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adversary	someone who offers opposition. An adversary is an enemy or someone who opposes someone else. In tennis, you stand across the net from your adversary.	The students are united by shared suffering, and by a common adversary.
aplomb	great coolness and composure under strain. Aplomb is the ultimate test for cool: grace under pressure. Use aplomb to show great restraint under even the most trying circumstances. In retail, it's always a good idea to handle the angry customers with aplomb.	I wish I had handled it with aplomb.
apprehensive	in fear or dread of possible evil or harm. If you're apprehensive, you're anxious or fearful. If you live near a busy intersection with no stop signs, you might be a bit apprehensive about crossing the street.	Virga still feels apprehensive when visiting an unfamiliar zoo.
aptitude	inherent ability. When you have a talent or do something well, people say that you have an aptitude for it. But you don't have to be born with an aptitude; you can also acquire your abilities.	I was recently asked in an interview, what is more valued by companies – aptitude or attitude?
attentive	taking heed. Use the adjective attentive to describe someone who is alert and paying attention.	You make sure to be extra attentive to your friend.
banish	send away from a place of residence, as for punishment. To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again.	Napoleon loses so big that he is banished to an island.
barricade	block off with barriers. A barricade is anything that prevents people or vehicles from getting through. Construction workers often barricade a street to block traffic.	The Secret Service ordered nearby streets and parking lots barricaded for security.
bluff	deceive someone about your strength or intentions. Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner. The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend. If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do.	Sporting a pith helmet, Nixon observed that “whoever is talking the loudest is pretty sure to be bluffing.”
brackish	slightly salty. Something that is brackish is unpleasant and harsh, like the coffee you left on too long or the water in a muddy pond.	Brackish water can be used, but freshwater is easier and less costly.
brandish	move or swing back and forth. To brandish something is to wave it about aggressively, as one might brandish a sword or tennis racket (if it's a particularly intense game).	Hart brandished a “Free Hugs” sign as he stood alone in front of a police barricade.
circumference	the size of something as given by the distance around it. The distance around a circle is called the circumference, and although circumference is often used when talking about round things, it can mean a boundary of any shape that completely surrounds something.	That's almost 10 times the circumference of the Earth, which is a surprisingly small 24,859.82 miles.
commotion	confused movement. A commotion is a noisy disturbance. If you're trying to quietly concentrate on reading this, you wouldn't want the person next to you to cause a commotion, or it would distract you.	Moments later came commotion, followed by shouts of “Stop pushing me!”
concoction	any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. A concoction is a curious mixture of things, like a bunch of liquids stirred in a cup, or the elaborate and unbelievable story you make up to explain not finishing your homework.	There are some food combos that blend beautifully with each other to create truly tasty concoctions.
conspicuous	obvious to the eye or mind. Keep your eye on the adjective conspicuous for something that stands out so much you notice it right away — like that zit in the center of your friend's forehead.	Today, the link is more conspicuous: highlighted in blue, it appears directly beneath the site’s login form.
contortion	a tortuous and twisted shape or position. If you twist your body into a contortion, you might put one leg behind your ear, and clasp your arms behind your back. A contortion is a twisted position.	There was tumbling, human pyramids and bodies stretched into extraordinary contortions.
counter	speak in response. A counter is a surface used for making transactions in a store or in a home kitchen for preparing food. In a store, you pay for items at the counter.	The seller can then accept, counter or reject the offer.
cunning	shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. In fairy tales, always watch out for the cunning fox or the cunning witch. Cunning means clever, in the sense of trickery. A cunning plan might involve setting traps for the innocent and pure at heart to fall into.	Moreover, it was no secret that Cleopatra had ruthless cunning and superior intelligence.
debris	the remains of something that has been destroyed. Debris is trash scattered around after a disaster, like shattered glass on the road after a car accident.	The blast rattled their homes and sent debris flying onto nearby properties, they said.
defiance	a hostile challenge. Stand up when the powers that be order you to sit down, and you've given a fine example of defiance. It happens when someone or a group of someones openly flouts or challenges authority.	Schools still could expel students for violating school rules or laws and could suspend students for willful defiance of authorities in grades 4 through 12.
deft	skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands. Deft means "showing cleverness and skill in handling things." What you want to see in football or basketball is some deft handling of the ball.	To make it work requires a deft hand.
destination	the place designated as the end, as of a race or journey. Destination can describe where you are going, like a traveler whose destination is Paris, or a place that is known for a particular purpose, such as a hip new music club that's a destination for fans of indie rock.	Airports get stacked up with planes that can’t take off for their destinations.
diminish	decrease in size, extent, or range. Diminish means to make smaller or lesser. If you cover a lightbulb with a dark lamp shade, the light from the lamp will diminish.	By Friday morning, most of the heavy rain is expected to diminish.
disdain	lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. If you feel that something isn't worthy of your consideration, you may disdain it (or treat it with disdain).	In the visage of Grumpy Cat, it seems, her fans found the perfect holy expression of indifferent disdain for all things.
dismal	causing dejection. Dismal is a dreary, depressing sort of bad. "With the cold rain and their team behind by six field goals, the mood in the stands was so dismal even the cheerleaders had lost their 'Rah.'"	It’s been a pretty dismal month, as far as world events go, but the news wasn’t all bad thanks to some very entertaining on-air mishaps.
dispel	force to go away. To dispel is to get rid of something that's bothering or threatening you, regardless of whether that's warts, worries, or wild dogs.	For most of us, dispelling the darkness is as simple as turning on a light.
eavesdrop	listen without the speaker's knowledge. When you eavesdrop, you secretly listen in on someone's conversation. A little girl might eavesdrop on her parents in an attempt to find out what she's getting for her birthday.	They eavesdrop on the noises that other birds make while hiding food in order to steal the stash later, new research shows.
egregious	conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game.	Prosecutors questioned him about killings and other egregious human rights abuses perpetrated by his regime.
ember	a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire. An ember is a little piece of wood or coal in a fire that's dying. Embers are hot and glowing. When the fire is out and the embers are glowing, it’s time to call it a night.	“Every hot spot is an ember that, if not contained, can become a new fire,” Obama said.
emerge	come out into view, as from concealment. To emerge means to come out into view or come forth. You might hope to emerge from an epic perming session looking like a beauty queen, but chances are it will just look like you got electrocuted.	They say that program has helped them emerge from the shadows, making possible a work permit, a Social Security number and enhanced self-respect.
engross	consume all of one's attention or time. Engross is a verb that means to consume all of your attention or time. Once you engross yourself in the culture of high salaries and unlimited spending accounts, it's hard to go back to cooking at a sandwich shop.	I don’t know how long I was reading; I was so engrossed in the paper that I did not hear any footsteps.
exasperation	a feeling of annoyance. If you've ever become so frustrated with someone or something that you feel like you're at the end of your rope, you have experienced exasperation. You are fed up!	Like many a teenager on his school holidays, Parys is in bed, his mother explains with exasperation.
exhilarate	fill with sublime emotion. Exciting or thrilling things might exhilarate you. If you love acting, just the thought of being on stage might exhilarate you, giving you a feeling of giddy excitement.	“To see Yosemite Falls coming to life this morning is truly exhilarating,” Park Superintendent Don Neubacher said in a statement.
falter	move hesitatingly, as if about to give way. Falter means to hesitate, stumble, or waver, and everything from faith to voices can do it. So if you want to keep your bride or groom happy, it's best not to falter when it's your turn to say "I do."	“The rocket has faltered, but it won’t crash,” he said.
foresight	seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing. Use the noun foresight to describe successful planning for the future. When it starts raining hard during your long walk to school, you'll wish you had the foresight to bring an umbrella.	But nobody had the wherewithal or foresight to think that day would actually happen.
fragrance	a distinctive odor that is pleasant. A fragrance is a smell, usually a pleasant or sweet smell. Often perfumes are called fragrances.	After 30 minutes in the oven, what hits you first is the enticing, warm fragrance that fills your kitchen.
furtive	secret and sly or sordid. If you're looking for a formal adjective to describe something sly or secret, sneak in furtive. Let's hope the teacher doesn't see your furtive attempts to pass notes in class!	What muffled whispers do they share, what furtive games are they playing?
grueling	characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion. If a job is grueling, that means it is really difficult. If a race is grueling, that means it is really difficult. If a trip to the dentist is grueling, that means you need to toughen up.	As of Dec. 19, 22 students will have made it through a grueling curriculum that requires about 700 hours of computer code.
gusto	vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. You can do many things with gusto, or hearty enthusiasm, whether it's eating a steak, playing table tennis, or cheering on your favorite team. Some people live their whole lives with gusto.	They each approach their tasks with gusto that can only be admired, even if the results can’t.
habitation	the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place. Habitation is the state of living somewhere. When an area has no human habitation, it means that no people live there.	Although the area is not fit for human habitation, many poor people who work in the coal mines live here.
hasten	act or move at high speed. The verb hasten means to move at a high speed. If you hasten to your room, no one will know that you came in late.	Rather than wait for that day, he set out to hasten its arrival.
headway	forward movement. Headway is what you achieve when you move forward or make progress. When you're rowing a boat on a very windy day, it can be hard to make any headway.	At times, you feel like you’re struggling to run forward, going through the motions but making no headway, frozen in place.
ignite	cause to start burning. Ignite is a verb that means to start heat or a flame. Trying to ignite a match inside a dark fireworks factory is a really bad idea — one that can get you blown sky high.	Firefighters say the blaze started when stain-soaked rags ignited on the front porch.
illuminate	make free from confusion or ambiguity. To illuminate is to light up — with physical light or with an idea. A spotlight might illuminate an actor on stage, and a good chemistry teacher might illuminate students with a lesson on the atomic structure of hydrogen.	The problem is that for illuminating answers, you need to ask the right questions.
impending	close in time; about to occur. If something is impending, it is about to happen. If you hear thunder in the distance, you might go inside to escape the impending storm.	First, he gives the enemy 12 days of warning about impending air attacks.
imperious	having or showing arrogant superiority. Someone who is imperious gives orders in a way that shows they feel superior or more important than other people. You might want the smartest kid in the class as your lab partner, but not if they have an imperious attitude and boss you around.	It was a little scary how quickly he flipped from friendly to imperious.
jabber	talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner. When someone starts to jabber, they start talking on and on about this or that, or that or this, in an excited, sometimes incoherent way. Jabber is a close cousin to blabber.	A parrot jabbered atop its cage and a monkey squealed and battered at its bronze ring, until its owner brought bananas.
jargon	technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject. Jargon usually means the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession. Internet advertising jargon includes the terms "click throughs" and "page views."	Steer clear of jargon, me-too claims, and statements without substance.
jostle	make one's way by pushing or shoving. The verb jostle describes being bumped and pushed in a horde of people — or doing the bumping, like those at a concert who jostle their way to the front, and the people jostled out of their spots when the newcomers arrive.	In Jerusalem, great religions have crowded and jostled their way down through millenniums.
jut	extend out or project in space. When something juts, it extends outward. Your nose juts out from your face, just as your ears jut from your head. If you’re feeling determined, you might jut out your chin.	From its long beak juts a fearsome tooth.
kindle	call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response. The verb kindle not only means to start a fire, but also to catch fire. Another meaning for kindle is to arouse interest or passion. A dynamic music teacher could kindle the students' interest in learning an instrument.	Recently in class I saw the fire of an idea flicker in a first-year student’s eyes—and so to kindle it I cold-called him.
knoll	a small natural hill. A knoll is a small hill or mound of earth, which makes a shady knoll a perfect spot for a summer picnic.	The home, set on a quarter-acre knoll, has views of the city, the Hollywood Reservoir and the Hollywood sign.
luminous	softly bright or radiant. Luminous means full of or giving off light. During the winter holidays, with all their emphasis on light, you can see luminous displays of candles everywhere.	It was briefly one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy.
malleable	easily influenced. A malleable metal is able to be pounded or pressed into various shapes, and a malleable personality is capable of being changed or trained. It's easier to learn when you're young and malleable.	“Memory is so malleable or volatile that each time we see something, the memory is actually influenced and re-created.”
materialize	come into being; become reality. When you materialize, you show up suddenly after being missing, unborn, or unseen. Think of Harry Potter removing his invisibility cloak. He materializes.	By the time people reach their 70s, they’re beginning to look back at the plans they made and dreams they had that never materialized.
meander	move or cause to move in a winding or curving course. To meander means to wander aimlessly on a winding roundabout course. If you want some time to yourself after school, you might meander home, taking the time to window shop and look around.	Instead of straight paths and noisy throngs, the new park will have meandering walkways and quiet places for picnicking nestled in gently sloping "lawn valleys."
meticulous	marked by extreme care in treatment of details. People who are meticulous can be pretty annoying, what with their extreme attention to detail. But if that person is, say, your surgeon or your accountant, you'll want them to be meticulous.	It's a six-page scene and very meticulous, step by step.
misgiving	uneasiness about the fitness of an action. If you have misgivings about something, it means you're worried that it's not a good idea. Trying to fall asleep the night before a test, you might have misgivings about having studied so little.	Quite a few said they had come despite the misgivings of parents who wanted them to focus on studying.
momentum	an impelling force or strength. Momentum is generally used to mean increasing forward motion. A boulder rolling down a hill gains momentum. So does a great idea, a team on a winning streak, or the economy.	Mitchell believed that a song’s momentum should always push upward, ascending like the slope of a mountain into the unknown.
monotonous	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. When something goes on and on and on and on and on, the same way, for a long time, that's monotonous. Monotonous things are boring and repetitive, like that long story you've heard your brother tell a hundred times before.	Unfortunately, their monotonous verbiage reminds me of Charlie Brown’s teacher in the “Peanuts” TV shows.
multitude	a large indefinite number. A multitude is a very large number or a huge crowd. If you see a multitude of zombies approaching, you're in trouble.	They surround you in their multitudes - hundreds, maybe thousands of them, swooping and stinging and injecting venom into your flesh.
muster	gather or bring together. Originally meaning "to gather soldiers," muster has been expanded to include gathering up just about anything — you can muster up some dinner, some friends, or even some ketchup, pickles and mustard.	Fans chanted and hollered and enriched the arena with as much life as they could possibly muster.
narrate	give a detailed account of. When you tell a story or describe something out loud, you narrate. You might hire a well-known actor to narrate your documentary film about circus elephants.	Standing amid bags of garbage, he starts sorting, tearing open plastic bags and narrating his finds.
obscure	not clearly understood or expressed. If something is obscure, it's vague and hard to see. Be careful if you're driving in heavy rain — the painted lines can be obscure.	The book contains little plot, an abundance of obscure poetry and the untimely death of three protagonists.
ominous	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. If something looks or sounds ominous, be careful: a threat or an unpleasant event is at hand. If you see an ominous frown on your boss's face, you're in trouble!	“Evil forces around the world want to harm Americans every day,” an ominous voiceover states.
outlandish	noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual. If something is outlandish it's bizarre or unfamiliar, far outside the boundaries of expected or normal behavior. Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce are both examples of outlandish behavior.	Not everything in the show is outlandish; some events are all too realistic.
persistent	stubbornly unyielding. If something is persistent, it just won't stop. If you're persistent in your suggestions for a trip to Mexico, maybe your parents will eventually give in and take you there.	It says, “together, if we face obstacles and counter the negative with a persistent positive, we might just change the world.”
pertinent	having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand. Something pertinent is relevant and on-point. If you give your best friend pertinent advice, that means the advice is appropriate for the situation.	You write about things that feel pertinent and urgent to you, and that varies depending on what stage of life you are going through.
plenteous	affording an abundant supply. Something that's plenteous is abundant — there's plenty of it. If the spaghetti at dinner is plenteous, you won't think twice about having seconds, or even thirds.	"The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few."
potential	existing in possibility. If you can describe something as possible but not yet actual, choose the adjective potential. Companies try to reach potential customers through advertising.	What potential global threat should policymakers pay more attention to?
precipice	a very steep cliff. Cartoon characters often end up on a precipice, the edge of a steep cliff, where their chubby toes curl and cling as they totter and eventually fall, making a hole in the ground below and getting up again. Most real people avoid precipices.	"Every minute of every day, we were on the precipice of failure, which is an exciting place to be," Marsh says.
pristine	completely free from dirt or contamination. If something is pristine it's immaculately clean or has never been used. So please check your shoes before walking on a pristine white carpet.	Back at the jail, Snow White is getting under Anna's skin a bit -- shaking her once pristine view of the princess.
quell	overcome or allay. Meaning to suppress or overcome, quell is what you have to do with nerves before a big test and fears before going skydiving.	The White House has tried to quell anxieties about the danger of Ebola spreading in the United States.
recluse	one who lives in solitude. A recluse lives alone, works alone, eats alone, and generally stays away from other people. Anti-social old hermits are recluses, as are a lot of students during exam time.	Long before his days as the world’s most famous recluse, Howard Hughes flew planes fast and far.
recuperate	restore to good health or strength. To recuperate is to get something back that you have lost — could be good health, or money lost in a bad investment. When you recuperate, you heal and recover.	Sleep is the time when your body recuperates and rebuilds from the day’s stress.
replenish	fill something that had previously been emptied. To replenish something is to refill it. If you have a pet pooch, you’re probably obligated to replenish his food bowl to avoid being barked at incessantly.	They bring in dredged sand to replenish the beach.
repugnant	offensive to the mind. Repugnant refers to something you detest so thoroughly it threatens to make you physically sick, like the idea of marrying your sister. Or wearing last year's jeans.	The truth is that we need only look at recent human history to find real, live, utterly repugnant evil.
restitution	a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. Restitution is the act of making up for damages or harm. Remember the time you knocked the ball out of the park, scoring a home run but breaking a house's window in the process? You had to make restitution for the broken window, paying for its replacement.	While restitution is paid to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to a crime victims’ fund.
sabotage	destroy property or hinder normal operations. Sabotage isn't very nice: It's when you ruin or disrupt something by messing up a part of it on purpose. Loosening the blades on your competitor's ice skates would definitely be considered sabotage.	“We want at least a district that won’t sabotage the dreams of its youths.”
scarcity	a small and inadequate amount. If there is a cupcake scarcity in your kitchen, there are hardly any cupcakes around, and you're not sure that any will be appearing any time soon.	Water—its scarcity, quality and the regulations affecting it—is becoming a new corporate headache.
scurry	move about or proceed hurriedly. Scurry means to move quickly, at a frenzied pace, and often also implies the urge to hide. When you come upon a mouse in your house, chances are it will scurry away.	Ever wonder how cockroaches scurry around in the dark while you fumble to switch on the kitchen light?
serenity	the absence of mental stress or anxiety. The goal of meditation is to reach a state of serenity, when your mind is still and perfectly calm. Use serenity to mean the quality or state of being calm and peaceful.	The surrounding waters and beautiful pools that surround the hotel create a real sense of calm and luxurious serenity.
sociable	friendly and pleasant. When you're sociable, you're willing to talk and be friendly with other people. At a party, it's a good idea to be sociable and make new friends rather than standing off in a corner by yourself.	Running with others is really sociable and great fun.
somber	grave or even gloomy in character. Funerals are often somber affairs, and you might have a somber expression on face after your teacher hands back an exam you failed. Somber is used to describe situations, facial expressions, or moods that are dark, gloomy, or depressing.	It was also the day before one of the most somber of American anniversaries: Pearl Harbor was bombed 73 years ago Sunday.
specimen	an example regarded as typical of its class. A specimen is a sample of something, like a specimen of blood or body tissue that is taken for medical testing.	The researchers detected it in older starfish samples, museum specimens from as early as 1942.
stamina	enduring strength and energy. If you can run for a really long time, or carry a heavy box a really long way, you have stamina. Stamina is staying power or enduring strength.	A 6-year-old might not want to walk the mile into Petra, but teenagers have enough physical and intellectual stamina to appreciate going to these places.
subside	wear off or die down. To subside is to die down or become less violent, like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed (or your seasickness, if you happened to be sailing on that ocean).	The virus has a history of subsiding, then flaring up again.
swagger	a proud stiff pompous gait. Picture the confident, maybe even arrogant way a pirate, a cowboy, or even a rapper might stroll around. That style of walking is called a swagger.	The Giants had arrived here with the swagger of a team that had won two of the last four World Series titles.
swarm	move in large numbers. A swarm is a good word for a large group of bees going on the attack — not good news. Like bees, any group of people or animals can be considered a swarm if they act together and quickly — even fiercely.	In “ Swarm” mode, the robots instead follow one another, like children chasing a soccer ball.
tactic	a plan for attaining a particular goal. Tactic is another word for a maneuver or method. If begging doesn't convince your parents to raise your allowance, you might want to try a different tactic—like doing all your chores without being asked.	Technology has been used as a crime-fighting tactic, but not as a tool to determine what happens during a police action.
terse	brief and to the point. Terse means brief, or using very few words. If your teacher tells you to make your writing in your essay style terse and to the point, he's saying use as few words as you can and be simple and clear.	It’s a request to which Dipper responds, with terse eloquence, “Weird.”
translucent	allowing light to pass through diffusely. A translucent material lets light pass through, but objects on the other side can't be seen clearly. Think Shrinky Dinks or stained glass.	It comes in several colors, including attractive translucent ones.
uncanny	surpassing the ordinary or normal. If something is uncanny, it is so mysterious, strange, or unfamiliar that it seems supernatural. If you hear strange music echoing through your attic, you might refer to it as positively uncanny.	The Dark Sky App tells you the weather where you are with an uncanny accuracy.
unsightly	unpleasant to look at. Unsightly is a gentler way of saying ugly. Often something that is described as unsightly sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise attractive environment.	But that’s just a quibble, an unsightly pimple on what is a greater problem.
versatile	able to move freely in all directions. To describe a person or thing that can adapt to do many things or serve many functions, consider the adjective versatile.	Eggs are among the most versatile foods and the proteins change when you heat them, beat them or mix them with other ingredients.
vigilant	carefully observant or attentive. Use vigilant to describe someone who keeps awake and alert in order to avoid danger or problems. When taking the subway, be vigilant about your wallet — always know where it is, or someone might steal it from you.	Because there are so many scammers out there, banks are vigilant about verifying that you are who you say you are.
vulnerable	capable of being wounded or hurt. Use the adjective vulnerable to describe something or someone open to being physically or emotionally wounded, like a newborn chick or an overly sensitive teenager.	Second, older cells are more vulnerable to this damage—or less able to repair themselves.
waft	be driven or carried along, as by the air. When your grandmother cooks her famous spaghetti sauce, many wonderful smells may waft from the kitchen. In other words, the air will gently carry this familiar aroma throughout the house.	The birds were chirping, and a warm breeze wafted through the screens.
waver	pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. To waver is to move back and forth, like when you waver, one minute thinking you'll stay home, planning to go meet your friends the next, until you finally make your decision.	He is tough as nails, never wavers, speaks the truth and stays focused.
weather	face and withstand with courage. Weather is the atmospheric conditions, including the temperature, wind, snow, rain, or anything else happening outside. You can also use weather to mean "endure something," as in "I weathered the storm at work." That's not a real storm, but a stormy situation.	You even get subjected to ridicule, and you have to weather that storm.
zeal	a feeling of strong eagerness. Zeal is dedication or enthusiasm for something. If you have zeal, you're willing, energized, and motivated.	“they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority”