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My episode of wanting to be an aberrant student during junior year was driven by depression and lack of self confidence. |
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While studying for the GRE, much abeyance from watching Friday Night Lights is needed. |
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I am proud to say that I have abjured much of waht I learned in advertising. |
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to depart secretly
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moderate in appetite
Ivy League schools, or succeeding in making a mark in them, are not for abstemious students. They are for the motivated and hungry. |
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The steady accretion of my student loans is a total bummer. |
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Dr. Soley has a habit of admonishing me for mistakes that he makes. |
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amounting to a whole; total
The aggregate amount of growing up I did in the last few years has been truly enormous. |
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cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
I wish I had more alacrity about taking the GRE. |
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to lessen; ease; soothe
Anna has a habit of eating Bacci's pizza to allay her emotional issues. |
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the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes.
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agreeable; cooperative; suited
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something that calms or soothes pain
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name
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strikingly appropriate and relevant
I think that researching about intentional communities is very apposite considering the return to community appreciation and interdependence in this economy. |
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inform
I would like to apprise people that anarchism does not necessarily promote or incite chaos. |
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to take possession for one's own use; confiscate
It's funny when trendy people get mad that other people appropriate their style when they've simply copied what's hip on Nylon. |
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relevant
While Glen Beck's topics are usually apropos, he is still very annoying and comes across as churlish. |
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extremely difficult; laborious
Studying for the GRE is very arduous. |
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severity; harshness; irritability
Library James' asperity was a deciding factor in our decision not to pursue any type of friendship with him. |
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slander; false rumor
The blog fiasco of last year created much aspersion about the performance of the TAs in class. |
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diligent; hard-working
I try to be as assiduous as possible to study because this si my only shot at making it big. |
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to make less severe
I am trying to assuage the tension and stress caused by the GRE by dilligently studying. |
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in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence
The return of appreciation for old Hollywood glamor gave rise to the atavism of physical traits associated with that period, such as strong jaw lines and curvy bodies. |
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The flu I had last fall really attenuated my body. I did not want to get out of bed. |
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I aver that I am not the simplest person to deal with when it comes to relationships. |
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secondary occupation
My constant avocation is working (from time to time) as a graphic designer) |
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Tell Me You Love Me is a bit bawdy. |
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to dress in a vulgar, showy manner
Sorority girls are known to bedizen for frat parties. |
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to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
I sometimes intentionally belie my tru identity. |
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kindly; doing good
Tita Ron is truly one of those naturally beneficent people. |
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to divide into two parts
I need to bifurcate my schedule between school and personal time. |
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flattery
Hearing any sort of blandishment is quite rare on my end. |
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to polish
I need to burnish my shoes for the wedding. |
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
The screams outside my window from stupid party kids are truly cacophonous. |
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false and malicious accusation; slander
Bad people will always throw calumnies at you, but the best thing you could do is to live an honest life. |
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false, deliberately misleading story
The canard that Jessica spread about Steven never influenced my feelings towards him. |
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fickle
I have to admit that my inability to settle my mind on things makes me a bit capricious. |
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faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
I suspect that Dr. Goldzwig is a captious man, which is why it takes me 30 minutes to write one stupid email. |
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to find fault; complain
I really need to stop carping about my relationship with Steven. In fact, i'v really dramatically lessened that over the years. |
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a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change
The cataclysm that was Hurricane Katrina still affects the lives of people in the Delta region. |
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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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noisy outcry
There was a lot of clamor after everyone thought Matt Saracen made a touchdown, but actually lost control of the ball. |
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proportional
Everyone wants pay that commensurates their qualifications. |
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brief, comprehensive summary
The playbook is more than a compendium of strategies drawn up by the coach- it is a tome! |
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overly polite; willing to please; obliging
Matt Saracen is a very complaisant grandson. |
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Lyla Garrity experienced much compuntion after sleeping with Tim Riggins while Jason Street was still recovering. |
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overcoming distrust or hostility
JD's dad offered Coach Taylor a conciliatory bottle of scotch and Cuban cigars after making the mistake of sending over a smoothie truck to the football field. |
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existing concurrently
JD and Matt Saracen are currently concomitant quarterbacks. |
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
Tyra and Landry's relationship confounded almost everyone in Dillon. |
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similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
Jason Steet's congenial nature made him easy for Matt Saracen to trust. |
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person compulsorily enrolled for military service
Matt Saracen's dad is so committed to the military that it seems like he's conscripted. |
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quarrelsome; causing quarrels
The coach that replaced Coach Taylor was very contentious-- he repeatedly insulted all staff members. |
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Buddy Garrity was truly contrite after realizing the damage his affair caused his family. |
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disobedient; rebellious
Tim Riggins is known for being contumacious. However, it is frequently shown that he has a heart. |
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| to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive Tyra cozened Landry into thinking she spent time with her mother. |
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While Landry thought it was craven and un-Christian to not take responsibility for his crime, many people would probably feel it is courageous and justified. |
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scarcity
There is a dearth in resources and school supplies in Dillon High. |
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to express doubt
The town of Dillon demurred Coach Taylor in the beginning as he has never been a head coach before. |
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outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
The denouement of Smash William's story was interesting and very dramatic. |
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state of disuse
Smash William and Jason Street felt depression in desuetude; they felt that they were excluded from the Panthers. |
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random; disconnected; rambling
Mac's desultory rambling about the abilities of black players caused much controversy. |
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shyness; lack of confidence
Matt Saracen's diffidence in real life is overshadowed by his performance in he field. |
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to free from a misconception
Tyra thought that Tami disabused her from her understanding that she is not cut out for college. |
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to make uneasy; disconcert
Julie's sudden change of character discomfitted her parents. |
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When Tim Riggins is drunk, his performance is discordant with the rest of the team. |
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dissimilar
Tim Riggins and Smash Williams might have disparate personalities, but they are interdependent in the field. |
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to pretend; disguise one's motives
JD's father tries to dissemble a sense of support, although Coach Taylor can see through it. |
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to expand; swell out
Contemplation and prayer distended from the football field to the stands as the players prayed for Jason Street's safety. |
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inattentive; preoccupied
For a few weeks, Matt Saracen was distrait in the field as he dealt with the return of his father from Iraq. |
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Buddy Garrity is shamelessly doctrinaire about the traditions of Panther football. |
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poor verse
The doggerel of an explanation that Julie gave Matt intensified his anger towards her, which effectively lead to their separation. |
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stating opinions without proof
It is quote dogmatic of Buddy Garrity to assume that everyone in the district would prefer a jumbotron over more school supplies and resources. |
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waste; worthless matter; trivial matter
Tami Taylor truly believed that to spend money on something as dross as a jumbotron was irresponsible. |
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exhilarated; enthusiastic
Everyone in Dillon was ebullient after the Panthers won the state championship. |
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depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent
Tim Riggins and JD both lead effete lives. Tim is overindulgent and does whatever he wants, while JD is overly refined and controlled by his father to be the best quarterback-- presumably these excesses affect not only their lives, but also their performance in the field. |
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shameless boldness; presumptuousness
Buddy Garrity and Mr. McCoy are both ell known for their effronteries-- they always assume that Coach Taylor needs their advice. |
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poem or song expressing lamentation
Landry has expressed many elegies towards Tyra and her inability to become a better person by choosing the right person to date. |
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blisssful; delightful
Coach Taylor's first win in Dillon is both bitter and Elysian. |
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a formal expression of praise
Coach Taylor's apology to Tim Riggins can also be construed as an encomium-- he praised him for being persistent and his willingness to sacrifice his name for Julie. |
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inherent; belonging to an area
Panther Football culture is endemic to Dillon, Texas. |
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to weaken
The Arnett players tried to enervate Matt Saracen by consistently tackling him throughout the game. |
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steady; unvarying; serene
The fact that Loraine Saracen is not equable makes high school more difficult for Matt. |
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composure; calmness
Lyla Garrity's equanimity after conversion truly made it seem that she was at peace with her mistakes; she seemed more poised and mature. |
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to intentionally use vague language
Buddy Garrity equivocated towards Coach Taylor regarding his returning salary. |
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mistaken; straying from the proper course
Buddy Garrity's affair was truly and errant act in a monogamous marriage. |
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learned; scholarly
Julie is trying hard to be as erudite as her English teacher. |
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hard to understand; known only to a few
Landry's brand of music is really quite esoteric. |
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to make an attempt; subject to a test
Julie essayed to express her deepest apologies for hurting Matt, but he was not in a position to listen. |
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causes or origins
The etiology of Lyla and Jason's relationship was never quite explored. |
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use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language
Coach Taylor used "acting out" as a euphimisn for making out when talking to Julie. |
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to show plainly; be an indication of
Jason Street evinced his autonomy by taking control of the negotiation. |
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to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
The meth dealer that Tim Riggins lived with exacted his money violently to send a message never to mess with him again. |
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to clear of blame; vindicate
Lyla knew there was no way to exculpate herself for cheating on Jason. |
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detestable; abhorrent
After everyone in town found out that Tim Riggins slept with Lyla, the football team throught it was the most execrable act a friend could commit. |
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to urge by strong appeals
Coach Taylor exhorted Smash Williams to be strong and recognize that he has what it takes to make it in the NFl. |
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crisis; urgent requirements
The exigency caused by Jason Street's injury, oddly enough, was the gateway to Matt Saracen's career as a quarterback. |
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to speak or write at length; to elaborate
Tami Taylor attempted to expatiate about the financial situation of Dillon High to the superintendent, although it was clear that he was not listening. |
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to atone for
Tim Riggins attempted to expiate for his mistakes by going with Jason to Mexico. |
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to root up; to destroy
The appearance of the Swede extirpated the much built up relationship between Julie and Matt. |
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a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
Tim Riggins is a secret factotum- not only is he a good fullback, he is a skilled handyman, and a good coach to Bo. |
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plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
Matt spent his freshman year like a fallow- while he trained as part of the team, he was not suited up and cultivated as the quarterback. |
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foolishly self-satisfied
It is easy to write off Smash Williams as a fatuous person, when in fact, he talks himself up because he wants to avoid failure. |
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seeking favor by flattering
Many girls are fawning over Tim Riggins, but he only wants to be with Lyla. |
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suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
Smash Williams recited a felicituous prayer in the field right after Jason Street's injury-- it expressed a collective feeling of sympathy and hope for a fellow player that transgressed any team affiliation. |
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existing in a wild or untamed state
It is easy to see Tyra's family as almost feral-- nevertheless, the Collete women are very cunning. |
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having a bad smell
Feta is fucking fetid. |
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to bind; confine
Jason Street, at first, felt fettere to his wheel chair. Later on, we see him progress and become more comfortable with it, as if it is an extension of his identity, especially in quad rugby. |
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arbitrary order; authorization
The boosters, as represented by Buddy Garrity were sued by the new coach for the fiat that cost him his job. |
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ruddy; reddish; flowery
Julie's cheeks became florid when Matt told her that he loves her. |
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to treat scornfully
Jason flouted Lyla as a way of dealing with her betrayal. |
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Tim Riggins' presence with Lyla at the quad rugby game fomented anger that culminated in Jason punching Tim after the game. |
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Coach Taylor's forbearance with Matt Saracen's development led to their victorious season. |
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Smash Williams' injury forestalled the team from going beyid the palyoffs. |
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menacing; threatening
Cash's character is meant to be formidable and dark compared to Landry. |
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One would think that Mr. Clarke would forswear Landry for his crime. However, he acted like a true father and tried to protect his son the best he can. |
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to sink; fail; collapse
Everyone thought that the team would founder after Jason Street's injury, since the team was built around him. |
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The fracas between Matt and Smash led them to be benched by the coach until they sorted out their issues. |
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Herc was portrayed as a fractious person. However, we later see that this behavior was only to motivate Jason Street to accept his new life as a quadriplegic. |
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stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
While Tim Riggins has his froward moments, he is also kind and knows when it is time to listen. |
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to attack loudly; denounce
Coach Taylor fulminated the other team's coach when he attacked Tim Riggins |
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so excessive as to be disgusting
The fulsome home of the McCoys was so lavish in contrast to some impoverished homes in Dillon. |
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to deny; dispute; oppose
Buddy garrity was left to gainsay the accusations of the new coach that he was intentionally fired to be replaced with Coach Taylor. |
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to frolic; leap playfully
The cheerleaders gamboled after the Panthers won the state championship. |
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very talkative; wordy
Buddy Garrity is known for being garrulous, especially about football. |
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coarse and uncouth; clumsy
Matt Saracen was once a bit gauche in the field until Coach Taylor's guidance molded him into a better player. |
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fluent in an insincere way; offliand
Joe McCoy is very glib; it is obvious that he has ulterior motives to advance J.D. |
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to prod; urge on
Buddy Garrity goaded Tami Taylor to get on with installing the jumbotron. |
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sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs
The gossamer top that Mindy Collete was wearing is truly perfect for a stripper. |
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to complain
Matt Saracen groused that he was benched during his senior year. |
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free of cunning or deceit; artless
While Coach Taylor was guileless about admitting to J.D.'s talent, he pointed out that he knows Matt Saracen much better. |
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calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
Dillon was in a state of halcyon after the Panthers won state championships. |
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| long, pompous speech; tirade |
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tightly sealed; magical
One can say that Coach Taylor's plays are hermetic; it is hard for other teams to see through his methods. |
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unorthodox; not widely accepted
It was heterodox of Coach Taylor to ask Matt Saracen, then a second string quarter back to replace the legendary Jason Street. |
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covered with hair
One can only imagine that Billy Riggins has a hirsute body. |
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relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performances
Buddy Garrity is prone to histrionic performances to get what he wants. For example, he tries to make a phot album to win back his wife after she kicked him out for having an affair |
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| produced by fire; volcanic |
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complicated situation; an entanglement
Coach Taylor was caught in a messy imbroglio after prematurely quitting TMU and conniving to fire the new Panther coach. |
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unchangeable
While even Texas is getting more progressive, some attitudes are still immutable; for example, Noelle's parents did not approve of Smash. |
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showing no emotion
The new coach was impassive about Tim Riggins passing out due to exhaustion. |
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poor; having no money
As Smash Williams was fairly impecunious, he had to take a job at the Alamo Freeze to afford steroids. |
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not easily disturbed
After years of taking care of his grandmother, Matt Saracen is fairly imperturbable when it comes to dealing with Loraine's episodes with dementia. |
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to strike; encroach
Arnett-Mead's offense impinged many blows upon Matt Saracen, knowing that he is key to the Panthers' victory. |
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curse
Loraine nearly made imprecations towards Matt and his mother after she found out Matt might be leaving to go to college. |
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to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
The town of Dillon imputed Coach Taylor's inability to decide between Matt and JD for the Panthers' loss against Arnett-Mead. |
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imperfectly formed or formulated
In the beginning, Matt Saracen was an inchoate quarterback and team player; however, he grew into a stronger player throughout high school. |
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sudden invasion
The sudden incursion of a new team in Dillon High's locker room caused much friction between the players and the coaches. |
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poverty
The indigence of the Saracens is a factor that causes him much stress, as he, too, must act as a provider to his grandmother. |
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habitually lazy; idle
It is undeniable that Tim Riggins is very indolent, albeit talented. |
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not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable
It was certainly difficult for landry to forget Tyra when she is quite ineluctable in school due to her position as student president. |
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unable to move; sluggish
For the most part, TIm and Billy Riggins are inert when they have too much to drink. |
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naive and trusting; lacking sophistication
In the beginning Matt Saracen's character was made to be an ingenuous student who fully trusted the coach, but in a way that he was still naive about the ways of the world, although quickly becoming the man of the house. |
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harmless
Tyra might seem intimidating, but for the most part, she is innocuous. |
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unconscious; unresponsive
Everybody in the stadium became silent after Jason Street laid insensible in the middle of the football fied. |
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indifferent; lacking concern or care
Everyone, including the coach assumed that Tim Riggins is insouciant about football when he took off the Mexico with Jason Street, when in fact, he only wanted to help his best friend. |
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
Some might say that the football culture of Dillon is a product of its insularity, while others see it as an ongoing American tradition. |
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insurmountable; unconquerable
Everyone knows that Arnett-Mead is Dillon's insuperable rival. |
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to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of
Coach Taylor decided to interdict Smash from playing until he became clean in his drug tests. |
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deadly to both sides
Every football player knows that nefarious methods and dirty playing can be internecine for both sides. |
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to insert; change by adding new words or material
Coach Taylor attempted to create a new stretegy by interpolating J.D. with the first string players. |
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interval between reigns; gap in continuity
The show failed to clarify the interregnum of Texas State Champions. It was clear that in 2006, the Panthers won, but nothing was ever said about 2007, other than Smash hurt his knee. |
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not easily managed
Players like TIm Riggins are intractable, but his natural talent as a fullback makes him extremely indispensible. |
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stubbornness; refusal to compromise
Despite Coach Taylor's intransigence about holding the barbecue at his house, the McCoys still ended up hosting the event. |
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to cover with water; overwhelm
Players often inundate coaches with water or Gatorade after winning a game/ Matt was inundated by the many responsibilities he had at such a young age. |
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hardened; accustomed; used to
It is hard to imagine that a man as young as Matt Saracen is inured to his grandmother's sometimes violent and frightening episodes of dementia. |
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verbal abuse
The new coach's invective did nothing to motivate the players; in actuality, it served to dampen everyone's spirits. |
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to disapprove; protest vehemently
Buddy Garrity inveighed at the new coach's decision to have the opening season party somewhere else rather than the Garrity Dealership. |
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to win over by flattery or coaxing
Buddy Garrity eventually won Coach Taylor back after much inveigling and convincing. |
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confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted
It was established in the beginning that Jason Street and Lyla Garrity had an inveterate relationship. |
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likely to provoke ill will; offensive
While Joe McCoy can be perceived as invidious, he acts the way that he does because he wants his son to succeed. |
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| unsure of how to act; weak |
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wandering from place to place; unsettled
Cash is an itinerant cowboy. |
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to be in agreement
Coach taylor eventually jibed with his staff that J.D. must replace Matt Saracen. |
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fond of joking; jocular; playful
Tim Riggins and Landry Clarke are very jocose players. |
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| huge force destroying everything in its path |
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likely to change
Out of all the characters, the writers made Tyra's character very labile, especially in the first season, in order to show the range of her character. |
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using few words
Matt Saracen might be laconic, but he has an expressive face. |
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to thrash verbally or physically
Coach Taylor lambasted the visiting team after their rude stunt at the locker room. |
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lethargy; sluggishness
Loraine's lassitude may be attributed to her high cholesterol level. |
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| an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing |
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light manner or attitude
Landry's levity makes him a very likeable and sympathetic character. |
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to draw; describe
Tyra's limn of her attacker and the artist's limn matched perfectly. |
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clear; transparent
Joe McCoy might think he's slick, but his intentions are very limpid. |
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| bright; clear; intelligible |
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money or profits
Coach Taylor became disheartened about his TMU job when he saw that some players are only after the lucre without any heart for the game itself. |
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plots or schemes
Despite Buddy Garrity's machinations, he manages to be a likeable character. |
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whirlpool; turmoil
The maelstrom caused by Jason Street's spinal injury changed everyone's lives drastically. |
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generosity; nobility
While students must give thanks to the boosters' magnanimity, they must also question who benefits from their funds. |
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to feign illness to escape duty
Tyra malingered from school in order to stay home after she was attacked by a rapist. |
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| a variety of animals kept together |
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dishonest
Tyra was mendacious to Landry when she claimed that she had to stay with her mother to calm her after receiving bad news. |
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beggar
Funny enough, there are no mendicants in Dillon. |
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gaudy; plausible but false; specious
The argument that the jumbotron would put Dillon in the map is meretricious; having a strong academic program and smart football players would have been a better commitment in terms of money allocation. |
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| a branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality |
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courage; endurance
Matt Saracen showed a lot of mettle when he look over for Jason Street. |
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full of courage and fortitude; spirited
Smash attended his walk-in at Texas A&M confident and mettlesome. |
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a small system having analogies to a larger system; small world
It can be said that Dillon is a microcosm of Texas and Texan culture. |
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to work against
Buddy Garrity decided to militate against the new coach for violating traditions. |
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threatening; menacing
The ways of the new coach was perceived by many as minatory. |
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petty details
In the end, the minutia behind Coach Taylor's decision to make J.D. QB1 was unimportant to Matt Saracen. |
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villain; criminal
While it is easy to write of J.D. as the miscreant of the story, it is obvious that he is a timid kid without any sense of arrogance. |
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to cause to become less harsh, severe, or painful; alleviate
Tami mitigated the bad situation Tyra was in by willingly picking her up from Dallas. |
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limited quantity
The modicum of players to represent and the plethora of agents is one reason Jason Street almost did not get a job as a sports agent. |
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to soothe
Lyla and Mindy attempted to mollify their heartaches by drinking together. |
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solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole
A key to the Panters' sucess is their impenetrable and monolithic-like offense. |
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many colored; made up of many parts
Each episode of Friday Night Lights is usually made up of a motley of story arcs that occur among the main characters |
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diverse
For a small town in Texas, Dillon has a surprisingly multifarious student body and football team. |
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black magic
While others would say that Dillon won state championships through necromancy, the players and the coaches know that it was through perseverance and team work. |
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new word or expression
Barney is prone to making neologisms. |
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bewildered
Tami was nonplussed by the fact that one of the players did not inform his parents that he has been playing football for a year. |
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medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure
While Jason almost blindly agreed to paying for the nostrum, even Tim Riggins saw through the ridiculous premise of the cure. |
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trifling; invalid
At first, it seemed that Cash's pill popping was a nugatory detail. Later on, it proved to be an early sign of his true colors. |
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stubborn
Tyra might be obdurate at times, but Tami knows and succeeded into molding her into a more responsible and ambitious woman. |
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overly submissive
Matt Saracen can sometimes be overly obsequious, but he is also known to stand up for himself. |
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funeral ceremony (often used in the plural, obsequies)
The obsequy for the comedian was both dramatic and solemn. |
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to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent
Coach Taylor's return obviated the foreseeable problems that would have happened between the coaches and the players. |
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to shut; block
Matt occluded Julie's attempts to make up for her mistakes. |
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too helpful; meddlesome
Buddy Garrity can be extremely officious when it comes to football. |
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burdensome
Deciding between J.D. and Matt was especially onerous to Coach Taylor. |
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disgrace; contempt
Matt perceived his demotion to QB2 as an opprobium. |
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showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious
Matt thinks that Smash has a tendency to be ostentatious. |
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presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing
Smash is arguably overweening; nevertheless, his injury truly grounded him to be a more levelheaded player. |
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song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy
The town of Dillon sang paeans after the team won the state champtionship. |
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lacking color or liveliness
Dillon's pallid setting was a stark contrast to the lives of the characters. |
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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
Joe McCoy's panegyrics towards Coach taylor was met with much suspicion. |
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model of excellence or perfection
Jason Street was made to be a paragon of the quintessential all-American football player. |
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departing from normal condition
Loraine's demential episodes are indeed, quite pathological. |
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| a regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon |
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scarcity
The paucity of money and resources makes Dillon ultimately lacking in academics. |
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showing off learning
Landry is extremely intelligent but never pedantic. |
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transparent; translucent; easily understood
Many people like Tami Taylor because she is a pellucid communicator. |
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extreme poverty
Santiago's penury was shown by his willingness to capture a pig for money. |
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a wandering from place to place
Cash, due to his work in the rodeo circuits, is prone to peregrination. |
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imperative; leaving no choice
Because Tyra wanted to get in a college it was peremptory for her to do all she can to improve her grades and overall peformance to get in. |
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| present throughout the years; persistent |
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faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
Voodoo was made to be a perfiduous character; he played for money and did not care about the team. |
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| superficial; not thorough; performed really as a duty |
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| point in an orbit that is closest to the Earth |
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to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit.
Loraine was perturbed by the presence of Matt's mom. |
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rude; peevish
At first, Matt was petulant towards his mother, although she is slowly growing on him. |
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calm in temperament; sluggish
It is ironic that the phlegmatic Landry has killed someone. |
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facial features
Jesse Plemon's physiognomy closely resembles Glenn Morshower's. |
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n. fleeting feeling of hurt pride; v. As a verb, pique means to provoke or arouse.
Matt experienced pique after being told that he will again, be QB2. |
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| to lessen another's anger; to pacify |
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calm
After Gracie was born, the Taylor household was anything but placid. |
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melancholy; mournful
It was very touching that in the plaintive moment of Jason's injury, there was still a sense of solidarity among the community. |
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condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
Matt's plasticity was an asset in molding him as a good quarterback. |
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stale, overused expression
Some people might think that clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose is a cliche football platitude, but the players seem to take it to heart in the filed. |
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to determine the depth; to examine deeply
Matt obviousled plumbed the future of his grandmother enough to decide that he needed to get his mother's signature despite not wanting to see her. |
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society ruled by the wealthy
Even Dillon is a good example of plutcracy, those with money, such as the boosters, get to control the spending. |
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to talk idly; chatter
While Julie and Eric talked about Moby Dick and football, Tami prated about his and hers closets. |
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uncertain
Julie made bad decisions, but it was ultimately due to the typical teenage precariousness about solid commitments. |
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v. to cause to happen; throw down from a height ajd. rash; hasty; sudden
Moving the party away from Garrity Motors precipitated Buddy's full force campaign against the new coach. |
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capable of grasping
Loraine, unfortunately, is not prehensile enough to understand why Matt must leave for college. |
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to foretell; indicate in advance
Tami presaged the trouble that Cash would cause. |
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beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural
Matt Saracen's winning touchdown was truly preternatural. |
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to quibble; evade the truth
Tami's prevarication about being able to afford the house did not convince Eric. |
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honesty; high-mindedness
Tami's probity is one of the qualities that Eric loves about her. |
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wasteful; extravagant; lavish
Tim Riggins' prodigal lifestyle changed when Lyla came around. |
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so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
Coach Taylor is prohibitive of using performance enhancing drugs. |
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to win over; appease
J.D. works hard to become successful, which can be perceived as an attempt to propitiate his father. |
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correct conduct; fitness
J.D.'s propriety is very unusual for a player with his standing. |
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to condemn; forbid; outlaw
Coach Taylor proscribed his players from accepting gifts. |
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providing for future needs; frugal
Eric is a provident husband and father. |
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powerful
The boosters are extremely puissant and influential in termsof fiscal decisions. |
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careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony.
While Coach Taylor was punctilious about TMUs ways and methods, he still felt that it was not a proper fit. |
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cowardly
Landry thought it was pusillanimous to avoid admitting to his crime. |
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| marsh; difficult situation |
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to cower; lose heart
matt Saracen quailed after he was demoted. |
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inactive; still
The quiescent moments between Julie and Matt are some of the most tender moments of the show. |
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| number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
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witty, skillful storyteller
Tami is a skillful raconteur, which makes her extremely convincing and likeable. |
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clothing
Eric and Tami were sometimes concerned about Julie's choice of raiment. |
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refined
J.D. has rarefied manners. |
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puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
The photos in Tami's office are like a rebus; they tell a story of her family's long journey. |
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resisting authority or control
It is not that TIm Riggins is recalcitrant; it seems more like he did not grow up with any source of guidance. |
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abstruse; profound
Tim surprisingly gave Jason recondite advise to court a prominent football player and use him as leverage to get a job. |
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formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
Arnett-Mead's strength as a team truly makes them formidable. |
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stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
Matt Saracen was temporarily in a refractory mode to show his disdain towards Coach Taylor's decision. |
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brightly shining; resplendent
Julie was refulgent after seeing Matt succeed in his new position. |
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to object or protest
Julie remonstrated against her father's stuborness about not allowing Matt to be a receiver. |
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to go back on one's word
Coach Taylor gladly reneged his harsh words towards Tim after he found out the truth. |
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fret; complain
Matt repined about the attention that J.D. was getting, while he was obviously under pressure to lose his position. |
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to find fault with; blame
The Garrity children reproached their father after finding out that their parents were getting a divorce due to his indiscretion. |
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morally unprincipled person
Even though Lyla cheated on Jason, it is unfair to see her as a reprobate. |
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to reject as having no authority
Voodoo repudiated Coach Taylor's commands. |
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not speeking freely; reserved; reluctant
J.D. was reticent about his relationship with his father. |
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to regret
Tyra rued her decision to go to Dallas with Cash. |
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a retaliatory action or retort
Matt thought that being obstinate was a sort of riposte against Coach Taylor's decision. |
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excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe
J.D.'s shrine was indeed, very rococo. |
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healthful
J.D. has a very salubrious diet. |
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expecting an improvement; favorable to health
Coach Taylor convinced Smash that continuously practicing is salutary and would help him recover. |
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cynical; scornfully mocking
Julie often took on a sardonic tone when talking to her parents. |
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pertaining to tailors
While Jason's suit did not have the sartorial elegance of the expensive 2,000 suit, he had enough drive and confidence to pull it off. |
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gloomy
it was a saturnine evening in Dillon when Jason Street became paralyzed. |
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| a creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of Dionysos; a lecher |
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| behavior prompting rebellion |
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dilligent
While lacking in exceeding talent, Matt Saracen is a very sedulous layer. |
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relating to earthquakes; earthshaking
The seismic event of Jason's injury shook up Dillon. |
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aware; conscious; able to perceive
There are times that Loraine is not sentient, and other times when she is fully lucid. |
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submissive; obedient
Matt was enraged that despite being servile to Coach Taylor, he was ousted from being QB1. |
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apelike; relating to apes
Mac might as well have said that the black players are simian. |
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well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
Some people think that being a coach is sinecure and glamorous, but Coach Taylor shows that a good coach is involved in the lives of his players off the field. |
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winding; intricate; complex
Julie made a sinuous argument to get her father to sign a sheet that would change her class schedule. |
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thoroughly soaked; saturated
Tim's liver is probably sodden with beer. |
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concerned; attentive; eager
Tyra went up against solicitous candidates, but she made the most appealing argument. |
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able to meet financial obligations
Smash wanted to play professional football in order for his family to become solvent in the future. |
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relating to or affecting the body; corporeal
Football has many somatic effects. Just ask Jason Street and Smash Williams. |
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sleep producing
Exhaustion from making out apparently had a soporific effect on Matt and Julie. |
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filthy; contemptible and corrupt
The Landing Strip is a sordid place for any decent person. |
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seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so
Tami's argument to buy the beautiful house was specious, but Eric's argument against it was more sound. |
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person who spends money recklessly
Tyra's mother is a total spendthrift. After getting fired from her job, she chose to use her severance pay to get her nails done rather than save money. |
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to stop or check the flow of
Lyla Garrity's anxiety was stanched when she found resolve through faith. |
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extremely loud
Buddy Garrity is a quintessential stentorian. |
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having or showing little emotion
Landry was at first stolid to Devin's attempts to be friendly. |
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| marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels |
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something that restrains; negative criticism
Coach Taylor's strictures leveled Smash's primadonna attitude. |
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loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy
The strident sound that everyone heard was actually of trains crashing near Dillon High. |
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to impair or reduce to uselessness
Matt felt stultified after being replaced by a freshman. |
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dark and gloomy; hellish
The stygian atmosphere of the bar in Dallas opened Tyra's eyes to her future with Cash. |
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to include; incorporate
Coach Taylor had to eventually open his mind to subsuming J.D. as a first string player in order to win games. |
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intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government
To fire the new coach was a subversive act in part of Buddy, but inevitably, in part of Coach Taylor. |
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relief; help in time of distress or want
Julie's companionship was an agent of succor that helped Matt cope with his demotion. |
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various
Matt had a sundry of worries to deal with before he could even think of college. |
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beseeching
Coach Taylor suppliantly pleaded with a player's parents to consider football as a positive choice, not negative. |
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one who asks humbly and earnestly
The night Billy proposed to Mindy, a supplicant Tyra appeared at the Taylors door, asking for guidance. |
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the act of assuming to be true or real
The Street family's supposition that Jason is an invalid deeply offended him. |
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a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise. a minor premise, and a conclusion
Coach taylor often goes through many syllogism before making a tactical decision. |
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related to the woods or forest
Even through the serene, sylvan atmosphere of the camping grounds, Buddy Garrity could not escape the judgment of his children. |
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unnecessary repetition
One reason Coach Taylor did not want to attend the barbecue was that he was tired of hearing tautologies on how J.D. should start as the quarterback. |
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| science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories |
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weak; insubstantial
Because she was deeply affected by Cash and his instability, Tyra's interview became tenuous and did not show her potential as a good student. |
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the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color
Tyra was comforted by the timbre of Landry's voice. |
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flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man
At first, it seemed that Landry was a bit toady. However, his character develops into a sensitive and intelligent young man. |
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lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
TIm's torpor in daily life is a deep contrast with his performance in the field. |
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a turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis
Matt's showed a lot of torque towards the end of the Arnett-Mead game. |
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having many twists and turns; highly complex
Thge story arc between Tyra and Landry was indeed tortuous; it was riddled with love, pain, happiness and betrayal. |
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obedient; yielding
When Tyra has her tractable moments, she is able to succeed in anything she does. |
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work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish
Tyra's discovery that her overall GPA will be a hindrance to getting into college made her years' worth of travail into almost nothing. |
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| article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
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trembling; quivering; frugal; timid
J.D. at first appeared to be tremulous character. |
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aggressiveness; ferocity
Tim Riggins truculence makes him an appropriate fullback. |
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swollen; distended
Smash's tumid knee had to be soaked after every game. |
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muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion
The game at the open farm turned out to be very turbid, but also very exciting |
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swollen; bloated; pompous
Smash had a turgid ego that was only worsened by girls fawning over him. |
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serving as a guardian or protector
Coach Taylor was also a tutelary of his players. He often serves as a father figure to the main characters. |
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mysterious; strange
J.D. appeared uncanny at first due to his achievements and skill at such a young age. |
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indefensible
Buddy Garrity's affair was truly untenable. |
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not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly
The fallout between Matt and Smash was indeed untoward for the team. |
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practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
Jews were historically accused of usury. |
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pertaining to a farewell
Smash's valedictory episode was indeed, very touching. |
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tasteless; dull
One can only assume that J.D. eats very vapid food. |
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to boast; brag
Buddy vaunted to Lyla that their dinner meat cost $40 a piece. |
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bribable; mercenary; corruptible
Joe McCoy assumed that Coach Taylor was venal by giving him Cuban cigars and scotch. |
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prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility
Dillon settled their vendetta with Arnett Mead by winning the playoffs. |
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truthful; accurate
While hard to accept, Eric was veracious that buying an expensive home was a risk that the family could not take at the moment. |
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irritation; annoyance; confusion; puzzlement
Matt experienced much vexation when he was replaced; after all, he religiously listened to Coach Taylor and led the team to state championship. |
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countenance; appearance; aspect
Landry may have a plain visage, but the person within him has much more to offer. |
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to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative
At first, tami assumed that Tyra vitiated Julie. |
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using or containing harsh, abusive censure
Tami's slightly vituperative response to Tyra opened her eyes that she needed to stop acting like she can coast on a stupid platform. |
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whirlpool; whirlwind; center of turbulence
Matt's junior year was characterized by being in the middle of a chaotic vortex of relationsips falling apart. |
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to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil
Smash weltered about his future after his injury. |
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vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful
Tyra was wistful after her conversation with Landry. |
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reproach, charge, accuse
Matt upbraided the coach of using Dillon as a stepping stone to improve his career. |
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express support
Coach Taylor undergirded Buddy's plan, which made him complicit to getting rid of the new coach. |
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