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Humiliating - making somebody feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people. A humiliating defeat. It was the most humiliating night of his life. |
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Ambiguous - that can be understood in more than one way; having different meanings. An ambiguous word/term/statement. Her account was deliberately ambiguous. |
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Depravity - the state of being morally bad; morally bad acts. A life of depravity. Descriptions of her alleged depravities. |
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Suspend something - to officially stop something for a time; to prevent something from being active, used, etc. for a time. The constitution was suspended as the fighting grew worse. |
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Bigot (synonym: fanatic) - a person who has very strong, unreasonable beliefs about race, religion or politics. A racist bigot. |
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Bigotry (synonym: fanaticism) - the state of feeling, strong, unreasonable beliefs. |
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Assembly - the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose; a group of people who meet together for a particular purpose. He was to address a public assembly on the issue. |
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Dignity - a calm and serious manner that deserves respect. |
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[beneath your dignity] - below what you see as your own importance or worth. He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity. |
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Virtue - 1 (formal) behaviour or attitudes that show high moral standards; 2 a particular good quality or habit. She was certainly no paragon of virtue. Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid. (saying) virtue is its own reward. |
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[by virtue of something] - (formal) by means of or because of something. She got the job by virtue of her greater experience. |
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[of easy virtue] - (old-fashioned, disapproving) willing to have sex with anyone |
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[make a virtue of necessity] - to manage to gain an advantage from something that you have to do and cannot avoid. |
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Obscene - connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive. Obscene gestures/language/books. An obscene phone call. |
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Rogue - 1 (humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive; 2 (old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral. He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming. A rogues' gallery. |
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Condemn - 1 to say very strongly that you think something is bad, usually for moral reasons; 2 (synonym: sentence) to say what somebody's punishment will be. The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity. He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged. |
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Integrity - 1 the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; 2 (formal) the state of being whole and not divided. Personal/professional/artistic integrity. She behaved with absolute integrity. To respect the territorial integrity of the nation. |
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Swear - 1 to use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry; 2 to make a serious promise to do something. He heard her swear under her breath. I solemnly swear (that) it will never happen again. |
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Solemnly - 1 (synonym: seriously) without smiling or looking happy; 2 in a very serious and sincere way. He nodded solemnly. She solemnly promised not to say a word to anyone about it. The choir walked solemnly past. |
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Flutter - 1 a quick, light movement; 2 a very fast heartbeat, caused when somebody is nervous or excited. The flutter of wings. To feel a flutter of panic in your stomach. Her heart gave a flutter when she saw him. |
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Ingenuous - (synonym: naive) honest, innocent and willing to trust people. It is ingenuous to suppose that money did not play a part in his decision. |
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Genuine - (synonym: authentic) real; exactly what it appears to be; not artificial. Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article. Is the painting a genuine Picasso? |
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Sincere - saying/ showing only what you really think or feel. Please accept our sincere thanks. She is never completely sincere in what she says about people. |
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Scrupulous - 1 careful about paying attention to every detail; 2 careful to be honest and do what is right. You must be scrupulous about hygiene when you're preparing a baby's feed. To be scrupulously honest. |
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Exult - to feel and show that you are very excited and happy because of something that has happened. He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan. |
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Frenzy - a state of great activity and strong emotion that is often violent or frightening and not under control. The speaker worked the crowd up into a frenzy. An outbreak of patriotic frenzy. |
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Outbreak - the sudden start of something unpleasant, especially violence or a disease. An outbreak of typhoid. An outbreak of hostilities. |
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Gregarious - 1 (synonym: sociable) liking to be with other people; 2 (biology) (of animals or birds) living in groups. She's very outgoing and gregarious. |
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Overwhelming - very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react. The overwhelming majority of those present were in favour of the plan. An overwhelming sense of loss. |
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Dissimulation - the act of hiding your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones. He was capable of great dissimulation and hypocrisy. |
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Flabby - 1 covered with soft, loose fat; fat; 2 weak; with no strength or force; 3 a sheaf with surjective restriction maps. He's got soft and flabby since he gave up running. A flabby grip. Skyscraper sheaves are flabby. |
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Sluggish - moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal. He felt very heavy and sluggish after the meal. |
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Bewitching - so beautiful or interesting that you cannot think about anything else. He was mesmerized by her bewitching green eyes. |
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Debonair - (usually of men) fashionable and confident. |
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Lanky - (synonym: gangling) having long, thin arms and legs and not moving in an easy way. He was thin, lanky and pale-skinned. |
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Debacle - (synonym: fiasco) an event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes people to feel ashamed or embarrassed. He should take responsibility for the debacle and resign. |
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Elude - to manage to avoid or escape from something, especially in a clever way. How did the killer elude detection for so long? He was exhausted, but sleep eluded him. |
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Hitch - a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay. [without a hitch] The ceremony went off without a hitch. [technical hitch] There was a slight technical hitch that delayed the plane's take-off. |
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Hostile - 1 aggressive or unfriendly and ready to argue or fight; 2 making it difficult for something to happen or to be achieved. The speaker got a hostile reception from the audience. Hostile conditions for plants to grow in. |
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Reluctant - hesitating before doing something because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do. A reluctant hero (a person who does not want to be called a hero). (reluctant to do something) She was reluctant to admit she was wrong. |
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Eager - very interested and excited by something that is going to happen or about something that you want to do; showing this. (eager to do something) Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn. They're eager to please (= wanting to be helpful). |
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Facilitate - (facilitate something) to make an action or a process possible or easier. Structured teaching facilitates learning. A meat substitute. |
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Labour - work, especially physical work. Manual labour (work using your hands). The company wants to keep down labour costs. |
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Deliberately - (synonym: intentionally, on purpose) done in a way that was planned, not by chance. The fire had been started deliberately. She was accused of deliberately misleading Parliament. |
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Insulting - causing or intending to cause somebody to feel offended. (insulting to somebody) She was really insulting to me. |
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Saying - a well-known phrase or statement that expresses something about life that most people believe is wise and true. 'Clear moon, frost soon', as the saying goes. |
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Flattery - praise that is not sincere, especially in order to obtain something from somebody. You're too intelligent to fall for his flattery. |
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Idle - 1 (disapproving) not working hard. 2 With no particular purpose or effect. Idle chatter/curiosity. An idle student. |
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Assessment - an opinion or a judgement about somebody. a detailed assessment of the risks involved. |
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