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"enjoin" - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something. He turned to beckon the others forward with one hand, while laying the other over his mouth in a gesture enjoining silence. "avarice" - extreme greed for material wealth. The old man's fears were assailed with threats, and his avarice was approached by bribes, and he very soon capitulated. |
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"edict" - a formal or authoritative proclamation. An edict was issued by him forbidding any Christian to give instruction in Greek literature under any circumstances. "disconcert" - cause to lose one's composure. Perplexed and disconcerted, I found no words to answer such an amazing sally. |
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"symmetry" - balance among the parts of something. Even the staging displays symmetry, with actors lined up on either side in formal precision. "capitulate" - surrender under agreed conditions. "Alas, no," said Bergfeld, mournfully, "the day after the battle our brave soldiers were surrounded by overwhelming forces and obliged to capitulate." |
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"arbitrate" - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. The Scottish throne was now disputed by many claimants, and the Scots asked Edward to arbitrate between them. "cleave" - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. Instead someone shouts "Go" and he is bearing down on me and almost cleaves my shield in two with his first blow. |
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"append" - add to the very end. Some specimens will appear in the papers appended to this report. "visage" - the human face. An honest, quiet laugh often mantled his pale earnest visage. |
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"horde" - a moving crowd. Hordes of puzzled tourists, many with rolling suitcases attached, poured down the staircases. "parable" - a short moral story. In most instances, I have closed my visits by reading some interesting story or parable. |
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"chastise" - censure severely. She remembers an upsetting incident when a headmistress chastised her for working too much. "foil" - hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire. On March 1st, a Turkish newspaper reported that the country's intelligence service had foiled an attempt by Syrian agents to kidnap the colonel. |
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"veritable" - being truly so called; real or genuine. The heavy rain had reduced this low-lying ground to a veritable quagmire, making progress very difficult even for one as unburdened as he was. "grapple" - come to terms with. But, he said, all coastal communities will have to grapple with rising seas. |
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"gentry" - the most powerful members of a society. The mode of travel of the gentry was riding horses, but most people traveled by walking. "pall" - a sudden numbing dread. Residents who fled in recent days spoke of the smell of death and piles of garbage drifting like snowbanks, casting a pall over the city. |
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"maxim" - a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits. The maxim "All is fair in love and war" was applied literally. "projection" - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations. Volume is down 25 percent from five years ago, and projections show even further declines, said Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe. |
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"prowess" - a superior skill learned by study and practice. While our engineering prowess has advanced a great deal over the past sixty years, the principles of innovation largely have not. "dingy" - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. Though composed amid the unromantic surroundings of a dingy, dusty, and neglected back room, the speech has become a memorable document. |
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"semblance" - an outward appearance that is deliberately misleading. He was perceptibly older, in the way in which people look older all at once after having long kept the semblance of youth. "tout" - advertize in strongly positive terms. Testing is being touted as the means of making the U.S. education system competitive, even world-class. |
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"fortitude" - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity. Leigh Hunt bore himself in his captivity with cheerful fortitude, suffering severely in health but flagging little in spirits or industry. "asunder" - into parts or pieces. In 1854, as I have already remarked, Nicaragua was split asunder by civil war. |
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"rout" - an overwhelming defeat. It's how Seattle won Sunday's game in Chicago, scoring 31 consecutive second-half points as an impressive comeback became an overwhelming rout. "staid" - characterized by dignity and propriety. He was prim and staid and liked to do things in an orderly fashion. |
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"beguile" - influence by slyness. I can no longer remain silent in the presence of the schemers who seek to beguile you. "purport" - have the often specious appearance of being or intending. Of course, none of these purported medical benefits have any grounding in science. |
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"deprave" - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. The people who make up this typical Gorky offering are drunkards, thieves, depraved creatures of every kind. "bequeath" - leave or give by will after one's death. No matter how often she changed her will, she told me, that diamond pin was always bequeathed to me. |
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"enigma" - something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. Tails are often an enigma; many creatures have them, but scientists know little about their function, particularly for extinct species. "assiduous" - marked by care and persistent effort. He's an assiduous diary-keeper and regularly rereads ancient entries to check up on himself. |
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"vassal" - a person holding a fief. And what was of still greater importance, he could only obtain taxes and soldiers from among the vassals, by the consent of their feudal lords. "quail" - draw back, as with fear or pain. He quailed before me, and forgetting his new part in old habits, muttered an apology. |
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"outskirts" - outlying areas, as of a city or town. Ms. Waters talked about how she had spent the day at an organic farm on the outskirts of Beijing looking at vegetables for the dinner. "bulwark" - a protective structure of stone or concrete. The cliffs are of imposing height, nearly three hundred feet: a formidable bulwark. |
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"swerve" - an erratic deflection from an intended course. However, I was not going to swerve from my word. "gird" - prepare oneself for a military confrontation. Protesters are girding for another police raid as several City Council members have called on protesters to leave. |
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"betrothed" - pledged to be married. We are not betrothed'—her eyes filled with tears,—'he can never marry me; and he and my father have quarrelled. "prospective" - of or concerned with or related to the future. Most prospective homesteaders make the same mistake I did in buying horses, unless they are experienced. |
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"advert" - make reference to. In the family circle it was rarely adverted to, and never except when some allusion to the approaching separation had to be made. "peremptory" - not allowing contradiction or refusal. This time it was not a request but a peremptory order to go at once to Cuba and undertake the work. |
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"rudiment" - the elementary stage of any subject. He retraced his steps, and came to Cape Girardeau, in Missouri, where he remained some time, acquiring the rudiments of the English language. "deduce" - reason from the general to the particular. They then used models of global wind circulation to deduce which dust sources have become stronger and which weaker. |
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"halting" - fragmentary or broken from emotional strain. "I so much love cricket," he said, shyly, in halting English. "ignominy" - a state of dishonor. After all, we love nothing better than seeing the powerful and formerly smug dragged across the front pages in ignominy. |
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"ideology" - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group. Bill O'Reilly and others picked up on the theme, summing up left-wing ideology as "San Francisco values." "pallid" - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness. But too often the music sounded thin and pallid. |
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"chagrin" - strong feelings of embarrassment. But he was feeling deeply chagrined and mortified over his last escapade. "obtrude" - thrust oneself in as if by force. She had no right to obtrude herself into his life and to disturb it. |
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"audacious" - disposed to venture or take risks. In an audacious operation that unfolded like a Hollywood thriller, the Navy Seals executed a daring raid deep into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden. "construe" - make sense of; assign a meaning to. But nothing that was said Tuesday can be construed as good news. |
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"ford" - cross a river where it's shallow. Sometimes they drive their teams through unsettled country, without roads, swimming and fording streams, clearing away obstructions, and camping where night overtakes them. "repast" - the food served and eaten at one time. Fragrant coffee, light rolls, fresh butter, ham and eggs, fried crocuses and soft crabs, formed the repast. |
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"stint" - an unbroken period of time during which you do something. He found his unionized warehouse job after a stint working for his father, an accountant. "fresco" - a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster. The little church has an ancient fresco of St. Christopher, placed, as usual, opposite the entrance. |
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"dutiful" - willingly obedient out of a sense of respect. Perhaps he thinks an engaged young lady should be demure and dutiful, having no eyes or ears for any one except her betrothed. "hew" - make or shape as with an axe. They bought a log chain, and lumber for a door; the window frames were hewed from logs. |
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"parity" - functional equality. How many of the world's problems would be solved, or at least greatly reduced, if women had true parity with men? "affable" - diffusing warmth and friendliness. He was well liked and respected in these islands, for his affable manners had obtained for him much popularity. |
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"interminable" - tiresomely long; seemingly without end. All was going well, but slowly, the time taken for the last few feet seeming to be interminable. "pillage" - steal goods; take as spoils. In addition great material losses were inflicted: seven hundred houses were destroyed, six hundred stores pillaged, and thousands of families utterly ruined. |
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"foreboding" - a feeling of evil to come. Mr. Harding had strong forebodings that the trouble, so far from being ended, was only just beginning. "rend" - tear or be torn violently. In the distance heavy artillery was growling, and high explosive shells were bursting with a violence that seemed to rend the sky. |
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"livelihood" - the financial means whereby one lives. With businesses shut, fields untended and fishing abandoned many have lost their livelihoods as well as their homes, our correspondent says. "deign" - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity. To Mr. Gompers' courteous letter Czar Gary did not deign to reply. |
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"capricious" - determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity. Her admirers were capricious, returning to her at times, and then holding aloof again; and as for suitors, they entirely disappeared. "stupendous" - so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe. The fact was so stupendous that Terry felt almost frightened over the great good fortune. |
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"chaff" - material consisting of seed coverings and pieces of stem. The wheat, being heavy, falls, while the chaff is blown away. "innate" - not established by conditioning or learning. In other words, one of our most essential abilities as humans--reading--is the product of a combination of innate and learned traits. |
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"reverie" - an abstracted state of absorption. He stood still, seemingly lost in reverie, and quite oblivious to the group about him. "wrangle" - to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively. Here were many fierce and bitter wrangles over vexed questions, turbulent scenes, displays of sectional feelings. |
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"crevice" - a long narrow opening. The disruptive power of tree roots, growing in the crevices of rocks, is well known. "ostensible" - appearing as such but not necessarily so. This already-exhaustive book is studded with diary entries, academic papers and other ostensible evidence that its fictitious stories of destruction are true. |
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"craven" - lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful. Was it for them to follow the craven footsteps of a cowardly generation? "vestige" - an indication that something has been present. Now, there was no vestige of vegetation; no living thing. |
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"plumb" - examine thoroughly and in great depth. Tellingly, Ms. Liao said she had great difficulty finding three actors willing to plumb their own personalities. "reticent" - temperamentally disinclined to talk. No questions were asked, and few indeed were the words spoken, his reticent manner preventing any undue familiarity. |
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"propensity" - an inclination to do something. A longtime colleague, Gate Theatre director Michael Colgan, noted Kelly's old-school charms, punctuated by his propensity for bow ties and smart suits. "chide" - censure severely or angrily. He chided reporters as having "stalked" family members, demanding that his relatives be left alone. |
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"espouse" - choose and follow. He said Islam should not be equated with terrorism or the kind of violence espoused by Bin Laden. "raiment" - especially fine or decorative clothing. Clothed in fine raiment and faring sumptuously every day, he soon developed into a handsome lad. |
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"intrepid" - invulnerable to fear or intimidation. There are some very courageous and intrepid reporters in Afghanistan, including some who work for American media outlets. "seemly" - according with custom or propriety. The Baron was less conscientious, for he ate more beefsteak than was seemly, and talked a great deal of stupid nonsense, as was his wont. |
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"allay" - lessen the intensity of or calm. Our boy was scared and confused; we tried to allay his fears. "fitful" - occurring in spells and often abruptly. She had lost her composure, her breath came in fitful, uneven gasps, and as she sat there she pressed one hand over her heart. |
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"erode" - become ground down or deteriorate. Another report today showed home prices fell more than forecast in November, eroding the wealth of families as they seek to rebuild savings. "unaffected" - free of artificiality; sincere and genuine. His conversation was unaffectedly simple and frank; his language natural; always abounding in curious anecdotes. |
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"canto" - a major division of a long poem. Folengo's next production was the Orlandino, an Italian poem of eight cantos, written in rhymed octaves. "docile" - easily handled or managed. Time and again humans have domesticated wild , producing tame individuals with softer appearances and more docile temperaments, such as dogs and guinea pigs. |
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"patronize" - treat condescendingly. Ms. Paul herself noted that "glib talk about appreciating dyslexia as a 'gift' is unhelpful at best and patronizing at worst." "teem" - be abuzz. The coast, once teeming with traffic, is now lonely and deserted. |
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"estrange" - arouse hostility or indifference in. An atmosphere of distrust, suspicion and fear can cause workers to feel estranged from one another, Dr. Wright has written. "spat" - a quarrel about petty points. Public spats are rare in the asset-management industry, where companies typically resolve disputes behind closed doors. |
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"warble" - sing or play with trills. Meadow larks, as you have undoubtedly noticed, warble many different songs. "mien" - a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor. Nevertheless, before going to meet Samuel, she assumed a calm and dignified mien. |
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