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Allusion n.
an indirect reference |
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At the baseball game, the announcer made and allusion when he announced the scores to a football game.
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Chronic adj.
lasting and reoccurring for a long time |
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| After 108 years of not winning a world series, the cubs loses are becoming chronic. |
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Denunciation n.
the act of openly disapproving a person or thing |
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| My denunciation of my moms cooking hurt her feelings |
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Embellish v.
yo make beautiful or decorating |
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| At christmas time, she embellished her house in lights and barley. |
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ferment n.
a state of agitation or exitment
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| I raced into the kitchen and caused fermant, because i found out we were having lasagna for lunch. |
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haggard adj.
appearing worn and exhausted due to over work or worry |
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after a 10 hour shift, Bill felt haggard from all of the work.
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ingratiate v.
to win favor with others |
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| After I ingratiated Joe, he gave me the job. |
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lassitude n.
a state of weakness or weariness |
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| After the 7th round, Ali was come over with an overwhelming feeling of lassitude from the fight. |
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Malign v.
to speak unfavorably about |
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| in the 1930's many white people what malign about black people because of their skin color. |
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philistine n.
someone who is uninterested in art or culture |
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| I am a huge philistine because i dont care about art at all. |
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Ramshackle adj.
poorly constructed or maintained |
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| In the motel, there were many ramshackle apartments because there was no maids working there. |
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sage adj.
sensible and wise |
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| in the book harry potter, dumboldoire is the most sage person in the story. |
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trancend v.
to pass above or beyond the limits |
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| charles manson clearly transcended the law when he killed many people. |
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voluminous adj.
having great size or capacity |
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| the white house is a very voluminous building because it is so enormous. |
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wistful adj.
full of longing or desire |
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| I had a very wistful feeling for our football game today because I haven't played a game in a year. |
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