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| a green coating on copper |
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probable or likely
having the appearance of being truthful
eg., Something verisimilar appears to be the truth, although it may not actually be. |
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appearance of truth
likelihood |
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living language
natural style |
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pertaining to spring
eg., vernal showers |
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food
eg., There were a variety of viands at the banquet. |
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a picture
a short literary sketch |
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a winemaker
a seller of wines |
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| a tool for holding work in place |
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to spoil the effect of; to make inoperative
eg., Any act of fraud would naturally vitiate the contract. |
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| pertaining to or resembling glass |
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| the dissection of live animals |
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a female fox
an ill-tempered woman |
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fluent; glib; talkative
eg., voluble news anchors |
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to grant condescendingly
to guarantee |
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fox-like
crafty
eg., Although she disliked his sly craftiness, she granted him a certain vulpine intelligence. |
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| to speak equivocally on an issue |
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| moved gently by wind or waves |
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mischievous, humorous; tricky
eg., a prankster's waggish tricks |
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a homeless child or animal
something found |
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to give up temporarily; yield
(NOTE the spelling)
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to wiggle out; fake
eg., She managed to wangle an invitation to the embassy party. |
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unrestrained
willfully malicious
unchaste |
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tunnels in which rabbits live
crowded living conditions |
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profligate
eg., a wastrel who dissipated an enormous inheritance |
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to ambush
to lay in wait
eg., He was waylayed in a dark alley near his home. |
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(n) a turmoil
(n) a bewildering jumble
(v) to wallow
eg., The south of Bogotá is a welter of ramshackle abodes. |
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| a young dog, wolf, tiger, etc. |
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a tiny speck; shred
eg., I don't care a whit about what others think. |
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a ring of leaves around a stem
a ring |
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fallen fruit
something unexpected and positive |
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to sift
to seperate the good parts from the bad
eg., The psychometric tests were deisgned to winnow out the good candidates. |
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agreeable; gracious; engaging
eg., Joey has no problems making friends due to his winsome character. |
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pull away; take by violence
eg., to wrest victory from the opposing team |
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a middle-class farmer
a man owning a small estate |
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time past
eg., the elegant country estates of yore |
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point directly overhead
summit
eg., the sun was at its zenith |
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