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A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech

May 11, 2008 (updated May 22, 2008)

By Augusto T.(Rio de Janeiro Brazil)

Highlighted vocabulary from the speech

ail

to make ill

Also appears in: GRE, GRE great wordlist, GRE Words, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech

amass

to accumulate

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT

bawdy

off-colour, "bawdy jokes"

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Hiaason "Sick Puppy", Full GRE, GRE Baron part 1

bogus

false, fake, phoney

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, GRE Prep, B-list, fake, sham, feign

bondage

slavery

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

chasm

gap

Also appears in: GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, GRE Prep, Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT, Vocab 5000 part #2

cherish

to love, to care

Also appears in: GMAT Vocabulary A-D, Mayan Mission page1, Mayan Mission-Chapter-01, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech

constricted

narrowed

Also appears in: Power Words, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

crank

bad-tempered

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Bikes, Random, Barach Obama speech

cringe

to feel embarassed; to show fear

Also appears in: GRE Prep, wordmasters March-April, GRE Barron's Part 2, SAT Wordlist 1 Group 8

den

pt. cova

Also appears in: List-1, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

disown

V. pt. repudiar

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

fodder

animal food

Also appears in: GRE-EXAM-PREP, GRE Barron's part 3, fodder, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech

haunt

(V) pt. assombrar

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, GRE Super 4800 Plus, Full GRE

jarring

disagreeable

Also appears in: list 1, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

languish

to weaken

Also appears in: Word bag, desire, negative, venerate

parchment

high quality paper (made of the thin dried skin of some animals)

Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 6, writing/printing things, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random

peddle

to sell things, to spread information(disapproving)

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, GRE Super 4800 Plus, Full GRE

pervasive

permeating

Also appears in: GRE High Frequency Words, GRE High Frequency Words_ltd, GRE Prep, GRE Barron's Part 6

pew

(N) a church bench

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, AWAD, Barach Obama speech

pounce

to attack

Also appears in: WM, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

rafter

pt. viga

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

relish

(v) to savour; (s) a kind of sauce

Also appears in: words 1, April 23 Part 2, list 3, GRE Barron's part 5

sear

to burn

Also appears in: S-list, GRE Barron's part 5, GRE Barron's part 7, obstacle

set forth

to express

Also appears in: Kissinger's Diplomacy, Kissinger's Diplomacy Highlights, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random

shuttered

closed off with shutters

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

snippet

(N) a piece of something

Also appears in: S-list, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Barach Obama speech

squarely

solidly

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Barach Obama speech

stain

(V) pt. manchar

Also appears in: S-list, A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Barach Obama speech, stain

stalemate

deadlock

Also appears in: New Word List 2, GRE Barron's part 5, GRE Barron's part 7, k5

stalwart

loyal

Also appears in: S-list, Daily Words, Audacity of Hope, Gilgamesh

truism

(N) an obvious truth

Also appears in: GRE Barron's part 8, k4, T-list, Mike list

unyielding

refusing to give away

Also appears in: Saroya Meyer, LAST LETTER TO MAXINE, New Word List 3, New Word List 4

utter

to express

Also appears in: Say lists, ways to say, utter, VT Words 1e

woodwork

carpentry

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

claw

to scratch with claws

Also appears in: A More Perfect Union - Barach Obama speech, Random, Barach Obama speech

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