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| Feeling great shock or pain. a felt aghast when we learned about Hitler. |
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| ALLUSION/allusion/ul oo shun |
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| A brief mention without going into details. I wish we went into more detail with hat allusion. |
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| CHATTEL/chattel/ chat tel |
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| A piece of property that can be moved. My couch and chair is chattel, bu not my house. |
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| CONSIGN/consign/ con sign |
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| To give over, entrust; to send or address. my teacher consigned me the class pet hamster. |
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| DEFERENTIAL/deferential/ def er en chal |
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| Very respected. Lassie is deferential. |
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| Modest and shy, or pretending to be modest and shy. Violet always bowed demurely to everyone at her pew. |
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| DILIGENT/diligent/dil eh gint |
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| Doing one's work in a careful, steady way;working hard. Marianne worked diligently on the midterm. |
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| To thin out or weaken by adding water or another liquid; to weaken by mixing with something else. Since the coffee was so sweet, Chuck diluted it with water. |
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| DIMINISH/diminish/ dee min ish |
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| To make or become smaller in size or less in force. The English army diminished because the American army was winning. |
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| DOLEFUL/doleful/ dole full |
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| Very sad, sorrowful, gloomy. Diana was doleful after her mother died. |
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| ENDEAVOR/endeavor/ in dee ver |
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| To try very hard; to make an effort; to strive. Edward endeavored on that petition. |
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| To come after;to follow. Lian ensued Charles everywhere. |
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| EXASPERATION/exasperation/ ex sass per a shun |
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| Anger, annoy, or irritation. My sister was so exasperating when i was trying to do my homework. |
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| to preten;to make up something that's not true. Actors should be really good at feigning. |
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| To shape on a forge by heating or pounding; to move with diffuclty or with sudden speed and energy; to make something false to be passed off as true or real. The blacksmith forged a sword. |
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| Filled or loaded. The car's engine was fraught with gasoline. |
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| Not wasteful;thrifty/ the poor man spent money frugally. |
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| FURROWED/furrowed/ fer owed |
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| A long groove made in the ground by a plow; a deep wrinkle on the face. The master's eye furrowed in confusion when the poor little boy asked him a question. |
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| HALTINGLY/haltingly/ halt ing lee |
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| With hesitation or uncertinty. Nervous Nora recited the song at auditions haltingly. |
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| IMPASSIVE/impassive/ imp asse iv |
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| Not showing any feelings or emotions. During the play, Jo-anne felt like laughing, but kept impassive. |
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| IMPERVIOUS/impervious/ imp er vee uhs |
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| Not affected by; not letting someone come through. Bu wearing sunscreen, sunburns are impervious to my skin. |
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| INDENTURE/indenture/in den cher |
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| An agreement in writing, especially a contract that binds one person to work for another person for a certain length of time. Indentured servants usally don't finish working for their masters because they can run away. |
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| INTERVENING/intervening/in ter vene ing |
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Coming between; to come in to help settle something;to get in the way.
Josannah intervened the problem between George and Harriet. |
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| INDIGNANT/indignant/ in dig nant |
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| Angry about something that seems unjust or unfair. Most blacks were indignant because they were treated differently. |
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| To feel hate or disgust for. The little boy loathes broccoli. |
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| Easy to bend; flexible. The gymnast is very pliant. |
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| PROSTRATE/prostate/ pro stayt |
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| Lying face down;lying flat;completely weak and helpless. The deer with the broken leg was prostrate. |
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| RELINQUISH/relinquish/ree link wish |
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| To give up or let go. The terrible dancer relinquished any hope of winning the dance contest. |
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| REMONSTRATE/remonstrate/re mun strat |
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| To say or plead in objecting or protesting. The art club remonstrted against getting ride of art. |
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| Great strictness or harshness; hardship. Salves had to work rigorous hours on the plantations. |
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| Strong and healthy; vigorous. In youth, Amos was and still is robust. |
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| To mock or make fun of. Hitler and followers scoffed Jews. |
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| To cut off or break off. Jerimiah svered the piece of wood in karate. |
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| STALWART/stalwart/ stall wore t |
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| Strong, well-buil, robust; not giving in easily. That bull is robust all right. |
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| Showing little feeling; not easily exicted. Even though whipped, Patsy was stolid. |
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| Silent and keeping to oneself because one feels angry, bitter, hurt;gloomy or dismal. Lois was sullen after his mother died. |
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| To disturb, annoy, or touble. Danny felt vexed after he got a terrible grade in math. |
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| VIGILANT/vigilant/ vige el ant |
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| Watchful;wide awake and ready for danger. The vulture stood perched, vigilant. |
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| To handle and use with skill; to have and use with respect(as to wiled with power) The expirenced knight wileded his sword. |
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| WISTFUL/wistful/wisst full |
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| Showing a wish or longing. Katherine was wistful that she'd get the lead part in the play. |
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| WRETCHED/wretched/wrech id |
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| Very unhappy or toubled; miserable. The lonely pupp was wretched becausse he lost his friends. |
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