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iota
As far as science is cocerned, there is not one iota of evidence to prove that life exist on other planets |
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a very small quantity or amount
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temerity
if you have the temerity to jump off the bridge |
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the quality of being unifraid of danger of punishment in a foolish way
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elucidate
she read everything she could get her hands on that would elucidate and and expand upon her study of the human brain. |
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| to make understood, to clarify to shed light upon something (-ed,-ing,-s) |
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expunge
the judge directed the court stenogtrapher to expunge the last three paragraphs of witnesses testimony because she was hysterical |
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| to strike or blot something out |
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gait
we had slowed to a cautious gait and were feeling our war forward so as not to bump into the trees |
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| a persons individual way of walking (n.) |
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purloin
jeremy must have purloined a copyof the schools master key because that is the only way he could have gotten into the cafeteria without breaking a window |
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capacious
that mini-van has a capacious storage area which makes it an ideal choice for larger famies |
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| containing or capable of containing a large amount of something adj. ( capacity, capaciously , capaciousness) |
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trepidation
after listening to the teacher describe how important the NYS ELA test was and all the preparation needed tp fp well on the test, pam began to feel her trepidation grow about failing the assignment |
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a feeling of fear that causes you to to hesitate because you think something bad or upleasent is going to happen .
n. ( trepid, tredidly, tredidity, trepidant, intrepid,) |
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irascible
unlike his twin brother who never seems to get upset colin is iracible and gets angry very quickly. |
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becoming angry very easily : having a bad temper
adj. (irasibility, irascibly, irascibleness) |
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pithy
william shakes speare was so skilled in using few words in clever and few ways that he is considered on of the most pithy writers ever |
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using few words in a clever and effective way
adj. ( pither, pithiest) |
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