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verb- to be summoned by troops
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adj- stern severe
The enemy had a very stern attitude
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noun- a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification.
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| noun- paroxysm any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion ; There was a sudden parpxysm in the battle field. verbal context |
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Ruse –noun
a trick, stratagem, or artifice
My little brother thought his present was a ruse , but it realy was a nintendo DS. Contrast |
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Remorse –noun
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction. I felt remorse after braking my little cousin's stick.
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Rakishly –adjective
dashingly jaunty jauntily
Rakishly means jaunty.
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craven –adjective
cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. He was so cowardly that his cravenness was starting to get annoying. Synomym |
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cannonading –noun
a continued discharge of cannon, esp. during an attack. The people could hear the connonading from the houses. Verbal contnext |
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inscrutable –adjective
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. The criminal thought he had an inscrutable gun but it really was tracable. Synonym |
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1. firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion. Getting straight A's in school was a New years resolution. Verbal content |
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noun- a territory over which rule or control is excersised ; ruled by one
domain means a territory over which rule or control is excersised ; ruled by one
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requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
Finding out how safe cars are is a laborious expierment
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adjective- astute or sharp in practical matter
The student was very shrewd and not foolish at all
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| a pretentious, swaggering display of courage; The man was scorned for acting cowardly instead of with bravado against the attackers. Contrast |
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1. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite
The government had a esoteric file not meant for everyone.
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verb (used without object) to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
Weltering to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea. deinition |
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1. of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple; uncompounded.
The explorer was very fond of the elements and elimental. Synonym |
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1. the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
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likely to occur at any moment; impending Tornando's cannot be predicted but are imminent. Contrast |
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eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing ; Being preemient is being superior
The fisher had the pre-eminence of having bate but the disadvantage of it being dark. Contrast |
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1. an ancient city of SW Asia, on the Euphrates River, famed for its magnificence and culture: capital of Babylonia and later of the Chaldean empire.
Babylon is an ancient city of SW Asia, on the Euphrates River, famed for its magnificence and culture: capital of Babylonia and later of the Chaldean empire. |
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2. not allowed; prohibited .
We were not allowed into a certain part of the musuem because it was forbidden.
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1. to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates
Purification is to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates
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1. the art, act, or an instance of enchanting.
The talking dishes in the fairytale were not evil but enchantments.
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1. a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent.
My brother was baying acting as if he were a dog houling. |
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1. a room that admits to a larger room.
An Anteroom is a room that admites to a larger room. |
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1. to call upon to do something specified
Summoned means to call upon to do something specified. |
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1. bewildered; puzzled
The puzzle was not simple but very perplexed.
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to command (a person) not to do
something, have something, etc., or not
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The adults were allowed into the club but children were forbade to go in.
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Adj. - contemptuous; mocking:
The mother was rude and the child was derisive. Synonynm |
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–adjective bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable
The wood was flexible and pliant.
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of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.
Atavistic means of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type. |
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Adv. –adjective
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold
She held onto me Tenaciously.
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