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wordly wise 6
Term | Definition |
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anarchy | total absence of the government |
anarchy 2 | lack of order; total confusion |
apprehend | to seize; to arrest |
apprehend 2 | to gasp the meaning of; to understand |
arraign | to bring before a court to face charges |
assimilate | to absorb into the population |
assimilate 2 | to take in a part and absorb as a whole |
bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar |
calamity | an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster |
calamitous | disasterous |
conspire | to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal |
conspire 2 | to join or act together |
conspiracy | a joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts |
disspension | a difference of opinion; disagreement |
elapse | to pass or slip by (used with time) |
imminent | about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future |
interrogate | to ask questions of, espically in a thorough or formal manner |
interrogation | the act of questioning |
lionize | to treat as a celeberity |
meticulous | extremely careful; attentive to small details |
shackle | a ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent from freedom |
shackle 2 | something that prevents free action |
shackle 3 | to prevent freedom of action |
swelter | to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat |
sweltering | very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather. |