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(verb)ease pain,calm,ease
Sentence- The medicine assuaged my head ache. |
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(adj)timid,or shy
Sentence- The little boy was too taciturn to ask the other boys to play,so he sat alone. |
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(noun)walk in a carefree way
Sentence-I ambled int eh middle of the street because there were no cars on the road, due to the snow day. |
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(verb)to kill; to send off
Sentence- Because of the infestation, the exterminators were dispatches to out house quickly. |
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(adj)evil intentions
Sentence-Muhammad Achmadinajad is a malevolent dictator. |
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(adj)Shallow,empty(person)
Sentence- We left the presentation because the speech was incredibly vapid and dull, and I could not listen to it anymore. |
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(noun)tendency/(habit)/urge
Sentence- The boy has a predilection to drum on the desk during class. |
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(adj)hazy,unclear
Sentence- Great-Grandmothers memories from long ago were now nebulous in the old lady's mind. |
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(verb)a quick entry into something(military) or a new venture into something/(noun)raid
Sentence- After egging a house, they ran away not wanting to see the results of their foolish foray. |
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(adj)unseemly
Sentence- The principal found illicit messages on the girls' bathroom wall/ |
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(verb)trouble,annoy
Sentence- When I do my homework, there are many vexations in the house, so i go to my room and regain my concentration. |
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(noun)a temporary stay (v)stay temporarily
Sentence- While she was waiting for the repairs to be done on her house, she sojourned in a hotel. |
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(noun)go to different direction,spread over wide area(of gas or smoke), thin out eventually disappear , something distributed or given out, separate light into consistents with different wave lengths(physics)
Sentence- At the fundraiser, there were many dispensations given by the attendees. |
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(verb)present and explain theory of an idea systematically
Sentence- Since the students didn;t understand the math problem, the teacher expounded upon the concept of estimating. |
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(adj)wondering,having no definite coarse/crazy
Sentence- The teachers erratic ways of teaching, caused for her to be fired. |
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(noun)injustice or wickedness
Sentence- Some people believe that ones iniquities committed during life will cause that person to be judges harshly by G-d. |
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(noun)state of craziness,anger,fury,rage
Sentence- My class was in a furor when we found out that the final was tomorrow. |
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(noun)lack of respect or reverence for something
Sentence- The spoiled children were very contemptuous towards their mother when she told them to get ready for school. |
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(adj)tiny,small
Sentence- The diminutive amount of food people got int Concentration Camps barely kept people alive. |
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(verb)scattered/spread out
Sentence- When my brother began counting during hide and seek the rest of us dispersed. |
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(noun)Full(not in sense of container), (adj)filled with tension or distress, filled with emotional sense(negative)
Sentence- When I forgot my homework I was fraught with terror. |
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(noun)disapproval,condemnation
Sentence- Because of my parents disapprobation of my dating choices,I spent my Friday night at home. |
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(adv)high up,above the ground
Sentence- Several days ago the country was riveted with scenes of a balloon aloft and possibly containing a child. |
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(adj)suggesting that there is a good chance of success,promise success/favorable
Sentence- Based on the large crowd outside of Abercrombie, their"super sale" weekend was off to an auspicious star. |
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(verb))to use up,spend,to pay out
Sentence- We expended our energy while we played games instead of studying for a test. |
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(adj)something that is crafted,elaborately embellished,brought about,
EX: wrought iron fence
Sentence- The Kindergartners wrought havoc upon the whole school when they unleashed the salamanders. |
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(adj)evoking a bleak dark quality/gloomy/horrifying
Sentence- In the Gothic tale, the villagers approached the giant black castle. |
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(adj)sad,depressed
Sentence- I was in a melancholy state when I got a 77 on the easy math test. |
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crush,overpower,defeat,con-quire,(verb)quite
Sentence- When there was ruckus in the cafeteria, I tried to quell the noise so the teacher wouldn't get mad. |
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