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actuate:
He was actuated by community spirit.
admittance:
a No Admittance sign
apprise:
apprise/inform/notify A of B
arrant:
arrant nonsense
errant:
tuck errant curls behind one's ear
bale:
a bale of cotton
bated:
bated breath in trepidation
cache:
a place to store valuables
cachet:
an official seal
caret:
V
complaisant: I would
rather go after what I truly want in life even at the cost of failing than be complaisant
because of fear.
continuous:
continuous Jim Crow
relegate:
relegate a cup to a flower pot
deprecate:
Never deprecate your students' achievements.
infuse:
infuse the container with the content
suffuse:
suffused with lust
disinterested:
unbiased
dual:
dual fuel
duel:
Duel in the Sun
effectual:
effectual measures
immanent:
Presence of God is immanent in the text of Christianity.
expedient/expeditious:
A politically expedient act was passed expeditiously.
farrago:
a farrago of fact and myth
faze:
not fazed by intimidation
flair:
artistic flair
flaunt:
flaunt one's wealth
flout:
flout the stupid law
flounder:
The ship floundered in the storm.
fount:
fountain
forbear:
forbear with someone's faults
forego:
based on foregoing explanation/definition
horde:
a horde of atttackers
invidious: put someone in an invidious position
luxuriant:
a luxuriant tree
magnate:
media magnate
manor:
load of the manor, manor house
mete:
mete out justice to
militate:
Asking the question militated against the anchor's promotion.
mnemonic:
mnemonics: AN OSAS COMP
moreish:
moorish
palette:
palette brush
pallet:
pallets for forklifts
pique:
pique someone’s curiosity
wrack:
wracked by bombing
raze:
raze a forest, razer
rein:
rein oneself in, rein in antibiotic usage, rein in bloated bureaucaracy
reticent:
reticent to express one’s view, a reticent attitude to
riffle:
ruffle
scupper:
scupper pipe for redemption
sewerage:
sewage in the sewerage
spasmodically:
My neighbors spasmodically attack me.
spurious:
spurious news station
straitened:
His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in
straitened circumstances.
strategic/tactical:
for long term goal / more concrete and more short perm purpose
substantive:
substantive adjective as in the gap between the rich and the poor
tack:
tack something to a wall with a pushpin
tended:
Well-tended house
tendered：tendered
price
tenet:
religious tenet, basic tenet of Buddhism
wont: It's my wont to walk before breakfasr. use and wont
wile: wile away the waiting hours
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