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Princeton hit parade words 2010
| Word | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| ACCOLADE (N) | AN EXPRESSION OF PRAISE | HER APPROVAL IS THE HIGHEST ACCOLADE HE COULD HAVE RECEIVED. |
| ADULATION (N) | EXCESSIVE PRAISE; INTENSE ADORATION | MINELL IS A BORN PERFORMER- SHE LOVES THE EXCITEMENT AND SHE LOVES THE ADULATION. |
| AMELIORATE (V) | TO MAKE BETTER OR MORE TOLERABLE | FOREIGN AID IS BADLY NEEDED TO AMELIORATE THE EFFECTS OF THE DROUGHT. |
| ASCETIC (N) | ONE WHO PRACTICES RIGID SELF-DENIAL, ESP. AS AN ACT OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTION | |
| AVARICE (N) | GREED, ESP. FOR WEALTH (ADJ: AVARICIOUS) | HE IS TO BE HER MEAL TICKET FOR THE REST OF HER DAYS, AND SHE IS MOTIVATED BY AVARICE AS MUCH AS LOVE. |
| BURGEON (V) | TO GROW RAPIDLY OR FLOURISH | LOVE BURGEONED BETWEEN THEM. |
| BUCOLIC (ADJ) | RUSTIC AND PASTORAL; CHARACTERISTIC OF RURAL AREAS AND THEIR INHABITANTS | THE PAINTING SHOWS A TYPICALLY BUCOLIC SCENE WITH PEASANTS HARVESTING THE FIELDS. |
| CACOPHONY (N) | HARSH, JARRING, DISCORDANT SOUND; DISSONANCE (ADJ: CACOPHONOUS) | AS WE ENTERED THE FARM YARD WE WERE MET BY A CACOPHONY OF ANIMAL SOUNDS. |
| CAUSTIC (ADJ) | BURNING OR STINGING; CAUSING CORROSION | |
| CHARY (ADJ) | WARY; CAUTIOUS; SPARING | I'M A BIT CHARY OF USING A TRAVEL AGENCY THAT DOESN'T HAVE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION. |
| COMPLAISANCE (N) | THE WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH THE WISHES OF OTHERS (ADJ: COMPLAISANT) | I AM ASHAMED TO SAY THAT HITHERTO I HAVE ONLY GIVEN MYSELF OUT OF MERE COMPLAISANCE. |
| DEARTH (N) | SMALLNESS OF QUANTITY OR NUMBER; SCARCITY; A LACK | THERE IS AN APPALLING DEARTH OF UP-TO-DATE TEACHING MATERIAL. |
| DEMUR (V) | TO QUESTION OR OPPOSE | THE LAWYER REQUESTED A BREAK IN THE COURT CASE, BUT THE JUDGE DEMURRED. |
| DIDACTIC (ADJ) | INTENDED TO TEACH OR INSTRUCT | |
| DISINTERESTED (ADJ) | FREE OF BIAS OR SELF-INTEREST; IMPARTIAL | ITS A WORLD THAT HAS INHABITANTS TOTALLY ABSORBED IN THEIR OWN BORED EXISTENCE, AND DISINTERESTED IN EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THEMSELVES. |
| DOGMATIC (ADJ) | EXPRESSING A RIGID OPINION BASED ON UNPROVED OR UNPROVABLE PRINCIPLES (N: DOGMA) | IF SOMEONE IS DOGMATIC, THEY ARE SURE THAT THEY ARE RIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG. |
| EBULLIENCE (N) | THE QUALITY OF LIVELY OR ENTHUSIASTIC EXPRESSION OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS (ADJ: EBULLIENT) | HE IS USUALLY VERY LIVELY, BUT TODAY HE WASN'T HIS USUAL EBULLIENT SELF. |
| ECLECTIC (ADJ) | COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | |
| ELEGY (N) | A MOURNFUL POEM, ESP. ONE LAMENTING THE DEAD (ADJ: ELEGIAC) | GRAY'S 'ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD' IS A FAMOUS ENGLISH POEM. |
| EMOLLIENT (ADJ/N) | SOOTHING, ESP. TO THE SKIN; MAKING LESS HARSH; MOLLIFYING; AN AGENT THAT SOFTENS OR SMOOTHES THE SKIN. | |
| ENIGMATIC (ADJ) | MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE; DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND (N:ENIGMA) | HE LEFT AN ENIGMATIC MESSAGE ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE |
| ABATE (V) | TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY OR DEGREE | THE WAR SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ABATING. |
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