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George Peram's List: MISSED WORDS

  • Mar 20, 10

    must CONFER with him.'
    matches best with 'consult'
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    'What is the SACRILEGE?'
    matches best with 'desecration'
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    'He expected QUARTER.'
    matches best with 'mercy'
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    'MEDIOCRE persons.'
    matches best with 'ordinary'
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    'REDOLENT of tobacco smoke.'
    matches best with 'smelling'
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    'He COMMANDEERED the boat.'
    matches best with 'seized'
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    'He TOADIES to the rich.'
    matches best with 'is servile'
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    'An apparent PROGNOSIS.'
    matches best with 'forecast'
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    'Unusual PRECOCITY.'
    matches best with 'prematureness'
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    SOLEMN people.'
    matches best with 'grave'
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    'They SHUFFLED along.'
    matches best with 'walked awkwardly'
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    'A long PARLEY.'
    matches best with 'conference'
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    'He BEGRUDGED every penny.'
    matches best with 'gave unwillingly'
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    'TYPIFY the subject.'
    matches best with 'represent'
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    'The BUOYANT person.'
    matches best with 'cheerful'
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  • Aug 04, 10

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    • disperse - To drive off or scatter in different directions. 
      Synonyms: dissipate, spread, dispel
       
      Usage: When it seemed that a riot was about to start, the police arrived to disperse the crowd.
       
      burnish - To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 
      Synonyms: furbish, buff, flush
       
      Usage: Every afternoon, she would obsessively burnish the floors until the parlor gleamed like an ice rink.
       
      teem - To be full of things; abound or swarm. 
      Synonyms: pullulate, swarm
       
      Usage: The street teemed with hundreds of policemen who questioned every potential witness.
       
      mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; to lessen in intensity.   
      Usage: She was so outraged that nothing her friends said could mollify her anger.
       
      besmirch - Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; smear so as to make dirty or stained.   
      Usage: He denied everything the tabloids wrote about him, stating that they were only trying to besmirch his reputation.
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