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Abscond |
To run off and hide |
This thieves who absconed with several of the museum's most valuable paintings have never been found. |
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Anarchy |
A lack of government and law; confusion |
In the final day of a war, civilians may find themselves living in anarchy. |
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Arduous |
Hard to do; requiring much effort |
No matter how carefully you plan it, moving to a new home is an arduous chore. |
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Auspicious |
Favourable; fortunate |
My parents describe the day that they met as the most auspicious occasion. |
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Daunt |
To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
Despite all its inherent dangers, space flight did not daunt the Mercury program astronauts. |
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Disentangle |
To free from tangles or complications |
Rescuers worked for hours to disentangle a whale from the fishing net wrapped arounds its jaws. |
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Hoodwink |
To mislead by a trick; deceive |
Many sweepstakes offers hoodwink people into thinking they have already won big prizes. |
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Intrepid |
Very brave; fearless; unshakable |
Intrepid sailors in outrigger canoes were the first humans to reach the Hawaiian Island. |
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Larceny |
Theft |
Someone who steals property that is worth thousands of dollars commits grand larceny. |
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Pliant |
Bending readily; easily influenced |
The pliant branches of the sapling sagged but did not break under the weight of the heavy snow |
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Pompous |
Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
Political cartoonists like nothing better than to mock pompous public officials. |
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Precipice |
A very steep cliff; the brink of edge of disaster. |
Dring the Cubian missile crisis, the world hovered on the precipice of nuclear war. |
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Rectify |
To make right; correct |
The senators debated a series of measures designed to rectify the national's trade imbalance |
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Reprieve |
(n) A temporary relief or delay; (v) to grand a postponement |
A vacation is a kind of reprieve from the cares and responsibilities of everyday life. |
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Revile |
To attack with words, call bad names |
The enraged King Lear reviled the daughters who have cast him out into a fierce storm. |