21/11/2015 evening Flashcards

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ramble

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  1. A ramble is a long walk in the countryside. …an hour’s ramble through the woods.
  2. If you say that a person rambles in their speech or writing, you mean they don’t make much sense because they keep going off the subject in a confused way. Sometimes she spoke sensibly; sometimes she rambled.
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rank

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A rank is what level you are at.His rank is level 4 .

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dwelling

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  1. A dwelling or a dwelling place is a place where someone lives. Some 3,500 new dwellings are planned for the area.
  2. If you dwell on something, especially something unpleasant, you think, speak, or write about it a lot or for quite a long time. “I’d rather not dwell on the past,” he told me.
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raiment

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Raiment is clothing. I want nothing but raiment and daily bread.

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robust

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  1. Someone or something that is robust is very strong or healthy. He was always the robust one, physically strong and mentally sharp.
  2. Robust views or opinions are strongly held and forcefully expressed. The Secretary of State has made a robust defense of the agreement.
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shrine

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A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object. …the holy shrine of Mecca.
A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember. The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing.

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sleek ask abugee about last bit

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  1. (of hair, fur, or skin) smooth and glossy it can be animal as well:
    he was tall, with sleek, dark hair. A sleek black cat. 2.(person) having a wealthy and well-groomed appearance:
    a sleek and ambitious junior Minister.
    3.object having an elegant, streamlined shape or design:
    his sleek black car slid through the traffic.
    ingratiating; unctuous:
    she gave Guy a sleek smile to underline her words.
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stern

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firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.

  1. hard, harsh, or severe. Her father was stern and hard to please
  2. rigorous or austere; of an unpleasantly serious character: stern times.
  3. grim or forbidding in aspect: a stern face.
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score ask abugee urgent.

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ahh!!!

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obstinate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so:
her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio.
▪ (of an unwelcome situation) very difficult to change or overcome:
the obstinate problem of unemployment.

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yield ask abugee help

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😓😱😴😯😬😵

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