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GRE Barron's 49-50 Flashcards

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veneer

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thin layer; cover. Casual acquaintances were deceived by his veneer of sophistication and failed to recognize his fundamental shallowness.

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venerable

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deserving high respect. We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse to follow the advice of our venerable leader.

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venial

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forgivable; trivial. When Jean Valjean stole a loaf of bread to feed his starving sister, he committed a venial offense.

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venom

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poison; hatred. Bitten on his ankle by a venomous snake, the cowboy contortionist curled up like a pretzel and sucked the venom out of the wound.

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vent

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express; utter. He vented his wrath on his class.

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ventral

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abdominal; 前面の、腹部の. We shall now examine the ventral plates of this serpent, not the dorsal side.

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ventriloquist

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someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing. This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.

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venture

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risk; dare; undertake a risk. Fearing to distress the actors, the timorous reviewer never ventured to criticize a performance in harsh terms.

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venturesome

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bold; 向こう見ずな. A group of venturesome women were the first to scale Mt. Annapurna.

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veracity

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truthfulness. Trying to prove Hill a liar, Senator Spector repeatedly questioned her veracity.

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verbalize

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put into words. I know you don’t like to talk about these things, but please try to verbalize your feelings.

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verbatim

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word for word. He repeated the message verbatim.

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verbiage

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pompous array of words. After we had waded through all the verbiage, we discovered that the writer had said very little.

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verge

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border; edge. Madame Curie knew she was on the verge of discovering the secrets of radioactive elements.

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verisimilar

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probable or likely; having the appearance of truth. Something verisimilar is very similar to the truth, or at least seems to be.

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verisimilitude

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appearance of truth; likelihood. Critics praised her for the verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.

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veritable

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actual; being truly so; not false or imaginary. At his computer, Pavel is a veritable wizard, creating graphic effects that seem magical to programmers less skilled than he.

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verity

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quality of being true; lasting truth or principle. Do you question the verity of Kato Kaelin’s testimony about what he heard the night Nicole Brown Simpson was slain? To the skeptic, everything was relative: there were no eternal verities in which one could believe.

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verve

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enthusiasm; liveliness. She approached her studies with such verve that it was impossible for her to do poorly.

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vestige

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trace; remains. We discovered vestiges of early Indian life in the cave.

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vicarious

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acting as a substitute; done by a deputy. Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies by imagining they are the characters on the screen.

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vicissitude

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change of fortune. Humbled by life’s vicissitudes, the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled.

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vie

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contend; compete. Politicians vie with one another, competing for donations and votes.

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vigilant

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watchfully awake; alert to spot danger. From the battlement, the vigilant sentry kept his eyes open for any sign of enemy troops approaching.

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vigor

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active strength. Although he was over seventy years old, Jack had the vigor of a man in his prime.

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vignette

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picture; short literary sketch. The New Yorker published her latest vignette.

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vilify

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slander; けなす、そしる. Waging a highly negative campaign, the candidate attempted to vilify his opponent’s reputation.

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vindicate

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clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support. The lawyer’s goal was to vindicate her client and prove him innocent on all charges.

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virulent

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extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter. Laid up with a virulent cases of measles, Vera blamed her doctors because her recovery took so long. In fact, she became quite virulent on the subject of the quality of modern medical care.

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visceral

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felt in one’s inner organs. She disliked the visceral sensations she had whenever she rode the roller coaster.

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vitriolic

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corrosive; sarcastic. Such vitriolic criticism is uncalled for.

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vociferous

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clamorous; noisy. The crowd grew vociferous in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.

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volition

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act of making a conscious choice. She selected this dress of her own volition.

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voluble

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fluent; glib; talkative. An excessively voluble speaker suffers from logorrhea: he continually runs off at the mouth!

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voluminous

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bulky; large. A caftan is a voluminous garment; the average person wearing one looks as if he or she is draped in a small tent.

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voracious

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ravenous; 食欲おう盛な、貪欲な. The wolf is a voracious animal, its hunger never satisfied.

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vouchsafe

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grant condescendingly; guarantee. I can safely vouchsafe you fair return on your investment.

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vulpine

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like a fox; crafty. She disliked his sly ways, but granted him a certain vulpine intelligence.

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waffle

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speak equivocally about an issue; 言葉を濁す、煮え切らない. When asked directly about the governor’s involvement in the savings and loan scandal, the press secretary waffled, talking all around the issue.

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waft

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moved gently by wind or waves. Daydreaming, he gazed at the leaves that wafted past his window.

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waggish

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mischievous; humorous; tricky. He was a prankster who, unfortunately, often overlooked the damage he could cause with his waggish tricks.

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waive

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give up temporarily; yield. I will waive my rights in this matter in order to expedite our reaching a proper decision.

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wake

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trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before. The wake of the swan gliding through the water glistened in the moonlight. Reporters and photographers converged on South Carolina in the wake of the hurricane that devastated much of the eastern seaboard.

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wallow

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roll in; indulge in; become helpless. The hippopotamus loves to wallow in the mud.

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wan

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having a pale or sickly color; pallid. Suckling asked, “Why so pale and wan, fond lover?”

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wangle

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wiggle out; fake. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.

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wanton

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unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste. Pointing to the stack of bills, Sheldon criticized Sarah for her wanton expenditures. In response, Sara accused Sheldon of making an unfounded, wanton attack.

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warble

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sing; babble. Every morning the birds warbled outside her window.

49
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warren

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tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable warren, packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.

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wastrel

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profligate; 浪費家、怠け者. He was denounced as a wastrel who had dissipated his inheritance.

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wax

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increase; grow. With proper handling, her fortunes waxed and she became rich.

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waylay

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ambush; lie in wait; 待ち伏せる. They agreed to waylay their victim as he passed through the dark alley going home.

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wean

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accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity. He decided he would wean himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables.

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weather

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endure the effects of weather or other forces. He weathered the changes in his personal life with difficulty, as he had no one in whom to confide.

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wheedle

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cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can wheedle almost anything she wants from her father.

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whet

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sharpen; stimulate. The odors from the kitchen are whetting my appetite; I will be ravenous by the time the meal is served.

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whiff

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puff or gust (of air, scent, etc); かすかな匂い、名残. The slightest whiff of Old Spice cologne brought memories of George to her mind.

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whit

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smallest speck; shred; tiny bit. There’s not one whit of truth in your allegations.

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whittle

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pare; cut off bits. As a present for Aunt Polly, Tom whittled some clothespins out of a chunk of wood.

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willful

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intentional; headstrong. Donald had planned to kill his wife for months; clearly, her death was a case of deliberate, willful murder, not a crime of passion committed by a hasty, willful youth unable to foresee the consequences of his deeds.

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wily

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cunning; artful. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.

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wince

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shrink back; flinch. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.

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windfall

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fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event. This huge tax refund is quite a windfall.

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winnow

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sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will winnow out the students who study from those who don’t bother.

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winsome

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agreeable; gracious; engaging. By her winsome manner, she made herself liked by everyone who met her.

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wispy

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thin; slight; barely discernible. Worried about preserving his few wispy tufts of hair, Walter carefully massaged his scalp and applied hair restorer every night.

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withdrawn

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introverted; remote; 引きこもった、人里離れた. Rebuffed by his colleagues, the initially outgoing young researcher became increasingly withdrawn.

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wither

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shrivel; decay. Cut flowers are beautiful for a day, but all too soon they wither.

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withhold

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refuse to give; hold back. The tenants decided to withhold a portion of the rent until the landlord kept his promise to renovate the building.

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withstand

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stand up against; successfully resist. If you can withstand all the peer pressure in high school to cut classes and goof off, you should survive college in fine shape.

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witless

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foolish; idiotic. If Beavis is a half-wit, then Butthead is totally witless.

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witticism

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witty saying; wisecrack. I don’t mean any criticism, but your last supposed witticism really hurt my feelings.

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wizened

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withered; shriveled; しわくちゃの、しなびた. The wizened old man in the home for the aged was still active and energetic.

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woe

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deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering. Pale and wan with grief, Wanda was bowed down beneath the burden of her woes.

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wont

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custom; habitual procedure. As was her wont, she jogged two miles every morning before going to work.

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wrangle

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quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle. They wrangled over their inheritance.

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wrath

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anger; fury. She turned to him, full of wrath, and said, “What makes you think I’ll accept lower pay for this job than you get?”

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wreak

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inflict; 〔破壊や損害を〕引き起こす、〔罰や復讐を人に〕加える. I am afraid he will wreak his vengeance on the innocent as well as the guilty.

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wrench

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pull; strain; twist. She wrenched free of her attacker and landed a powerful kick to his kneecap.

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wrest

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pull away; take by violence. With only ten seconds left to play, our team wrested victory from their grasp.

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writhe

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twist in coils; contort in pain; 身をよじる、苦悶する. In Dances with Snakes, the snake dancer wriggled sinuously as her boa constrictor writhed around her torso.

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wry

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twisted; with a humorous twist. We enjoy Dorothy Parker’s verse for its wry wit.

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yen

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longing; urge. She had a yen to get away and live on her own for a while.

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yoke

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join together, unite. I don’t wish to be yoked to him in marriage, as if we were cattle pulling a plow.

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yore

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time past. She dreamed of the elegant homes of yore, but gave no thought to their inelegant plumbing.

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zany

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crazy; comic. I can watch the Marx brothers’ zany antics for hours.

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zeal

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eager enthusiasm. Wang’s zeal was contagious; soon all his fellow students were busily making posters, inspired by his ardent enthusiasm for the cause.

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zenith

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point directly overhead in the sky; summit. When the sum was at its zenith, the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.

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zephyr

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gentle breeze; west wind. When these zephyrs blow, it is good to be in an open boat under a full sail.

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