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"sate" - fill to contentment. His appetite was not sated by any means, but he knew the danger of overloading his stomach, so he stopped. "constituency" - the body of voters who elect a representative for their area. Each posited that the blue-collar Democratic constituency rooted in the New Deal had grown increasingly conservative, alienated from "big government." |
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"patrician" - characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. Respectable ladies, long resident, wearing black poke bonnets and camel's-hair shawls, lifted their patrician eyebrows with disapproval. "parry" - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing. The boys asked a few guarded questions, but gained no information whatever, their questions being parried in every instance. |
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"practitioner" - someone who carries out a learned profession. In particular, modern medical practitioners are coming around to the idea that certain illnesses cannot be reduced to one isolatable, treatable cause. "ravel" - disentangle. Overcasting is done by taking loose stitches over the raw edge of the cloth, to keep it from ravelling or fraying. |
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"infest" - occupy in large numbers or live on a host. Many lived in dilapidated apartments with leaky pipes, broken windows, rooms full of mold, and walls infested with cockroaches and rats. "actuate" - give an incentive for doing something. He knew that men were actuated by other motives, good and bad, than self-interest. |
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"surly" - inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace. But Blake, being surly and quarrelsome even when sober, gave the lapel a savage jerk, and reached out with his other hand. "convalesce" - get over an illness or shock. Patients convalescing from pneumonia were evacuated to England or given Base Duty. |
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"demoralize" - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. The storm clobbered many communities still recovering from the flooding two months ago caused by Hurricane Irene, leaving weary homeowners exhausted and demoralized. "devolve" - grow worse. As the rhetoric heated up inside, the violence outside devolved into chaos. |
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"alacrity" - liveliness and eagerness. Every one exerted himself not only without murmuring and discontent, but even with an alacrity which almost approached to cheerfulness. "waive" - do without or cease to hold or adhere to. Low rates have also led retail brokerages to waive fees on money market funds to avoid negative returns for their clients. |
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"unwonted" - out of the ordinary. He must rush off to see his people, who no doubt were quite confounded by his unwonted energy. "seethe" - be in an agitated emotional state. Outwardly quite calm and matter-of-fact, his mind was in a seething turmoil. |
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"scrutinize" - to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. Fans and commentators are scrutinizing every blemish: his turnovers, his weak left hand, his jump shot. "diffident" - lacking self-confidence. Shyly diffident in the presence of strangers, her head was lowered. |
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"execrate" - curse or declare to be evil or anathema. When all Great Britain was execrating Napoleon, picturing him as a devil with horns and hoofs, Byron looked upon him as the world's hero. "implacable" - incapable of being placated. This man was a savage in his implacable desire for revenge. |
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"pique" - a sudden outburst of anger. A talented youngster who smashes his guitar in a fit of pique finds it magically reassembled just in time for a crucial concert. "mite" - a slight but appreciable amount. I never saw anybody so pleased with monkeys as she is, and not one mite afraid. |
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"encumber" - hold back. Two others were making slower progress for the reason that each was encumbered by supporting a disabled man. "uncouth" - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. He had not stopped to consider her rough speech and uncouth manners. |
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"petulant" - easily irritated or annoyed. The black eyes emitted an angry flash, the voice that answered was sharp and petulant. "expiate" - make amends for. Wulphere was absolved on condition that he should expiate his crime by founding churches and monasteries all over his kingdom. |
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"cavalier" - given to haughty disregard of others. Some would have given Nicklaus a cavalier response: polite nod while thinking, "Yeah, whatever." "banter" - light teasing repartee. Our easy banter had suddenly been replaced by strained and awkward interaction. |
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"bluster" - act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. Slade, despite his swaggers and blustering, was at heart a coward. "debase" - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. Long oppression had not, on the whole, either blunted their intellects or debased their morals. |
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"retainer" - a person working in the service of another. This faithful and trusted retainer is greatly valued by his employers. "subjugate" - make subservient; force to submit or subdue. The Confederacy was led by thoroughgoing racists who wanted to keep blacks subjugated for all time because of the color of their skin. |
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"extol" - praise, glorify, or honor. How I praised the duck at that first dinner, and extolled Madame's skill in cookery! "fraught" - filled with or attended with. But the ocean remains an unpredictable place, fraught with hazards. |
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"august" - profoundly honored. At all times reserved in his manner and his bearing full of dignity, never before had she realized the majesty of General Washington's august presence. "fissure" - a long narrow depression in a surface. The brown bark is not very rough, though its numerous fissures and cracks give it a rugged appearance. |
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"knoll" - a small natural hill. Opened in 2008, the park serves as a true public space; elderly couples stroll around the artificial lake as toddlers roll down grassy knolls. "callous" - emotionally hardened. Outwardly merry and good-humoured, he was by nature coldly fierce, calculating, callous. |
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"inculcate" - teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. But instruction in history has been for a long time systematically used to inculcate certain political sentiments in the pupils. "nettle" - disturb, especially by minor irritations. Lincoln began these remarks by good-humored but nettling chaffing of his opponent. |
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"blanch" - turn pale, as if in fear. He is silent, as if struck dumb, his face showing blanched and bloodless, while she utters a shriek, half terrified, half in frenzied anger. "inscrutable" - of an obscure nature. The fashion industry is notoriously opaque and often inscrutable for outsiders, even ones as well connected as him. |
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"tenacious" - stubbornly unyielding. She was a tenacious woman, one who would even hold fast a thing which she no longer valued, simply because it belonged to her. "thrall" - the state of being under the control of another person. Then Kiss commenced in earnest, and quickly held his audience in thrall. |
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"exigency" - a pressing or urgent situation. The exigency of the situation roused Mr. Popkiss' sluggish faculties into prompt action. "disconsolate" - sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled. Was there a bereaved mother or disconsolate sister weeping over their dead? |
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"impetus" - a force that moves something along. Critics say it has known mixed success at best, although supporters hope the U.S. drawdown could provide just the impetus it needs to thrive. "imposition" - an uncalled-for burden. On that far-away day he had considered the little, lost girl a nuisance and an imposition. |
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"auspices" - kindly endorsement and guidance. In March 2009, negotiations between Israel and Hamas were held in Cairo, under the auspices of the Egyptian intelligence agency. "sonorous" - full and loud and deep. His voice rang out firmly now, a deep and sonorous bass. |
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"exploitation" - an act that victimizes someone. In a scathing report released last year, Amnesty International found there was widespread exploitation of migrants in Malaysia. "bane" - something causing misery or death. Knee pain is the bane of many runners, sometimes causing them to give up altogether. |
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"dint" - force or effort. If only certain puzzles could be solved by dint of sheer hard thinking! "ignominious" - deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. The great Ottawa chief saw his partially accomplished scheme withering into ignominious failure. |
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"amicable" - characterized by friendship and good will. After a short colloquy the two men evidently came to an amicable understanding, for they shook hands. "onset" - the beginning or early stages. Thousands of families are living in makeshift camps as temperatures fall to freezing with the onset of winter. |
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"conservatory" - a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts. The young instrumental talent that is coming out of local music schools and conservatories is as amazingly good as you are going to find anywhere. "zenith" - the point above the observer directly opposite the nadir. In other words it never reaches the zenith, a point directly overhead. |
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"voluble" - marked by a ready flow of speech. I find him charming: shy – yet easy to talk to – voluble and funny once he gets going. "yeoman" - a free man who cultivates his own land. On one extreme was the well-to-do yeoman farmer farming his own land. |
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"levity" - a manner lacking seriousness. The same balance of seriousness and levity runs through her plays, which put an absurdist spin on everyday problems. "rapt" - feeling great delight. She was watching the development of the investigation with rapt, eager attention. |
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"sultry" - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics arrive just as school sports ramp up in sultry August temperatures. "pinion" - bind the arms of. The prisoners having dismounted, were placed in a line on the ground facing the guillotine, their arms pinioned. |
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"axiom" - a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof. The fundamental axiom of scientific thought is that there is not, never has been, and never will be, any disorder in nature. "descry" - catch sight of. Looking off seaward, I could descry no sails. |
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"retinue" - the group following and attending to some important person. Despite his retinue of security personnel, Atambaev had been poisoned during his short tenure as prime minister. "functionary" - a worker who holds or is invested with an office. He was the functionary of the assize court, impaneling its juries, bringing accused men before it, and carrying out its penalties. |
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"imbibe" - take in liquids. "We're cornered at last," he said suddenly, as the old man set the bottle down after having imbibed the best half of its contents. "diversified" - having variety of character or form or components. Funds in both categories tend to be highly diversified, typically with 100 or more stocks across at least 10 industries. |
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"maraud" - raid and rove in search of booty. Its reporter says armed gangs and looters are marauding the streets. "grudging" - petty or reluctant in giving or spending. Expect delays, scattered outages and surly, grudging customer service in the interim. |
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"partiality" - a predisposition to like something. She still showed a partiality for bright colors, by her gown of deep crimson. "philology" - the humanistic study of language and literature. I had determined to study philology, chiefly Greek and Latin, but the fare spread out by the professors was much too tempting. |
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"wry" - humorously sarcastic or mocking. She also has a very understated but very wry sense of humour; watch out for it. "caucus" - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy. Representative Ron Paul of Texas isn't campaigning in Florida, instead focusing on Maine, which will caucus in late February. |
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"permeate" - spread or diffuse through. Florida's summertime heat permeates almost every scene, becoming something like a character. "propitious" - presenting favorable circumstances. With the Athens stock market down nearly 30 percent so far this year, it would not seem a propitious time for initial public offerings. |
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"salient" - having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. Bullying has become an increasingly salient problem for school-age children, and in rare cases has ended tragically with victims committing suicide. "propitiate" - make peace with. King Edward, having subdued the Welsh, "endeavoured to propitiate his newly acquired subjects by becoming a resident in the conquered country. |
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"excise" - remove by cutting. Wielding a razor, Jefferson excised all passages containing supernaturalistic elements from the gospels, extracting what he took to be Jesus's pure ethical teachings. "betoken" - be a signal for or a symptom of. The haggard face and sombre eyes betokened considerable mental anguish. |
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"palatable" - acceptable to the taste or mind. If nicely cooked in this way, cabbage is as palatable and as digestible as cauliflower. "upbraid" - express criticism towards. When Kahn warned of a serious economic "depression", he was upbraided by the White House for using such language. |
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"renegade" - someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw. If he went off to another people he lost all standing among the Sioux and was thereafter treated as an outlaw and a renegade. "hoary" - ancient. The device of the trapped young person saved by books is a hoary one, but Ms. Winterson makes it seem new, and sulfurous. |
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"pedantic" - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning. The reader is treated to pedantic little footnotes, and given a good deal of information which is either gratuitous or uninteresting. "coy" - showing marked and often playful evasiveness or reluctance. It was funny watching such a solid person, based in faith and education, grow a trifle coy about the year of his birth. |
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"troth" - a solemn pledge of fidelity. She had pledged to him her troth, and she would not attempt to go back from her pledge at the first appearance of a difficulty. "encroachment" - entry to another's property without right or permission. The move may mark yet another attempt by France to rein in what it sees as the encroachment of online services on the country's culture. |
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"belie" - be in contradiction with. "It is a fine morning," he said, taken aback by my sudden movement, but affecting an indifference which the sparkle in his eye belied. "armada" - a large fleet. An armada of three hundred ships manned by eighteen thousand marines assembled in the bay on their way to the conquest of Algiers. |
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"succor" - assistance in time of difficulty. Given his health woes, succession worries and persistent isolation, Mr. Kim may simply be seeking succor from what may be his last friend on earth. "imperturbable" - marked by extreme calm and composure. Ordinarily imperturbable, even in the face of unexpected situations, he was now visibly agitated. |
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"irresolute" - uncertain how to act or proceed. I stood for a moment before I entered on my arduous undertaking, irresolute and hesitating, swayed by two conflicting impulses. "knack" - a special way of doing something. He had a special knack of hunting out farm houses, engaging madame in conversation, and coming away with bread, eggs, or cheese in his knapsack. |
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"unseemly" - not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper. The square mile's upbeat mood may strike some as unseemly at a time of national gloom. "accentuate" - to stress, single out as important. This sparkling marvel lies modestly nestled among the law courts, whose plainer modern buildings serve but to accentuate its wonderful beauty. |
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"divulge" - make known to the public information previously kept secret. She hectors her children not to divulge personal information like phone numbers online. "brawn" - possessing muscular strength. He believes Hollywood has often have had an over-reliance on physical brawn as the deciding factor for portraying a strong man. |
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