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/ɪs'tʃu:/ v. Syn. avoid; escape avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from Hoping to present himself to his girlfriend as a totally reformed character, he tried to eschew all the vices, especially chewing tobacco and drinking bathtub gin. |
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evanescent |
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/i:və'nɛs(ə)nt/;/ɛv-/ a. Syn. fleeting; vanishing fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor Brandon's satisfaction in his new job was evanescent, for he immediately began to notice its many drawbacks. |
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evince |
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/ɪ'vɪns/ v. Syn. manifest show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer When he tried to answer the questions, I heard he evince his ignorance of the subject matter. |
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exculpate |
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/'ɛkskʌlpeɪt/ v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges The court will exculpate him of the crime after the real criminal confesses. |
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execrable |
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/'ɛksɪkrəb(ə)l/ a. very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful The anecdote was in such execrable taste that it revolted the audience. |
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expiate |
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/'ɛkspɪeɪt/ v. Syn. atone make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt He tried to expiate his crimes by a full confession to the authorities. |
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expunge |
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/ɛk'spʌndʒ/ v. Syn. cancel; remove cancel; remove; erase or strike out If you behave, I will expunge this notation from your record. |
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extant |
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/ɛk'stænt/ a. still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct Although the book is out of print, some copies are still extant. Unfortunately, all of them are in libraries or private collections; none are for sale. |
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extol |
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/ɪk'stɔl/ v. Syn. praise; glorify praise highly; glorify; celebrate In his speech, the president will extol the astronauts, calling them the pioneers of the Space Age. |
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fallacious |
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/fə'leɪʃəs/ a. Syn. false; deceptive false; tending to mislead; deceptive Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. |
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fastidious |
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/fæ'stɪdɪəs/ a. difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust. |
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fatuous |
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/'fætjʊəs/ a. Syn. foolish foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks. |
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feral |
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/'fɪər(ə)l/ a. Syn. wild not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs. |
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fetid |
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/'fɛtɪd/ a. Syn. stinking unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking These dogs are housed in fetid, dark sheds and barns or left outside in cages exposed to the cold, the heat, the rain and the snow. |
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florid |
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/'flɒrɪd/;/'flɔ:rɪd/ a. Syn. ruddy; reddish reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented If you go to beach and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid. |
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fractious |
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/'frækʃəs/ a. Syn. unruly; disobedient; irritable inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable Bucking and kicking, the fractious horse unseated its rider. |
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garrulous |
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/'gærʊləs/ a. Syn. wordy; talkative talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County. |
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gregarious |
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/grɪ'gɛərɪəs/ a. Syn. sociable sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others Natural selection in gregarious animals operates upon groups rather than upon individuals. |
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hackneyed |
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/'hæknɪd/ a. Syn. commonplace repeated too often; over familiar through overuse When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before. |
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hapless |
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/'hæplɪs/ a. without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy His hapless lover was knocked down by a car. |