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status quo
status-kwo' |
the existing condition; present state of things
After,2000,precidencial election, a lot of americans believe time has come to change the status quo. |
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dejected
di-jek' tid |
depressed; downcast
David was dejected;after the death of his mother. |
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stature
stach' er |
level of achievementand honor
Nelson Mandela has a great stature of leader ship. |
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abduction
ab-duk' shan |
kidnapping
The abduction of the tourists, made kashmir a risky placeto travel. |
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abstain
ab-stan' |
not to do some thing by choise
the prisoners abstained from drinking liqour while they were in their prison cells. |
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tenable
ten'-abal |
capable of being defended;
logical scientists believe human cloning is a tenable idea. |
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deduction
di-duk'-shan |
some thing subtracted from total.
since there was deduction for disabled people. the blind- man paid half of the bus fare. |
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eject
i-jeckt |
to force to leave; to expel
The machine was ejectingt the product very fast. |
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jettison
jet-ison |
to throw out forcefully;to trow over board
we jettisoned the waterbags from the boat. |
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conducive
kun-doo'siv |
contributing to;leading to
Procrastination is condusive to failur. |
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staunch
stonch |
faithful; firmly supporting
My staunch wife made possible the payments of all credit card bills. |
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tenacious
te-na' shoos |
firmly holding;gripping; retaining
A tenacious customers where waiting outside the shop for more than 8 hours untill they bought the new video games. |