A Flashcards
(183 cards)
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What does ‘verdant’ mean?
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adj, of countryside green with grass or other rich vegetation.
Synonyms: lush
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What is the meaning of ‘reneged’?
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verb, go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract, break a promise.
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What does ‘depose’ refer to?
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remove from office suddenly and forcefully (business); testify to or give (evidence) under oath, typically in a written statement.
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Define ‘obey’.
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submit to the authority of (someone) or comply with (a law).
Synonyms: heed
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What does ‘blatant’ describe?
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(of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.
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What does ‘smitten’ mean?
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verb, be strongly attracted to someone or something, charmed, captivated.
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What does ‘incarcerate’ mean?
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verb, to put someone in prison.
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What is the definition of ‘manumit’?
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free someone, as a slave, not so much from prison but for slaves.
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What is a ‘hindrance’?
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a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone (obstacle/ encumbrance).
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What does ‘beholden’ mean?
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owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service (indebted).
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Define ‘craftily’.
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means in a clever way, sometimes with a hint of dishonesty.
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What does ‘deviously’ indicate?
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means in a dishonest or indirect way, or in a way that tricks people.
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What does ‘plastic’ mean?
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adj; easily shaped or moulded.
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Define ‘cosmopolitan’.
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adj. including people from many different countries.
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What does ‘quixotic’ mean?
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extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical (utopian).
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What is meant by ‘Arcadian’?
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relating to or constructing an ideal and rural paradise.
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What does ‘hinterland’ refer to?
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the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers.
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What does ‘tout’ mean?
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v. attempt to sell something, by a direct or persistent approach.
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What does ‘astound’ mean?
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v. shock or greatly surprise.
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Define ‘myopia’.
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n. illness/ adj. one lack of foresight or intellectual insight (shortsightedness).
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What does ‘seethe’ describe?
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(of a liquid) to boil or effervescent; (of a person) be angry.
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What is the meaning of ‘groan’?
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adj. groaning: denoting a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure; v. groan: make a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure.
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Define ‘novel’ as an adjective.
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to describe something new and unfamiliar (invention/ creation).
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What is a ‘harbinger’?
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noun. a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another (herald).
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What are 'blemishes'?
a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something (defects/foibles).
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What does 'proportionate' mean?
corresponding in size or degree; in proportion (equivalent to something/ commensurate).
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What does 'kindred' mean?
similar in kind, related to something, parallel to something (affiliated/congenial).
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What does 'dire' describe?
adj, extremely serious or urgent.
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What does 'pander' mean?
gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste) (cater).
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What does 'fester' indicate?
something that does not improve and gets worse with time.
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What does 'seize' mean?
take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
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What is stigmatization?
The action of describing or regarding someone or something as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
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What does schism mean?
A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
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What does sartorial refer to?
Relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.
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What does pious mean?
Devoutly religious.
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What does brandish mean?
To wave or make a gesture.
## Footnote
Example: Someone was brandishing the flag.
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What does cloak mean?
To hide, cover, or disguise something.
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What does renew mean?
To resume, return to an activity, come back to, or proceed with.
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What is deviation?
The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard.
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What does lurid mean?
Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect.
## Footnote
Example: Brillo falso, o muy Fuerte.
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What is a ward?
As a verb, it means to protect or guard; as a noun, it refers to a special room in the hospital.
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What is dispensation?
Exemption from a rule or usual requirement.
## Footnote
Example: Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday.
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What does contemporary mean?
A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another (peer/fellow).
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What does seemly mean?
Conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste; decorous.
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What does scant mean?
Little or not; barely sufficient or adequate.
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What does acute mean?
Present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.
## Footnote
Example: An acute housing shortage.
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What does holistic mean?
Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are interconnected and can be explained only by reference to the whole.
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What is a culprit?
A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
## Footnote
Example: The car's front nearside door had been smashed in but the culprits had fled.
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What does murky mean?
Dark, gloomy, clouded, mysterious, secret.
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What does subtly mean?
In a clever and indirect way, in order to achieve something.
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What does concoct mean?
To make up or fabricate lies.
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What is a boon?
A thing that is helpful or beneficial.
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What does debacle mean?
A fiasco, a failure.
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What does sullen and surly mean?
Bad tempered.
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What is juxtaposition?
Two things that are closely together with a contrasting effect.
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What does collision mean?
An accident, crash, impact.
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What does crumble mean?
To disintegrate something, to break up something into small parts.
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What does substantive mean?
Having a firm basis in reality and so important, meaningful, or considerable.
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What does sceptical mean?
Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
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What is a layperson?
A nonspecialist in a topic, someone who has no knowledge about something.
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What is an adulator?
Someone who flatters or praises another person in an excessive or obsequious way.
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What does scrutinize mean?
To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
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What does copious mean?
Abundant in supply or quantity.
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What does cunning mean?
Someone who has skills or knowledge but uses them in a deceitful way.
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What does aghast mean?
Horrified, astonished.
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What does futile mean?
Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
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What does mainstream mean?
Attitudes and ideas shared by most people and seen as normal or conventional.
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What does underpin mean?
To support or contribute something.
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What are parables?
Stories used to illustrate a moral lesson.
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What are innuendos?
An insinuation, typically a disparaging one.
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What does figurative mean?
Something that is metaphorical, not literally meant.
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What is an albatross?
A bird, but used metaphorically to talk about an ongoing problem.
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What does assent mean?
To approve or agree.
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What does ascent mean?
To climb or walk to the summit of a mountain.
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What is an assertation?
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
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What does thwart mean?
To prevent someone from accomplishing something.
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What does wallop mean?
To hit or strike very hard.
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What does inter mean?
To place a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
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What does antithetical mean?
To oppose something.
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What does histrionic mean?
Excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style.
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What does morose mean?
Sullen and ill-tempered; pessimistic.
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What does peril mean?
Serious and imminent danger.
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What does titillation mean?
Feeling of interest or excitement.
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What is an abettor?
A person who encourages someone to do a crime; a partner in crime.
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What does arresting mean?
To describe someone who is amazing, astounding, out of normal.
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What does modishness mean?
The quality of being fashionable or in the current style.
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What does conversance mean?
Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
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What does currency mean?
Money; the quality of being generally accepted or in use.
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What does balkanize mean?
To divide something into smaller opposite groups or parts.
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What does genesis mean?
The origin or mode of formation of something.
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What does stress mean?
To give emphasis to something; a pressure or tension.
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What does immolate mean?
To kill or sacrifice something.
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What does hanker mean?
A strong desire to have or do something.
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What does congruent mean?
Something compatible and in agreement.
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What does munificent mean?
Characterized by displaying great generosity.
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What does undue mean?
Unwarranted or inappropriate because of excessive or disproportionate.
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What does patronize mean?
To help someone in a kind or helpful way but with a feeling of superiority.
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What does whimsical mean?
Playful and fanciful; funny.
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What does outstrip mean?
To move faster than another object; to surpass.
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What does trifling mean?
Unimportant or trivial; paltry.
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What does 'sensationalized' mean?
To present information in a sensational way, overemphasizing the info.
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What does 'conspicuous' mean?
Something clearly visible, calling the attention of people, outstanding, noticeable.
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What does 'menacing' mean?
Suggesting the presence of danger, threatening.
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What does 'lure' mean?
To attempt someone or something to do something especially by offering a reward.
## Footnote
Synonyms: cajole, entice, coax.
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What does 'immure' mean?
To close or confine someone, to incarcerate.
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What does 'understate' mean?
To represent something as being smaller or less good than it really is.
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What does 'curtail' mean?
To cut down or impose a restriction on.
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What does 'row' mean?
Apart from being a line of people or things, it is a quarrel.
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What does 'indemnify' mean?
To insure, or protect against loss or damage, to pay from wrongdoing.
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What does 'prop' mean?
To support.
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What does 'rein' mean?
To keep in control or restrain something.
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What does 'manacle' mean?
To confine a person, to fetter or restrict.
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What does 'bride' mean?
To show resentment or anger.
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What does 'subversion' mean?
To undermine someone's power.
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What does 'coerce' mean?
To convince someone unwilling to do something by force.
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What does 'industrious' mean?
To describe someone diligent and hard-working, assiduous.
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What does 'feckless' mean?
Useless, lacking initiative, irresponsible.
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What does 'flaunt' mean?
To display ostentatiously, in order to provoke envy, show off.
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What does 'limp' mean?
To walk with difficulty due to being damaged.
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What does 'bend' mean?
To curve or shape something.
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What does 'conceal' mean?
To hide or keep something secret.
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What does 'commingle' mean?
A mixture or blend.
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What does 'congruous' mean?
In agreement or harmony.
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What does 'vapid' mean?
Insipid.
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What does 'throwback' mean?
To return to do something as done before.
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What does 'contest' mean?
A competition.
## Footnote
Can also mean to compete or to oppose or challenge.
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What does 'engulf' mean?
To inundate, flood.
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What does 'pinch' mean?
To compress or squeeze.
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What does 'outset' mean?
The start or beginning of something.
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What does 'flustered' mean?
Agitated or confused.
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What does 'entrenched' mean?
Firm, established, well established.
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What does 'sham' mean?
Falsely present something as true, fake.
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What does 'plod' mean?
Working slowly and assiduously to complete a task, routinely.
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What does 'latitude' mean?
Freedom, liberty.
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What does 'gracious' mean?
Polite, civil, well-mannered.
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What does 'ecstatic' mean?
Feeling or expressing a lot of happiness, euphoria.
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What does 'crestfallen' mean?
Sad and disappointed.
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What does 'disgruntled' mean?
Angry or dissatisfied.
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What does 'forsake' mean?
Abandon or relinquish.
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What does 'humdrum' mean?
Lacking excitement, dull, boring.
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What does 'decimate' mean?
To kill or destroy.
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What does 'rivet' mean?
To hold something or someone as to make it incapable of movement.
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What does 'conniving' mean?
To involve in conspiracy, to make evil.
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What does 'downplay' mean?
Make something look less important than what it is.
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What does 'fasten' mean?
To secure something.
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What does 'grate' mean?
Reduce something to small parts.
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What does 'constrict' mean?
To narrow something, restrict.
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What does 'sloopy' mean?
Disorganized, untidy.
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What does 'grudging' mean?
Reluctant to something, unwilling, resentful.
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What does 'tussle' mean?
To engage in a struggle or fight, or in a scuffle.
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What does 'tenuous' mean?
Very weak, and small, fragile.
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What does 'substantial' mean?
Something of considerable importance, size, or worth.
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What does 'jumble' mean?
To mix up in a confused or untidy way.
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What does 'aerate' mean?
To introduce air somewhere.
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What does 'strive' mean?
To make great efforts to achieve something.
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What does 'peruse' mean?
To examine critically or at length.
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What does 'glide' mean?
To move slowly, smooth.
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What does 'leeway' mean?
Freedom to move or act.
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What does 'falter' mean?
To lose strength and move with hesitation.
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What does 'dampen' mean?
To make wet, to irrigate or make less strong or intense.
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What does 'quell' mean?
To put an end to.
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What does 'concur' mean?
To agree or happen at the same time.
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What does 'dissemble' mean?
To pretend something, act or deceive.
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What does 'rift' mean?
A fraction, a rupture of something.
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What does 'hamper' mean?
To interfere with or impede something.
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What does 'sidestep' mean?
To avoid something or someone by moving aside.
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What does 'qualm' mean?
A feeling of doubt or hesitation.
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What does 'allure' mean?
To powerfully attract or charm someone.
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What does 'prompt' mean?
To encourage someone to do or say something.
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What does 'loll' mean?
To sit or lie in a relaxed way.
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What does 'apprise' mean?
To inform or tell someone something, notify.
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What does 'forfeit' mean?
To lose the right of something, usually from wrongdoing.
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What does 'outlandish' mean?
Something unfamiliar, bizarre.
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What does 'hoard' mean?
To accumulate something and store or hide it.
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What does 'retrieve' mean?
To get something and bring it back, to recover something.
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What does 'despatch' mean?
To email or send something, or mail.
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What does 'warmonger' mean?
A person who is aggressive, belligerent.
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What does 'halt' mean?
To stop something, to come to rest.
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What does 'savant' mean?
A very learned and intelligent person, intellectual.
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What does 'uninterested' mean?
Indifferent, nonchalant.
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What does 'disinterested' mean?
Without bias or without a position, impartial.
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What does 'inconsequential' mean?
Lacking importance or significance.
