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complete failure, great disaster
ex. Vietnam war |
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| likely to change for no apparent reason, inconstant |
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impulsive, unpredictable, inconstant
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rapid/unpredictable changing of MOOD
"mercurial temper"
[rapid mood swings] |
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wandering, lack of consistency
"erratic dieting" |
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fickle, inconstant, subject to variation/change
"variable winds" |
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| easily upset, capricious, silly |
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| explosive, rapid/sudden/unexpected change |
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| not capable/susceptible to change |
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| to steal slyly, esp small things |
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| steal stealthily in small amounts, often again and again |
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| to take wrongfully --> and thus breach trust |
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to steal, arrest
-pinched has other meanings
-->skinny, miserly |
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to commit armed robbery on, steal
"heisted the collection of jewels from the museum" |
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-skill, delicacy, subtlety in doing something/handling a situation
-to accomplish by subtle/skillful maneuvering
"finesse himself or herself into a high paying job" |
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| having skill, cleverness, resourcfulness |
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| ease in performance, aptitude |
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| social skill, capacity for appropriate action |
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| to force/create in an artistic/ingenious manner |
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negative connotation
-to obtain by a indirect/involved means/trickery |
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| extremely/deliberately conspicuous, glaring |
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| glaringly noticeable b/c really bad quality |
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shockingly conspicuous
"must lecture him on his rank disloyalty" |
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| hatefully/shockingly evil; abominable |
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| contemptuous boldness "brazen disregard for rules" |
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conspicuous--esp. b/c bad quality
"egregious errors" |
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| being notoriously without moderation : extreme |
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flaunt: to show off in a conspicuous/offensive way
flout: to treat openly with scorn/contempt |
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| to laugh at contemptuously, bitterly ridicule |
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to lower in rank/reputation, degrade
"to disparage the superstition" |
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| to highly respect, to honor |
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| to change continually from one position to another |
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| to waver in mind, will, feeling, to hesitate |
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to vary between opposing beliefs
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| minor, often amusing, fault/weakness in character |
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| a fault due to weakness, esp. of moral character |
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| characteristic peculiarity, eccentricity |
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a highly individual or eccentric opinion
-a peculiarity
-quirky mannerism |
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| to secure an advantage/prevent a loss by previous action; prevent something from happening |
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| to rule out in advance, to make impossible to happen by acting beforehand |
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| to anticipate/prevent or make unnecessary |
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-arousing fear/admiration b/c of the unusual size/superiority of the thing involved
-difficult to do b/c of the size of job involved |
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trivial, negligible
"paltry excuse" "paltry donation" |
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fortuitous: occurring by chance/accident; accidental--> refers to the way something happens
fortunate: lucky/happy --> refers to the /results/ of the event |
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1. accidental or causal
"take advantage of certain adventitious circumstances"
2. not inherent, added
"The events of the battle are told plainly and clearly; nothing adventitious is brought in to disturb the effect of the plain story" |
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-thrifty/economical in use of money
-involving little expense, meager |
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| frugal, saving, making provisions for the future |
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| sparing, frugal to point of stinginess |
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| extreme stinginess, frugality |
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| not foreseeing the future, so not prudent |
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recklessly spending, lavish, luxurious
"prodigal feast: |
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careful in use of one's $
abstaining/restraining |
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very negative
-excessive, thus OFFENSIVE to food taste/obviously insincere |
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gross, excessive, immoderate, exceed reasonable limits
"the dress is inordinate" = it's a ripoff
"inordinate sums of money" |
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| arousing hatred/repugnance |
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gross, low-class, beneath one's dignity
"using curse words = crass" |
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| incapable of producing the desired result; unsuccessful/ineffective |
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| not producint proper/intended effect |
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useless, unprofitable
"bootless attempt" |
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