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to urge strongly
ex.)the doctor exhorted his patient to stop smoking by explaining how dangerous a habit it really was |
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to cause
ex.)After thirty-six hours of labor, the doctors decided to induce the baby's birth with medication |
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able to be sensed by touch
ex.)the petting zoo offered a fun tactile experience for children, allowing them to touch dozens of animals |
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to perceive as separate; to sense keenly
ex.)the fog made it difficult for me to discern how many people stood at the far end of the parking lot |
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| having a sharp or irritating odor |
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to learn for certain
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| rotten; having a foul odor |
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| relating to the sense of hearing |
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| detectable by touch; substantial |
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| to stop something before it is able to succeed |
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| something that acts to discourage |
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| to slow the progress of, to block |
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to make less
ex.)in an effort to lose weight, she tried to curtail her ice cream consumption |
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| something that works to impede progress; a hindrance |
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to present an obstacle to; hinder the progress of
ex.)the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments |
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| to persuade not to do something |
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| the voluntary act of avoiding something |
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| abstemious (ab-stee-mee-us) |
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sparing or moderate in consumption; not self-indulgent
ex.)You had only one helping; that's very abstemious of you |
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| remuneration (reh-mu-nah-ray-shun) |
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| payment for services; salary |
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| economical; good with money; thrifty |
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| impecunious (im-peh-cu-nee-ous) |
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without/very little money
ex.)a titled but impecunious family |
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| improvident (im-prahv-ah-dent) |
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failing to provide for the future
ex.)The Joneses were so improvident that they spent all their money at the casino and didn't have enough to pay the rent |
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| parsimony (par-seh-moe-nee) |
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excessive thriftiness; unwillingness to spend money
ex.)a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony |
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able to be bribed
ex.)the local outlaws knew that the venal sheriff could be paid to let them escape |
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| an extremely poor individual |
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1. payment or privilege received in addition to wages
2. a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position
ex.)the wife of a president has all the perquisites of stardom |
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bankrupt; unable to pay debts owed
ex.)the company became insolvent |
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pertaining to money
ex.)he admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception |
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a precursor
ex.)many consider the robin to be a harbinger of spring |
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to predict the future
ex.)the "psychic network" claims to augur what is to come for its callers, but most believe it to be a hoax |
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to give advance warning
ex.)the eclipses portend some major events |
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having knowledge of future events
ex.)the seemingly prescient gambler made a fortune at the racetrack, always knowing which horse would win |
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| a sign of something to come |
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one with great foresight(the ability to see things coming)
ex.)he didn't tell me about it and I'm certainly not the most clairvoyant |
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an (ill) omen of a future event
ex.)they believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death |
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to block by acting first; forestall
ex.)the government preempted a coup attempt |
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to plan ahead of time
ex.)If it can be proven that a murder was premeditated, a death sentence can be imposed in many states |
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to be an omen for something
ex.)a red sky at dawn bodes ill for sailors |
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| worn out from old age or use |
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| an object from an ancient time |
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| antediluvian (an-tee-deh-lu-vee-en) |
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very old
ex.)the piece of pottery they found was an antediluvian bowl that was made over 4,000 years ago |
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no longer in existance
ex.)telegrams as a means of communication are defunct; the existence of email and telephones made them obsolete |
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to keep from dying out
ex.)the myth that cigarettes don't harm you has been perpetuated by the cigarette companies |
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| an object of historical interest |
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a collection of historically interesting material
ex.)source materials in local archives |
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humiliation; shame
ex.)football is so important to our town that dropping a pass in the end zone is more ignominious than going to prison |
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| the ability to identify with another's feelings |
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| feeling remorse for one's actions |
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strong feelings against something
ex.)While antipathy may be induced by previous experience, it often exists without a rational cause-and-effect explanation being present to the individuals involved |
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deliberately ambiguous or misleading
ex.)the defendent's equivocal answers made it hard for the prosecutor to prove his case |
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intricate and hard to follow
ex.)the instructions in this manual are so convoluted that I don't even know where to begin |
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enigmatic; mysterious
ex.)the soldier's cryptic reply over the radio to his captain suggested that something was amiss |
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impossible to comprehend
ex.)the fact that time slows as our speed increases is unfathomable to most of us |
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| a mystery or riddle; conundrum |
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1. difficult to understand
2. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest
ex.)Some of their anthems can be a bit too intricate and esoteric for newcomers |
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| to wander aimlessly; either verbally or physically |
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aimless; prone to random digressions(to go off topic); lacking in consistency; disconnected
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The firing was desultory and intermittent. |
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honesty; straightforwardness
ex.)I appreciated my doctor's candor; I prefer a straightforward approach when discussing my health |
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to but on airs; to behave unnaturally
ex.)hoping to fit in while in London, he affected a British accent |
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| veracity (ver-as-seh-tee) |
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truthfulness
ex.)since we can't test the veracity of his statements; we will never know for sure if he was telling the truth |
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to expose something as fraudulent
ex.)the DA knew that the cop was crooked and made it his mission to debunk the officer's claims |
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| apocryphal (ah-pock-ah-ful) |
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of doubtful authenticity
ex.)before they found out it was a fake, the apocryphal Van Gogh paining sold for over a million dollars |
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| honest; straightforward; candid |
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insincere; crafty
ex.)Her expression of remorse was clearly disingenuous because she did not feel any regret for her actions |
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to speak falsely or misleadingly; to lie
ex.)The appellant did in fact prevaricate and admitted it |
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| verisimilitude (vare-ess-suh-mill-ah-tude) |
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the quality of appearing to be true; likelihood; probability
ex.)the play lacked verisimilitude |
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outward appearance; a false front
ex.)Recruiters are smart people, they will see through your facade |
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relating to beauty or a theory of beauty
ex.)the beautiful colors that emerged from the crystal when struck by the sunlight were aesthetically pleaseing |
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| a mocking literary or dramatic work |
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| the individual in charge of a museum |
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a clever or funny remark
ex.)Will Rogers was famous for his witticism about American life |
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done in a joking way
ex.)His jocular tone relaxed the visitors trapped in the elevator; he even made a few people laugh |
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| malapropism (mal-ah-prop-ism) |
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the outrageous misuse of a word
ex.)saying "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes" is a classic example of a malapropism |
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| a person interested in the pursuit of beauty; has refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art and nature |
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| dilettante (dill-ah-tont) |
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| one who dabbles in an art for amusement |
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to make fun of
ex.)to lampoon important leaders in the government |
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