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If the wind didn’t abate—and soon—the summit would be out of the question for all of us.

International monitors have recently raised the alarm about both sides violating peace accords by using heavy weaponry that was supposed to have been withdrawn.

admonish

The Hippocratic Oath admonishes doctors to keep secret what they “see or hear” from patients.

advocate

That cumbersome process has drawn criticism from healthy food advocates who want ingredients derived from biotech crops flagged as explicitly as possible.

afflict

I have a message for all of you: The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end.

alleged

The police are already looking into " alleged financial irregularities" surrounding the loan, because the cash has gone missing.

ambiguous

“Funk is a feeling. It’s rhythmic, it’s movement, it’s tone color. Everybody thinks they know what it is, but I like to leave it ambiguous.”

amicable

The exchange came to an amicable end, as each party leader wished the other an enjoyable holiday.

antecedent

Chomsky has dismissed efforts to teach apes like Koko how to sign as revealing nothing about the antecedents of human language.

apprehensive

He didn’t know what to expect from the job and felt a bit apprehensive.

apprise

Nicole kept the other sisters apprised of what was going on by phone.

audacious

An exploded bubble could very well mean that those “totally audacious” bets will go unfunded entirely.

austere

With its granite and cream tiles and bare walls, the room exuded an austere aesthetic.

bibliophile

With a Kindle, the bibliophile in your life will be able to easily carry around their entire library wherever they go.

brusque

“He was passionate, opinionated, and sometimes brusque and rude,” she writes.

caucus

Their nominating caucuses — which were informal meetings of congressmen — had picked the three previous presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.

cede

Self-driving cars can be ranked on how much control they cede to the vehicle.

chagrined

We are duly mortified, chagrined and abashed and apologize to our readers.

compel

With those simple words, her brother was gone — and she felt compelled to take control in the ensuing chaos.

complacent

Surely he wasn’t complacent enough to put aside his teacher’s instinct just because of a test score.

comply

On its website, Niantic says users must comply with age restrictions and applicable laws to play its games.

conceit

The conceit visually articulates a metaphor: Despite conviction and courage, the play’s characters are foundering for lack of empathy.

conceited

“She’s not stuck up or conceited or look down on us. I love her. She has a heart of gold.”

conscientious

“It’s almost a lost art. He’s very conscientious about his work. He’ll stick with it until it’s done right.”

conspicuous

You want to be visible, but you don’t want to be conspicuous.

corporeal

Maybe it’s unfair to compare a corporeal creature with a cartoon caricature, but today, that’s what I'm doing.

coup

“We have such a strong economy that we overcome this coup with small scratches,” Mr. Yildirim said.

decorum

He allowed that he had been taken aback by how disrespectfully they had greeted him, and by the lack of “ decorum” and “civilized debate.”

defensive

Most of the public discussion has been about defensive measures, such as how to protect networks of the government and the private sector from attack.

deference

Most clerics kept quiet out of deference to the king.

deferential

Throughout the season, Porzingis has been unfailingly deferential to Anthony — an approach that Anthony clearly appreciates.

deploy

If deployed in the field, the new tool could help medical professionals detect infected patients more quickly.

diffidence

He wears baggy white overalls that drown his frame and a shy smile that speaks of his diffidence.

disapprobation

The social disapprobation against being rude and demeaning completely enrages them.

discredit

The allegations were later discredited and convictions overturned, but the actions damaged morale and fueled resentment.

efficacy

That vaccine had an efficacy of 31%, which was too low to license it for general use.

ellipsis

The ellipsis indicates that something has been omitted.

ensconce

She often seemed at ease, he said, only when she and her husband were ensconced in safe surroundings.

equable

"What happens is, I'm pretty equable and pretty much the same most of the time," he says with a shrug.

evident

“It is not their presence which is troubling but the danger, which is now more evident than before,” he said.

execrate

He was found out, and execrated by all--for he had been false to all--he fled for his life.

explicate

Then, there's the tone of exposition, of a story explicated rather than told.

feign

I could no longer feign being outdoorsy, so I made the only contribution I could: I became an Amazonian homemaker.

fidelity

This promised to be a lot better than my cheapo earplugs, with a bonus of better fidelity to the actual sounds I’d hear.

fraught

But the conductor generates a sense of calm that permeates the room, no matter how fraught he might be feeling.

gainsay

My evaluation process would be a lot simpler and less anxiety-ridden if I knew I would never be gainsaid by any student.

gouge

The bite marks could have been chiselled out, so deep are they cut into the metal, with whole chunks gouged from the frame.

grudging

While change is coming, it is grudging and slow.

hardship

But after the hardships they endured early in life, this challenge isn’t that scary.

impurity

New methods could scrub impurities from recycled steel to make products for the aerospace and car industries, he said.

inadvertently

Before reading each story, some students first read a paragraph that appeared to inadvertently spoil the outcome of the story.

inept

The defense lawyer was either inept or trying, actively, to throw the case.

infallible

Furthermore, journal peer review is not infallible: poor science routinely slips through the net.

insinuate

It also insinuates that you must remain cheerful and uncomplaining in the face of unimaginable pain and fatigue.

insurgent

Party stalwarts insisted that the insurgents won’t win their fight.

intend

“Because of its intended use, fenders will get damaged and sometimes do fall off the walls and subsequently are replaced.”

intrepid

Despite such warnings, one intrepid fan who did make the journey was impressed.

irate

Irate students circulated petitions, wrote editorials and posted social-media tirades.

lethargic

Their speech was slurred and their movements were lethargic.

lucidity

But at several moments, he produces lines of epigrammatic clarity that echo the lucidity of his photographs.

malevolent

Some speculate on the arrival of malevolent robots that through conscious volition harm the human race.

mar

Pacific Coast Highway remained open Wednesday, but its signature views were marred by a dark haze.

meticulous

She is a meticulous thinker who almost never leaps before looking.

minute

Corkin knew Henry intimately, spending decades gathering the most minute details of his strengths and his deficits.

neglected

"We have been neglected and ignored by all the powers in the region."

nexus

“It’s the nexus of things like big data, social networks and mobility, and the next big thing, which is artificial intelligence.”

nicety

A good-hearted curmudgeon, he had no social niceties and told it like it was much to my grandmother's embarrassment.

pastoral

Increased construction of wind turbines and solar panels and transmission lines will turn pastoral areas into an extended substation.

pendulous

Some eggplants are long, lean and pendulous, like smooth-skinned cucumbers.

pivotal

He said the role would be " pivotal" and the chair would play an important part in deciding who else would be on the board.

placate

“We are all working very hard to get you to a safe place,” Gabriel says, desperately attempting to placate Martha.

pork barrel

Lawmakers use pork barrel money to finance projects for their constituencies, aiding their re-election.

pragmatic

The argument against it is as much pragmatic as moral: If we can use it on them, they can use it on us.

precept

It’s a precept she learned as a girl on her family’s estate in Venezuela.

privation

Their privation is a result of artificially holding down prices, which creates shortages.

proscribe

The alleged offences include murder, directing terrorism, membership of a proscribed organisation and robbery.

punctually

Arriving punctually for a job, day in and day out, demonstrates an ability to manage your time well.

pusillanimous

The “cowardly man” meaning is derived from another source entirely, the Latin pusillanimous.

refractory

In process of time, Parliament and public opinion brought these refractory landlords to their senses.

reign

Here she is with Gabby Douglas, the reigning all-around champion from 2012.

required

The students are required to wear jackets and ties to school.

scabbard

The strange horseman drew an enormous, curved sword from a scabbard mounted on his saddle.

stalwart

Without the involvement of these stalwarts, the spirit of party unity was hard to manifest.

stentorian

He had a deep sonority on the baritone, softening the instrument’s stentorian brawn with a smooth, almost velvety tone.

stolid

The child’s perfection was not just physical either — he also had a steady mind: "on the whole stolid and unemotional."

subordinate

Executive service appointees, on the other hand, are agency heads who are subordinate to the mayor and serve at her pleasure.

succinct

I promised to be succinct, so let's not belabor this further.

superannuated

This artfully staged show brings a fresh vibe to a genre that has come to seem prematurely superannuated.

supersede

VCRs were introduced in the 1970s but were superseded by DVD technology.

surreptitious

But with the ubiquity of camera phones, surreptitious photography is harder to spot, Ms. Worth said.

tenacious

Still, Mann is known as a tenacious sort, one who doesn't back down even in the face of long odds.

tractable

The diversity of the two parties made their disagreements more tractable.

treacherous

During the most treacherous part of Juno’s journey to Jupiter, orbit insertion, the camera and all of the craft’s instruments were turned off.

upbraid

Some letters upbraid us, some update and some amuse.

vain

“He’s kind of vain . . . he thinks he’s this dashing, romantic, swashbuckling adventurer . . . but he’s flawed.”

venerate

It is one of the most venerated names in high-end sports cars, having drawn the affection of car aficionados for decades.

vicissitude

As a result, they have little protection against both life's vicissitudes and volatile home prices.

warble

And maybe doing just a little bit of wistful warbling, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down . . . “

yeoman

"His name was Clement," and foreseeing the next question, "he was a yeoman at Easthope."

yield

The U.S. stock market has remained largely resilient as investors have favored equities in the face of low yields from other investments.

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