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Decant

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To pour a liquid (especially wine) from one container into another.

Ex: The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted one hour before the meal.

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Diligent

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Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties.

Ex: After diligent searching, he found a parcel.

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Conscientious

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Wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly.

Ex: A conscientious men, he took his duties very seriously.

Ex: He followed his doctor’s orders conscientiously.

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Contented

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  1. Feeling or expressing happiness or satisfaction

Ex: She gave a contented little smile

  1. Willing to accept something, satisfied

Ex: I was never contented with half measures.

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Dishevelled

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Untidy, disordered (a person’s hair, clothes, or appearance)

Ex: There was a loud rap at the door, after which a small, disheveled man entered.

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Rumple v.

Rumple n.

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V. Give a creased, riffled or disheveled appearance to

Ex: A ruffled bed, suit

N. An untidy state

Ex: She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor.

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Brisk adj.

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  1. Active and energetic
    Ex: A good brisk walk | Business appeared to be brisk.
  2. Showing a wish to deal with things quickly
    Ex: She adopted a brisk, businesslike tone.
  3. Cold but pleasantly invigorating (weather or wind)
    Ex: The sea was shimmering and heaving beneath the brisk breeze.
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Shimmer

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Shine with a soft, slightly wavering light.

Ex: The sea shimmered in the sunlight.

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Heave

Adj. Heaving - extremely crowded

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  1. V. To lift or pull something with effort.
    Ex: We heaved the box up onto the table.
    • object To breath in or out in a slow or laud way.
      Ex: She sat down and heaved a sigh of relief.
    • no object a) To move up and down repeatedly
      Ex: He stopped running and stood there with his chest heaving.

b) To be pushed up
Ex: The roads have begun to heave with frost.

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Waver

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  1. Move in a quivering way, flicker
    Ex: The flame wavered in the draught.
  2. Become weaker, falter
    Ex: His lover for her had never wavered.
    Ex: She gave a wavering smile.
  3. Be undecided about two courses of action.
    Ex: She never wavered from her decision.
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Heave to [phrasal verb]

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For a boat or ship - to stop moving

Ex: The ship hove to.

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Stride

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  1. Walk with long decisive steps in a specified direction.
    Ex: We are striding confidently towards the future.
  2. A step or a stage in progress towards an aim.
    Ex: Great strides have been made towards equality.

Expressions:
- break (one’s) stride
Slow or interrupt the pace at which one moves.
Ex: He ran 20km without breaking his stride.

  • match someone stride for stride
    Manage to keep up with a competitor, bargain
    Ex: We managed to match their high price rivals stride for stride.
  • take something in (one’s) stride
    Deal with something difficult or unpleasant in a calm and accepting way.
    Ex: I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride.
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Decanter

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A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted.
“Lifting a glittering crystal decanter from the desk, he poured himself a generous helping of Firewhiskey and put his feet up on the desk.

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Invigorating

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Making one feel strong, energetic and filled with energy.

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Scorching

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Very hot, harsh, severe

Ex: It was a scorching hot day

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Shunt

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Push or shove someone or something

Ex: He was shunted between different school in India for 11 years.

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Unruly

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Disruptive and not amendable to discipline

Ex: He was unruly child. He fought a lot and was thrown out of three different schools.

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Turmoil

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A state of great disturbance, confusion
Ex: India was convulsed by turmoil.
- the country was in turmoil.

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Quell

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  1. Put an end to, typically by the use if force.
    Ex: Thousands died before the British quelled the unrest.
  2. Suppress a feeling.
    Ex: She quelled the urge to go up the stairs.
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Chastised

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  1. Rebuke or reprimand - порицавам

2. Punish, especially by beating.

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Rabble

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A disorderly crowd, a mob, someone socially inferior

22
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Gnarled

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Rough and twisted, especially with age

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Slender

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Gracefully thin, barely sufficient

Ex: With nothing more than that slender opening, my father found a fuse to spark a conversation.

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To inquire after

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To ask about

Ex: The man inquired after my father’s reason for being in Perth.

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Fiendish

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Extremely cruel or unpleasant, awkward.
Ex: His attempt to copy the Mona Lisa in watercolors was particularly fiendish.

Ex: Fiendish methods of torture.

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Vociferous

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Expressing/expressed in a very loud and forceful way.

Medium Ex: He was a vociferous reader

Ex: He was vociferous in his support of the proposal.

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Read up (on/about) sth

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To spend time reading in order to find out information about something.
Ex M: Why would you even want to read up on Vladimir Putin?

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Downtrodden

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Oppressed or treated badly by people in power.

Ex: Helping the poor and downtrodden.

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Fend for yourself

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To take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else.

Ex: As soon as I was old enough to fend for myself, I refused to play him at chess.

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Shriek

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A short, loud high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of emotion.

Ex: He suddenly let out a piercing shriek.

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A Litany of smtg

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A long list of unpleasant things, especially things that are repeated.

Ex: the manufacturers are reported to have received a litany of complaints from dissatisfied customers.

Ex Medium: My father unleashed a litany of curses until the boy ran away.

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Coarse

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Texture - rough, harsh

Person - rude, vulgar

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Churlish

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Rude, unfriendly, unpleasant

Ex: They invited me to dinner and I thought it would be churlish to refuse.

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Conviction n.

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A strong belief or opinion

35
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Sow

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To put seeds in so that plants will grow

36
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Inflict

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To force someone to experience something very unpleasant.

Ex: The suffering inflicted on those children was unimaginable.

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Bestow

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Ti give something as an honor or present.

Ex: God bestows that grace unconditionally on all of us as a promise of redemption and a better world to come.

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Coy

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  1. (especially with reference to a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring:

‘she treated him to a coy smile of invitation’

2Reluctant to give details about something regarded as sensitive:
‘he is coy about his age’

‘Others have been far less coy on the subject of drug use.’

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