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| 5180583978 | PERIODIC SENTENCE | A periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader. Ex: 1. With a blood-curdling scream and claws outstretched, the eagle went after the rabbit. 2. The beach, with white sand, crystal clear water, and palm trees, is a favorite hangout for the locals. 3. Now, after years of research and many modifications, here is the latest model of out hybrid. | 0 | |
| 5180583979 | adulation | noun Def: obsequious (obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.) flattery; excessive admiration or praise — excessive or slavish admiration or flattery Ex: "he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans" Ex: "unspoiled by all the adulation he's received" Syn: hero worship, worship, idolization, adoration, admiration, veneration, awe, devotion, glorification, praise, flattery, blandishments | 1 | |
| 5180583980 | censure | 1. verb Def: to express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement. Ex: "a judge was censured in 1983 for a variety of types of injudicious conduct" 2. noun Def: the expression of formal disapproval. Ex: "angry delegates offered a resolution of censure against the offenders" Syn: condemnation, criticism, attack, abuse | 2 | |
| 5180601108 | dissemble | verb Def: to conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs Def: to disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention) Syn: dissimulate, pretend, feign, act, masquerade, sham, fake, bluff, posture, hide one's feelings, put on a false front Ex: "an honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble" Ex: "she's being honest and has no need to dissemble" Ex: "she smiled, dissembling her true emotion" | 3 | |
| 5180601109 | traversed | verb 1. Def 1 : 1. to travel across or through. Ex: "he traversed the forest" Syn: travel over/across, cross, journey over/across, pass over Def 2: extend across or through. Ex: "a moving catwalk that traversed a vast cavernous space" Syn: cross, bridge, span; More Def 3: cross a hill or mountain by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another Ex: "I often use this route, eventually traversing around the cliff" Def 4: consider or discuss the whole extent of (a subject) Ex: "he would traverse a number of subjects and disciplines" 2. Def 1: move (something) back and forth or sideways. Ex: "a probe is traversed along the tunnel" Def 2: turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction | 4 | |
| 5180602655 | droll | adjective Def: curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement Def: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality Ex: "his unique brand of droll self-mockery" Syn: funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, hilarious | 5 | |
| 5180602656 | expectorate | Def: to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; to spit; to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting Ex: If Jack wants to feel better, he needs to expectorate the mucus from his lungs. Ex: The doctor will use a tube to expectorate the foreign object from the patient's mouth. | 6 | |
| 5180602657 | palpate | verb Def: to examine (a part of the body) by touch, especially for medical purposes; to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness Ex: Your doctor might palpate your abdomen if you have a pain in your stomach. | 7 | |
| 5180604137 | peremptory | adjective
Def: (especially of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.
Ex: ""Just do it!" came the peremptory reply"
Syn: brusque, imperious, high-handed, brisk, abrupt, summary, commanding, dictatorial, autocratic, overbearing, dogmatic, arrogant, overweening, lordly, magisterial, authoritarian
Extra defs:
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a : putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay; specifically : not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply
b : admitting of no contradiction
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: expressive of urgency or command
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a : characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance | 8 | |
| 5180604138 | pusillanimous | adjective Def: showing a lack of courage or determination; timid; lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity Syn: timid, timorous, cowardly, fearful, faint-hearted, lily-livered, spineless, craven | 9 | |
| 5180604139 | surfeit | noun Def: an amount that is too much or more than you need; an overabundant supply; excess; an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink); disgust caused by excess; an excessive amount of something. Ex: "a surfeit of food and drink" Syn:: excess, surplus, abundance, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, glut, avalanche, deluge verb Def: to cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess. Ex: "I am surfeited with shopping" Syn: satiate, sate, gorge, overfeed, overfill, glut, cram, stuff, overindulge, fill; saturate Ex: "we'll all be surfeited with food" | 10 |
