... Lois’s two dogs
and three cats get along famously.
• Jan’s new hairdo was the object of Kaj’s antipathy.
[Syn. aversion]
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apprehension ... was brazen if not very smart.
• Trumpets have a very piercing, brazen sound.
[-ly adv.]
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broach (BROHCH) v...
... the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
16 Essential Vocabulary
1. adulate
2. advantageous
3. adversarial
4. adversary
5. adversity
6. aerate
7. ... about serving artichokes because, while they are
delicious, they’re a pain to prepare.
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amenity (uh MEN i tee) n. 1. pl...
... hats so that we can celebrate the ring-
ing in of the New Year.
[-d, celebrating, celebration n.] [Syn. commemorate, observe]
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07_571656 ch03.qxd 11/10/04 12:34 PM Page ... During the Second World War, people at home received mail from their
relatives in the armed forces that had whole paragraphs blacked out by the
censors.
• In the Soviet Union, every newspaper...
... dialysis
machine.
• Serial killers are among the most dysfunctional personalities in the world.
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... excoriated his right elbow when he slid into second base.
[-d, excoriating, excoriation n.]
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Match the word from ... feckles...
... could be fixed and about how it wasn’t his fault anyway.
[-d, discoursing] [Syn. speak]
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discovery (dis KUH vir ee) n. 1. finding ... many diseases of the liver.
• High unemployment is a disease that can cripple society.
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disguise (dis GYZ) vt. 1. to...