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* Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment copacetic - Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine Usage: His smile said that everything was copacetic. admonitory - Serving to warn. Usage: Paying as little regard to this admonitory cough, as to the significant gesture that had preceded it, the stranger pursued his questioning. plaintive - Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy. Usage: A strain of plaintive music, played on stringed instruments, and flutes, recalled my attention to the hidden shrine. endemic - Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people. Usage: The medical advisor spoke at length about the diseases endemic to the tropics. reverberating - Characterized by reverberation. Usage: It was a sombre snowy afternoon, and the gas-lamps were lit in the big reverberating station. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment assuage - To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe. Usage: Food, however, became scarce, and I often spent the whole day searching in vain for a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hunger. coagulate - To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass. Usage: The medical students watched blood coagulate as part of their lesson in clotting reactions. quaff - To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught. Usage: They quaffed their ale with gusto. quail - To shrink back in fear; cower. Usage: Even the bravest man would quail from the frightening story she just recounted. prattle - To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly. Usage: The group of tourists on the plane wouldn't stop talking; I fell asleep listening to them prattle. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment solemnity - A trait of dignified seriousness. Usage: Do I seem to have lost my solemnity, my gravity, my poise, my dignity? liegeman - A feudal vassal or subject. Usage: The liegeman was expected to provide military support if his lord went to battle. escarpment - A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations. Usage: The basalt cliffs of the outside were reproduced upon the inside, forming an escarpment about two hundred feet high, with a woody slope beneath it. haversack - A bag carried over one shoulder to transport supplies, as on a hike. Usage: She carried the heavy haversack for most of the hike. abdication - A formal resignation and renunciation of powers. Usage: What is proposed to me would be, in fact, almost an abdication, and an abdication requires reflection. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment diffident - Showing modest reserve; lacking self-confidence. Usage: Because she was only a first-year student, she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture. hirsute - Covered with hair; hairy. Usage: The hirsute man used to joke that he looked like a grizzly bear. monolithic - Massive, solid, and uniform Usage: During her travels, she studied the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture. abstemious - Marked by temperance in indulgence. Usage: Though he ate abstemious meals, he never seemed hungry for snacks. lissome - Easily bent; supple. Usage: There was a grace, which no austerity could diminish, about every movement of her lissome, slender form. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment clotheshorse - A person excessively concerned with dress. Usage: The clotheshorse could be found at the boutique once a week, poring over a variety of suits, sweaters, and ties, and inevitably buying at least three of each. avidity - Keen interest or enthusiasm. Usage: A devoted fan, he followed the tennis tournament with avidity. synesthesia - A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color. Usage: Many of those affected with synesthesia say that they associate letters of the alphabet with specific colors. vallecula - Any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part. Usage: The medical students studied the diagram depicting the vallecula between the hemispheres of the brain. zeitgeist - The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation. Usage: As much as critics decry reality television, it seems to have become a part of the Zeitgeist. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment scrooge - A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint. Usage: The old scrooge was married to his money and spending a penny was, to him, as traumatic as divorce. windbreaker - A trademark used for a warm outer jacket having close-fitting, often elastic, cuffs and waistband. Usage: George's windbreaker was torn, and he shivered in the cold night air. philistine - A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values. Usage: When he teased his sister about her love of museums and literature, she dubbed him a philistine and marched out the door. schism - A separation or division into factions. Usage: Heretics were burned for attempting to create a schism in the Catholic Church. sesquipedalian - A long word. Usage: D'Artagnan recoiled, as though the sesquipedalian syllables had knocked the breath out of his body. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment Achillean - Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad. Usage: In those days, Ali had an Achillean quality, and it seemed that nothing could destroy him. inured - Made tough by habitual exposure. Usage: The Old West had made him inured and hardened against the wilderness, thievery and corruption. languorous - Lacking spirit or liveliness. Usage: a hot languorous afternoon torpid - Lethargic; apathetic. Usage: They are always in a torpid state, and are apt to yawn and go to sleep over any intellectual toil. agile - Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble. Usage: She moved quickly and was agile as a gymnast.
* Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment ingraft - Cause to grow together parts from different plants. Usage: The farmer decided to ingraft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree to produce a better variety of fruit. burnish - To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. Usage: Every afternoon, she would obsessively burnish the floors until the parlor gleamed like an ice rink. grovel - To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility. Usage: The prisoners groveled before the emperor, hoping that he would commute their sentences. gainsay - To oppose, especially by contradiction. Usage: In vain did the poor old father weep and implore her pity; she was firm, and he dared not gainsay her. prevaricate - To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. Usage: At the press conference, the politician chose to prevaricate instead of providing direct answers. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment
cajolery - Flattery intended to persuade. Usage: She used every possible means of cajolery to persuade her father to take her to the circus. diluent - An inert substance used to dilute. Usage: The artist thinned the paint to a pale yellow using a diluent and a bit of white. cannoneer - A serviceman in the artillery. Usage: You were a cannoneer that day there, and you were among the first to enter the accursed fortress when it fell. katzenjammer - A loud, discordant noise; hangover; state of depression or bewilderment. Usage: during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels bulrush - Any of various aquatic or wetland herbs having grass-like leaves and usually clusters of small, often brown spikelets. Usage: According to the story, Moses was found in the bulrushes by the pharaoh's daughter.
* Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment splenetic - Of or relating to the spleen; Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability. Usage: His splenetic nature was both gross and uncalled for. ostentatious - Intended to attract notice and impress others. Usage: His ostentatious displays of wealth did nothing to impress his neighbors, who were proud of their middle-class status. sumptuous - Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense. Usage: The sumptuous homes of the wealthy were full of gilding and ornament. empirical - Relying on or derived from observation or experiment. Usage: Scientists insist on empirical results, not mere speculation, to support their theories. mawkish - Excessively and objectionably sentimental. Usage: his behavior was highly emotional * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment slake - To satisfy (a craving); quench. Usage: My first act on coming to this water was, of course, to slake my thirst. coagulate - To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass. Usage: The medical students watched blood coagulate as part of their lesson in clotting reactions. quail - To shrink back in fear; cower. Usage: Even the bravest man would quail from the frightening story she just recounted. quaff - To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught. Usage: They quaffed their ale with gusto. muster - To call (troops) together, as for inspection. Usage: It was the strongest fortress France possessed, and if the king had better sense, he would have sent all the ships he could muster to protect it. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment cache - A secret store of valuables or money. Usage: In case of an emergency, I have a small cache of money and weapons hidden in the shed. reredos - A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table. Usage: Over the years, the antiques enthusiast had acquired a large collection of reredos by visiting churches that were about to close. satirist - A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm. Usage: The satirist got into trouble with the network after he ridiculed a number of prominent donors on his live television show. shogunate - A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). Usage: The people had philosophical problems with the shogunate, but they had to admit that trade and commerce were flourishing under its rule. luminary - A person who is an inspiration to others. Usage: He is considered a luminary in his field, due to the groundbreaking research he has published. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment inalienable - That cannot be transferred to another or others. Usage: When he decided to fight for his inalienable rights, he did not realize that his actions would go down in history. nonpareil - Having no equal; peerless. Usage: An 'Only' is a nonpareil, the feller that does one kind of a turn better'n any other feller. spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine. Usage: The professor explained to the student that her essay had received a "C" due to numerous examples of spurious reasoning. fugacious - Passing away quickly; evanescent. Usage: Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side. emollient - Softening and soothing, especially to the skin. Usage: In the winter, she applied emollient cream to her hands to prevent the skin from cracking. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment bathos - Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos. Usage: The opera's conclusion was emotional to the point of bathos, with the soprano dying heroically to save her lover. chalkstone - A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout. Usage: Once the doctor saw the chalkstone, the diagnosis was obvious: the patient was suffering from gout. orthography - A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling. Usage: She was familiar with many of the regional dialects, but she did not recognize this orthography. rigmarole - Confused, rambling, or incoherent discourse; nonsense. Usage: Now I want to know what that rigmarole you told me this morning meant. costermonger - One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets. Usage: Too far, in fancy, above the rest of mankind to trouble about their petty distinctions, he is equally at home with duke or costermonger. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment pernicious - Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly. Usage: That which maketh the effect more pernicious, is that all proportion is lost. amatory - Of, relating to, or expressive of love, especially sexual love. Usage: She showed her friends the stack of old love letters and read them excerpts from the couple's amatory correspondence. ostentatious - Intended to attract notice and impress others. Usage: His ostentatious displays of wealth did nothing to impress his neighbors, who were proud of their middle-class status. indelible - Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent. Usage: It was never published, but I saw it once and it made an indelible impression on my mind. erudite - Characterized by erudition; learned. Usage: His speech was so erudite that people often had trouble understanding him without a dictionary. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment variegate - Make something more diverse and varied. Usage: After the third consecutive dinner of mashed potatoes, we began to hope that the cook would begin to variegate the menu. whet - Make keen or more accurate. Usage: These fragments of nourishment served only to whet my hunger. confabulate - To talk casually; in psychology, to fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts. Usage: Three old friends met in a café to confabulate together. apprise - To give notice to. Usage: During the drive home from the airport, they had time to apprise her of everything that had changed since she'd been gone. prate - To talk idly and at length; chatter. Usage: I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment antecedent - One that precedes another. Usage: They all saw the vase crash, but what the antecedent was, they could not determine. jongleur - A wandering minstrel, poet, or entertainer in medieval England and France. Usage: The group of jongleurs was so popular that King Edward requested a private performance. helicon - A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician. Usage: As the marching band strolled by, Karen could see that the small boy carrying the giant helicon was sweating profusely. mnemonic - A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering. Usage: The students came up with a mnemonic to help themselves remember the colors of the rainbow. satyr - A woodland creature in Greek mythology, depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry; a licentious man. Usage: He had sounded like a nice man in his personal ad, but, in person, he turned out to be no more than a satyr. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment stentorian - Extremely loud. Usage: He was woken by the stentorian voice of his teacher, demanding to know why he wasn't paying attention. auricular - Of or relating to the sense of hearing or the organs of hearing. Usage: This dignitary, conferring in secrecy, bent his head as though stooping to the Papistical practice of receiving auricular confession. penultimate - Next to last. Usage: The penultimate novel in the series left many questions that would be answered in the final volume. reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. Usage: She was so reticent about her social life that even her roommates did not know she had a boyfriend. cantankerous - Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Usage: She made it more difficult for him by adopting a cantankerous tone. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment troika - A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast; A team of three horses abreast. Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, tierce, leaUsage: The general was just in time to see the prince take the first sledge he could get, and, start off in pursuit of the troikas. turncoat - One who traitorously switches allegiance. Usage: He was a turncoat who betrayed his friends to curry favor with the King. scrooge - A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint. Usage: The old scrooge was married to his money and spending a penny was, to him, as traumatic as divorce. sesquipedalian - A long word. Usage: D'Artagnan recoiled, as though the sesquipedalian syllables had knocked the breath out of his body. mnemonic - A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering. Usage: The students came up with a mnemonic to help themselves remember the colors of the rainbow. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment maudlin - Effusively or tearfully sentimental. Usage: When the farewells were in danger of becoming maudlin, he judged that it was time to leave. virid - Bright green with or as if with vegetation. Usage: The lake was virid with bright algae on the surface. quotidian - Everyday; commonplace. Usage: There's nothing quite like a real train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute. insipid - Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. Usage: Their long conversation about the weather was so insipid that he wanted to leave the room at once. indomitable - Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable. Usage: And that the great monster is indomitable, you will yet have reason to know. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; to lessen in intensity. Usage: She was so outraged that nothing her friends said could mollify her anger. grovel - To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility. Usage: The prisoners groveled before the emperor, hoping that he would commute their sentences. evince - To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest. Usage: The baby couldn't tell us she disliked the cereal, but she evinced her distaste by grimacing. gainsay - To oppose, especially by contradiction. Usage: In vain did the poor old father weep and implore her pity; she was firm, and he dared not gainsay her. addle - To muddle; confuse. Usage: You'll addle your brain, that's what you'll do, Philip. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment parochial - Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook. Usage: After moving to a big city, she had little patience for what she considered to be her parents' parochial attitudes. unadulterated - Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter. Usage: Because she did not like artificial or diluted flavors, she made sure to purchase unadulterated maple syrup. percutaneous - Passed, done, or effected through the skin. Usage: percutaneous absorption hieratic - Of or associated with sacred persons or offices; a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics used especially by the priests; extremely formal or stylized, as in a work of art. Usage: The figures in Byzantine paintings are arranged in hieratic compositions, used as symbols for religious truths rather than true representations. lachrymose - Weeping or inclined to weep; causing or tending to cause tears. Usage: He was by turns devout and obscene, merry and lachrymose. * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment
gaberdine - A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles. Usage: He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool. acquittance - A written release from an obligation, specifically a receipt indicating payment in full. Usage: After years of haggling over debts and money owed, the two men resolved their dispute and drew up an acquittance. jointer - A long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together. Usage: Eschewing electrical tools, the carpenter used a manual jointer to fit the two boards together. quinine - A bitter, colorless alkaloid powder, derived from cinchona bark and used in medicine to treat malaria. Usage: Since quinine is used in tonic water to give it a bitter taste, gin and tonics were once consumed to prevent malaria. leghorn - A stiff straw hat with a flat crown. Usage: He had a collection of silly hats, his favorite being a giant leghorn that he had painted purple.
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munificent - Very liberal in giving; generous. Usage: Munificent as life was to me, I added to that munificence. mendacious - Lying; untruthful. Usage: answered I, that is a kind of state, and indeed the most mendacious. medial - Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median. Usage: They took up defensive posts all along the field, with Ray in the medial position. heathenish - Of or having to do with heathens. Usage: The Crusaders looked upon the followers of Islam as heathens, who refused to accept the true word of God. jejune - Not interesting; dull. Usage: and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases Anthony Trollope.
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recompense - To award compensation for; make a return for. Usage: I wish to recompense you for the time and money that you spent while helping my sister find her lost dog. waft - To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water. Usage: The scent of her perfume wafted through the room. muster - To call (troops) together, as for inspection. Usage: It was the strongest fortress France possessed, and if the king had better sense, he would have sent all the ships he could muster to protect it. enfeeble - To deprive of strength; make feeble. Usage: Although his age enfeebled him, he could still walk long distances without tiring. jibe - To be in accord; agree. Usage: The two stories don't jibe in many details.
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plectrum - A small, thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument. Usage: When he first struck the guitar's strings with his plectrum, we knew we were in for a great performance. panacea - A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all. Usage: His panacea was somewhat in the nature of an anti-climax, but at least it had the merits of simplicity and of common sense. panache - Distinctive and stylish elegance. Usage: He wooed her with the confident panache of a cavalry officer. reredos - A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table. Usage: Over the years, the antiques enthusiast had acquired a large collection of reredos by visiting churches that were about to close. effulgence - A brilliant radiance. Usage: It is another sun--an entirely different sun--that casts its eternal noonday effulgence upon the face of the inner world.
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hirsute - Covered with hair; hairy. Usage: The hirsute man used to joke that he looked like a grizzly bear. facetious - Playfully jocular; humorous. Usage: She was quite gullible and could never tell when his remarks were facetious or when he was being serious. blithe - Carefree and lighthearted. Usage: The blithe young couple was a pleasant sight to see. emollient - Softening and soothing, especially to the skin. Usage: In the winter, she applied emollient cream to her hands to prevent the skin from cracking. pallid - Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion. Usage: In the gray of the morning the two students, pallid and haggard from anxiety, met at the medical college.
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oratorio - A musical composition for voices and orchestra, telling a sacred story without costumes, scenery, or dramatic action. Usage: Because he was used to the drama, costumes, and scenery of Italian opera, he found the oratorio to be dry and austere. montage - A single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs. Usage: The children's gift to their grandmother was a montage of family pictures. ingrate - A person who shows no gratitude. Usage: This bird was a godsend to us, and I should be an ingrate if I forgot to make honorable mention of him in these pages. valance - An ornamental drapery hung across a top edge, as of a bed, table, or canopy. Usage: Large valances of silk, embroidered with flowers of gay colors, which were rather faded, fell from the wide windows; the fittings of the room were simple, but in excellent taste. avidity - Keen interest or enthusiasm. Usage: A devoted fan, he followed the tennis tournament with avidity.
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languid - Lacking energy, vitality, or animation. Usage: He gave a languid wave of the hand to signify his indifference. convivial - Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. Usage: a woman of convivial nature lugubrious - Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree. Usage: The look on his face was so lugubrious that for a moment I thought I had actually hurt his feelings. blithe - Carefree and lighthearted. Usage: The blithe young couple was a pleasant sight to see. pellucid - Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent. Usage: The water in the fountain, pellucid as crystal, was alive with myriads of gold and silver fishes.
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macerate - To make soft, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result. Usage: The stale bread was left to macerate in a bowl of milk for a few hours. abscond - To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution. Usage: Just as his case was about to go to trial, the lawyer panicked and absconded with his client's money. escalate - To increase, enlarge, or intensify. Usage: Tensions escalated as the politicians refused to compromise. abjure - To renounce under oath; forswear. Usage: Once a man has lost his self-respect, and has decided to abjure his better qualities and human dignity, he falls headlong into misery. bedaub - To smear; soil. Usage: The natives were discernible, not merely to the eye but to the nostrils, by the awful odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies.
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banal - Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite. Usage: The melodrama was quite cliché, and, by now, completely banal. pernicious - Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly. Usage: That which maketh the effect more pernicious, is that all proportion is lost. insentient - Devoid of sensation or consciousness; inanimate. Usage: Jim thought he might be losing his mind when he caught himself talking to insentient objects. gossamer - Sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous. Usage: The gossamer curtains fluttered in the breeze. lissome - Easily bent; supple. Usage: There was a grace, which no austerity could diminish, about every movement of her lissome, slender form.
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debacle - A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat. Usage: The team had had high hopes before the debacle of their final game, in which they did not manage to score any points. inchoate - In an initial or early stage; incipient. Usage: Then his eyes went muddy, as if he had lost his grip on the inchoate thought. girth - The distance around something; the circumference. Usage: It was an enormous tree, its girth twice as great as what a man could embrace. megrim - A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men. Usage: Her megrims were severe, and she often had to miss work because of the terrible pain. cabal - A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers; a secret scheme or plot. Usage: She pretended that a wicked plot was being hatched against her, a cabal which would come to a head in the coming days.
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parochial - Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook. Usage: After moving to a big city, she had little patience for what she considered to be her parents' parochial attitudes. mendacious - Lying; untruthful. Usage: answered I, that is a kind of state, and indeed the most mendacious. imperviable - Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected. Usage: The tablecloth was imperviable to liquid; the water ran along the surface of the fabric and did not soak through to the table. apropos - Being at once opportune and to the point. Usage: She was so hungry that the question of lunch was very apropos. stentorian - Extremely loud. Usage: He was woken by the stentorian voice of his teacher, demanding to know why he wasn't paying attention.
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apprise - To give notice to. Usage: During the drive home from the airport, they had time to apprise her of everything that had changed since she'd been gone. exacerbate - Make worse. Usage: This drug aggravates the pain adumbrate - To give a sketchy outline of; to disclose partially or guardedly. Usage: Before beginning his dissertation, he adumbrated his ideas to his professor. discomfit - To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert. Usage: Her extreme candor would often discomfit strangers who suddenly found themselves privy to her most private thoughts. vitiate - To reduce the value or impair the quality of; to corrupt morally; to make ineffective. Usage: Even though her clothes were shabby, nothing could vitiate her beauty.
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automaton - A self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot. Usage: The automaton was considered a feat of engineering until it broke down on its second day of operation. escarpment - A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations. Usage: The basalt cliffs of the outside were reproduced upon the inside, forming an escarpment about two hundred feet high, with a woody slope beneath it. physic - A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic. Usage: "Affery, woman," said Mr. Flintwinch, with a friendly grin on his expressive countenance, "if you ever have a dream of this sort again, it'll be a sign of your being in want of physic." twelvemonth - A year. Usage: But wilt thou not give me another twelvemonth to pay my debt? villein - A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord. Usage: The novel told the story of a young villein who fell in love with the daughter of his feudal lord.
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