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1. to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy of
2.to act in opposition to; oppose
Sentence: Paige purposely antagonizes me into fighting with her when she constantly hums. |
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1. to attach or add, especially to something larger or more important
2. to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state
3. to take or appropriate, especially without permission
4. to attach as an attribute, condition or consequence
Sentence: Russia is trying to annex Crimea. |
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1. a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action
Sentence: Sandy showed great animosity towards her father, of whom she disliked. |
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1. being both male and female; hermaphroditic
2. having both masculine and feminine characteristics
3. having an ambiguous sexual identity.=
4. neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance
5. (botany) having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence
Sentence: Sarah's short haircut gave her a very androgynous look. |
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1. lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless
2. of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized
3. (petrography, mineralogy) occurring in a mass, as without stratification or crystalline structure
Sentence: The tent dress made her look like an amorphous blob. |
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1. having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities
2. friendly; sociable
3. agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others
Sentence: The sweet, amiable girl was lovely to be around. |
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1. to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve
Sentence: Paige takes medicine to ameliorate her lack of concentration. |
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1. having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action
Sentence: I am ambivalent about whether boarding school is a good decision. |
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1. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
2. of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish or classify
3. lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct
Sentence: This sentence is so ambiguous I can't figure out if I'm supposed to go or not. |
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1. the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism)
Sentence: She showed great altruism by donating her toys to charity. |
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1. at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart
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2. reserved or indifferent; disinterested
Sentence: The aloof senior wouldn't talk to the incoming freshman. |
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1. related by blood
2. allied by nature; having the same properties
Sentence: Studying with Mom is akin to the time she had to study for the SAT exam. |
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1. formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined
Sentence: The aggregate of the people in the elevator exceeded 1,000 pounds. |
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1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor
3. to make (something) appear greater
Sentence: To aggrandize her application, she included all of the sports, clubs, and charities she did after school. |
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1. a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery
2. a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution
Sentence: Her grandfather's death was the cause of her affliction. |
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1. a person, group or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe
2. a person, group, etc., that is an opponent in a contest; contestant
Sentence: Her adversary for class president was Yujung. |
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1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something
2. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner
3. to urge to a duty; remind
Sentence: The school counselor admonished Raven to do more thorough work for her next project. |
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1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce
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3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance
4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness
Sentence: The doctor was adamant that she eat enough protein. |
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1. sharp or severe in effect; intense
2. extremely great or serious; crucial; critical
3. (of disease) brief and severe (opposed to chronic)
4. sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception
5. extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions
6. sharp at the end; ending in a point
7. (geometry) [of an angle] less than 90° [of a triangle] containing only acute angles
Sentence: My great-grandmother died of an acute case of blood cancer. |
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1. to be in agreement or harmony; agree
2. to make agree or correspond; adapt
3. to grant; bestow
Sentence: We are in accord that you should apply to a better school. |
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1. to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud
2. to announce or proclaim with enthusiastic approval
3. to make acclamation; applaud
Sentence: Acclaimed writer Dan Brown went to Exeter. |
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1. to regard with extreme aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate
Sentence: Claire abhors eating fish. |
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1. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner
2. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.)
Sentence: The British king abdicated his throne to go off and marry the divorced woman. |
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1. a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound
2. an act of abbreviating; state or result of being abbreviated; reduction in length, duration, etc.; abridgment; summary
3. a short phrase or reduced form used to represent a larger, more complex idea, situation, set of beliefs, etc.
Sentence: Etc. is the abbreviation for etcetera. |
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1. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
2. of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable
3. of uncertain outcome
4. wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt
Sentence: I'm dubious of the idea that Chloe's school schedule matched yours. |
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1. the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition
2. assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial
3. a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous
4. direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency
5. a contradictory act, fact, etc.
Sentence: Lucy's buying a breed dog was a contradiction to her belief of animal welfare. |
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1. satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else
Sentence: Mimi is contented just laying in the sun. |
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1. showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority
Sentence: Her condescending tone makes me think she doesn't regard me well. |
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1. having hardness and rigidity but little strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass
2. easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail
Sentence: Most old people have brittle bones. |
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1. having a kindly disposition; gracious
2. showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness
3. favorable; propitious
4. (weather) healthful; pleasant or beneficial
5. (pathology) self-limiting
Sentence: Thankfully the tumor was benign. |
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1. to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm
2. to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.)
3. to state as having existence; affirm
Sentence: Mom asserts that the more you study for the test the better you will do. |
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1. a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion
Sentence: She has great antipathy to those who hurt animals. |
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1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction
2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law
3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law
4. capricious; unreasonable; unsupported
Sentence: The mean teacher arbitrarily kids extra homework. |
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1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched
Sentence: She was desperate for water when crossing the arid desert. |
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1. to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine
Sentence: To ascertain what math teacher Paige was going to get, we had to look at her schedule. |
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1. to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
Sentence: The police were wrongly assailing the peaceful protesters. |
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1. to state with confidence or force; state strongly or positively
Sentence: She stood up at the PTA meeting and asserted that we needed to raise more money. |
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1. severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidden
2. grave; sober; solemn; serious
Sentence: Granny has a very austere appearance. |
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1. scholarly
2. clever; cunning; ingenious
Sentence: She was very astute in noticing that she needed to study more before the test. |
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1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable
2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate
Sentence: On this auspicious occasion, the graduate was rewarded with a huge check. |
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1. devoid of freshness or originality; trite
Sentence: The common public school is banal in comparison to the private school. |
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1. (fortification) a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work
2. a fortified place
3. anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.
Sentence: It consisted of a fortified town and a defensive bastion. |
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1. characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
2. desiring to help others; charitable
3. intended for benefits rather than profit
Sentence: The benevolent god protected the children. |
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1. a disposition in a will.
2. a legacy
Sentence: When she died, there was a bequest of money to the oldest child. |
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1. brazenly obvious; flagrant
2. offensively noisy or loud; clamorous
3. tastelessly conspicuous
Sentence: As he got up and left the room, the student blatantly ignored the teacher's punishment of detention. |
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1. (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious
Sentence: Sally's bombastic exultations of her son's ability repelled all of her friends. |
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1. shameless or impudent
2. made of brass
3. like brass, as in sound, color, or strength
Sentence: The model brazenly wore that ugly dress with her head held high. |
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1. truthful and straightforward; frank.
2. (of a photograph of a person) taken informally, especially without the subject's knowledge
Sentence: She was very candid when she said she really didn't like my outfit. |
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1. given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
Sentence: I have turned into a capricious teenager. |
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1. a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope
2. a process whereby something, typically information or knowledge, is successively passed on
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3. (of water) pour downward rapidly and in large quantities
Sentence: The water cascaded down the mountain. |
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1. distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated
Sentence: Much to her mother's chagrin, the daughter made the wrong decision. |
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1. (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
2. (of a person) having an illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
3. (of a problem) long-lasting and difficult to eradicate
Sentence: The teacher wasn't present in the classroom for several days because she had a chronic illness. |
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1. persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
2. obtain (something) by using force or threats
Sentence: My mother coerced my sister by threatening to take away electronics if she did not clean up her room. |
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1. in economics, a commodity is a marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs
Sentence: What type of commodities does that man sell? |
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1. having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully
Sentence: She is a competent teacher in that her students pass the exam. |
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1. complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something
Sentence: The teacher gave a comprehensive review before the test to ensure that the students knew the material. |
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1. express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure
2. sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death
Sentence: The condemned man was sentenced to die. |
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1. cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations
Sentence: I am confounded by the problem. |
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1. (of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own
Sentence: He was so congenial everyone loved being around him. |
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1. general agreement
Sentence: The school came to a consensus that they would no longer teach cursive writing. |
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1. standing out so as to be clearly visible
Sentence: The bad spy was clearly conspicuous as he wore his CIA badge in the street. |
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1. feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt
Sentence: The girl was contrite and came to apologize. |
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1. warm and friendly
Sentence: The princess was very cordial and went around the ball introducing herself to everyone. |
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1. fat
Sentence: He is corpulent but trying to loose weight. |
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1. a system of Christian or other religious belief; a faith
2. statement of principles
Sentence: The service group's creed is "always help when help is needed." |
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1. (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed
Sentence: Her presentation was succinctly to the point. |
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1. having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
Sentence: The C student showed great apathy at school at didn't bother to do any homework. |
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1. lack of harmony among musical notes
Sentence: Because the band hadn't practiced in a while, the room was full of nothing but cacophony and dissonance. |
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1. knowing everything
Sentence: The omniscient narrator knows everything that's happening in the story. |
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1. present from birth
Sentence: The baby was born with a congenital heart defect. |
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1. lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
Sentence: The weak girl made a feeble attempt to beat the strong man at arm wrestling. |
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1. unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
Sentence: The teacher marked off these extra sentences in my essay as being superfluous. |
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1. publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm
Sentence: The sketch show lampooned the Kardashians. |
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1. a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen
Sentence: The frightened child went to the first day of middle school with fear and trepidation. |
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1. evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of
Sentence: The police assessed the situation before they went into the criminal's house. |
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1. clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
Sentence: The adroit ballet dancer could do a perfect arabesque. |
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1. neatly skillful and quick in one's movements
Sentence: The football player deftly moved past the blockers to make the touchdown. |
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1. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
Sentence: The once vibrant city slowly became a desolate ghost town. |
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1. dislike intensely
Sentence: I detest the sound of an insect buzzing. |
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1. depart from an established course
Sentence: She didn't follow the usual track of mathematics, but instead deviated when she took Geometry before Algebra II. |
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1. make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it
Sentence: A baby's parents often dilute apple juice with water so it is not so strong for their child. |
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1. deny any responsibility or support for
Sentence: The vice president disavowed himself from the president after the bad decision to go to war. |
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1. regard or represent as being of little worth
Sentence: The mean girl made disparaging remarks about the new kid in school. |
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1. ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Sentence: The docile animal is a good choice for a pet. |
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