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The Horse Whisperer

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acrimony
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The meeting ended in acrimony.
acrimony = anger
DefinitionGenerally acrimony means:
anger—often accompanied by bitterness
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amorous
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She rejected his amorous advances.
amorous = romantic or sexual
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byline
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They moved her byline from the bottom of the article to the top.
byline = printed line giving the name of the writer of an article
DefinitionGenerally this sense of byline means:
a line giving the name of the writer of an article — typically at the top of the article
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caustic
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Don't get it on your skin. It's caustic.
caustic = harsh or capable of hurting skin (like a strong acid)
DefinitionGenerally caustic means:
of a chemical substance:  corrosive; capable of destroying or eating away such as a strong acid

or:

of a person:  sarcastic, critical, or harsh
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contentious
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We started with the most contentious item on the agenda.
contentious = likely to cause disagreement
DefinitionGenerally contentious means:
causing or likely to cause disagreement; or argumentative
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correspond
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a correspondence course
She took a correspondence course while she was in prison.
correspondence = done from afar via written communication
DefinitionGenerally this sense of correspondence means:
done from afar
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fatuous
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We could always count on her to make a fatuous remark about the day's headlines.
fatuous = unintelligent
DefinitionGenerally fatuous means:
without intelligence — often implying a smugness or complacency
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flaccid
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His flaccid handshake, didn't fill me with confidence.
flaccid = lacking firmness or strength
DefinitionGenerally flaccid means:
lacking in firmness or strength
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foreshadow
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The author is known for creative use of foreshadowing.
foreshadowing = using events as signs of future events
DefinitionGenerally foreshadow means:
to be a sign of future events
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gullible
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She looks for gullible tourists who are easily separated from their money.
gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting
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immutable
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It is an immutable law of physics.
immutable = unchangeable
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inextricable
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the inextricable tie between culture, religion, and politics
inextricable = impossible to disentangle
DefinitionGenerally inextricable means:
impossible to extract, disentangle, or avoid; or hopelessly intricate
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inquest
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The coroner's inquest ruled the death a homicide.
inquest = formal inquiry or investigation
DefinitionGenerally inquest means:
a formal inquiry or investigation — typically into the cause of an undesirable event — often an investigation of an unexpected death
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limber
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Yoga has helped me to become more limber.
limber = flexible
DefinitionGenerally this sense of limber means:
of a person's body:  flexible (capable of moving, bending, and stretching easily)

or:

readily adaptable — especially of someone's mind
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obsolete
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My mother still has a twenty-year-old obsolete computer in storage.
obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
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pugnacious
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Nicknamed, "The Pit Bull", he is known as a pugnacious supporter of workers' rights.
pugnacious = quick to fight or argue
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recidivism
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The recidivism rate for sexual predators is very high.
recidivism = habitual relapse into a negative behavior
DefinitionGenerally recidivism means:
habitual relapse into a negative behavior — such as crime or substance abuse
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tacit
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There was a tacit understanding that Jessica would play good cop and Tyler would play bad cop.
tacit = implied (not directly said, but understood)
DefinitionGenerally tacit means:
implied or understood, but not expressed directly
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variant
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It was a variant of the same old story.
variant = something a little different from others of the same type
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veto
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Congress passed the legislation, but the President vetoed it.
vetoed = blocked (prevented it from taking effect)
DefinitionGenerally veto means:
to exercise the right to override another's decision by preventing their intended action
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