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Shrill howlng or wailing noise.
The caterwauling in the courtyard continued all night. |
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Think deeply,
Sit there and cogitate on your actions, young man. |
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Adventure.
We listened raptly as she recounted her escapades in the Amazon. |
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Bringing memories or feelings to mind.
We wept at the deeply evocative song. |
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Spit.
Am I to be responsible whenever this sidewalk is expectorated upon? |
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Disturb or disconcert.
I said the course would be challenging but it didn't faze him. |
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A ruler. Usually used for punishment.
"Back to your seat," the nun said, lifting the ferule. |
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Troublemaker.
At night the town is overrun by laless miscreants. |
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Repulsive.
He made his way toward the cave, where lived an odious Cyclops. |
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Having great meaning or significance; pompous or overly solemn.
He reached for the book with portentous gravitas. |
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Feel or show fear or apprehension.
The student quailed at the thought of repeating the entire 8th grade. |
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Hurried, careless writing.
Please type your response. I cant read your scrawl. |
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Calm, showing little emotion.
The stolid judge denied my appeal. |
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Awesome excellence or grandeur.
The sublimity of Beethoven's 9th Symphony is unequalled. |
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Scold.
I don't mean to upbraid you for your creativity, but one seldom wears three different patterns of plaid. |
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Wanderer, beggar.
We had to roust the vagrants out of the old homestead before we could renovate it. |
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