English Vocab List 2
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| show | lassitude
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| show | intrinsic
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| The large trees that surrounded the strange mansion ____ our view of the building | show 🗑
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| show | exhortation
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| show | surmised
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| One way to ____ your fears of giving a speech is to put your audience at ease with a personal anecdote | show 🗑
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| show | permeated
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| show | surmised
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| show | precipitated
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| show | millennium
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| Although the music- an etude by Schumann- was not familiar to him, the pianist followed the sheet music and played the piece with great ____ | show 🗑
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| show | ingratiating
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| I trust that we shall have the will to improve what can be improved and the patience to bear what cannot now be ____ | show 🗑
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| show | interloper
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| show | callow
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| The publisher will take prompt legal action against anyone who ____ on the copyright of this book | show 🗑
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| show | epitomizes
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| If you desire a strong garlic flavor that ____ the dish, use fresh, minced garlic rather than garlic powder | show 🗑
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| After the speaker had droned on pointlessly for half an hour, an angry man in the front row and said, “Must we continue to listen to all this childish ____?” | show 🗑
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| show | ingratiate
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| Because I believe in spreading governmental powers among several officials, I am opposed to having the Mayor serve as ____ head of the Board of Education | show 🗑
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| His message may seem ____, but there is a solid framework of practical ideas underlying the rather pompous language | show 🗑
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| Do we need new laws to combat crime, or rather, more ____ enforcement of the laws we already have? | show 🗑
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| show | inveigh
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| She handled a potentially embarrassing situation with cool ____ | show 🗑
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| concealed (synonym) | show 🗑
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| leaked through (synonym) | show 🗑
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| high-flown (synonym) | show 🗑
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| show | epitome
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| show | ingratiate
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| show | inveigh
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| show | aplomb
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| hogwash (synonym) | show 🗑
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| imperative (synonym) | show 🗑
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| create (synonym) | show 🗑
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| alienate (antonym) | show 🗑
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| Uncover (antonym) | show 🗑
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| cautious (antonym) | show 🗑
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| show | drivel
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| clumsiness (antonym) | show 🗑
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| The prophets of old fervently ____ the people to amend their lives. | show 🗑
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| I refuse to accept the idea that conditions in this slum have deteriorated so far that nothing can be done to ____ them. | show 🗑
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| The voters of this city are looking for practical answers to urgent questions and will not respond to that kind of ____ and pretentious claptrap. | show 🗑
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| show | drivel
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| The people trying to “crash” our dance may think of themselves as merry pranksters, but they are really ____ who would prevent us all from having a good time. | show 🗑
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| show | infringe
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| show | callow
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| This old necklace has little ____ value, but it means a great deal to me because it belonged to my mother. | show 🗑
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| show | ingratiate
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| show | occult
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| The Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defence are ____ members of the National Security Council. | show 🗑
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| show | aplomb
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| That dancer is very talented but isn't it going rather far to call her “the very ____ of feminine beauty and grace”? | show 🗑
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| We looked up hungrily as the delightful odor of broiled steak and fried onions permeated the room. | show 🗑
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| show | precipitate
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| We do not know what her motives were, but we may ____ that she was mainly concerned for the child’s well-being. | show 🗑
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| show | inveighed
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| show | lassitude
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| “If you think my training rules are too ____ and confining,” the coach said, “then you probably shouldn't be a candidate for the team.” | show 🗑
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