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1. banish (v.) /ˈbænɪʃ/
a. to officially order someone to leave a country or region as a punishment
b. to make someone go somewhere else
c. to make someone stop thinking about something or stop having particular feelings
d. to get rid of something
ex: Our new cream can help banish acne and smooth away your wrinkles.
2. upheaval (n.) /ʌpˈhiːv(ə)l/
a. a sudden or violent change, especially one that affects people's lives
b. an occurrence in which a part of the Earth's surface moves up forcefully
ex: The island was created by an upheaval of the ocean floor.
3. quaint (adj.) /kweɪnt/
a. interesting or attractive with a slightly strange and old-fashioned quality
b. unusual or different in character or appearance
ex: The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives.
4. annotate (v.) /ˈænəteɪt/
a. to put notes in a piece of writing in order to explain parts of it
b. to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
ex: He annotated the text at several places.
5. cohort (n.) /ˈkəʊˌhɔː(r)t/
a. a friend or supporter, especially of someone you do not like
b. a group of people used in a study who have something
ex: The police arrested the gang's leader and his cohorts.
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1. laden (adj.) /ˈleɪd(ə)n/
a. carrying something heavy, or supporting the weight of something heavy
b. having a lot of a particular quality or feeling
c. air that is laden with a particular smell, smells very strongly of that thing
ex: Gerard replied in a voice laden with contempt.
2. bewitch (v.) /bɪˈwɪtʃ/
a. to control someone's behavior with magic
b. to make someone strongly attracted to you or interested in you
ex: The old man was convinced that she had bewitched him.
3. mindset (n.) /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌset/
a. a way of thinking about things
b. a fixed state of mind
ex: The company will have to change its whole mindset if it is to survive.
4. keen (adj.) /kiːn/
a. having or showing an ability to think clearly and to understand what is not obvious or simple about something
b. very strong and sensitive
c. very excited about and interested in something
ex: She's a very keen observer of the political world.
5. soothe (v.) /suːð/
a. to make someone more calm and more relaxed when they are feeling nervous, worried, or upset
b. to make something less sore or painful
ex: She was doing her best to soothe the crying baby.
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1.motor (n.) /ˈməʊtə(r)/
a. the part of a machine or vehicle that makes it work or move
b. a car
ex: The pump is powered by an electric motor.
2. predisposed (adj.) /ˌpriːdɪsˈpəʊzd/
a. likely to think, feel, or behave in a particular way
b. likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition
ex: He suggested that the British were temperamentally predisposed to compromise.
3. jibe (v.) /dʒaɪb/
a. to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to the other —used of a fore-and-aft sail
ex: The group’s stance on the issue doesn’t jibe with her personal beliefs.
4. fault (n.) /fɔːlt/
a. the fact of being responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation
b. a feature of something that makes it less good
c. a service in tennis in which the ball does not land inside the correct area
d. a crack on or below the Earth's surface
ex: Clothes with faults are sold off cheaply through market stalls.
5. vexing (adj.) /ˈveksɪŋ/
a. making you feel annoyed, confused, or worried
ex: The constantly changing schedule was somewhat vexing, but I coped.
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1. innate (adj.) /ˌɪˈneɪt/
a. an innate quality or ability is one that you have always had
b. existing as part of the basic nature of something
ex: She has an innate sense of rhythm.
2. delve (v.) / delv/
a. to look for information by searching through something thoroughly
b. to search for something in a bag, pocket etc.
ex: Frank delved into his pocket and brought out a few coins.
3. pervasive (adj.) /pə(r)ˈveɪsɪv/
a. spreading through the whole of something and becoming a very obvious feature of it
ex: Who can solve the pervasive nature of the problem?
4. unnerve (v.) /ʌnˈnɜː(r)v/
a. to make someone nervous or frightened
ex: Seeing the police in there unnerved me.
5. alienate (v.) /ˈeɪliəneɪt/
a. to make someone dislike you, or not want to help or support you
b. to make someone feel that they do not belong in a place or group
c. to give someone something such as property or rights
ex: The company fears noisy brightly-lit shops are alienating older customers.
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1. intrusive (adj.) /ɪnˈtruːsɪv/
a. interrupting a peaceful situation
b. becoming involved in something in a way that is not welcome
ex: I found their question quite intrusive.
2. tweak (v.) /twiːk/
a. to make small changes in order to improve something
b. to pull or twist a part of someone's body
ex: Henry leaned forward and tweaked my ear playfully.
3. rhetoric (n.) /ˈretərɪk/
a. a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
b. a style of speaking or writing that is intended to impress people but is not honest
ex: Campaign promises have proved to be empty rhetoric.
4. permeate (v.) /ˈpɜː(r)mieɪt/
a. if an attitude or feeling permeates something, you can feel or see its influence clearly in every part of that thing
b. if gas, liquid, or a smell permeates something, it spreads into and through every part of it
ex: A sense of deep loss permeates Frost's poetry.
5. assimilate (v.) /əˈsɪmɪleɪt/
a. to help someone feel that they are part of a community or culture rather than feeling foreign
b. to take in an idea or information and make it part of your knowledge so that you can use it effectively
c. to take in and use food or other nutrients
ex: Picasso assimilated an amazing variety of techniques in his art.
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1. solicitation (n.)
a. the act of asking someone for something such as money or support
b. the crime of offering money or something else of value to someone in order to make them commit a crime
c. the crime of offering to have sex with someone in exchange for money
ex: The mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes.
2. No solicitation.
No soliciting signs are intended to protect business from panhandlers or individuals attempting to sell products or services to that business' patrons on business property, thus taking potential revenue away from that business.
3. There is something chemical.
ex: Dude, you had a chemical connection with that guy!
4. What a nuisance.
I resent you.
5. Frailty, thy name is woman.
The term is generally agreed to come from the Shakespearean play Hamlet. In this work, the title character is chastised by his uncle (and new stepfather) Claudius, for grieving his father so much, calling it unmanly. In the following soliloquy, Hamlet denounces his mother's swift remarriage, with the statement, "Frailty, thy name is woman." He thus describes all of womankind as frail and weak in character.
6. tutor (n.)
a. a teacher in a college or university
b. someone who gives private lessons in a particular subject
ex: He is a tutor in European history.
7. governess (n.)
a. a woman whose job was to look after and teach her employer's children in their home, especially in the past
ex: Jane Eye is a governess in the Victorian Age.
8. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.
9. spin one’s wheel
a. to waste time; to remain in a neutral position, neither advancing nor falling back.
ex: I'm just spinning my wheels in this job.
10. French Lieutenant’s Woman John Fowles
The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. The novel explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist, Charles Smithson, and the former governess and independent woman, Sarah Woodruff, with whom he falls in love.
11. metafiction (n.)
a. fiction which refers to or takes as its subject fictional writing and its conventions
12. pension (n.)
a. money that someone regularly receives after they have stopped working because of their age, paid either by their company or by the government
ex: It's important to make regular pension contributions.
13. swap=switch
a. to give something to someone in exchange for something else
b. if people swap stories, ideas etc., they tell each other about their experiences or ideas
ex: After dinner, they sat around swapping stories about their travels.
14. fragile (adj)
a. easy to break or damage
b. not very strong or healthy
ex: Most of the exhibits are too fragile to be sent abroad.
15. Fields of gold
"Fields of Gold" is a 1993 song by Sting from his album Ten Summoner's Tales.
