Vocabulary Flashcards

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Breezily (Adverb)

Examples:

Her answer was breezily aristocratic.
Sure, why not, Tanner said too breezily.
I stood up even as she came breezily to a stop beside me.

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Breeze

* affable, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, laid-back, low-pressure, mellow

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Lamentation (noun)

Examples:
Jeff thinks that despite their lamentations about not having enough free time, most professionals actually don’t like having white space on their calendar.

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the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.
“scenes of lamentation”
synonyms: weeping, wailing, crying, sobbing, moaning, moan, sob, wail, lament, sorrow, complaint, keening, grief, grieving, mourning, howling, howl, plaint; rareululation

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Sober

Example:
The real meaning is rather more sober.

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Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants: a former addict who has been sober for 10 years.
Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly: gave a sober assessment of the situation.
Serious or staid in character or conduct: Sober people refrained from making a judgment until all the facts came out. See Synonyms at serious.
Plain or subdued, as in decoration: sober attire.

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Ubiquitous

Example:
Computers are becoming increasingly ubiquitous.
He aims to make his product ubiquitous by selling it internationally.

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present, or seeming to be present, everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

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