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suitable, fitting (adj.) There's an old saying that tells us that if you walk like a duck and talk like a duck, people are apt to take you for a duck. |
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in a turned or twisted position/direction, crooked (adj.) wrong out of the right or hoped for (adv.) After running to catch a bus, I realized that my clothing was all awry. When something goes awry, it does not go well. |
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a short club used as a weapon (noun) to strike with a heavy club (verb) Early humans fashioned bludgeon from thick limbs of a tree. Heavy-handed writers tend to bludgeon readers with explanations of their characters' motives. |
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to end resistance, give up, surrender (verb) When I saw that I had been outmaneuvered, I had not choice but to capitulate. |
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to warm by rubbing, to annoy, irk (verb) a sore or injury caused by rubbing (noun) The colonists chafe under the many unjust laws. To keep that raw chafe from becoming infected, you should bandage it. |
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to make unclean, dirty; to march in a single line (verb) a narrow passage, gorge, canyon (noun) Those who defile a house of worship will be punished. The weary hikers paused to rest before going through the steep and rocky defile. |
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dreadful, causing fear/suffering, warning of trouble to come (adj) Environmentalists warn of the dire consequences of destroying the rain forests. |
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charming, endearing (adj) My best friend has a most disarming smile. |
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in bad humor, annoyed (adj.) Even though you are disgruntled because you lost, you should still vote in the election. |
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to advance beyond the proper limits, trespass (verb) Where suburbs encroach on forests or wetlands, the ecocsystems may be destroyed. |
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to furnish, equip, provide funds (verb) Wealthy individuals make provisions in their wills to endow their favorite charities. |
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to ward off; resist, to get along (verb) A novel's heroine may have to fend off the unappealing suitors. |
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freedom from punishment (noun) Bullies must be made to realize they cannot push other people around with impunity. |
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air, manner, appearance, expression (noun) A person may adopt a cheerful mien to hide their sorrow or anger. |
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having to do with punishment (adj.) Do you believe that the crime rate will go down if the penal code is made more severe? |
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related to the matter at hand, to the point (adj.) The joke you told was very amusing, but I fail to see how it was pertinent to the conversation. |
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the greatest in strength or power, most common (adj. ) Cy Young was once the predominant pitcher in baseball. |
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something wonderful; something abnormal, an unusual feat, a person with extraordinary talent/ability (noun) The careers of some musical prodigy have turned out to be short-lived. |
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a person who leads a life shut up/withdrawn from the world (noun) He chose to separate himself from society and live the solitary life of a recluse. |
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fame, glory (noun) Before Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, his renown had spread throughout most of the world. |
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