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MONOtheism belief in one god
The moat famous monarchy was the French monarch, because of Loius the IX. |
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multiplier
multimillionaire |
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not
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against
obloquy- infamy;disgrace
obtrude- push into prominece
occlude- close ; block out
offend- insult
opponent- someone who struggles against |
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all, every
panacea- cure all
panorama- unobstructed view in all directions |
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beyond, related
parallel-similar
paraphase restate;translate |
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through, completely
permeable allowing passage through
pervade spread throughout
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around, near
perimeter- outer boundry
periphrastic |
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many
polygon- many sides
polygamist- person with several spouses |
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before
previous
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premonition |
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first
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primogeniture |
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forward, in favor of
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first
prototype (first of its kind) |
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lower; humiliate
The man was abased when his girlfriend broke up with him at the restaurant. |
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embarrass
he was not at all abashed by her open admiration. |
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subside;decrease, lessen
Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. |
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renounce; give up
When Edward VII abdicated the British throne to marry the women he loved, he surprised the entire world. |
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abnormal or deviant.
given the aberrant nature of data , we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. |
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aid; usally doing something wrong; encourage
she was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned |
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detest; hate
She was abhorred all forms of bigotry. |
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wretched; lacking pride.
On the streets of new york the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in the doorways to find shelter from the wind. |
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| renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king |
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repudiation; self-sacrifice
Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to marry the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom. |
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detestable;extremely unpleasant; very bad.
Mary killed John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women. |
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being the first of its kind in a religion; primitive;native.
Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals. |
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unsuccessful;fruitfuless
Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. |
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wear away by friction;scape;erode
Because the sharp rocks had abraded the skin on her legs, she dabbed iodine on the scrapes and abrasions. |
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| rubbing away;tending to grind down. Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish,abrasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience. |
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condense or shorten.
Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of war and peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel. |
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pardon
The father confessor absolved him of his sins. |
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refain;hold oneself back voluntary from an action or practice.
After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race. |
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sparing in eating and drinking;temperate
Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him. |
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theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational.
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal. |
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| obscure; profound; difficult to understand. Baffled byt he abstruse philosophical texts assigned in the class, Dave asked Lexy to explain Kant's Critique of Pure reason. |
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plentiful; processing riches or resources.
At his immigration interview, Ivan listed his abundant reasons for coming to america: the hope of religious freedom, the prospect of employment, the promise of a more abundant life. |
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