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repine

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languish, mope, fret

“On the Day of Pentecost, Jesus told his disciples not to repine as a helper from heaven will come to guide mankind”

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broach

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bring up, raise, introduce

“The room turned dead silent when John broached the topic on Hitler at the birthday party”

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accretion

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accumulation

“The bridge’s collapse did not happen overnight. It resulted from the accretion of cracks over the years”

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opprobrium

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disgrace, shame, vilification

“He could not bear the opprobrium from robbing his dad’s bank so he fled the city”

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sate

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satiate, satisfy

“After his hike, he was so hungry that four plates of jollof rice could not sate his appetite”

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natty

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fashionable, dapper, stylish

“To everyone’s surprise, Shabby Tom was dressed in a natty outfit for his cousin’s wedding”

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efface

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erase

“The Holocaust is a dark memory in the minds of Jews which will not be effaced for centuries to come”

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seminal

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influential, groundbreaking, pioneering

“Astronomers made a seminal discovery this year about the structure of the Sun’s core”

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tacit

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implied, inferred, hinted, intimated

“The blank stare is used by the Ashantis to signify a tacit disagreement”

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supine

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docile, yielding, enervated
“Sometimes I wonder why SUA students remain supine in spite of the predatory conditions the administration subjects them to”

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estrange

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alienate, antagonize

“Grealish’s departure from Aston Villa estranged him from the fans”

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boor

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hooligan, thug, ruffian

“Quantum was known to have no tolerance for boors in the school”

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continent

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exercising self-restraint

“The best way to avoid STDs is to remain continent throughout your stay in high school”

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onerous

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burdensome, heavy, inconvenient

“The 16-credit foreign language requirement will only add onerous workload in our senior year”

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bedizen

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decorate

“With his suit bedizened with refulgent diamonds, he wowed the crowd at the media backdrop”

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