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And this is like me, too, because if I get really
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or reading a book about the Apollo missions or
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great white sharks, I don't notice anything else
and Father can be calling me to come and eat
my supper and I won't hear him.‡
apollo = Greek and Roman
mythology: god of light, music,
poetry, prophecy, and healing
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NASA's program to land a man on the moon was named for Apollo.
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135 contract
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I cannot contract into the firm fist which those
clench who do not depend on stimulus.‡
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contract = an agreement - typically
written and enforceable by law
or:
to get — especially in reference to a
disease
or:
when something gets shorter or
smaller
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!"Details
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She signed the contract.
contract = a written agreement that is enforceable by law
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42 stimulus
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I cannot contract into the firm fist which those
clench who do not depend on stimulus.†
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stimulus = something that creates
growth or excitement, or something
that causes an action
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, stimulus means:
something that creates growth or excitement, or something that causes an action
in various senses, including:
#"economic stimulus — something that makes the economy grow
#"biological or psychological stimulus — something that makes the body react in a particular way
such as when more light make the eye pupil shrink, or when lack of sleep causes stress
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We're hoping the stimulus package will increase the number and quality of available jobs.
stimulus = something that creates growth (in this case economic growth)
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approximate
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And Mr. Jeavons smells of soap and wears
brown shoes that have approximately 60 tiny
circular holes in each of them.†
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approximately = about (but not
exactly)
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DEFINITION — Generally, approximate means:
almost, but not exact; or similar
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The state has approximately as many Republicans as Democrats.
approximately = about
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81 invert
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She put this word into inverted commas by
making the wiggly quotation sign with her first
and second fingers.†
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inverted = turned in the opposite
position — such as upside down,
inside out, or (of two things) in
switched position
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, invert means:
to turn something in the opposite position — such as upside down, inside out, or (of two things) in
switched position
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
We rode an inverted loop roller coaster.
inverted = turned in the opposite position — such as upside down, inside out
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112 The Hound of
the
Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is my favorite
book.†
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The Hound of the Baskervilles =
popular Arthur Conan Doyle novel
in which Sherlock Holmes
investigates a curse (1901-1902)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is my favorite book.
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149 precise
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And he said, "So, how precisely were you going
to get to London, then?"‡
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precisely = exact (accurate)
or:
meticulous (careful about details)
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Is it precise enough if I measure to the closest inch?
precise = accurate
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If I try to say the joke to myself, making the
word mean the three different things at the
same time, it is like hearing three different
pieces of music at the same time, which is
uncomfortable and confusing and not nice like
white noise.†
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white noise = a random noise signal
that has the same sound energy
level at all frequencies
!"Details
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In the meantime, all I could do was tune out the white noise, keep working, and wait for the Broncos
to make their decision.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
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71 assault
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Then he said, "I am arresting you for assaulting
a police officer."†
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assaulting = attacking
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DEFINITION — Generally, assault means:
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence
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I was assaulted by someone wearing a mask.
assaulted = attacked
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10 galaxy
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Our galaxy is a huge disk of stars millions of
light-years across, and the solar system is
somewhere near the outside edge of the disk.†
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galaxy = collection of star systems
held together by gravity
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, galaxy means:
a collection of star systems held together by gravity — for example, our sun is a star whose system
includes Earth and the other planets. That star system is a tiny part of the Milky Way galaxy
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The Star Wars story is said to have taken place in a galaxy far, far away.
galaxy = a collection of star systems
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79 light-year
Our galaxy is a huge disk of stars millions of
light-years across, and the solar system is
somewhere near the outside edge of the disk.†
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light-years = the distance that light
travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88
trillion miles or 9.46 trillion
kilometers
!"Details
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The distances are so great that we measure them in light-minutes and light-years.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
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31 solar system
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Our galaxy is a huge disk of stars millions of
light-years across, and the solar system is
somewhere near the outside edge of the disk.†
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solar system = the area that
includes the sun (or any star) and
everything that revolves around it
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The comets of the Oort Cloud are in our solar system and reach a distance from the sun that is over a
thousand times further than Pluto.
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78 speed of light
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Then they worked out that the universe was
expanding, that the stars were all rushing away
from one another after the Big Bang, and the
further the stars were away from us the faster
they were moving, some of them nearly as fast
as the speed of light, which was why their light
never reached us.†
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speed of light = about 186,000
miles per second (or 300,000,000
meters per second) in a vacuum
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!"Details
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Some theorize particles called tachyons can travel faster than the speed of light, but others disagree.
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19 positive
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First you write down all the positive whole
numbers in the world.†
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positive = certain
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DEFINITION — Generally, positive (as in: I'm absolutely positive!) means:
certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
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I'm positive I've seen her before.
positive = certain
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First you write down all the positive whole
numbers in the world.†
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whole numbers = a number in the
set{..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}
!"Details
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Not one of the whole number appeals by look or gesture, to the pity of the people.
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45 senile
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And I said it was also Uncle Terry, but he was in
Sunderland and he was Father's brother, and it
was my grandparents, too, but three of them
were dead and Grandma Burton was in a home
because she had senile dementia and thought
that I was someone on television.†
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senile = mental weakness caused
by old age; or describing a medical
condition as caused by old age
!"Details
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Her memory is getting worse and she's afraid of going senile.
senile = (into) mental weakness caused by old age
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52 dementia
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And I said it was also Uncle Terry, but he was in
Sunderland and he was Father's brother, and it
was my grandparents, too, but three of them
were dead and Grandma Burton was in a home
because she had senile dementia and thought
that I was someone on television.†
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dementia = the deterioration of
mental abilities
!"Details
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She suffered from drug induced dementia.
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13 focus
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I decided that my best plan would be to wait for
a really sunny day and then use my glasses to
focus the sunlight on a piece of my clothing
and start a fire.†
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focus = concentrate at one spot
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!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 23 (82% in)
DEFINITION — Generally, focus (technical usage) means:
technical usage typically involves some sense of center or concentration such as:
#"physics — a point where things come together such as the point where light rays meet
#"geometry — a fixed reference point (as of a parabola)
#"geology — the point of origin of an earthquake
See a comprehensive dictionary for other less common meanings.
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The satellite dish focuses the signal into a relatively narrow beam.
focuses = concentrates
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41 slander
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Because telling lies about people is called
slander.†
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slander = lie in such a way as to
damage the reputation of another;
or the lies told
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DEFINITION — Generally, slander means:
lie to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
In the United States, it is extremely difficult for someone famous to win a slander lawsuit—almost no
matter what is said.
slander = telling lies that damage the reputation of another
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metaphor
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It was falling so hard that it looked like white
sparks (and this is a simile, too, not a
metaphor).
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metaphor = a figure of speech in
which a word is used to refer to
something that it does not literally
denote in order to suggest a
similarity — as when Shakespeare
wrote, "All the world's a stage."
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, metaphor means:
a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted by using a word to refer to
something that it does not literally denote — as when Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage."
When Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players." he
was not saying the world is really a stage and all people are actors. But he was pointing to the
similarities he wants us to recognize.
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
He was speaking metaphorically when he referred to being mugged by reality.
metaphorically = with a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is
highlighted by using a word to refer to something that it does not literally denote
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113 apocryphal
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But he wasn't called anything because this is
an apocryphal story, which means that it is a
lie, too.†
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apocryphal = being of questionable
authenticity or truth
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She told a story, probably apocryphal, of her ancestors trip to America.
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simile
It was falling so hard that it looked like white
sparks (and this is a simile, too, not a
metaphor).
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simile = a phrase that highlights
similarity between things of
different kinds
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DEFINITION — Generally, simile means:
a phrase that highlights similarity between things of different kinds — usually formed with "like" or
"as"
as in "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," or "She is as quiet as a mouse."
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
When she said he was "as subtle as a sledgehammer," she was using ironic simile.
simile = a phrase that highlights similarity between things of different kinds
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68 infinite
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And there are an infinite number of things
which didn't happen at that time and that
place.†
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infinite = unlimited; without
boundaries; or too numerous to
count
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
There are infinite possibilities.
infinite = unlimited
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74 Sherlock
Holmes
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In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock
Holmes and Doctor Watson get a visit from
James Mortimer, who is a doctor 7O from the
moors in Devon.†
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Sherlock Holmes = fictitious
detective introduced in stories by
Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) and
appearing in numerous film
adaptations
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Sherlock Holmes and Jem Finch would agree.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
Sherlock Holmes = fictitious detective
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151 thus
But Terry is stupid, so
quoderatdemonstrandum, which is Latin for
which is the thing that was going to be proved,
which means thus it is proved.‡
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thus = therefore (for that reason; or
what follows is so because of what
was just said)
or:
in the way mentioned or shown
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Increase law enforcement reduced the supply of the drug and thus increased the cost, but the
improvement was partially offset when the increased cost encouraged more supply.
thus = therefore (for that reason)
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21 physics
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And after I've taken A-level maths I am going to
take A-level further maths and physics and
then I can go to university.†
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physics = the science of matter and
energy and their interactions
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MIT is known for teaching physics.
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14 digress
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But this is what is called a digression, and now I
am going to go back to the fact that it was a
Good Day.
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digression = instance of getting off
the main topic
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion",
converts a verb into a noun that
denotes the action or result of the
verb. Typically, there is a slight
change in the ending of the root
verb, as in admission from admit,
discussion from discuss, and
invasion from invade.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, digress means:
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wander from a direct or straight course — typically verbally
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She always digresses when telling a story.
digresses = wanders from a direct course
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85 saturate
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Mother was only 38 years old and heart attacks
usually happen to older people, and Mother
was very active and rode a bicycle and ate food
which was healthy and high in fiber and low in
saturated fat like chicken and vegetables and
muesli.†
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saturated = to completely wet
or:
to fill
in various senses, including:
#"chemistry: saturate a solution
— to fill a solution with as
much of something as it can
hold
#"business: saturate a market —
to fill a market with a good
#"advertising: saturation
advertising — to advertise a
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great deal
#"military: saturation bombing —
to bomb an area extensively
#"color theory: color saturation
— color intensity
#"biology: saturated fat — filled
with hydrogen atoms (most
people eat more than is
healthy)
#"physics: magnetic saturation
— intensity of a magnetic
charge
!"Details
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We were caught in the rain and our clothes were saturated.
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111 embolism
The first is an embolism.†
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embolism = the traveling of a blood
clot or air bubble or other particle
that subsequently blocks a blood
vessel
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A pulmonary embolism blocked blood flow.
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72 on the other
hand
On the other hand, it could have been an
embolism, because your blood clots much
more easily when you are lying down for a long
time, like when you are in hospital.†
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on the other hand = from another
point of view; or in a way that is
different (a phrase used to
introduce a different perspective or
idea)
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Change can be hard to deal with. On the other hand, it often brings opportunity.
on the other hand = from another point of view
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59 Crusades
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And in the Bible it says Thou shalt not kill but
there were the Crusades and two world wars
and the Gulf War and there were Christians
killing people in all of them.†
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Crusades = any of the more or less
continuous military expeditions in
the 11th to 13th centuries when
Christian powers of Europe invaded
Muslims in the Holy Land in the
Middle East
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Resentments date back to the Crusades.
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117 Caracas
And I knew that it was Caracas.†
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Caracas = capital and largest city
of Venezuela
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She had spent the winter importantly making notes on native music in Trinidad and Caracas; at least
in planning to make notes.
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119 Bogotá
(a) Maracas, (b) Caracas, (c) Bogota or (d)
Georgetown.†
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Bogota = capital and largest city in
Colombia
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Suddenly it was just as dangerous to live in parts of Chicago or St. Louis or Los Angeles as it was to
live in Bogota.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
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28 red herring
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Wikipedia Article
I like The Hound of the Baskervilles because it
is a detective story, which means that there are
clues and Red Herrings.†
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red herrings = any diversion
intended to distract attention from
the main issue
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I think she raised the issue as a red herring.
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77 molecule
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Wikipedia Article
And stars are the places where the molecules
that life is made of were constructed billions of
years ago.†
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molecules = the simplest structural
unit of an element or compound
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
They say they can genetically engineer bacteria or yeast to produce whatever molecules they need to
replace gasoline.
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51 rainforest
But the smoke goes out of the chimney and
into the air and sometimes I look up into the
sky and I think that there are molecules
ofMother up there, or in clouds over Africa or
the Antarctic, or coming down as rain in the
rain forests in Brazil, or in snow somewhere.†
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rain forests = a forest with heavy
annual rainfall — perhaps in the
order of 100 inches per year
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
We visited the rainforest in Costa Rica.
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108 Brazil
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But the smoke goes out of the chimney and
into the air and sometimes I look up into the
sky and I think that there are molecules
ofMother up there, or in clouds over Africa or
the Antarctic, or coming down as rain in the
rain forests in Brazil, or in snow somewhere.†
Brazil = the largest Latin American
country and the largest Portuguese
speaking country in the world;
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located in the central and
northeastern part of South
America; world's leading coffee
exporter
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
But then in August the Constitution defeated the British ship Guerriere off Nova Scotia, and later sank
the British frigate lava, near Brazil.
David McCullough -- John Adams
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152 conscious
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CIA World FactBook
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For example, when I punched Sarah because
she had pulled my hair I knocked her
unconscious and she had concussion and they
had to take her to the Accident and Emergency
Department at the hospital.‡
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unconscious = awake (not asleep
or in a state similar to sleep where
one is unaware of anything)
or:
intentional (done on purpose) —
perhaps with significant effort
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or:
aware or concerned about
something
or:
mental activity of which one is selfaware
or:
capable of thought, self-reflection,
and will
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The operation can be done with local anesthetic, so the patient is still conscious.
conscious = awake
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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34 amnesia
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Or unless they had amnesia.†
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amnesia = loss of memory
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DEFINITION — Generally, amnesia means:
loss of memory (partial or total)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The movie is about a woman who suffers amnesia and doesn't even remember her husband.
amnesia = loss of memory
Typical Usage
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66 therefore
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Wikipedia Article
Wellington was therefore most likely to have
been killed by someone known to him.†
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therefore = for that reason
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, therefore means:
for that reason (what follows is so because of what was just said)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Kim is taller than Ashley. Ashley is taller than Anna. Therefore, Kim is taller than Anna.
therefore = for that reason
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145 e.g.
Dictionary / more samples — Oxford® US
But she smoked cigarettes and she said lots of
things I didn't understand, e.g., "I'm going to
hit the hay," and "It's brass monkeys out there,"
and "Let's rustle up some tucker."‡
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e.g. = for example
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
popular presidents; e.g., Roosevelt or Reagan.
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128 artificial
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But this is stupid because everyone has
learning difficulties because learning to speak
French or understanding relativity is difficult
and also everyone has special needs, like
Father, who has to carry a little packet of
artificial sweetening tablets around with him to
put in his coffee to stophim from getting fat, or
Mrs. Peters, who wears a beige-colored
hearing aid, or Siobhan, who has glasses so
thick that they give you a headache if you
borrow them, and none of these people are...‡
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artificial = made by humans —
often to replace something that can
be found in nature
or:
not sincere, pretended, or designed
to impress
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The plants look real, but they are artificial.
artificial = made by humans
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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26 precedent
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Mrs. Gascoyne said they didn't want to treat
me differently from everyone else in the school
because then everyone would want to be
treated differently and it would set a
precedent.†
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precedent = an example from a
prior time — typically used to justify
similar occurrences at a later time
(especially a judicial decision)
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Precedent set by the Supreme Court must be followed by all lower courts.
Typical Usage
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22 white lie
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This is called a white lie.†
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white lie = an unimportant lie
(especially one told to be polite or
helpful)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I told a white lie to bolster her battered ego.
white lie = an unimportant lie told to be helpful
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129 trespass
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And not to go trespassing in other people's
gardens.‡
trespassing = to enter another's
property without right or
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permission
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Since the door was wide open, she was charged with trespassing rather than breaking and entering.
trespassing = entering another's property without right or permission
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53 claustrophobia
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You also have to be someone who would like
being on their own in a tiny spacecraft
thousands and thousands of miles away from
the surface of the earth and not panic or get
claustrophobia or homesick or insane.†
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claustrophobia = abnormal fear of
being closed in a confined space
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I avoid elevators because of claustrophobia.
Typical Usage
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88 anemic
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For example, all the iron in your blood which
stops you from being anemic was made in a
star.†
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anemic = suffering from too few
red blood cells
or metaphorically: lacking vitality
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
My mother is careful about how she eats because she is anemic.
anemic = suffering from too few red blood cells
Typical Usage
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110 Heart of
Darkness
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She said the book was really good as it was
and that I should be very proud of having
written a book at all, even if it was quite short
and there were some very good books which
were very short like Heart of Darkness, which
was by Conrad.†
Heart of Darkness = novella that is
arguably the most influential work
of the influential author, Joseph
Conrad; a depiction of "the horror"
of the human psyche (1899)
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!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
He came out of the heart of darkness, from the dark heart of the secret and undiscovered South.
Thomas Wolfe -- The Child by Tiger
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Excerpt from the Book
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illustrate
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Amazon Customer Reviews
Here is a famous story called The Monty Hall
Problem which I have included in this book
because it illustrates what I mean.†
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illustrates = helps make clear
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, illustrate (as in: as illustrated by this example) means:
to help make clear — typically by example
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Pictures of flooding help to illustrate the problem of global warming.
illustrate = make clear
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24 savant
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Marilyn vos Savant said that you should always
change and pick the final door because the
chances are 2 in 3 that there will be a car
behind that door.†
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savant = someone recognized as
especially knowledgeable in a
particular field
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I couldn't understand the savants' discussion, but I did assist in finding the solution by providing food
and locking them in the room until they reached a consensus.
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144 IQ
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D., George Mason L niversity There is enough
mathematical illiteracy in this country, and we
don't need the world's highest IQ propagating
more.‡
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iq = a measure of general
intelligence where a high score is
considered a strength for many
kinds of tasks
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(average score = 100; 67% of
people are 85 and 115; 97.5% of
people are between 70 and 130)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Conscientiousness is more important in this job than IQ.
IQ = measure of general intelligence
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17 direct
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And I found it on page 58, which was directly
under page 42 on the KEY TO MAP PAGES and
which joined up with page 42.†
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directly = close (without anything in
between)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, direct (as in: directly above; or buy direct from) means:
straight (exactly where stated); or without involvement of anything in between
The exact meaning of this sense of direct is subject to its context. For example:
#""The road runs directly to Las Vegas." — straight (without varying from a straight line)
#""It was a direct hit." — exact
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#""The plant is in direct sunlight." — unobstructed (without anything in between)
#""She wants a direct meeting with him." — personal (without other people in between)
#""She paid direct attention to what he was reading." — close
#""a direct gaze" — straight, steady, or focused—not a brief glance taken while generally looking at
other things; not a sideways look
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
This flower does best in direct sunlight.
direct = without intervention from anything (in this case, not sun that is partially blocked
or reflected)
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27 intuitive
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But if you use your intuition you think that
chance is 50-50 because you think there is an
equal chance that the car is behind any door.†
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intuition = the ability to known
instinctively rather than through
reasoning; or the thing that is
known in such a way
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion",
converts a verb into a noun that
denotes the action or result of the
verb. Typically, there is a slight
change in the ending of the root
verb, as in action, education, and
observation.)
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!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, intuitive means:
based on feeling or instinct rather than conscious reasoning
or:
easy to understand without training or study
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The were perfect partners—one highly intuitive and the other highly analytical.
intuitive = known instinctively rather than through reasoning
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93 illiterate
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D., George Mason L niversity There is enough
mathematical illiteracy in this country, and we
don't need the world's highest IQ propagating
more.†
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illiteracy = unable to read or write
(not literate)
or:
uninformed in a particular field or
general subject area
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!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She is functionally illiterate, so she will need help filling out the employment application.
illiterate = unable to read or write
Typical Usage
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Wikipedia - Literacy
Wikipedia - Functional Illiteracy
139 propagate
D., George Mason L niversity There is enough
mathematical illiteracy in this country, and we
don't need the world's highest IQ propagating
more.‡
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propagating = to spread
or:
to reproduce or copy
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The spread of the Roman Empire helped to propagate the idea throughout Europe.
propagate = spread
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63 utter
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D., Georgia State UniversityYou are utterly
incorrect... How many irate mathematicians are
needed to get you to change your mind?†
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utterly = completely or totally
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, utter (as in: utter stupidity) means:
complete or total (used as an intensifier—typically when stressing how bad something is)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She suffered utter devastation when her child died in the accident.
utter = complete
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
96 irate
Dictionary / more samples — Oxford® US
D., Georgia State UniversityYou are utterly
incorrect... How many irate mathematicians are
needed to get you to change your mind?†
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irate = feeling or showing extreme
anger
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
"Annoyed, not irate," I say.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give
irate = extremely angry
Typical Usage
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103 Gobi
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But Gobi Aloo Sag is yellow, so I put red food
coloring into it before I eat it.†
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Gobi = World's second largest
desert which is in China &
Mongolia.
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
It's typical north Indian fare, mounds of hot pink tandoori, aloo gobi in thick orange sauce.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
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125 reflection
They might look like big slugs, or be flat like
reflections.‡
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reflections = an image (seen on a
mirror or other shiny surface)
or:
light seen after it bounces off a
surface to another; or the process
of bouncing light, sound, or other
energy off of a surface
or:
something that indirectly shows
something else — such as an
indication, demonstration,
expression, or representation of
something
The exact meaning of this sense of
reflection depends upon its
context. For example:
#""The students' behavior is a
reflection on the school." —
indication of quality
#""She says the immorality in the
movie is a reflection of
American values." —
expression or representation
#""It was a reflection of the
selfishness she had seen
growing for years." —
demonstration
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#""The surrounding panic found
no reflection in her." —
expression or demonstration
#""I saw no reflection of jealousy
in her action." — indication or
sign
or:
careful thought — sometimes
concerning memories
or:
thoughts or memories
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I was looking at my reflection in her sunglasses.
reflection = image
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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84 profane
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On this scroll it says that Sir Charles Baskerville
had an ancestor called Sir Hugo Baskerville,
who was a wild, profane and godless man.†
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profane = showing no respect for
something thought of as sacred
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
There's no need to be profane.
profane = disrespectful of something thought of as sacred
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141 mortal
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And they saw a great black beast, shaped like a
hound yet larger than any hound that ever
mortal eye has rested on, and this hound was
tearing the throat out of Sir Hugo Baskerville.‡
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mortal = human (especially merely
human); or subject to death
or:
causing death
or:
extreme or intense
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Don't expect perfection of a mere mortal.
mortal = human
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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36 circumspect
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Learn then from this story not to fear the fruits
of the past, but rather to be circumspect in the
future, that those foul passions whereby our
family has suffered so grievously may not again
be loosed to our undoing.†
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circumspect = thoughtful of all
circumstances and consequences
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She's too circumspect to make that kind of mistake.
Typical Usage
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39 grievous
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Learn then from this story not to fear the fruits
of the past, but rather to be circumspect in the
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future, that those foul passions whereby our
family has suffered so grievously may not again
be loosed to our undoing.†
grievously = very serious; or very
bad; or causing grief
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She suffered grievous bodily harm.
grievous = very serious; or very bad
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104 Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
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And sometimes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (who is
the author) describes people like this....†
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle = English
author best remembered for
creating the fictional detective,
Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Arthur Conan Doyle, whom they expected, and Harry Houdini, whom they did not.
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127 subtle
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There was something subtly wrong with the
face, some coarseness of expression, some
hardness, perhaps of eye, some looseness of
lip which marred its perfect beauty.‡
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subtly = working in an indirect or
hidden way
or:
understated so as not to draw
attention to itself
or:
not obvious, but understandable by
someone with adequate sensitivity
and relevant knowledge (perhaps
depending upon fine distinctions)
or:
capable of understanding things
that require sensitivity and relevant
knowledge (perhaps understanding
fine distinctions)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She is working subtly against us.
subtly = working in a way that is hard to see
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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detach
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Also it says in the book Sherlock Holmes had,
in a very remarkable degree, the power of
detaching his mind at will.†
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detaching = separating
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, detach means:
to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She spoke in a cold, detached manner as though she didn't care about him any more.
detached = emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
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33 endeavor
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Also Doctor Watson says about Sherlock
HolmesHis mind .... was busy in endeavouring
to frame some scheme into which all these
strange and apparently disconnected episodes
could befitted And that is what I am trying to
do by writing this book.†
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endeavouring = trying or
attempting
(editor's note: This is a British
spelling. Americans use
endeavoring.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, endeavor means:
to attempt; or a project or activity attempted
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I endeavored to get both sides to agree to a compromise.
endeavored = tried or attempted
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64 apparent
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Also Doctor Watson says about Sherlock
HolmesHis mind .... was busy in endeavouring
to frame some scheme into which all these
strange and apparently disconnected episodes
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could befitted And that is what I am trying to
do by writing this book.†
apparently = obviously or clearly; or
seemingly so (appearing clear or
obvious—though not necessarily
so)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, apparent means:
clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the dry fields.
apparent = clear or obvious
Typical Usage
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illustrate
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The deerstalker hat was invented by a man
called Sidney Paget, who did the illustrations
for the original books.†
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illustrations = drawings
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions",
converts a verb into a plural noun
that denotes results of the verb.
Typically, there is a slight change in
the ending of the root verb, as in
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actions, illustrations, and
observations.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, illustrate (as in: an illustrated children's book) means:
to draw pictures (or provide photographs) to accompany a book or other writing
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I write and illustrate children's books.
illustrate = draw pictures to accompany
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90 consulate
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And Mother was wearing a pair of shorts made
out of denim and a light blue bikini top and she
was smoking cigarettes called Consulate which
were mint flavor.†
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consulate = a diplomat appointed
by a government to live in a foreign
country and help its citizens
visiting that country; or the offices
of that person and assistants
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, consulate means:
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the offices where a consul works; or a consul (a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a
foreign country, help its citizens visiting that country, and protect its commercial interests there)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
After 9-11, the US increased security at consulates around the world.
consulates = the offices of US diplomats living and working in foreign countries
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105 Cape Cod
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And Siobhan once said that when she felt
depressed or sad she would close her eyes and
she would imagine that she was staying in a
house on Cape Cod with her friend Elly, and
they would take a trip on a boat from
Provincetown and go out into the bay to watch
the humpback whales and that made her feel
calm and peaceful and happy.†
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Cape Cod = a peninsula of the
Massachusetts Bay (south of
Boston) extending into the Atlantic;
a popular resort area
!"Details
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"You spend summers on Cape Cod, da?" the general had said.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
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107 Mt. Everest
And also I like the fact that they are filming in a
place which is harder to get to than the top of
Mount Everest but is only a few miles away
from sea level.†
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Mount Everest = a mountain in the
central Himalayas on the border of
Tibet and Nepal; the highest
mountain peak in the world (29,028
feet high)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Had I ever harbored the mystical notions about mountains that seem to obsess lawyers and judges,
Aunt Alexandra would have been analogous to Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was cold
and there.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
Mount Everest = highest mountain peak in the world
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25 rhetorical
question
This is what Siobhan says is called a rhetorical
question.†
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rhetorical question = a question
asked to emphasize a point or to
generate interest rather than to get
information
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She asks and answers rhetorical questions faster than I can consider them.
rhetorical questions = questions asked to emphasize a point or to generate interest rather
than to get information
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140 tempered
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Mother had hit me sometimes because she was
a very hot-tempered person, which means that
she got angry more quickly than other people
and she shouted more often.‡
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tempered = made less extreme
or:
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made stronger or more flexible by
heat treatment — often of steel or
glass
or:
having a typical mood or
temperament — often in reference
to how easily one is angered
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Her criticism was tempered with kindly sympathy.
tempered = made less extreme
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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101 yellow fever
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Yellow Fever (which is a disease from tropical
America and West Africa which causes a high
fever, acute nephritis, jaundice and
hemorrhages, and it is caused by a virus
transmitted by the bite of a mosquito called
Aedes aegyptl, which used to be called
Stegomyia fasciata; and nephritis is
inflammation of the kidneys).†
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yellow fever = tropical disease
caused by a flavivirus transmitted
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by a mosquito
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
At the start of the 21st century, the World Health Organization estimated that yellow fever causes
200,000 illnesses and 30,000 deaths every year in unvaccinated populations.
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138 acute
Yellow Fever (which is a disease from tropical
America and West Africa which causes a high
fever, acute nephritis, jaundice and
hemorrhages, and it is caused by a virus
transmitted by the bite of a mosquito called
Aedes aegyptl, which used to be called
Stegomyia fasciata; and nephritis is
inflammation of the kidneys).‡
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acute = sharp (severe or strong) —
usually negative
or:
sharp (highly perceptive in some
area or mentally sharp)
or:
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ending in a narrow point or angle;
or describing an angle measuring
less than 90 degrees
!"Details
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She felt an acute pain in her neck.
acute = sharp (severe or very bad)
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92 hemorrhage
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Yellow Fever (which is a disease from tropical
America and West Africa which causes a high
fever, acute nephritis, jaundice and
hemorrhages, and it is caused by a virus
transmitted by the bite of a mosquito called
Aedes aegyptl, which used to be called
Stegomyia fasciata; and nephritis is
inflammation of the kidneys).†
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hemorrhages = instances of
excessive bleeding
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, hemorrhage means:
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severe bleeding — typically inside the body
or:
figurative use to describe any rapid loss
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
A hemorrhage in the brain is common with shaken baby syndrome.
hemorrhage = to bleed excessively
Typical Usage
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62 virus
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And in the dream nearly everyone on the earth
is dead, because they have caught a virus.†
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virus = a submicroscopic organism
that causes disease (by using the
cellular reproductive machinery of
the organism it invades)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The common cold is caused by a virus.
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Wikipedia: computer virus
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Yellow Fever (which is a disease from tropical
America and West Africa which causes a high
fever, acute nephritis, jaundice and
hemorrhages, and it is caused by a virus
transmitted by the bite of a mosquito called
Aedes aegyptl, which used to be called
Stegomyia fasciata; and nephritis is
inflammation of the kidneys).†
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inflammation = swelling, redness,
and other body tissue response to
injury or infection
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
inflammation around the wound
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80 influenza
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This was because his son died of influenza
during the First World War and he still wanted
to talk to him.†
influenza = acute highly contagious
respiratory disease commonly
called the flu
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!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century killing tens of millions of people.
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61 Occam's razor
And it shows that something called Occam's
razor is true.†
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Occam's razor = Typically
interpreted by layman as: "All
things being equal, the simplest
solution tends to be the best one."
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 139 (85% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
In answer to Occam's razor, Chatton argued: "If three things are not enough to verify an affirmative
proposition about things, a fourth must be added, and so on."
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Which is Latin and it means No more things
should be presumed to exist than are
absolutely necessary.‡
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presumed = to think of something
as true or likely, even though it is
not known with certainty
or:
exercising privileges to which one
is not entitled — such as being too
familiar or too bossy
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 139 (93% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I presumed she was an expert since she spoke so confidently.
presumed = assumed
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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136 transparent
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In the bottom of the cupboard was a large
plastic toolbox which was full of tools for doing
Do It Yourself, like a drill and a paintbrush and
some screws and a hammer, but I could see
these without opening the box because it was
made of transparent gray plastic.‡
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transparent = able to be seen
through with clarity
or:
obvious despite attempts to hide
or:
easily observable or understood
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The transparent shower door shows water spots.
transparent = capable of being seen through with clarity
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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67 chaos
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57 the population becomes chaotic like in the
first graph.†
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chaotic = confused and disordered
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, chaos means:
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The country entered a period of civil war and chaos.
chaos = extreme confusion and disorder
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38 deduce
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I decided that I would not think about it
anymore that night because I didn't have
enough information and could easily Leap to
the Wrong Conclusions like Mr. Athelney Jones
of Scotland Yard, which is a dangerous thing to
do because you should make sure you have all
the available clues before you start deducing
things.†
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deducing = concluding by
reasoning
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, deduce means:
conclude by reasoning — especially reasoning from the general to the particular
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She trusts only what she can measure or can deduce from measurement.
deduce = conclude by reasoning
Typical Usage
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58 Franciscan
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When he told the lady on the till upstairs, they
said it was called Tuck and he was a ghost of a
Franciscan friar who used to live in the
monastery which was on the same site
hundreds of years ago, which was why the
shopping center was called Greyfriars
Shopping Center, and they were used to him
and not frightened at all.†
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Franciscan = relating to Saint
Francis of Assisi or to the order
founded by him
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 151 (19% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
He is a Franciscan monk.
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When he told the lady on the till upstairs, they
said it was called Tuck and he was a ghost of a
Franciscan friar who used to live in the
monastery which was on the same site
hundreds of years ago, which was why the
shopping center was called Greyfriars
Shopping Center, and they were used to him
and not frightened at all.†
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monastery = the residence of a
religious community
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 151 (20% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries was the largest legally enforced transfer of property in
English history since the Norman Conquest.
monasteries = the residences of religious communities
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hypothesis
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And when X is between 1 and 3, the population
gets bigger and then it stays stable like this
(and these graphs are hypothetical, too).
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hypothetical = based on something
that is seemingly reasonable, but
unproven
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!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, hypothesis (as in: a study to test her hypothesis) means:
a seemingly reasonable, but unproven idea or explanation based upon known facts
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The study will test the hypothesis that a good marriage is more important than a higher income when
measuring happiness.
hypothesis = a seemingly reasonable, but unproven, idea
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65 constant
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And X is what is called a constant.†
2
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continuous, or happening
repeatedly
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The history of computers is a history of constant technological advancement.
constant = continuous
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Dictionary / more samples — Oxford® US
...nice about it but there were boxes and bits of
broken bowl on the floor and everyone was
staring and I saw that you had wet yourself and
I was so cross and I wanted to take you out of
the shop but you wouldn't let me touch you and
you just lay on the floor and screamed and
banged your hands and feet on the floor and
the maniger came and asked what the problem
was and I was at the end of my tether and I had
to pay for two broken mixers and we just had to
wait until you stoped screaming.†
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tether = to tie so as to limit the
boundaries of movement; or the
rope or other material used to do
the tying
(editor's note: If you've ever
played tetherball, it will be easier to
remember the meaning of tether.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, tether means:
to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
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The horses were tethered to a post.
tethered = tied
Typical Usage
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60 Pakistan
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The company is run by two men called Mr.
Perkin and Mr. Rashid Mr. Rashid is from
Pakistan and very stern and always wants us to
work faster.†
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Pakistan = a Muslim republic that is
the sixth most populous country
and has nuclear weapons
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, Pakistan means:
a Muslim republic bordering India, Afghanistan, Iran, & China — best known as the sixth most
populous country and as unstable politically relative to other nuclear states
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Pakistan was created as a country when India was partitioned in 1947 to create separate Muslimmajority and Hindu-majority nations.
Pakistan = a Muslim republic that is the sixth most populous country and has nuclear
weapons
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State Department Background
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CIA World FactBook
Video
People think computers are different from
people because they don't have minds, even
though, in the Turing test, computers can have
conversations with people about the weather
and wine and what Italy is like, and they can
even tell jokes.†
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Turing test = information
systems: a test of artificial
intelligence: A computer passes
the Turing test if it can simulate a
written conversation so well that
people cannot tell it is a computer
with which they are speaking.
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 163 (21% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
People think computers are different from people because they don't have minds, even though, in the
Turing test, computers can have conversations with people about the weather and wine and what
Italy is like, and they can even tell jokes.
Mark Haddon -- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
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40 nocturnal
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Then I heard Toby waking up, because he is
nocturnal, and I heard him rustling in his cage.†
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nocturnal = active during the night;
or relating to night
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The mice are nocturnal, so we never see them, but we see their droppings.
nocturnal = active during the night
Typical Usage
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100 schizophrenia
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Wikipedia Article
Bloody schizophrenic.†
1
schizophrenic = any of several
psychotic disorders characterized
by distortions of reality,
disturbances of thought and
language, and withdrawal from
social contact
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She has it all worked out, which means that her ordinary schizophrenia has become paranoid
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schizophrenia.
Mal Peet -- Tamar
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150 nucleus
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Wikipedia Article
And they are nuclear explosions billions of
miles away.‡
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nuclear = the center (or most
important part) of something
such as:
#"in physics: the center of an
atom where protons &
neutrons are found
#"in biology: the center of a cell
where DNA is found
#"in sociology: the closest
family (mother/father/children
in contrast to the extended
family)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
They have the nucleus of a good team.
nucleus = the center (in this case, key central members)
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82 luminous
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It has a luminous face and lights up if you press
a button, so I could read it in the dark.†
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luminous = glowing or shining
(also used metaphorically to
describe beauty or intelligence)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The sky was luminous with stars.
luminous = shining
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89 aperture
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And on the bottom is a map of the sky and on
top is an aperture which is an opening shaped
in a parabola and you turn it round to see a
map of the sky that you can see on that day of
the year from the latitude 51.†
aperture = an opening — especially
a small one that controls the
amount of light admitted for a
camera or microscope
or:
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the measured diameter of the
opening
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The higher the f-stop, the more closed the camera's aperture.
aperture = a small opening — especially one that controls the amount of light admitted
for a camera or microscope
or:
the measured diameter of the opening
Typical Usage
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134 latitude
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5® north, which is the latitude that Swindon is
on, because the largest bit of the sky is always
on the other side of the earth.‡
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latitude = a measure of north/south
(relative to the equator) on the
earth — calculated by using
imaginary horizontal circles on the
surface of the earth that are
parallel to the equator
or:
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amount of freedom from restriction
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
They estimate the satellite will fall at about 50® north latitude.
latitude = a measure of north/south (relative to the equator) on the earth — calculated by
using imaginary horizontal circles on the surface of the earth that are parallel to the
equator
All Book Uses
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
29 negligible
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And that makes you seem very small, and if you
have difficult things in your life it is nice to
think that they are what is called negligible,
which means that they are so small you don't
have to take them into account when you are
calculating something.†
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negligible = so small as to be not
worth considering
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The effect was negligible.
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All Book Uses
Typical Usage
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35 cavalier
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I knew it was his van because I heard it very
often and it was nearby and I knew it wasn't
any of the neighbors' cars because the people
who take drugs have a Volkswagen camper
vanand Mr. Thompson, who lives at number 40,
has a Vauxhall Cavalier and the people who live
at number 34 have a Peugeot and they all
sound different.†
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cavalier = given to arrogant
disregard of others or of
consequences
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 179 (15% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I always knew her cavalier attitude toward the law would get her in trouble.
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
95 inverse
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
And one way was being frightened of being far
away from a place I was used to, and the other
was being frightened of being near where
Father lived, and they were in inverse
proportion to one another, so that the total fear
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remained a constant as I got further away from
home and further away from Father like this....†
inverse = reversed effect,
sequence or orientation
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Some species are hurt by global warming; while for others the inverse is true.
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
137 proportion
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
And one way was being frightened of being far
away from a place I was used to, and the other
was being frightened of being near where
Father lived, and they were in inverse
proportion to one another, so that the total fear
remained a constant as I got further away from
home and further away from Father like this....‡
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proportion = a ratio (the quantity of
something in relation to something
else)
or:
a portion or part of something —
usually a count or quantity
compared to the whole
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or:
size or dimension
or:
appropriate in size, amount, or
degree
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
To make popcorn on the stove, the proportion of oil to unpopped popcorn is about 1 tablespoon oil
per 1/4 cup of popcorn.
proportion = ratio (the quantity of something in relation to something else)
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
23 horizontal
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
And I looked and I could see a building with
writing at the top, but it was a long way away
so it was hard to read, and I said, "Do you mean
the stripy building with the horizontal
windows?"†
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horizontal = in line with the floor,
horizon, or another flat base
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Paintings in which horizontal lines dominate, tend to be relaxing.
All Book Uses
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
4
hypothesis
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Pictures — Google Images®
And if something is nearby you can find it by
moving in a spiral, walking clockwise and
taking every right turn until you come back to a
road you've already walked on, then taking the
next left, then taking every right turn and so on,
like this (but this is a hypothetical diagram, too,
and not a map of Swindon).†
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hypothetical = something
temporarily treated as true to
advance a discussion or to further
investigation
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, hypothesis (as in: assume as a working hypothesis) means:
something that may or may not be true, but is temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or
to further investigation
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
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For the purpose of discussion, let's accept that the hypothesis that she is guilty is true. What would
we have expected her to do after the incident?
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
73 Shakespeare
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
For example, one week the Shakespeare's
Globe poster had fallen down in the classroom
at school and you could tell because it had
been put back slightly to the right and there
were three little circles of Blu-Tack stain on the
wall down the left-hand side of the poster.†
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Shakespeare = author widely
regarded as the greatest in the
English language and whose works
include Romeo and Juliet and
Hamlet
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, Shakespeare (as in: William Shakespeare) means:
English dramatist and poet frequently cited as the greatest writer in the English language and who
wrote such works as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet (1564-1616)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
As Shakespeare said, "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."
Shakespeare = author widely regarded as the greatest in the English language and whose
works include Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
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Typical Usage
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Shakespeare Quotations
83 medieval
There are ridges in the field, which means that
in medieval times it was what is called a ridge
and This is really true because I asked Siobhan
what people thought about when they looked
at things, and this is what she said. furrow field
and people who lived in the village would have
a ridge each to do farming on.†
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medieval = relating to or belonging
to the Middle Ages
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The story takes place during medieval times.
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
126 inclined
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
The northeast corner of the field is highest and
the southwest corner is lowest (I had a
compass because we were going on holiday
and I wanted to know where Swindon was when
we were in France) and the field is folded
downward slightly along the line between these
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two corners so that the northwest and
southeast corners are slightly lower than they
would be if the field was an inclined plane.‡
inclined = a tendency, mood,
desire, or attitude that favors
something; or making someone
favor something
or:
to be at an angle or to bend
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 181 (52% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I'm inclined to believe him.
inclined = have a tendency; or an attitude or mood that favors something
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
47 vertical
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
And you can move a colored tile only if it can
jump over a colored tile horizontally or
vertically (but not diagonally) into an empty
square 2 squares away.†
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vertically = with an orientation that
is straight up and down (90
degrees relative to the floor)
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!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 191 (25% in)
DEFINITION — Generally, vertical means:
oriented straight up and down (90 degrees relative to the floor)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The architect used long vertical lines to pull the eye upward.
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
55 diagonal
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Pictures — Google Images®
And you can move a colored tile only if it can
jump over a colored tile horizontally or
vertically (but not diagonally) into an empty
square 2 squares away.†
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diagonally = a straight line
connecting opposite corners of a
rectangle; or any slope that could
connect the corners of an
imaginary rectangle that has one
side parallel to the floor
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 191 (25% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The artist used diagonal lines to create tension.
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Typical Usage
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Wikipedia Article
Pictures — Google Images®
148 however
And I know what the answer is because
however you move the colored tiles you will
never get a colored tile more than 4 squares
above the starting horizontal line, but it is a
good mathproblem to do in your head when
you don't want to think about something else
because you can make it as complicated as you
need to fill your brain by making the board as
big as you want and the moves as complicated
as you want.‡
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however = though (or another
expression that connects
contrasting ideas)
(Based on idea 1 we might not
expect idea 2, but this is a way of
saying that even though idea 1
exists, we still have idea
2. Synonyms include in spite of
that, , nevertheless, nonetheless,
on the other hand, in contrastand
but.)
or:
to whatever degree (regardless of
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how much; or whatever unspecified
amount)
or:
in whatever way
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 191 (28% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Most college application deadlines are in January and February. However, early admission deadlines
are around November and some scholarships require even earlier deadlines.
however = despite that (a transition word use to connect contrasting ideas)
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
46 specimen
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
And he said, "You are a prize specimen, aren't
you.†
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specimen = a sample regarded as
typical of its class; or a bit of
tissue, blood, or urine that is taken
for diagnostic purposes
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
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The museum holds over a million insect specimens.
specimens = examples regarded as typical of its class
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
99 atom
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Because time is only the relationship between
the way different things change, like the earth
going round the sun and atoms vibrating and
clocks ticking and day and night and waking up
and going to sleep, and it is like west or nornor-east, which won't exist when the earth
stops existing and falls into the sun because it
is only a relationship between the North Pole
and the South Pole and everywhere else, like
Mogadishu and Sunderland and Canberra.†
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atoms = the smallest part of any
material that cannot be broken up
by chemical means; comprised of a
nucleus of protons and neutrons
surrounded by orbiting electrons
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The world was forever changed when we learned to split the atom.
Typical Usage
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Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Wikipedia Article
Pictures — Google Images®
109 Mogadishu
Because time is only the relationship between
the way different things change, like the earth
going round the sun and atoms vibrating and
clocks ticking and day and night and waking up
and going to sleep, and it is like west or nornor-east, which won't exist when the earth
stops existing and falls into the sun because it
is only a relationship between the North Pole
and the South Pole and everywhere else, like
Mogadishu and Sunderland and Canberra.†
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Mogadishu = the capital and largest
city of Somalia; a port on the Indian
Ocean; one of the most dangerous
and lawless cities in the world since
collapse of the central government
in 1991
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
But she dreamed of starting a hospital in her homeland—the hospital my dad would have wanted to
work in—and in the early 1980s she began building her own private hospital in Somalia's capital,
Mogadishu.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
Typical Usage
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118 Canberra
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Wikipedia Article
Wikipedia Article
Pictures — Google Images®
Because time is only the relationship between
the way different things change, like the earth
going round the sun and atoms vibrating and
clocks ticking and day and night and waking up
and going to sleep, and it is like west or nornor-east, which won't exist when the earth
stops existing and falls into the sun because it
is only a relationship between the North Pole
and the South Pole and everywhere else, like
Mogadishu and Sunderland and Canberra.†
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Canberra = the capital of Australia;
located in southeastern Australia
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 193 (56% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
They don't match up computer files between Canberra and London.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Typical Usage
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131 relative
And it isn't a fixed relationship like the
relationship be tween our house and Mrs.
Shears's house, or like the relationship
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between 7 and 865, but it depends on how fast
you are going relative to a specific point.‡
relative = compared with something
else (not an absolute value or not
complete)
or:
connected
in various senses, including:
#"a person related by blood or
marriage — as in "The hospital
won't let me visit her because
I'm not a relative."
#"a plant or animal related by
origin or grouping — "The
closest relative of the dog is
the gray wolf."
or:
related to
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I am comparing the relative benefits of both proposals.
relative = compared with something else (in this case comparing the benefits of each
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proposal to the other rather than looking for some absolute benefit)
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
91 gradient
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
And this is a map of everything and
everywhere, and the future is on the right and
the past is on the left and the gradient of the
line c is the speed of light, but we can't know
about the things which happen in the shaded
areas even though some of them have already
happened, but when we get to fit will be
possible to find out about things which happen
in the lighter areas p and q. And this means
that time is a mystery, and not even a thing,
and no one has ever solved the puzzle of...†
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gradient = the slope of a hill; or
(more rarely) any value relative to
another
or:
a change (measured in specific
units) of some physical quantity or
its rate of change
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
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That section of the road has a five-degree gradient.
gradient = slope
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
146 coefficient
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And I did some more quadratic equations like 0
= 437x2 + 103x + 11 and 0 = 79x2 + 43x +
2089 and I made some of the coefficients large
so that they were hard to solve.‡
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coefficients = mathematics: a
number that is multiplies a variable
in an expression (such as 2 in 2x)
or:
mathematics: any factor of a term
(such as y in y(a+b))
or:
physics: a constant number that
serves as a measure of some
property or characteristic (such as
the coefficient of thermal
expansion)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Divide by 2 to eliminate the leading coefficient.
coefficient = mathematics: a number that is multiplies a variable in an expression (such
as 2 in 2x)
or:
mathematics: any factor of a term (such as y in y(a+b))
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
49 replicate
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Things have to make copies of themselves (this
is called Replication).†
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replication = reproduce a copy; or
do again in the same way
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion",
converts a verb into a noun that
denotes the action or result of the
verb. Typically, there is a slight
change in the ending of the root
verb, as in action, education, and
observation.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, replicate means:
reproduce a copy; or do again in the same way
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
We determined that the technique isn't easily replicated because it depends upon outstanding
teachers.
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
56 mutation
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They have to make small mistakes when they
do this (this is called Mutation).†
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mutation = a change in the genes
that determines how a living
organism is designed
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, mutation means:
a change in the genes that determines how a living organism is designed; or the result of the change
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The gene (which greatly increases the carrier's chance of getting colon cancer by age 80) is believed
to have been tracked to a mutation in the Fry family in 1630.
mutation = change in the genes that determine how a living organism is designed
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124 evolve
Because an eye has to evolve from something
else very like an eye and it doesn't just happen
because of a genetic mistake, and what is the
use of half an eye?‡
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evolve = to develop or change
gradually
or:
change of a species over a long
period of time through evolution
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 199 (59% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Large brick-size phones that could only send and receive calls, evolved into today's smartphones.
evolved = gradually developed
All Book Uses
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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70 gene
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Because an eye has to evolve from something
else very like an eye and it doesn't just happen
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because of a genetic mistake, and what is the
use of half an eye?†
genetic = related to single
segments of DNA which when
combined determine inherited traits
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, gene means:
a single segment of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits such as hair color or height
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The gene determines hair color.
gene = a single segment of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
86 sober up
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Wikipedia Article
I need more beers before I sober up.†
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sober up = become less drunk (or
get completely past drunkenness)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, sober up (as in: I need to sober up.) means:
to become less drunk
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Coffee doesn't really help one to sober up; though it does help fight sleepiness.
sober up = become less drunk
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
75 junction
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Says Underground Take the Bakerloo Line to
Willesden Junction or the Jubilee to Willesden
Green.†
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junction = a place where two or
more things come together
!"Details
Above word use is from Chapter 211 (46% in)
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The store is at the junction of the 10 and 5 freeways.
All Book Uses
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
12 focus
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Pictures — Google Images®
And the advert said "DREAM HOLIDAY, THINK
KUONI IN MALAYSIA" and behind the writing
there was a big photograph of 2 orangutans
and they were swinging on branches and there
were trees behind them but the leaves were
blurred because the camera was focusing on
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the orangutans and not the leaves and the
orangutans were moving.†
focusing = with lens adjusted for a
clear image
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, focus (as in: The camera focuses automatically) means:
to adjust a lens to make an image clear
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I have to give the camera a little while to focus before I shoot the picture.
focus = adjust its lens to get a clear picture
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
122 Internet
Dictionary / more samples — Oxford® US
And adverts are pictures or television programs
to make you buy things like cars or Snickers or
use an Internet Service Provider.†
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
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Internet = also known as The
Worldwide Web; a public computer
network that has changed life for
those in the developed world
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
If one searches enough he may even find a computer rendering of the Danteum on the Internet.
Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
50 peninsula
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Wikipedia Article
And Malaysia is in Southeast Asia and it is
made up of peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and
Sarawak and Labuan and the capital is Kuala
Lumpur and the highest mountain is Mount
Kinabalu, which is 4,101 meters high, but that
wasn't on the advert.†
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peninsular = a large mass of land
projecting into a body of water —
especially if connected to the
larger land mass by an isthmus
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
A heavily fortified demilitarized zone divides the Korean peninsula.
Typical Usage
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Wikipedia Article
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And Siobhan says people go on holidays to see
new things and relax, but it wouldn't make me
relaxed and you can see new things by looking
at earth under a microscope or drawing the
shape of the solid made when 3 circular rods of
equal thickness intersect at right angles.†
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right angles = an angle measuring
90 degrees (like the angle between
a classroom floor and wall)
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The lines intersect at right angles.
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98 resonate
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And you can put different amounts of water in
different glasses and they make different notes
because they have what are called different
resonant frequencies, and you can play a tune
like Three Blind Mice.†
resonant = of a sound: deep and
rich
or: to evoke a sympathetic or
reinforcing response by bringing
feelings or memories to mind
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or more generally: when something
has reinforcing effects
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The sound resonates well in this theater.
resonates = has reinforcing effects (making it sound richer)
Typical Usage
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102 stimulate
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Stimulated by the sights and smells, you realise
that you have arrived in a land of contrasts.†
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stimulated = encouraged growth or
excitement, or caused something
to happen
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, stimulate means:
to encourage growth, interest or excitement, or to cause something to happen
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
At the beginning of her lectures, she typically starts with a question to try to stimulate curiosity.
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stimulate = encourage (something to happen)
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20 contrast
Stimulated by the sights and smells, you realise
that you have arrived in a land of contrasts.†
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contrasts = side-x-side
arrangement of things that draws
attention to an unmissable
differences
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DEFINITION — Generally, contrast (as in: there is a contrast) means:
a difference — especially a notable difference; or the side-x-side arrangement of things that draws
attention to an unmissable difference
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The contrast in their leadership styles is striking. Olivia motivated people with fear. Isabella motivated
them with praise.
contrast = notable difference
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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121 tradition
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You seek out the traditional, the natural and the
cosmopolitan.†
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traditional = relating to practice or
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belief that is long-established or
was previously long-established
or:
relating to stories passed down
through generations
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DEFINITION — Generally, tradition means:
a long-established or previously long-established practice or belief
and/or:
one or more practices, beliefs, or stories passed down through generations within a specific culture
or group
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
My family's Thanksgiving tradition is to gather together and eat turkey.
tradition = a long-established practice
Typical Usage
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You seek out the traditional, the natural and the
cosmopolitan.†
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cosmopolitan = showing the
influence of many different cultures
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She love's New York's cosmopolitan atmosphere.
Typical Usage
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130 approach
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And then it changed again and it said 1
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TRAIN APPROACHING.‡
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approaching = to get closer to
(near in space, time, quantity, or
quality)
or:
a way of doing something; or a
route that leads to a particular
place
or:
to begin communication with
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someone about something — often
a proposal or a delicate topic
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Winter is approaching.
approaching = getting nearer
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106 Scandinavia
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And there were signs saying There are 53,963
holiday cottages in Scandinavia and Germany
and VITABIOTICS and 3435 and Penalty £10 if
you fail to show a valid ticket for your entire
journey and Discover Gold, Then Bronze and
TVIC and EPBIC and suck my cock and 01
Obstructing the doors can be dangerous and
BRV and Con.†
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Scandinavia = Norway, Sweden,
Denmark and sometimes Finland &
Iceland
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
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They look like a stereotypically blonde, blue-eyed Scandinavian family.
Scandinavian = people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and sometimes Finland & Iceland
Typical Usage
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97 obstruct
And there were signs saying There are 53,963
holiday cottages in Scandinavia and Germany
and VITABIOTICS and 3435 and Penalty £10 if
you fail to show a valid ticket for your entire
journey and Discover Gold, Then Bronze and
TVIC and EPBIC and suck my cock and 01
Obstructing the doors can be dangerous and
BRV and Con.†
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obstructing = blocking or hindering
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, obstruct means:
to block or hinder
The exact meaning of obstruct can depend upon its context. For example:
#""obstruct the path" — block passage through
#""obstruct justice" — hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
#""obstruct her view" — get in the way so as to hide from sight
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
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obstruct the path
obstruct = block
Typical Usage
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87 abbey
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And inside the front cover there was a big map
of London with places on it like Abbey Wood
and Poplar and Acton and Stanmore.†
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abbey = a building where monks or
nuns live or lived
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
Richard Adams -- Watership Down
Typical Usage
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142 coy
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And the map was coy ered with a grid and each
square of the grid had two numberson it.‡
coy = being or pretending to be shy
or:
being secretive or reluctant to
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make a definite or committing
statement
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She dropped her eyes with a coy smile.
coy = being or pretending to be shy
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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57 Vikings
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...minutes and there was no one in when I
pressed the button that said Flat C and the only
interesting thing that happened on the way was
8 men dressed up in Viking costumes with
helmets with horns on and they were shouting,
but they weren't real Vikings because the
Vikings lived nearly 2,000 years ago, and also I
had to go for another wee and I went in the
alleywaydown the side of a garage called
Burdett Motors, which was closed, and I didn't
like doing that but I didn't want to wet...†
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Vikings = any of the Scandinavian
people who raided the coasts of
Europe from the 8th to the 11th
centuries
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Viking raids were not just on the coasts, but also up the rivers.
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116 computer virus
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It's like a computer virus.†
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computer virus = an undesired
software program created to attach
copies of itself to other executable
computer programs within and
between computers — typically
harmful
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
It's like a computer virus.
Mark Haddon -- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
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18 direct
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Wikipedia Article
But sometimes I have different versions of the
dream, like when you can see two versions of a
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film, the ordinary one and the director's cut,
like Blade Runner.†
director = person in charge of
making a film
(editor's note: The suffix "-or"
often converts a verb to a noun that
means "a person who." This is the
pattern you see in words like actor,
editor, and visitor.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, direct (as in: directed the movie) means:
supervise, control, or to be in charge of
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She directed the move.
directed = supervised the making of
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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16 demonstrate
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And I stand and look at the horizon and I take
out my long metal ruler and I hold it up against
the line between the sea and the sky and I
demonstrate that the line is a curve and the
earth is round.†
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demonstrate = show
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!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, demonstrate (as in: It demonstrates my point.) means:
to show
The exact meaning of this sense of demonstrate can depend upon its context. For example:
#""I will demonstrate how to throw a Frisbee." — show how to do something
#""I will demonstrate how much quicker the new computer is than the old one." — show how
something works
#""Her questioned demonstrated that she was listening and thinking deeply about what was said."
— showed to be true or proved
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The salesperson demonstrated features of both phones so I could compare them.
demonstrated = showed
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®
69 compassion
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And after Mr. Shears had gone to work she
made a telephone call to the office and took
what is called Compassionate Leave, which is
when someone in your family dies or is ill.†
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compassionate = feeling or
showing sympathy for another's
suffering
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DEFINITION — Generally, compassion means:
sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
If I see one hungry child, I feel compassion, but when I hear of a million hungry children, I'm
overwhelmed and turn my mind to other things.
Typical Usage
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123 reflect
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And later on, at 10:31 p.m. I went out onto the
balcony to find out whether I could see any
stars, but there weren't any because of all the
clouds and what is called light pollution, which
is light from streetlights and car headlights and
floodlights and lights in buildings reflecting off
tiny particles in the atmosphere and getting in
the way of light from the stars.‡
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reflecting = show an image back
(on a mirror or other shiny surface)
or:
to show something — such as to
demonstrate, express, or represent
The exact meaning of this sense of
reflect depends upon its context.
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For example:
#""She says the immorality in the
movie reflects American
values." — expresses or
represents
#""It reflects the selfishness she
had seen growing for years." —
demonstrates
#""She did not reflect the panic
that surrounded her." —
demonstrate or show
indication of
or:
think carefully — possibly aloud or
in writing
or:
influence opinion
or:
bounce back (rather than
absorbing)
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She saw her face reflected in his sunglasses.
reflected = shown back
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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48 postpone
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We can get it postponed.†
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postponed = delayed until a later
time
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, postpone means:
delay until a later time
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Due to her illness, we postponed our vacation for a week.
postponed = delayed until a later time
Typical Usage
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revise
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And I've done lots of revision.†
revision = a change; or a changed
version
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion",
converts a verb into a noun that
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denotes the action or result of the
verb. Typically, there is a slight
change in the ending of the root
verb, as in admission from admit,
discussion from discuss, and
invasion from invade.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, revise means:
to change (and hopefully improve) — most frequently to improve a written document, but it can be
any intentional change such as a change in an estimated amount, a plan, or a series of procedures
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
How can you revise that paragraph to improve the expression of ideas?
revise = improve (change)
Typical Usage
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132 appreciate
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And then I was tired from screaming and
Mother took me back to the flat in another taxi
and the next morning was Saturday and she
told Mr. Shears to go out and get me some
books about science and maths from the
library, and they were called 100 Number
Puzzles and The Origins of the Universe and
Nuclear Power, but they were for children and
they were not very good so I didn't read them,
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and Mr. Shears said, "Well, it's nice to know my
contribution is appreciated."‡
appreciated = to recognize the
value or importance of
and/or:
to be grateful for
or:
to understand a situation-often one
with important complications
or:
to increase in value
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
I appreciate the importance of this decision.
appreciate = recognize
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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11 bronze
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And I hadn't eaten anything since I threw away
the red ice lolly on Hampstead Heath, so
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Mother made me a chart with stars on it like
when I was very small and she filled a
measuring jug with Complan and strawberry
flavoring and I got a bronze star for drinking
200 ml and a silver star for drinking 400 ml and
a gold star for drinking 600 ml.
bronze = made of a brownish metal
(editor's note: The bronze Star is a
medal awarded to selected
members of the United States
military for heroism or other merit.)
!"Details
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DEFINITION — Generally, bronze (as in: bronze won't corrode in salt water) means:
a brownish-colored metal with red or yellow hues that is made of copper and (usually) tin
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The sculpture of a bull on Wall Street is made of bronze.
bronze = a brownish metal that is made of copper and (usually) tin
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147 determine
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And I tried to work out a formula to determine
whether a traffic jam would be caused just by
people slowing down and how this was
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influenced by (a) the density of traffic, and (b)
the speed of the traffic, and (c) how quickly
drivers braked when they saw the brake of the
lights of the car in front coming on.‡
determine = to control (how
something will turn out)
or:
to learn, discover, or officially
decide
or:
firm in purpose
or:
decide
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The research paper determines 50% of the class grade.
determines = controls
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32 migrate
Then she asked if I wanted to watch one of my
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didn't say anything because I knew I wasn't
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migration = movement from one
place to another
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DEFINITION — Generally, migrate means:
move from one place to another — sometimes seasonally
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
The birds migrate in the Winter.
migrate = move from one place to another
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15 perspective
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And then Mother went away and I drew a
picture of a bus using perspective so that I
didn't think about the pain in my chest and it
looked like this....
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perspective = giving a
2-dimensional picture a
3-dimensional appearance
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DEFINITION — Generally, perspective (as in: perspective in art) means:
giving a 2-dimensional picture a 3-dimensional appearance by making parts that are farther away
look smaller than things that are close; or a picture drawn in such a manner
TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
When train tracks are drawn with perspective, they appear to come together in the distance.
perspective = representing images so they are smaller when they are further away
Typical Usage (multiple meanings)
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And I thought about the question and I wasn't
sure what the answer was because I wanted to
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do my maths A level but Iwas very tired and
when I tried to think about maths my brain
didn't work properly and when I tried to
remember certain facts, like the logarithmic
formula for the approximate number of prime
numbers not greater than x, I couldn't
remember them and this made me frightened.†
logarithmic = A scale in which
positions are proportional to the
logarithms of underlying values.
(editor's note: A normal (linear)
scale might show one unit per inch;
whereas a logarithmic scale (of
base 10) might show 10 units at the
first inch, 100 at the second, 1000
units for the 3rd, ...)
!"Details
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
Earthquake force is measured with a logarithmic scale (the Richter scale).
Typical Usage
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30 disciple
And the Reverend Peters was the invigilator
and he sat at a desk while I did the exam and
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he read a book called The Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and ate a sandwich.†
discipleship = someone who
believes and helps to spread the
teachings of another
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TYPICAL SAMPLE — (not from book):
She was his favorite student and disciple.
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