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(comparable)
they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children |
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(burning)
It was a Caustic cleaner because the chemicals were able to burn away all residue. |
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(harmful)
releasing the documents would be detrimental to national security |
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(praise)
the father extolled the morals of his daughter
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(Just beginning)
He could feel incipient anger building up. |
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(genourous)
When we emerge from this war we will be magnanimous and help the opposition rebuild. |
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(fence made of posts)
You need to surround the building with a palisade said the archictectural engineer. |
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(having fore knowledge)
The weatherman have a prescient warning about the impending storm |
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the mountain climber had successfully scaled mount everest |
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(damaged / attacked)
One mistake could undermine years of hard work by the company. |
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The boy had created an anarchy and every one ran rampant killing each other. |
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(procession of vehicles)
The cavalcade parade consisted of many nice mustangs and some other crappy cars. |
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(greedily eat)
The girl was so hungry that she devoured half the food in the fridge. |
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(deport from one country back to one's home country)
The criminal was extradited back to his home in Italy. |
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(tendency)
John was a scientist by training and inclination, he was just a science nerd. |
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(powerful business man)
He was a wealthy magnate and owned many companies. |
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(A remedy that improves but doesn't cure)
Aleve is palliative, it helps the pain, but it can't cure a broken bone. |
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(A feeling that something might happen)
She had a presentiment of impending doom. |
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(a person who is blamed for the wrongs of others)
The boy was a scapegoat, he was blamed for everything |
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(emphasize)
The medical field underscores how far its come in finding cures. |
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(a brief amusing story)
Mr. Wells loves when you start papers with anecdotes, he is amused by true experiences. |
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She ran with great celerity, she was the fastest on the running team. |
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(skillful with hands)
He was a dexterous piano player and could play really hard pieces of music. |
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(Irrelevant)
The internet is filled with a lot of extraneous material and it can be very annoying try to find relevant reliable material. |
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(not clear)
My writing has been very incoherant lately; I cannot seem to get the right words and say things clearly. |
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(clumsy)
He had huge maladroit movements and often fell down because he was so clumsy. |
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(assuming too much)
I hope I won't be considered presumptuous if I offer some advice |
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careful
the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail |
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Pale
She was a very pallid person, a ghost looked black compared to her. |
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(clear/obvious)
he was unequivocal in condemning the violence |
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(hatred)
He had a great animosity to immature people. |
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dissapproving
modest, charitable in his judgments, never censorious, Jim carried tolerance almost too far |
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there is a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism |
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(predict on the basis of known data)
They tempted to extrapolate likely human cancers from labatory stories. |
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(not fitting)
The conclusion was incongrous to the data collected, it didn't seem to match or make sense. |
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illness
The children had an incurable malady that made them very sick and die within two months. |
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easily felt
She had a palpable zit on her face that bothered her because she could feel it but couldn't pop it. |
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pompous
He was a pretentious man that liked to show off his bling because it made him seem extremely rich. |
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examine carefully
The proffessor scrutinized the work of his researchers, he wanted everything to be 100% accurate. |
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set free
The bird was undefettered from its cage. |
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