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nonce
"a nonce word"
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"1. adj. (of a word or expression) coined for one occasion. 2. slang: a person who commits a crime involving sex, especially sex with a child"
heckler
"he was adept at dealing with hecklers"
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someone who interrupts a public speech or performance with loud, unfriendly statements or questions
blow away
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to run off; also: to surprise or please someone very much; (US) to kill a person by shooting them
crenellation
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a feature of defensive architecture, most typically found on the battlements of medieval castles
slump, slumping
"she slumped against the cushions"
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sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply
gloat
"She's continually gloating over/about her new job. I know I shouldn't gloat, but it really serves him right. His enemies were quick to gloat at his humiliation."
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to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction because of your own success or good luck, or someone else's failure or bad luck
sleuth
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someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them
inundate
"we've been inundated with complaints from listeners" "the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise"
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overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with; flood
conflagrate
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to catch fire. transitive verb.: to set on fire
garner
"the police struggled to garner sufficient evidence"
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gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)
resplendent
"she was resplendent in a sea-green dress"
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attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous
sumptuous
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splendid and expensive-looking; extremely costly, rich, luxurious
drudgery
"domestic drudgery"
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hard menial or dull work
menial
"menial factory jobs"
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(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige
rambunctious
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uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous
boisterous
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noisy, energetic, and cheerful; (of weather or water) wild or stormy
tyke
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a small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one; dated, British: a rude man
clobber, get clobbered
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hit (someone) hard, treat or deal with harshly, to beat or batter to defeat utterly; get hit hard
scintillating
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funny, exciting, and clever; sparkling or shining brightly
quaint
"quaint country cottages"
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attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
maim
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wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged
corroborate
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confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
caveat
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a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations; a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement
admonition
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a piece of advice that is also a warning to someone about their behaviour
derision
"They treated his suggestion with derision."
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the situation in which someone or something is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value
artifice
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clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others; (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive
contrive
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to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning; create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
esurient
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hungry or greedy (archaic•humorous)
peckish
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slightly hungry
sartorial
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relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress
iniquitous
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grossly unfair and morally wrong; very wrong and unfair
fervid; fervent
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intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree; literary / archaic: hot, burning, or glowing
taut
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stretched or pulled tight; tense, not relaxed (esp. of muscles, nerves)
pestilential
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relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases
ubiquitous
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present, appearing, or found everywhere; seeming to be everywhere; omnipresent
arduous
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involving or requiring strenuous effort and a lot of energy; difficult and tiring
cumbersome
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large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; awkward because of being large, heavy, or not effective
unwieldy
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difficult to move or handle because it is heavy, large, or a strange shape
circuitous
"a circuitous route/path a circuitous (= long and indirect) explanation "
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not straight or direct
germane (to sth)
Her remarks could not have been more germane to the discussion
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relevant to a subject under consideration, connected with and important to it
perfunctory
"he gave a perfunctory nod"
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(of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort
truculent
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eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant, unpleasant and likely to argue
defiant
"in a defiant mood"; a defiant attitude/gesture
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proudly refusing to obey authority; not willing to accept criticism or disapproval
nascent
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(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential; only recently formed or started, but likely to grow larger quickly
admonish (sb for sth / to)
"His mother admonished him for eating too quickly.
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to tell someone that they have done something wrong; to advise someone to do something
impugn
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dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question
obfuscate
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to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally; make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible; bewilder (sb)
placate
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to stop someone from feeling angry; make (someone) less angry or hostile
repudiate
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refuse to accept; reject; deny the truth or validity of; to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable:
epitome
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a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
dilettante
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a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
unabashedly
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without embarrassment or shame; without any worry about possible criticism
fervently
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very enthusiastically or passionately
forsake
He decided to forsake politics for journalism
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abandon or leave; renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant)
willy-nilly
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suddenly and without planning or order
higgledy-piggledy
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mixed up and in no particular order; in / involving confusion or disorder
fuddy-duddy
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a person who has old-fashioned ideas and opinions
helter-skelter
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quickly and in all directions
namby-pamby
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weak, silly, or emotional
jeepers creepers
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an expression of surprise
efface
The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship.
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to remove something intentionally
exacerbate
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make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse
galvanise
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shock or excite (someone) into taking action
perilous
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full of danger or risk; extremely dangerous
peril
I never felt that my life was in peril. The journey through the mountains was fraught with peril (= full of dangers). Teenagers must be warned about the perils of unsafe sex
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great danger, or something that is very dangerous
conjecture, conjectural
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an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; based on how something seems and not on proof
refract (through / into)
"The pressures of globalization are filtered and refracted through nation-specific institutions Genres, like records, do not rest in one site, but refract into multiple and successive transfigurations of musical meaning"
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bend light (also sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another
startlingly
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in a very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable, often worrying way
unduly
"there is no need to be unduly alarmed"
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more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable; to an unwarranted degree; inordinately, excessively, unproportionally
undulate
The road undulates for five miles before a steep climb
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move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion (like waves on the sea)
undulating
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having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline
inordinately
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to an unusually or disproportionately large degree; excessively
death knell (to sound / toll the death knell for)
"""the internet sounds the death knell of reading""
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a warning of the end of something, (literally) the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death
trove (a treasure trove of something)
"a treasure trove of information Though small, this museum is a veritable treasure trove of history. "
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a large amount of something good, useful, or valuable, or a place where this can be found
vociferous
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expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful; eg. people, demands (people who express their opinions and complaints loudly and repeatedly in speech; demands, that are made repeatedly and loudly
vehement
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showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense; expressing strong feelings, or shown by strong feelings or great energy or force
swathe
"vast swathes of countryside" These people represent a broad/wide swathe of public opinion.
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a long strip or large area especially of land; a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped; (literary) a large part of something that includes several different things
trawl through sth
to trawl through data, trawl through a book
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to look through a lot of things in order to find something
deleterious
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harmful, causing harm or damage
bucolic
the church is lovely for its bucolic setting
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relating to the (pleasant aspects of the) countryside and country life
rustle, rustling
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make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper
rev up (revving up the engine)
"The hotel is revving up for the busy summer season
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to become more active, or to make someone or something become more active; to increase the speed of the engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is not moving
flail (flail about/around)
"A wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.
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(especially of arms and legs) to move energetically in an uncontrolled way
tantalise
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to make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen
expedient
"The management has taken a series of expedient measures to improve the company's financial situation.
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helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable or without considering any moral question that might influence your decision
obscure
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not known to many people, not discovered or known about; uncertain; not clearly expressed or easily understood; (verb) keep from being seen; conceal
exuberate
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"to express great joy; (archaic) to abound or grow in profusion, to have something in abundance; overflow
exuberant
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full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness
abound
"rumours of a further scandal abound"
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exist in large numbers or amounts, have in large numbers or amounts

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