She is not
abased or dejected, but exalted, rather.
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abase
She is not
abased or dejected, but exalted, rather.
aberration
While Tampa Bay has taken a huge nosedive a year after going 10-6, maybe that 2010 success was an
aberration.
abhor
There are sane readers who
abhor gratuitous violence but love Reacher’s menacing wisecracks.
abject
Mr. Jobling stood wringing his hands helplessly, his flaccid features expressive of
abject despair.
abrasive
“He has always been focused, driven, demanding and, as a result, very difficult and
abrasive,” Mr. Norman said.
abstain
Griffin felt that he had better
abstain from questioning, and let his host run on.
abstract
Presenting an
abstract concept, waving our arms trying to describe it, we will lose our audience right away.
abundant
Fringing and barrier reefs are
abundant throughout the archipelago, surrounding nearly every island.
accentuate
It was a carefully studied costume; and he
accentuated its eccentricity by adopting theatrical attitudes and an air of satisfied negligence.
acclimate
The Jets will leave Friday for Denver, the better to
acclimate to the altitude and change in time zone.
accomplice
Tiller, the thief, and a supposed
accomplice, are under arrest.
accord
Friday's
accord removes one of two main sticking points that have been holding up a strategic partnership agreement between the two countries.
acerbic
They were complaining, sometimes yelling, and maybe a bit
acerbic.
acme
Paris wholly has got to the
acme of its frenzy; whirled, all ways, by panic madness.
acquiesce
I favored building a fire and staying there till morning, but Frank preferred pushing on to camp, so I
acquiesced.
acquit
He said that in the absence of other evidence, “the accused is
acquitted and discharged.”
acrimonious
At times, the two groups squabble like schoolchildren, and the exchange gets
acrimonious.
acute
Labor shortages are already so
acute in many Chinese industrial zones that factories struggle to find enough people to operate their assembly lines.
adamant
But high profile or no, Mr. Kors is
adamant about keeping his personal life under wraps — even as his wedding day approaches.
adept
He proved an
adept playmaker, however, making several nice passes and finishing with 7 assists.
adhere
Adhering to strict safety standards has kept me alive in some very dangerous situations.
admonish
"Children, children, stop quarrelling, right here in public!"
admonished Mrs. Dering, in a low, shocked tone.
adorn
Old master reproductions
adorn chianti-colored walls; tapestries hang in the restrooms.
adroit
Neither is he
adroit in the exercise of his duty; instead performs it bunglingly; his thoughts preoccupied, and eyes wandering about.
adulation
Taylor, a demagogue of the Democratic party, was hypocritically appealing to his "horny handed neighbors" in language of feigned
adulation.
adversity
Forty years in the wilderness, meeting
adversities together, fighting enemies, marching as one host, made them a nation.
advocacy
That sentiment faded after the 1930s, he said, as consumer
advocacy focused more on protecting shoppers.
aesthetic
In old-fashioned,
aesthetic terms, his glossy, color pictures of modern housing projects in Turkish cities under moody, gray skies are beautiful.
affable
She is restless, irritable, out of sorts, censorious, complaining at home; animated, gracious,
affable, complaisant abroad.
affinity
Malaysia has a close
affinity with many Middle Eastern nations through their shared religion.
affliction
Firm and exceptional natures are thus moulded out of miseries, misfortunes and
afflictions.
affluent
Affluent families can afford guns, which are more efficient for bagging some elusive animals than a poorer household’s typical snare trap.
aggrandize
Louis XIV. was growing increasingly ambitious of enlarging his domains and
aggrandizing his power.
agile
Are not many beasts physically stronger, more nimble and
agile than man?
agrarian
We’re not an
agrarian society any longer, where more hands help farm the land.
alacrity
The men obeyed with
alacrity, as all were glad to go, lying in camp so long.
alienate
Keeping schools closed and blocking certain public services is not a strategy we support and could
alienate public opinion and play into the governor’s hand.
allege
David is
alleged to have written several Psalms, but of this there is little evidence beyond pious assertion.
allegiance
Notwithstanding this good fortune, Pontiac daily saw his followers dropping off from their
allegiance; for even the boldest had lost heart.
allegory
Achingly beautiful, quiet and graceful, his award-winning novel Waiting is a love story superimposed on a political
allegory.
alleviate
Lewis said he got a Synvisc shot – an injection commonly used to
alleviate arthritic symptoms – in his left knee on Monday.
allude
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Mr. Obama turned up the heat,
alluding to the plan without fleshing out details.
aloof
Too much focus on official duties can make an incumbent look isolated and
aloof.
altruistic
The gesture was not necessarily
altruistic; he was hoping for a donation in return.
ambiguous
"The election law in New York is written in an ill-defined,
ambiguous way," Goldfeder said, adding that he did not believe any laws were broken.
ambivalent
"If managers are
ambivalent, or wavering, then investor uncertainty increases and the stocks become more volatile."
ameliorate
Possessed of broadly humanitarian sympathies, he became interested in
ameliorating the conditions of imprisoned debtors.
amiable
He was also remarkable for his
amiable and cheerful manners.
amicable
Thus, by kindness, the natives of this region were won to friendship, and
amicable relations were established.
amnesty
After three years in prison, he was released last October in an
amnesty that freed about 200 political detainees.
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