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Wealthy; rich
Ex. 1: “I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago” (1).
Ex. 2: I could tell that the woman was affluent because of the expensive clothing and jewelry she wore.
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Of poor shabby inferior quality or status.
Ex. 1: “I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago” (1).
EX. 2: The woman lived in a mean area of Brooklyn, where the houses appeared worn and broken down.
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Careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.
Ex. 1: “As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us” (1).
Ex. 2: The man was discreet as he slipped the money out of the woman’s wallet.
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Inflammatory (uninflammatory)
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Stirring; rousing; provoking
Ex. 1: “As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us” (1).
Ex. 2: The student took an uninflammatory tone when asking the teacher a question.
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Threateningly
Ex. 1: “To her, as a black man - a broad six feet two inches with a bear and billowing hair, both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket - I seemed menacingly close” (1).
Ex. 2: She looked at me menacingly as stood up to walk away.
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Difficult to carry because of its size, shape, or weight.
Ex. 1: “It was in the echo of that terrified woman’s footfalls that I first began to know the unwieldy inheritance I’d come into - the ability to alter public space in ugly ways” (1).
Ex. 2: The packages that Jill brought home were unwieldy, so she had trouble carrying them.
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A thing or person that is chased or sought.
Ex. 1: “It was clear that she thought herself the quarry of a mugger, a rapist, or worse.
Ex. 2: He found himself in the quarry of the chief of police.
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A person who helps another commit a crime.
Ex. 1: “Her flight made me feel like an accomplice in tyranny” (1).
Ex. 2: I knew that my friend Jenna was the accomplice in the prank she and a friend played on me.
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Unnerving
Ex. 1: “That first encounter, and those that followed signified that a vast unnerving gulf lay between nighttime pedestrians - particularly women - and me” (1).
Ex. 2: An unnerving silence lay between my friend and I, after we had a big fight.
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Straying from the proper course or standards.
Ex. 1: “I only needed to turn a corner onto a dicey situation, or crowd some frightened, armed person in a foyer somewhere, to make an
errant move after being pulled over by a policeman” (1,2).
Ex. 2: Leyla could never forgive her brother’s errant gestures.
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Stretched or pulled tight
Ex. 1: “Elsewhere - where sidewalks are narrow and tightly spaced buildings shut out the sky - things get very taut indeed” (2).
Ex. 2: Marissa’s jeans stayed taut throughout the entire day.
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Labyrinthine
POS: Adjective
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Irregular and twisting
Ex. 1: “The office manager called security and, with this posse, pursued me through the labyrinthine halls, nearly to my editor’s door” (2).
Ex. 2: I walked along the many labyrinthine streets of Venice.
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Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Ex. 1: “I took a cursory look around, nodded, and bade her good night” (2).
Ex. 2: I took only a cursory glance at my sister after our big fight.
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The state or experience of ever being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved.
Ex. 1: “Yet these truths are no solace against the kind of alienation that comes from being ever the suspect, a fearsome entity with whom pedestrians avoid making eye contact” (3).
Ex. 2: “Yet these truths are no solace against the kind of alienation that comes from being ever the suspect, a fearsome entity with whom pedestrians avoid making eye contact” (3).
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Comfort of consolation in a time of distress or sadness
Ex. 1: “Yet these truths are no solace against the kind of alienation that comes from being ever the suspect, a fearsome entity with whom pedestrians avoid making eye contact” (3).
Ex. 2: Betty found solace in therapy.
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Pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own
Ex. 1: “I have been calm and extremely congenial on those rare occasions when I’ve been pulled over by the police” (3).
Ex. 2: I sensed Gerell’s congenial quality as soon as I met him.
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