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Curtail (v)
- To cut short of reduce
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- The performance was curtailed when the theater caught on fire.
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Discriminate (v)
- 1. To make or recognize clear directions
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- During hunting season, hikers are warned to wear bright orange apparel so that hunters can easily disriminate between them and animals.
- 2. To treat in a less or more favorable way
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- Racisism is a form of discriination.
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Espionage (n)
- The act of spying, espescially a goveernment spy obtaining the secrets of another government
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- During WW2, the governments of every nation was attempting to gain the secrets of the Germans and the Japanese.
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Inalienable (adj)
- Not able to be taken or given away
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- The Bill of Rights promises citizens inalienable rights.
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Incarcerate (v)
- To confine or put in prison
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- Convicts are incarcerated in prison.
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Indignity (n)
- An insult to one's pride; offensive or humiliating treatment
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- He was saved from great indignity when his freind caught him before he fell into the mud pit.
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Indiscriminate (adj)
- 1. Not marked by careful distinctions; haphazard
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- He was an indiscriminate worker, and didn't care about what task was set before him.
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Infamous (adj)
- 1. Having a bad reputation; notorious
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- Osama Bin Laden was very infamous.
- 2. Disgraceful; vicious
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- The defendant was charged with an infamous crime.
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Intercede (v)
- To act or plead on another's behalf; to try and smooth the differences between two parties
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- Instead of interceding, my parents left to allow my brother and I to sort out the problem ourseleves.
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Malign (v)
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- 1. To say negative and unfair things about someone or something; slander
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- Maligning a classmate will not boost your popularity status permanently.
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- 2. Evil; showing ill will
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- The malign look he gave me expressed his anger.
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Perpetuate (v)
- To commit, as a crie or some other antisocial act
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- The con artist was guilty of perpetuating a minor scam.
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Rampant (adj)
- Threateningly wild, without restraint or control; widespread
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- The rampant vines covered the slope and began climbing surrounding trees.
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Rancor (n)
- A deep, long-held feeling of hatred or bitterness
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- His ranor for the group turned him into its implacable foe.
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Reparation (n)
- 1. A mending or a repair
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- The building needed reparation after the tornado.
- 2. (usually plural) A naking up or payment for a wrongdoing or damage done, espescially in the cases of an international war
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- Iraq was required to pay reparations to Kuwait after the Gulf War.
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Smattering (n)
- 1. Superficial, scattered knowledge
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- He picked up a smattering of Spanish while visiting Mexico.
- 2. A small amount
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- She wrote thousands of letters, on which only a smattering have been published.
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