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The student was so LOQUACIOUS the teacher couldn’t get a word in edgewise.
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LOQUACIOUS means ...
talkative |
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The reporter couldn’t pin me down on a position, for I am the master of CIRCUMLOCUTION.
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CIRCUMLOCUTION means …
indirect language
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evasion (in speech)
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Some students are hard-working but so UNOBTRUSIVE that teachers fail to notice them.
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UNOBTRUSIVE means …
not noticeable
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inconspicuous |
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Don’t ESCHEW my good ideas. You ought to at least consider them before turning your back on them.
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ESCHEW means …
to avoid
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to reject
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to turn away from |
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My friend is so GREGARIOUS that everyone in Raeford knows him.
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GREGARIOUS means …
sociable
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outgoing
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Some of the spelling errors seem EGREGIOUS; others don’t seem so bad.
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EGREGIOUS means …
outstandingly bad
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deliberately bad
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shameless |
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Current television ads against smoking should cause people to become more CIRCUMSPECT about starting to smoke.
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CIRCUMSPECT means …
cautious
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careful |
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Although he thought his antics were quite clever, the rest of us thought he was just ASININE.
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ASININE means …
stupid
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silly |
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“I love you, my darling,” she whispers in his ear as they AMBLE down Lovers’ Lane.
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AMBLE means …
to walk slowly or leisurely |
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Often, inventions occur through SERENDIPITY rather than as a result of purposeful planning.
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SERENDIPITY means …
lucky occurrence
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coincidental and fortunate situation |
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It was certainly an arduous task to proofread the new edition of the telephone book.
arduous means …
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arduous means …
grueling
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strenuous
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difficult |
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He never went to extremes with anything. And this habit of living life with temperance helped him to achieve an old age.
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temperance means …
self-restraint
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self-control |
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Reading the great Greek philosophers put me in a/an SPECULATIVE mood, and I spent the rest of the day deep in thought.
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SPECULATIVE means …
theoretical
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intellectually curious |
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Elizabeth Proctor lived her life with the utmost RECTITUDE; she had a strong moral code and lived by it.
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RECTITUDE means …
righteousness
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decency
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uprightness |
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The coach’s goal was not to MORTIFY Bob when she called attention to his poor performance. But when she saw the tears starting to roll down his cheek, she knew it had had that effect anyway.
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MORTIFY means …
to humiliate
or
to shame
or
to embarrass |
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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, lives a life of AFFLUENCE.
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AFFLUENCE means …
riches
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wealth |
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Shakespeare’s works did not die with him. Rather, they have lived on and will continue to reach all of POSTERITY.
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POSTERITY means …
future generations |
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Some people spend more time on ARTIFICE, inventing all sorts of stories and excuses, to get out of work than they would have spent doing the work itself.
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ARTIFICE means …
deception
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trickery |
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FELICITY is a condition for which we all strive, but no one ever experiences perpetual happiness.
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FELICITY means …
great happiness
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bliss |
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