John Wiley And Sons Webster''''s New World - Essential vocabulary D -2

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... Babies must be coddled while they’re at the helpless stage. • My parents used to enjoy coddled eggs, which I could never understand because I found them runny and gross. [ -d, coddling] [Syn. pamper] ... [bigotries pl., bigot n.] bland (BLAND) adj. 1. mild and soothing rather than harsh and grating; 2. without taste; flavorless; insipid; dull • Milk is a very bland drink when compared t...

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... quickly and easily; deft and active of body or mind; 2. keen and lively (of mind) • The ballerina showed how agile she was as she effortlessly danced and frol- icked about the stage. • The comedian ... amphibians that loaded and unloaded their passengers on land but took off from and landed on water. [amphibious adj.] amplify* (AMP li fy) vt. 1. to make bigger and stronger; incr...

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... crowd off the parade route. • Barricades consisting of piled-up rubble were used for defense by soldiers in the cities of post D- day Europe during World War II. • The people of Stalingrad barricaded ... brandished the fireplace poker as if she wanted to strike someone with it. [-ed, -ing] burden (BOER din) n. 1. a load; anything carried; 2. something one has to put up with; a heavy load; h...

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... 2. decimate 3. defamation 4. deficiency 5. degenerate 6. demise 7. demographic 8. denigrate 9. derelict 10. desiccant 11. desiccate 12. desultory 13. detest 14. deuterium 15. deviance a. hydrogen ... important to disabuse ourselves of the idea that good deeds are always rewarded. [ -d, disabusing] [Syn. correct] disburse (dis BOERS) vt. to pay out; to expend (a sum of money) • Inez disbursed...

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... unnoticed. • After having survived frightful conditions while marooned on the island, the newly rescued sailor wandered around in a daze. [-dly adv.] debacle (di BAK il) n. 1. a torrent of debris-filled ... trouble riding the bicycle. • It is poor form to deride anyone for his or her handicaps or inabilities. [ -d, deriding, derision n., derisive adj., deridingly adv.] [Syn. ridicule] derivat...

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... shrugged and sighed an eloquent sigh. [-ly adv.] elude (il OOD) vt. 1. to use quickness, cunning, etc. to avoid being captured; evade; 2. to escape detection, notice, or understanding • The fox does ... science devoted to the study of supply and demand. [-ally adv.] ecstatic (ek STA tik) adj. 1. having the nature of being overpowered by joy, hap- piness, or rapture; 2. causing or caused b...

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... marooned on a desert island would tend to make one feel forlorn. • Left standing at the altar, Harold heaved a forlorn sigh. [-ly adv., -ness n.] forsake (fawr SAYK) vt. 1. to give up; abandon (a ... prac- tice forthwith. • Janet vowed to forsake her life of crime and to become a doer of good deeds. [forsook, -n, forsaking] fortitude (FAWR ti tood) n. the strength to withstand pain and mi...

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... it on, he could move the world. • Probably the lever most adult Americans are familiar with today is in vot- ing machines and is used to open and close the curtain. [-ed, -ing, -age n.] liberal ... president had nothing but laudatory words for the work of the armed forces. [lauditorily adv.] ledger (LED joer) n. 1. the book for final entry of credits and debits; 2. a long horizontal bo...

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... K jaded (JAY did) adj. 1. worn out; weary; tired; 2. satiated or dulled from overindulging • After having studied all night, Amber was jaded by morning. • Having handled hundreds of homicide cases ... a kind of hammer usually with a head of wood (used to drive a chisel) or of hard rubber (used to bang out dents in sheet metal); 2. a long- handled hammer with a cylinder-shaped head used for .....

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