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| 5226984336 | akin | adj. 1: related by blood: descended from a common ancestor or prototype 2: essentially similar, related, or compatible | 0 | |
| 5226987790 | plight | n. an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation; a predicament or dilemma | 1 | |
| 5226994673 | admonish | v. 1. to speak to (someone) in a way that expresses disapproval or criticism 2. to tell or urge (someone) to do something | 2 | |
| 5226999122 | epistle | n. 1. a letter; especially a formal or elegant letter 2. a composition in the form of a letter | 3 | |
| 5227007089 | nefarious | adj. flagrantly wicked or impious | 4 | |
| 5227011499 | adulation | n. excessively admiring behavior; excessive flattery or admiration | 5 | |
| 5227018156 | censure | n. disapproval; severe criticism; official expression of disapproval or condemnation, e.g. of a legislator by the legislature. | 6 | |
| 5227021171 | dissemble | v. to put on a false appearance in order to conceal facts, feelings, or intentions; hedge, evade, quibble, beat around the bush, stall, dither... | 7 | |
| 5227025056 | dissimulat | v. to disguise or hide true feelings, thoughts, or intentions | 8 | |
| 5227027863 | droll | adj. oddly amusing, funny, comic, witty, humorous | 9 | |
| 5227031830 | expectorate | v. to cough up and spit out phlegm, clearing bronchial passages | 10 | |
| 5227035682 | palpate | v. to examine a part of the body by feeling with the hands and fingers | 11 | |
| 5227037489 | peremptory | adj. 1. expecting to be obeyed and unwilling to tolerate disobedience, dictatorial 2. communicating urgency, command, or instruction 3. (in Law) ending, or not open to, discussion, debate, or further action | 12 | |
| 5227042480 | pusillanimous | adj. showing a contemptible lack of boldness and resolve, cowardly, timid, faint-hearted, lily-livered, spineless... | 13 | |
| 5227056088 | surfeit | n. an excessive number or quantity of something, especially so much of it that people become sickened, repelled, or bored by it 2. overindulgence, or a bout of overindulgence, in something, especially food or drink. | 14 | |
| 5227058949 | palpitate | v. to beat in an irregular or unusually rapid way, either because of a medical condition or because of exertion, fear, or anxiety. | 15 | |
| 5227068836 | analogy | a comparison between two situations, usually one familiar and the other less so, so that the features of the more familiar situation help to explain the less familiar one. | 16 | |
| 5227075825 | argument | the process by a writer tries to persuade a reader to adopt a particular point of view. | 17 | |
| 5227078716 | paraphrase | a statement that says something that another person has said or written in a different way | 18 | |
| 5227083659 | satire | n. 1. a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc. 2. humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc. 3. : a book, movie, etc., that uses satire | 19 | |
| 5227087378 | summarize | to tell (information) again using fewer words | 20 |
