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| Adj.-easy to approach; obtainable. "We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot." |
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| V.-make hostile; separate. "Heather's attempts to alienate Amy from Ellen failed because the two friends had complete faith in one another." |
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V.-be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of.
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Adj.-considerate; thoughtful; paying attention. "Thuy is attentive to her
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| N.-Conciseness; briefness. "Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cable |
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| V.-assemble; gather; accumulate. "We planned to compile a list of the words most frequently used on SAT I examinations." |
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| N.-person belonging to the same period. "Though Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot were contemporaries, the two novelists depicted the Victorian world in markedly different ways." |
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| V.-harm someone's reputation; malign. "If you try to defame my good name, my lawyers will see you in court." |
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| Adj.-roundabout; erratic; not straight-forward. "His plan was so devious that it was only with great difficulty we could follow its shifts and dodges." |
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| V.-take apart. "When the show closed, they dismantled the scenery before storing it." |
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