Word:
withy

Pronunciation:
\WITH-ee (the TH is as in "the")\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1: willow; especially : any of various willows whose pliable twigs are used for furniture and basketry
2: a flexible slender twig or branch

Example sentence:

The withies must be soaked in water for about a week before they will be ready to be woven into baskets.


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Word:
superjacent

Pronunciation:
\soo-per-JAY-sunt\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

1: lying above or upon2: overlying

Example sentence:

"Foreign states enjoy the right of overflight in the airspace superjacent to a coastal state's 200-mile exclusive economic zone . . .” (James C. Hsiung, The New York Times, April 14, 2001)


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Word:
lickerish

Pronunciation:
\LIK-uh-rish\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

1 : greedy, desirous

2 : lecherousExample sentence:

"Fiend," cried the undaunted maiden, slapping the face of her lickerish captor.


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Word:
ideate

Pronunciation:
\EYE-dee-ayt\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

1 : to form an idea or conception of

2 : to form an idea
Example sentence:

Joshua first ideated his vision of a water garden for his backyard after he went on a sightseeing tour of water fountains in Kansas City.


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Word:
sobriquet

Pronunciation:
\SOH-brih-kay\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

a descriptive name or epithet : nickname


Example sentence:

Baseball players have long been known by colorful sobriquets such as "The Georgia Peach" (Ty Cobb) and "The Splendid Splinter" (Ted Williams).


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Word:
dyed-in-the-wool

Pronunciation:
\dyde-in-thuh-WOOL\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

thoroughgoing, uncompromising


Example sentence:

Having heard that Gloria's father was a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, Stewart told him about the time he met Ronald Reagan.


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Word:
slake

Pronunciation:
\SLAYK\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

1 : satisfy, quench

2 : to cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water:

hydrate



Example sentence:

"What an unspeakable luxury it was to slake that thirst with the pure and limpid ice-water of the glacier!" (Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad)


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Word:
biannual

Pronunciation:
\bye-AN-yuh-wul\

POS:
adj.

Meanings:

1 : occurring twice a year
2 : occurring every two years



Example sentence:

The report recommended that we begin conducting a more frequent annual safety review rather than our current biannual review.

overslaugh

PRONUNCIATION:
(O-vuhr-slaw)

MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To pass over someone in favor of another, as in a promotion.
2. To bar or to hinder.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Dutch overslaan (to pass over, omit), from over + slaan (to strike).

USAGE:
"The disgusted James Grimes told William Fessenden, 'The men of brains are still overslaughed and ignored.'"

Word:
hue and cry

Pronunciation:
\HYOO-und-KRYE\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1 a : a loud outcry formerly used in the pursuit of one who is suspected of a crime b : the pursuit of a suspect or a written proclamation for the capture of a suspect

2 : a clamor of protest

3 : hubbub

Example sentence:

After the popular professor was fired by the college, students raised such a hue and cry on campus that the administration was forced to reconsider its decision.


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Word:
Hoick

Pronunciation:
\HOIK\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

to move or pull abruptly : yank

Example sentence:

When she noticed that her toddler's nose was running, Stacy quickly hoicked out a tissue from her purse.


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Word:
vicinity

Pronunciation:
\vuh-SIN-uh-tee\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1 : the quality or state of being near : proximity 2 : a surrounding area or district : neighborhood 3 : an approximate amount, extent, or degree

Example sentence:

There are several wonderful little stores in the vicinity of our new house.


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Word:
besot

Pronunciation:
\bih-SAHT\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

1 : infatuate
2 : to make dull or stupid; especially : to muddle with drunkenness

Example sentence:

Long besotted with the pretty file clerk who worked in his office, Keith finally worked up the nerve to ask her out to lunch.


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Word:
Boilerplate

Pronunciation:
\BOY-ler-playt\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1 : syndicated material supplied especially to weekly newspapers in matrix or plate form 2 a : standardized text b : formulaic or hackneyed language 3 : tightly packed icy snow

Example sentence:

Most of the real estate contract was legal boilerplate.


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Word:
Eidetic

Pronunciation:
\eye-DET-ik\

POS:
adjec.

Meanings:

marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images

Example sentence:

Thanks to her eidetic memory, Kirsten was able to recall every last detail of what happened that night, including what color dress she was wearing.

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trousoue: means a bridal package.

there is found an increasing demand for trousoue in Pakistan.

Word:
Argosy

Pronunciation:
\AHR-guh-see\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1 : a large ship; especially : a large merchant ship

2 : a rich supply

Example sentence:

Uncle Ken is always armed with an argosy of jokes, and he keeps the family entertained for hours.


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Word:
Sententious

Pronunciation:
\sen-TEN-shus\

POS:
adjec.

Meanings:

1 : given to or abounding in aphoristic expression or excessive moralizing

2 : terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression

Example sentence:

The paper that Jed handed in to his teacher was not so much a research paper as a sententious manifesto denouncing globalization.


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Word:
Case-harden

Pronunciation:
\KAYS-hahr-dun\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

1 : to harden (a ferrous alloy) so that the surface layer is harder than the interior

2 : to make callous or insensible

Example sentence:

All locks at the warehouse will be checked to ensure that they are case-hardened and in good working condition.


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Word:
calamari

Pronunciation:
\kah-luh-MAHR-ee\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

squid used as food

Example sentence:

Ophelia tried fried calamari for the first time from a small seafood shack near the beach.


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Word:
Repudiate

Pronunciation:
\rih-PYOO-dee-ayt\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

1 : to refuse to have anything to do with : disown *2 : to refuse to acknowledge, accept, or pay

Example sentence:

The nation's president has unequivocally repudiated the arms treaty, and it is very probable that he has green-lighted the manufacturing of strategic nuclear weapons.


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Word:
manumit

Pronunciation:
\man-yuh-MIT\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

: to release from slavery

Example sentence:

After they were manumitted by the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, millions of former slaves celebrated their newfound freedom.



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Word:
destitute

Pronunciation:
\DESS-tuh-toot\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

1 : lacking something needed or desirable 2 : lacking possessions and resources; especially : suffering extreme poverty

Example sentence:

"He gave thanks for our food and comfort, and prayed for the poor and destitute in great cities, where the struggle for life was harder than it was here with us." (Willa Cather, My Antonia)


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Word:
obnubilate

Pronunciation:
\ahb-NOO-buh-layt\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

: becloud, obscure

Example sentence:

The essays include a significant amount of digression and extra commentary, all of which tends to obnubilate the author's main point.


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Word:
Philadelphia lawyer

Pronunciation:
\fill-uh-DELL-fee-uh-LAW-yer\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

a lawyer knowledgeable in the most minute aspects of the law

Example sentence:

When they realized that their broker had cozened them to gain fatter commissions, Brad and Julia quickly hired a team of Philadelphia lawyers to comb through their financial contracts and file a lawsuit.


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Word:
Jocund

Pronunciation:
\JAH-kund\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

: marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness

Example sentence:

I had heard that Perry had been in a sour mood lately, so I was surprised and relieved to discover that he was his usual jocund self when he met me for coffee.


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Word:
eclogue

Pronunciation:
\ECK-log\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

a poem in which shepherds converse

Example sentence:

"Be it in the appropriation of the goatherd or shepherd in the pastoral eclogue, or the neatly controlled terraces of the Georgics, the pastoral has always been an idyllicised representation of the rural world...." (John Kinsella, The Literary Review, January 2005)



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Word:
malinger

Pronunciation:
\muh-LING-gur\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

: to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)

Example sentence:

The beautiful spring weather put Lynn in a mood to malinger, so she called in sick to work and headed to the park.


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Word:
subvention

Pronunciation:
\sub-VEN-shun\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1 a : the provision of assistance or financial support: as b : endowment* c : a subsidy from a government or foundation

Example sentence:

The earliest documented subvention for the museum was a grant from the federal government in 1853.


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Word:
spurious

Pronunciation:
\SPYUR-ee-us\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:
1 : of illegitimate birth 2 : not genuine : false

Example sentence:

Reid’s claim that his grandfather was friends with Mickey Mantle sounded spurious to me, and I didn't believe it until he showed me a photo of his grandfather alongside the legendary slugger.


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Word:
tenebrous

Pronunciation:
\TEN-uh-brus\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

1 : shut off from the light : dark, murky
2 : hard to understand : obscure
3 : causing gloom

Example sentence:

"A zigzag line of windows … cuts up from the base of the building, bringing light into its once-tenebrous interior." (Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post, September 28, 2008)

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PREVERICATE: (to speak falsely)


The boy was preverecating regarding his result.

Kibitzer

\KIB-it-ser\ noun

Meaning :

: one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment; broadly : one who offers opinions

Example Sentence :

Sybil warned Jack not to take any advice from Carl, a notorious kibitzer whose suggestions often did more harm than good.

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Word:
roman à clef

Pronunciation:
\\roh-mahn-ah-KLAY\\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

: a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise

Example sentence:

Critics quickly identified the ex-press secretary’s new novel as a roman a clef with characters closely resembling figures from the current presidential administration.

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Word:
founder

Pronunciation:
\FOUN-der\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

1 : to make or become disabled or lame 2 : to give way : collapse *3 : to become submerged : sink 4 : to come to grief : fail

Example sentence:

As the vessel began to founder, the captain ordered everyone on board to prepare to abandon ship.

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Word:
skimble-skamble

Pronunciation:
\skim-bul-SKAM-bul\

POS:
adj.

Meanings:

: rambling and confused : senseless

Example sentence:

"What a lark it is to tag along after constantly astonished Alice as she meets up with all those skimble-skamble Lewis Carroll creations," raved one theater critic of an adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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