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Lesson 7

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ABHOR/HATE

to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
Photo by Werner Kunz

ACCOLADE/HONOR

praise, an award

ASCETIC/SELF-DENYING

ONE WHO LEADS A LIFE OF SELF-DENIAL AND CONTEMPLATION
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BEQUEATH/PASS ON

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
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CHARLATAN/FAKE

ONE WHO CLAIMS TO KNOW SOMETHING THAT HE DOES NOT, A QUACK
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CONFLAGRATION/BLAZE

a large fire
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dearth/SHORTAGE

a lack, a scarcity
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diffidencE/BASHFULL

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
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effervescent/BUBBLY

showing high spirits

ethereal/ELEGANT

heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
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expunge/DELETE

to remove, to erase
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guile/TRICKERY

deceitfulness, duplicity

implausible/UNLIKELY

not believable
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incongruity/DIFFERENCE

DISAGREEMENT, INCOMPATIBILITY
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insularity/INTOLERATE

QUALITIES OF AN ISLAND; NARROW-MINDEDNESS OF OPINION

MOROSE/ UNHAPPY

BEING SULLEN OR GLOOMY
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PLACATE/CALM

TO appease or to pacify by making concessions
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POIGNANT/TOUCHING

piercing, incisive, and keen
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provincial/HICK

lacking sophistication, narrow-minded

reiterate/SAY AGAIN

TO REPEAT
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spontaneous/UNPLANNED

having no external cause, acting on impulse
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synthesis/BLEND

combining parts into a whole
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toxic/DEADLY

poisonous
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VIGILANT/ATTENTIVE

very alert, watchful
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voluble/TALKATIVE

ability to use words easily, fluent and glib
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