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32 Cards in this Set
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Timidity |
Pos: n Def: something lacking in self-assurance Syn: shyness Sen: "Your stammering is only the effect of timidity," answered Madeleine, soothingly. |
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Waiflike |
Pos: adj Def: very thin, delicate in appearance Syn: skinny Sen: |
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Initiation |
Pos: n Def: the ceremonies or rites of admission Syn: acceptance Sen: The secret society required a very intense initiation. |
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Conviction |
Pos: n Def: a fixed belief Syn: belief/crime Sen: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position. |
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Deportee |
Pos: n Def: someone who has been removed from a country Syn: alien Sen: After the riot was solved, the police found many immigrants who'd overstayed their visas and became deportees. |
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Exterminate |
Pos: v Def: to get rid of by destroying Syn: eliminate Sen: They warned the Allies that Berlin had a plan to exterminate all Jews in countries occupied or controlled by Germany. |
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Liquidate |
Pos: v Def: to settle Syn: clear; settle Sen: As workers went on strike and the company threatened to liquidate, Hostess was essentially crippled. |
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Optimists |
Pos: n Def: positive person Syn: idealist Sen: Optimists will read this as a hopeful sign that perhaps there can be such a thing as an Islamist democracy after all. |
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Hygiene |
Pos: n Def: the practice of preserving one's cleanliness Syn: cleaning Sen: Items of particular need for shelters are socks, underwear, t-shirts, hygiene supplies, etc. |
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Ghetto |
Pos: n Def: an exiled neighborhood Syn: squalor Sen: The word ghetto gets its roots from the Venetian ghetto the medieval iron-founding district, largely inhabited by Jews |
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Anecdote |
Pos: n Def: a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person Syn: story Sen: In the anecdote, the friend reports attending a nostalgic gathering for veteran Israeli folk dancers. |
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Phylacteries |
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Phylacteries |
Pos: n Def: a leather cube with inscribed parchment Syn: Sen: I am thinking of the orthodox Jews I used to know, who used to bind their phylacteries on their arms and foreheads every morning |
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Hysteria |
Pos: n Def: a crazed phenomena Syn: delusion Sen: There's no rigid line of demarcation between insanity and hysteria. |
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Verdict |
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Verdict |
Pos: n Def: court decision Syn: decision Sen: The verdict left the american public shocked as the defendant was clearly guilty. |
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Truncheon |
Pos: n Def: staff held by police Syn: billy Sen: The Emperor's truncheon is a short staff, the emblem of his office.
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Morale |
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Crematory |
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Crematory |
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Harangue |
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Morale |
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Crematory |
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Harangue |
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Liberation |
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Morale |
Pos: n Def: emotional condition of hope Syn: enthusiam Sen: With the Pentagon concerned about fatigue and morale, a lost piece of valuable property is the last thing these families need. |
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Crematory |
Pos: n Def: place where people are burned Syn: incinerator Sen: John was worried, he hadnt worked in the mines the past day and expected to be sent to the crematory. |
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Harangue |
Pos: n Def: a verbal assualt Syn: scolding Sen: He unleashed a magnificent, expletive-ridden rant—the harangue cost him his job however. |
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Liberation |
Pos: n Def: the act of freeing Syn: freedom Sen: The liberation of France is often used as a counter-point when the french talk about americans. |
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Hooligan |
Pos: n Def: a mischievous individual Syn: hoodlum Sen: The hooligan ran through the store and knocked nearly every item off the shelf. |
