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AdjacentThe two couples requested adjacent rooms when they checked into the hotel.
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AdjectiveNear or next to; adjoining.
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Beset1. Mosquitoes beset the campers as soon as they entered the woods.2. Some veterans of the Gulf War were beset by a variety of ailments after they returned home.
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Verb1. To surround or to attack repeatedly.2. To trouble or weigh down.
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CedeFrance ceded vast territories to the United States as part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
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VerbTo give up or transfer, especially by treaty or formal agreement.
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CircuitousBefore the Panama Canal was completed in 1914, ships had to travel a circuitous route around South America.
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AdjectiveRoundabout; indirect.
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DesultoryAfter my best friend moved away, our phone conversations became more and more desultory.
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AdjectiveProceeding or carried out in an aimless or random way.
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GalvanizeThe discovery of gold in California galvanized Easterners to go West to seek their fortunes.
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VerbTo excite or arouse action.
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Implement1.My father keeps his woodworking implements in the tool shed.
2.The governor implemented his plan for health care reform as soon as he took office. |
Noun 1. A tool or instrument.verb 2. To carry out.
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InconsequentialThe issue of cafeteria hours seemed so inconsequential that I didn’t bother to raise it at the
meeting.
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AdjectiveLacking importance or worth; unable to make an impact; trivial.
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MagnitudeThe magnitude of the success of her book thrilled the author.
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NounGreatness of size, power, or influence.
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Materialize1. When offers of financial support did not materialize, I was forced to abandon the research
project.2. The trapped miners were about to abandon hope when the rescue crew materialized .
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Verb 1. To become real or actual.2. To appear in physical form, especially suddenly.
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Mustern. The evening muster of the troops was held at 6:00 p.m. sharp.v. Sam wanted to ask for a raise but couldn’t muster the courage to ask his boss.
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Noun A gathering, usually of military forces.verb To summon or call forth; to gather.
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ProhibitiveMany students couldn’t attend the concert because the ticket prices were prohibitive.
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AdjectiveServing to restrain action or discourage use of.
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ReminisceMy grandparents like to reminisce about when they were our age.
reminiscenceReminiscences often blur with time.reminiscentThe land where the miners settled was reminiscent of the Welsh valleys they had left behind. |
Verb To think or talk about one’s past.noun The act of remembering; a recollection.adjective Suggestive of something else.
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VanguardAndy Warhol was in the vanguard of the pop art movement.
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Noun The leading or forward position in a movement.
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Visionaryn. Nelson Mandela is a South African visionary who has made ending apartheid his life’s work.adj. President Kennedy had the visionary goal of landing people on the moon.
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Noun A person who is given to ideas that are not currently realistic; a dreamer.adjective Able to see what might be accomplished in the future.
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