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Bewail (v)
To express deep or great sorrow over something
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- He bewailed the death of his cat.
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Destitute (adj)
- 1. Without any resouces or possesions, especially the necessities of life
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- The homeless man was destitute and had nothing to call his except for a tattered blanket.
- 2. Lacking; devoid of
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- He was destitute of ideas for his new poem.
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Destitution (n)
- The state of being destitute.
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- Destitution caused by the famine forced many people to flee their homes for search of a better life elsewhere.
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Detract (v)
- To take away, especially the value, beauty, or importance of something.
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- The bad paint job destracted from the fancy room.
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Detractor (n)
- One who bellitles the worth of something.
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- The plans detractors were critical of the expected cost of the new town hall.
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Emanicipate (v)
- To set free from slaveery, to liberate.
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- Many highschool graduates feel emanicipated when they leave home for college.
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Extol (v)
- To praise highly
- Ex. He extolled the pros of his company.
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Flamboyant (adj)
- Excessively showy; unrestrained
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- They considered her multicolored tutu too flambboyant for the governor's reception.
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Impetus (n)
- A driving force, anything that causes an action
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- The prospect of getting a laptop provided an impetus for him to study hard and work diligently for the semester.
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Insuperable
- Incapable of being overcome or defeated
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- While playing the video game, the final bossseemed to be an insuperable obstacle to the finishing of the game.
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Intermittent (adj)
- Not continuous; happening at intervals
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- The intermittent noises coming from the highway kept me up all night.
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Maxim (n)
- A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
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- Remeber the maxim, "Haste makes waste," and slow down.
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Obligatory (adj)
- Required or demanded
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- There waas no way of shirking the obligatory assagniment that the teacher gave.
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Plumb
- (v)
- 1. To measure the deapth of the water
- 2. To reach the deepest part of
- 3. To understand by examining closely; to solve
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- 4. Straight up and down; vertical
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Vagabond
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- 1. A person that travels from place to place
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- 2. Inconsistent in location
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- The vagabond life of a traveling musician suited the members of the band
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Visage (n)
- A face, especially one that expresses feelings
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- The sorrowful visage of the puppy brought sympathy to my heart so I fed him a little more food than he should eat.
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Wheedle (v)
- 1. To coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise
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- He tried to wheedle his father into lending him the new sports car.
- 2.To gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise
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- The agent wheedled several thousand dollars from the couple for a life insurance that was practically worthless.
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