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Climax/point of highest interest or excitement |
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The movie's climax was very boring.
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Compels: forces to do something |
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His wife's death compelled him to start a cancer research organization. |
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Favorable: beneficial or advantageous |
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His first movie got highly favorable reviews.
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Foliage: leaves of a plant |
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That tree has a thick foliage
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Municipal: part of a local government |
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| The municipal offices are located three doors down. |
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Specimens: parts of a group to be used as a sample. |
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| The whale shark is a very interesting specimen. |
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Residents: people who live in a place |
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The town's residents were evacuated due to a terrorist threat.
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Varying: differing, changing |
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| Teenagers have varying degrees of maturity. |
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Blemished: stained, marked with a flaw |
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After the prostitution scandal, the politician's reputation was blemished.
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Burly: strong, large and muscular |
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He was a burly man, one you'd expect to work at a construction site, not in the fashion industry.
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Commences: begins, starts |
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The shark commences eating the human.
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Harmonious: balanced in a pleasing way. |
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Nature is harmonious, it presents a natural balance.
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Inconceivable: unbelievable, unimaginable |
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That the other team would ever win the match was something inconceivable to him, he had never, even for a tiny moment, considered that possibility.
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Incredulity: inability to believe |
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His response to being beaten was pure incredulity, he simply couldn't believe it.
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Postscript: a noted added at the end of a piece of writing. |
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In the postscript, she asked him to look after her sister.
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Prophecy: prediction of the future |
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The prophecy said he would be killed by a man in a speedo.
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