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05/29/2005

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Missionary
Definition
N someone who spreads religion

the missionary turned all of the indians catholic.
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Meager
Definition
adj small amount
deficiant in quality fullness or extent

The meager portions of food made the man stave to death.
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tardy
Definition
ADJ late

he was tardy to the interview so he lost his job.
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Indifferent
Definition
having no particular interest or concern

my friends and i were indifferent abot which movie to see.
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Guise
Definition
N Outward apearance or pretense

i put on a happy guise so that they would not know how much i really hated the food
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pretense
Definition
N the act of pretending

with make up the old woman looked a lot younger.
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procession
Definition
N a group moving along in an orderly and formal manner

when i lost my mom it was hard to find her because of the procesion of people.
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Insolent
Definition
ADJ rude of disrespectful in an insulting mannor

when i asked the insolent girl to help me lift the heavy boxs she just stood there and roled her eyes at me.
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Felicitous
Definition
ADJ marked by happiness or good fortune

I had a felicitous day when i found a 100 dollar bill.
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Auspicious
Definition
ADJ marked by success

the most auspicious day so far was my bar mitzvah because i finaly became a man.
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benevolent
Definition
n characterized by or suggesting of doing good

Bob the insurance sales man from mississippi smilead benevolently so he made me feel like he was a real friend
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Flat
Definition
N Apartment

the british man said you have a beautiful flat in manhatten but he later had to explain that a flat an aparment
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touted
Definition
V to phrase publicly

i was touted to be a computer hacker but i never felt i could so people were happy.
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stagnant
Definition
ADJ Motionless

the water was stagnant at 11 at night till i jumped in.
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chagrined
Definition
N a keen feeling of mental unease or to vex or upset through humility.

my grandmother chagrined my hair by calling me ugly.
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admonished
Definition
V. to reprove gently but earnestly

when i broke my old bed my parenrts admonished me and said i had to live with it.
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Reproach
Definition
v to express disapproval

when i showed my parents my girl friend and said she wasn't jewish they reproached me and said What aren't there enough jewish girls in the world.
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prodigal
Definition
ADJ recklestly extravagent

When i saw someone pay 100,000 dollars for a jacket i thought that that was very prodigal of him when there are children starving in malasha
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Frank
Definition
Adj openly honest

Thought that the street vendor was not being frank about the quality of sun glasses.
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irrevocable
Definition
ADJ impossible to change revers or recover

when i deleted the huge english paper i was so mad that all my work was irrevocable since it was gone forever.
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irrevocable
Definition
ADJ impossible to change revers or recover

when i deleted the huge english paper i was so mad that all my work was irrevocable since it was gone forever.
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irrevocable
Definition
ADJ impossible to change revers or recover

when i deleted the huge english paper i was so mad that all my work was irrevocable since it was gone forever.
Term
mundane
Definition
Adj dull

the mundane meeting made me fall into a deep slumber.
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inviolable
Definition
ADJ secure from violation

Inviolabe room in the house made the man feel so safe but he still got robbed.
Term
sullied
Definition
v to soil or make dirty

the man sullied his new cloths when a car went by a big puddle.
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acquiesced
Definition
V. to accept passivly

After offering my sister a bribe she acquesied and got me what i wanted.
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covenant
Definition
N a binding agreement with god

i had a covenant that if i got all a's i would never say a curse again
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humility
Definition
N. not boastful

the smart man had hymulity and never boasted so no on new of how smart he was.
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nirvana
Definition
the final goal of buddihim perfectition

when u reach nirvana u shall always be happy
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Uncanny
Definition
strange or mysterious in an unsettling way

i have a friend who looks like brad pitt and people are always asking for his autograph.
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insidiously
Definition
ADJ proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

sexually transmitted diseases can be insidious and sometimes without symptoms.
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Forlorn
Definition
ADJ pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

forlorn figures at bus stops.
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