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go,step
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digress- to go astray (from the main point)
regress- go backwards
gradual- step by step, by degrees
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Writing
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epigram- pithy statement
telegram- instantaneous message over great distance
stenography- shorthand(writing narrowly) |
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flock,herd
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gregarious- tending to group together in a herd
aggregate- group, total
egregious- conspicuously |
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Sun
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heliotrope- flower that faces the sun
heliograph- instrument that uses the sun's rays to send signals. |
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journey,road
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exit- way out
itinerary- plan of journey |
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to throw
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projectile- missile; something thrown foward
trajectory- path taken by thrown object
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to swear
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prejure- testify falsely
jury- group of men and women sworn to seek truth
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to work
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laboratory- place where work is done.
laborious-difficult |
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to choose, to read
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election- choice
legible- able to read
eligible- able to be selected |
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law
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legislature- lawmaking body
legitimate- lawful
legal- lawful |
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book
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library- collection of books
libretto- the "book" of a musical play |
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free
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liberation- the fact of setting free
liberal- generous |
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word,study
illustration:
entomology: study of insects
etymology: study of word parts and derivations |
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to talk
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loquacious- talkative
soliloquy- speech by one individual |
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light
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elucidate- enlighten
lucid- clear |
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great
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magnify- enlarge
magnitude- greatness, extent |
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bad
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malevolent- wishing evil
malediction- curse
malefactor- evil doer |
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hand
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manufacture- create (by hand)
manuscript- written by hand |
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sea
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maritime- connected with seafaring
submarine- undersea craft |
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mother
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maternal- pertaining to motherhood
matriarch- female ruler of the family or group |
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to send
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missile- projective
dismiss- send away |
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move
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mobilize- cause to move
motility- ability to move
immovable- not able to be moved |
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to warn
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admonish- warn
premonition- foreshadowing |
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to die
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mortuary- funeral parlor
moribund- dying
immortal- not dying |
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shape, form
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amorphous- formless, lacking shape
metamorphosis- change of shape |
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change
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immutable- not able to be changed
mutate- undergo a great change
mutability- changeablness, inconstancy |
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born
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innate- birth
prenatal- before birth
nativity- birth
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ship
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navigate- saila ship
circumnavigate- sail around the world
naval- pertaining to ships |
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width, extent
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we were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge. |
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conciseness
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Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word. |
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shwoing irritation
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the dog stood there, bristling with anger. |
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easily broken
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My employer's selfcontrol was a as brittle as an egg shell. |
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introduce
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jack did not even try ot broach the subject of religion with his in-laws. |
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bully
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Billy resisted Teds attempts browbeat him into handing over his lunch money. |
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main impact or shock
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Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the owkr fell on others. |
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blunt, abrupt
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was bruce too brusque when he brushed off bob's request with a curt "Not Now !" ? |
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pirate
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At disneyland the pirates of the carribean sing a song about their lives as bloody buccaneers. |
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rustic, rural, farmlike
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filled wiht browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight. |
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slap, knock out
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to buffet something is to rough it up. |
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clowning
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baffon, in the ave ventura movies, jim carrey's buffoonery was hilarious |
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strong defense, perosn who defends
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the navy si our principal bulwark against invasion. |
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self-assertive
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his classmates called him a show off because of his bumptious airs. |
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mismanage, blunder
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don't botch this assignment, bumstead; if you bungle the job, you're fired! |
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over-regulated administrative system marked by red tape.
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the internal revenue is the ultimate bureaucracy. |
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grow forth
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in the spring plantsthat burgeon are a promise of the beauty that come. |
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give an imitation that ridicules
example:
in spaceboat, rick moranis burlesques darth vader of star wars walk. |
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husky
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the burly mover lifted the packing crate with ease. |
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to amke shiny by rubbing, polishing
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the maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lampling. |
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move with more energy
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david and the children bustled about the house getting in each others way as they tried tried to camp for the camping trip. |
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support, prop up
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the attorney came up with several far-fetched arguements in a vain attempt to buttress his weak case. |
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plump,full bossomed
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fashion models usually slima nd willow rather than buxom |
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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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the cabal was defeated when their scheme was discovered. |
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hiding place
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the detectives followed the suspect until he led them to the cache where he had stored his loot. |
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discordant
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do the students in the orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they're tuning up? |
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coax, wheedle
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diane tried to cajole her father into letting her drive the family car. |
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disaster
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as news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the sstricken community. |
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ability
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the scholarhsip committee searched for students of higher caliber. |
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hardened
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he had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards. |
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youthful, immature
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as a freshman, jack was sure he was a man of the world, as a sophmore he made fun of freshman as callow youths. In both cases it showed how his judgement smade him seem callow himself.
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heat producing
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coal is much more calorific than green wood. |
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malicious, misrepresentation
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he could endure his financial failure, but he could not bear the calunny that his does heaped upon him |
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shellor jewel carved in relief
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dont buy cameos form the street peddlers in rome |
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frankness, open honesty
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jakc can carry candor too far |
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shrewd , thrifty
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the canny scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers |
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insincere expressions of piety
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shocked by the news of the ministers extramarital love affairs, the worshippers dissmissed his talk about the sacredness of marriage as mere cant. |
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ill humoured, irritable
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constantly complaining about his treatment and reffusing to cooperate with the hoispital stafff, he was a cantankerous patient. |
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slow gallop
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because the racehorse had outdistanced its ccompetition so easily the reporter wrote that the race was won ina canter
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division of a long poem
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dante's poetic masterpiece the divine comedy is divided into cantos |
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determine votes
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after canvassing the sentiments of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority of his district. |
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spacious
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the the capacious rotunda of the railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for the train. |
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surrender
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the enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation |
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unpredictible
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the storm was capricious. |
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cheif
example:
if you want to increase your word power, the cardinal rule of vocabulary building is to read. |
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lurch, sway sidde to side
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the taxicab careened wildly as it rounded the corner |
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exxageratted picture or description
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the cartoonists caricature of president bush grossly exaggerated the size of the presidents ears. |
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destruction of life
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the film the killing fields vividly depicts the carnage wreaked by pol pots followers in cambodia.
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fleshly
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is the public more interested in carnal pleassures than in spiritual matters? |
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finding fault
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a carping critic is a nit picker. |
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criticize severely
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when the teacher threatend to castigate the mischevious boys if they didn't behave, they shaped up in a hurry. |
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fatal accident
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the number of automobile casualies on this holiday weekend was high |
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violent upheavel
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the russian revolution was a political and social cataclysim that overturned czarsit rule. |
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agent which brings about a chemical change while it remians unaffected and unchanged.
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many chemical reactions cannot take place without the prescence of a catalyst. |
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great waterfall, eye abnormality
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she gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as niagra falls |
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