504 Words

Question 1

Gratifying

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Satisfying
pleasing.

It is gratifying to know that we have achieved so much.

Question 2

Subsequent

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Coming after or following sth ealse.

Subsequent investigations did not uncover any new evidence.
The charges against him were subsequently dropped.

Question 3

Reflection

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An image that is reflected in a miror
idea or openion
sth that is sign of feeling or fact.

We looked at our reflection in the pool.
The book includes the writer’s reflection on america in 1920’s.
The rise in crime is a reflection of violent society.

Question 4

Situated

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To be in a particular place or position.

The hotel is situated in/near the old market.

Question 5

Aggravate

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To make a bad situation worse
to annoy sb.

The doctors said her condition is aggravated by stress.
What really aggravetes me is the way she won’t listen.

Question 6

Tangible

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Concrete
clear enough to be easily seen or noticed.

Tangible proof.

Question 7

Tangible /formal form/

If sth is tangible

Answer 7

If sth is tangible , u can touch or feel.

Question 8

Chaotic

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Confused and without any order
disorganized.

A chaotic sense at the site of the accident.

Question 9

Controversial

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Sth which is controversial causes a lot of disagreement because many people have strong openion about it, debatable.

The controversial subject of abortion.

Question 10

He is a controversial figure.

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A person who does controversial things.

Question 11

Assimilate

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To accept sb completely as a member of group
to learn and understand information.

Many ethnic group have been assimilated into american society.
We need sb who can assimilate new ideas quickly.

Question 12

Precious

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Valuable.

We can not afford to waste precious time.

Question 13

Precarious

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Precarious situation may easily become worse
likely to fall.

The newspaper is in a precarious financial position.
We had to cross precarious rope bridge.

Question 14

Disregard

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To ignore sth.

The judge told the jury to disregard that statement.

Question 15

Formidable

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Very powerfull or impressive
difficult to deal with and needing a lot of skills.

A formidable apponent.
He had a formidable lead in the polls.

Question 16

Odd

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Different from what is expected or normal.

An odd guy.
It’s odd that she hasn’t phoned by now.

Question 17

Maintain

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Presserve, to make sth continue in the same way
to strongly express an opinion.

The U.S. and Britain have maintained close ties.
I have always maintained that any changes in the law will hurt the poor more than the rich.

Question 18

Forfiet

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To give sth up or have it taken away from u because of rule of law.

Criminals who have forfieted their right to freedom.

Question 19

Triumph

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An important success or victory or it’s feeling.

A foriegn policy triumph.
Fans celeberated San Francisco’s triumph over Cincinnati in a super bowl.

Question 20

Perceive

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To understand or think about sth in a particular way
to notice sth which is difficult to notice.

Investors will pull out if they precieve that the economy is falling.
The sound is too high to be precieved by humans.

Question 21

Contradict

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The witnesses report contradicted each other.

Question 22

Contradict your self

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To say sth that is the opposite of what you have said before.

Question 23

Peculiar

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Strange and a little surprising.

This cheese has a peculiar smell.

Question 24

Scare sb out of his wits.

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To frighten some one very much

Question 25

Be at your wit's end

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To be upset because u tried every thing possible to solve a problem.

Question 26

Endure

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To suffer pain or deal with a very difficult situation for a long time to continue for a long time. People have endured months of fightning. A marriage that has endured for 50 years.

Question 27

Sustained

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Continuing for a long time. A sustained effort is needed.

Question 28

Inactive

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Not doing anything or not working He injured his knee and was inactive for the rest of the season.

Question 29

Dominant

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Most important most noticable Controling other people, or wanting to do this Amirica's dominant role in international business. Her hosband's dominant behavior.

Question 30

Vigorous

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Using lots of energy and strength. Strong and very healthy. A vigorous apponent of gun control. A vigorous athlete.

Question 31

Facet

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One of several parts of someone's character, a situation and etc. You've only seen one facet of his personality.

Question 32

Flaw

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A weakness that makes sth. Not perfect. A mistake in argument. A bad part of someone's character. I could see a flaw in the glass. There is a fundamental flaw in his argument.

Question 33

Dim (adj)

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Not bright or easy to see well. The curtains were close and the light was dim. The dim outline of the building.

Question 34

A dim recollection/awarness

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Sth that is hard for someone to remmember, understand. She only has a dim memory of her parents.

Question 35

Thake a dim view of sth.

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To disapprove of sth.

Question 36

Dim (verb)

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If a light dims, or if u dim it, it becomes less bright. If a feeling or quality dims, or if sth dims it, it grows weaker. Can u dim the lights? The painful memory began to dim.

Question 37

Creep

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To move very carefully and quietly so that no one will notice u. To move sth very slowly. To gradually increase or began to appear. She crept down the hall, trying not to wake up her mom. A tractor creeping along the road at 15 mph. The total number of people out of work crept up to five million.

Question 38

Varied

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Including many different types of sth or people. A varied diet. This essay discusses the many varied groups in american society.

Question 39

Swift

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Happening or moving so quickly A swift response.

Question 40

Delighted

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Very happy or pleased. We are delighted to hear their good news. They were very delighted with the results of the recent election.

Question 41

Delightful

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Very nice, pleasent and enjoyable. A delightful story for younger children.

Question 42

Keen

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Sharp, eager, intense, sensetive The butcher's keen knife cut through the meet. My dog has a keen sense of smell.

Question 43

Tact

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Ability to say the right thing My aunt never hurts anyone's feeling because she always uses tact. By the use of tact, janet was able to calm her jealous husband.

Question 44

Oath

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A promise that sth is true, a curse The president will take the oath of office tommorrow. In court, the witness took an oath that he would tell the whole truth.

Question 45

Gallant

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Brave, showing respect for women Ed is so gallant that he always gives up his subway seat to woman.

Question 46

Unaccustomed

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Not used to sth Coming from Alaska, claude was unaccostomed to Florida's heat. The king was unaccostomed to having people disobey him.

Question 47

Conceal

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Hide Ed could not conceal his love for Gloria. Count Daracula concealed the corpse in his castle.

Question 48

Dismal

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Dark and depressing When the weather is so dismal, I sometimes stay in bed all day. I'm unaccostomed to this dismal climate. As the dismal reports of the election came in, the senator's friends tactfully made no mention of them.

Question 49

Frigid

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Very cold Inside the butcher's freezer the temperature was frigid.

Question 50

Inhabit

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Live in Eskimos inhabit the frigid part of alaska. Because Sidney qualified, he was allowed to inhabit the vacant appartment.

Question 51

Numb

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Without the power of feeling, deadend My fingers quickly became numb in the frigid room. A numb feeling came over him, as he read the telegram.

Question 52

Peril

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Danger There is a great peril in trying to climb the mountain. Our library is filled with stories of perilous adventures.

Question 53

Recline

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Lie down, stretch out, lean back Richard likes to recline in front of the television set. My dog's greatest pleasure is to recline by the warm fireplace.

Question 54

Sinster

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Evil, wicked, dishonest, frightening The sinster plot to cheat the widow was uncovered by the police. When the bank guard spied the sinster-looking customer, he drew his gun. I was frightened by the sister shadow at the bottom of the stairs.

Question 55

Wager

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Bet I lost a small wager on the superbowl. After winning the wager, tex treated everyone to fee drinks. It is legal to make a wager in the state of Nevada.

Question 56

Scarce

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Hard to get, rare As there is a little moisture in the desert, the trees are scarce. How scace are good cooks?

Question 57

Persuade

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Win over to do or believe, make willing Can u persuade him to give up his bachelor days and get married? No one could persuade the captain to leave the sinking ship.

Question 58

Beau

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Boyfriend, suitor When her beau talked to other girls, Diane became jealous. Even if u have no beau, u are welcome at the dance.

Question 59

Devise

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Think out, plan, invent The burglars devised a scheme for enthering the bank at night. I would like to devise a method for keeping my toes from becoming numb, while I am skating.

Question 60

Wholesale

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In large quantity, less than retail in price By buying my ties wholesale, i save fifteen dollors a year.

Question 61

Villain

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A very wicked person, the main bad character in the movie The villain gets killed at the end. The villain concealed the corpse in the celler.

Question 62

Wicked (adj)

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Morally bad or evil, bad in a way that is amusing The wicked stepmother in the story of cinderella. His wicked sense of humor.

Question 63

Wicker

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بامبو A wicker basket

Question 64

Utilize

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Make use of No one seems willing to utilize vacant house. Does ur mother leftovers in her cooking?

Question 65

Descend

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Go or come down from a higher place to lower level If we left the air out of the balloon, it will have to descend. The pilot thinking his plane was in peril, descended quickly.

Question 66

Burden

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What is carried, a load The burden of the country's safty is in the hands of the president. Ed found an enormous box too much of a burden. Ricky carried the burden throughout his college career.

Question 67

Evade

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Get away from by trickery or cleverness John tried to evade the the topic by changing the subject. The prisoner of war, evaded quistioning by pretending to be sick.

Question 68

Probe

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Search into, examine throughly, investigate. The lawyer probe the man's mind to see if he was innocent. After probing the scientist's theor, we proved it was correct.

Question 69

Approach

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Come near or nearer The lawyers were asked to approach the bench. Her boyfriend kissed silvia when he approached her.

Question 70

Detect

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Find out, discover Sam detected that the important papers had vanished. From her voice it was easy to detect that, she was frightened.

Question 71

Defect

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Fault, that which is wrong My shevrolet was sent back to the factory because of a steering defect. The villain was caught because his plan had many defects.

Question 72

Deceive

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Mislead, make sb believe as true sth that is fault. Janet cried when she learned that her best friend has deceived her. The villain deceived Chief White Cloud by pretending to be his friend.

Question 73

Thorough

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Complete, being all that is needed The police made a thorough search of the house. My science teacher praised Sandy for doing a thorough job of cleaning up the lab.

Question 74

Praise

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To say publicly that someone has done sth well or that u admire him A highly praised speach. Mr. Bonner praised Jill for the quality of her work.

Question 75

Client

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Person for whom a lawyer acts, customer The lawyer told her client that she could predict the outcome of his trail. If this restaurant doesn't improve it's service, all it's clients will vanish.

Question 76

Comperhensive

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Including much, covering compeletely. After a comperhensive exam, my doctor said i was in good condition. Our teacher wanted us to do a comperhensive study of edgar poe.

Question 77

Defraud

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Take money or rights and etc away by cheating My aunt save thousends of dollors by defrauding the goverment. By defrauding his friend, Dexter ruined a family tradition of honesty.

Question 78

Postpone

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Delay, put off to a letr time The young couple wanted to postpone their weddinguntil they were sure they could handle the burdens of marriage. I neglected to postpone the party because I thought everyone would be able to come.

Question 79

Consent

Answer 79

Agree, give permission or approval ``` My teacher concented to let our class leave early. David would not concent to our plan. ```

Question 80

Denounce

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Condomn in public, express strong disapproval of Some people denounce the goverment for probing into their private lives. The father denounced his son for lying to the district attorney.

Question 81

Torrent

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Any violent, rushing stream, flood A massive rain was coming down in torrents. In the debate, a torrent of quistions was asked.

Question 82

Resent

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Feel injured and angered at (sth) Bertha resented the way her boyfriend treated her. The earthquake victim resented the poor emergancy care.

Question 83

Unmistakable

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Easy to recognize indisputable. The unmistakable taste of garlic.