |
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Immerse |
To cause to be thrown into. |
She immersed herself into the conversation. |
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Submerge |
To put under water. |
The dolphin submerged back under water. |
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Whittle |
To cut into small bits or pare shavings. |
He whittled away at the spear. |
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Underlay |
To place something under or beneath something else. |
The pig was in the underlay. |
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Discursive |
Tending to over a wide range of subjects. |
The charity has been discursive. |
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Hiatus |
Interruption of the intensity or amount of something. |
There was a brief hiatus in the war. |
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Tensley |
In a stressed manner. |
The boy tensely paced on the beach. |
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Snivel |
Cry or whine with sniffing. |
The kid sniveled and wiped away his tears. |
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Crass |
Lacking sensitivity refinement or intelligence. |
Her comment was very crass. |
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Emboss |
To carve, mold or stamp on a surface so that is stands out in relief. |
The shell was embossed with markings. |
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Dangle |
To hang freely. |
The curtain dangled in the wind. |
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Impalpable |
Not perceptible(visible) to the touch. |
The ghost was impalpable. |
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Ludicrous |
Laughing and obviously absurd; foolish. |
The way she laughed was ludicrous. |
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Ineffectetual |
Insufficient to produce a result, useless. |
The boys screams we ineffectual to the passing boat. |
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Jear |
To abuse vocally, to taunt or mock. |
A jeared giggle rose among the mean girls. |
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Inarticulate |
Incomprehensible, unable to speak with clarity. |
The boy became inarticulate as he fell to the floor. |
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Leviathan |
Something very large, giant sea creature in the bible. |
The leviathan move forward to the swimming fish. |
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Clamor |
A loud outory, great expression of discontent. |
The cafeteria was full of clamor. |
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Muntinously |
Unruly, consisting of of mutiny. |
The pirates mutinously held the captain at sword point. |
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Crestfallen |
Disrupted and depressed, dejected. |
The boy looked away, clearly crestfallen. |
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Impervious |
Incapable of being penetrated or affected. |
The shark was impervious to the spear. |
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Enterprize |
Undertaking or a business organization. |
The enterprize was wealthy in both knowledge and money. |
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Egregious |
Extremely bad. |
The teens were grounded for their egregious behavior. |
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Odious |
Instilling hatred, or intense displeasure. |
The two girls glared at each other odiously. |
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Prosaic |
Plain,lacking liveliness. |
The girl was very prosaic, always keeping to her self. |
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Vex |
To confuse or annoy. |
The brother was very vexed by his little sister. |
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Capricious |
Subject to whim, fickle. |
Teens are very capricous, always changing. |
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Assidious |
Hard working, diligent. |
My dad is very assidious. |
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Feral |
Wild savage. |
The dogs across the street are feral. |
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Decry |
To openly criticize. |
They decried human rights abuses. |
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Burnish |
To polish, or shine. |
The small boy burnished the silverware. |
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Zephyr |
A gentle breeze. |
The zephyr blew through the open meadow. |
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Cerebral |
Of relating to the brain. |
Professor X uses Cerebral to mentally communicate with others. |
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Susceptible |
Yielding readily to or capable of. |
In Montana we are always susceptible to changing weather. |
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Impediment |
Something immaterial that infers with a action or progress. |
Some kids have impediments and they usually are held back. |
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Woe |
Misery resulting from affliction. |
Many 3rd world countries are in a state of woe. |
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Whimper |
Cry weakly or softly. |
The puppy whimpers when she has to kennel up. |
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Perserverance |
Persistent determination. |
If you persevere you might just succeed. |
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Persistant |
Never-ceasing. |
The persistent of the mosquitoes at night is ridiculous. |
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Ambidextrous |
Equally skillful with each hand. |
Very rarely are people ambidextrous. |
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Minion |
Servile or fawning dependent. |
The little yellow things in "Despicable Me" are called minions. |
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Decrepit |
Warn are broken down by hard use. |
The old rocking horse in the attic is decrepit. |
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Half-Breed |
Offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races. |
Hermione from Harry Potter is a Half-Breed. |
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Vow |
Promise. |
When you marry, you say your vows. |
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Pummel |
Strike, usually with fists. |
Hockey players usually pummel each other. |
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Stroll |
Walk leisureley and with no aparent aim. |
Some people like to take strolls in parks. |
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Bureau |
A and administrative unit of government. |
The bureau of land management or the BML is where I can hunt. |
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Impending |
To lose in time; about to occur. |
The impending doom of our country will come in november. (Presidential Elections) |
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Rummage |
Search haphazardly. |
I rummaged the kitchen before I left for work. |
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Petrify |
To change into stone. |
Mudussa petrifies her victims. |
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Articulate |
Characterized by clear expresive language. |
She was very articulate in her presention. |
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Tautalogy |
A statement the is neccesarily true. |
The lawyer spoke to the jury, he spoke in tautalogy. |
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Illiterate |
Not being able to read or write. |
If your illiterate you have less chance of getting the job. |
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Dialate |
To make or become wider. |
You eyes dialte under bright lights. |
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Redundancy |
Repetition of an act needlessly. |
People involved in polotics say the same things, its a redumdancy. |
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Secede |
Withdrawl from an organization or polity. |
The South tried to sucede from the North. |
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Monotonous |
Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. |
Mr. Makara has a very monotous voice. |
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Mode |
A particular functioning condition or arrangement. |
Sometimes action movies go into video game mode. |
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Subtile |
Difficult to detect of grasp by the mind or analyze. |
The girl subtile to the hints from her friend. |
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Earnest |
Showing sincere and intense conviction. |
His simple earnest response showed he was innocent. |
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Taut |
Pulled or drawn tight. |
Runners leg mucles are taut when they run. |
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Retroactive |
Affecting things past. |
We study history so it's not retroactive and doesn't happen again. |
