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Pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics. Having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty.
Mr. Brennan cares about the aesthetic quality of the classroom. That’s why he has lamps instead of overhead lights and plants instead of cheesy posters. |
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: the sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
The bell tolling in the play Julius Caesar is a famous anachronism because clocks with bells had not been invented by the ancient Romans. |
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being without moisture; extremely; parched: arid land; an arid climate. Barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farm. Lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune:
Over the years, the arid desert air dried out the woman’s skin, so she eventually became extremely wrinkled. |
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nce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim,responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner:
Theaging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. |
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to hold oneself back voluntarily, esp. from somethingregarded as improper or unhealthy ):
to abstain from eating meat. |
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adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: A friend will show his or her true colors in times of adversity.
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: the sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
The bell tolling in the play Julius Caesar is a famous anachronism because clocks with bells had not been invented by the ancient Romans. |
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Amicable – characterized by or showing goodwill; friends; peaceable; an American settlement. – So far, all the students have been quite amicable to one another |
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Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feeldings: benevolent attitude
Desiring to help others; charitalbe
Mother Teresa was a benevolent person. Someday, she might be a saint. |
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A particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question
The KKK has a bias against black people, Catholics and Jews. |
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Noisy'
The music was drowned out by the bosterous crowd. |
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shameless or impudent; made of brass
Some people find nude sculpures to provocative and brazen. |
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Abrupt in manner; blunt; rouch:
The sergeant's brusque way of talking intimidated the soldier.
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Camaraderie – comradeship; good-fellowship |
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Because of our sprit camaraderie, we were able to work together to make the peace sign on the football field. |
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Canny - careful; cautious: prudengt: a canny reply. |
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The canny spy was able to observe the crowd below using his spy bat camera. |
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Capacious - capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: |
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The capacious stadium held over 100,000 fans. |
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Capitulate - to surrender unconditionally or an stipulated term |
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Because the white queen put me in checkmate, I decided to capitulate. |
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Clairvoyant - having or claming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision |
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The flairvoyant was able to prediuct my future. |
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