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accentuate
2 uses
Accentuated by her pallor and white hair, her dark brown eyes appear black.†
accentuated = emphasized or drew attention to
DefinitionGenerally accentuate means:
to emphasize or draw attention to — possibly to emphasize by increasing
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antagonism
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Stung, Jamie has turned to stare at her with accusing antagonism.†
antagonism = hostility or opposition
DefinitionGenerally antagonism means:
hostility, opposition, or tension between opposing forces or ideas
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attain
1 use
By applying my natural Godgiven talents in their proper sphere, I shall attain the pinnacle of success!†
attain = gain or reach something with effort
DefinitionGenerally attain means:
to gain or reach something with effort
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beguile
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But on the rare occasions when he smiles without sneering, his personality possesses the remnant of a humorous, romantic, irresponsible Irish charm — that of the beguiling ne'er-do-well, with a strain of the sentimentally poetic, attractive to women and popular with men.†
beguiling = charming or enchanting; or deceiving through charm
DefinitionGenerally beguile means:
to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive — especially through charm
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belittle
1 use
With a belittling laugh.†
belittling = making someone or something seem less important
DefinitionGenerally belittle means:
to make someone or something seem less important
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carouse
1 use
I expect a salary of at least one large iron man at the end of the week-to carouse on!†
carouse = having fun with others in a noisy manner while drinking alcohol
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dissipate
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His face is still good looking, despite marks of dissipation, but it has never been handsome like Tyrone's, although Jamie resembles him rather than his mother.†
dissipation = to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste

(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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ebb
2 uses
His anger ebbs into a weary complaint.†
ebbs = declines — typically gradually as with the height of the tide
DefinitionGenerally ebb means:
decline — typically gradually as with the height of the tide
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enmity
2 uses
Turns on Edmund with a hard, accusing antagonism-almost a revengeful enmity.†
enmity = hatred
DefinitionGenerally enmity means:
hatred toward someone or between people — typically long-lasting
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eviction
2 uses
I let him have the place for almost nothing, just to keep someone on it, and he never pays that till I threaten to evict him.†
evict = force someone to leave
DefinitionGenerally eviction means:
the process of forcing someone to leave a place — typically from a home due to non-payment
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flout
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You've both flouted the faith you were born and brought up in-the one true faith of the Catholic Church-and your denial has brought nothing but self-destruction!†
flouted = openly disregarded
DefinitionGenerally flout means:
to openly disregard — typically a law, rule, or custom
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heed
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I've warned him for years his body couldn't stand it, but he wouldn't heed me, and now it's too late.†
heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
DefinitionGenerally heed means:
pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested — especially with regard to a warning or other advice
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high-strung
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TYRONE Why, nothing, except you've seemed a bit high-strung the past few days.†
high-strung = tense and easily upset
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indulge
1 use
Not that he indulges in any of the deliberate temperamental posturings of the stage star.†
indulges = enjoys to excess
DefinitionGenerally indulge means:
to give into a desire or enjoy something — especially in excess of what is thought good—such as a desire to eat too much cake, or be too lazy

or:

to allow or help someone to get their way or enjoy something — especially something that (probably because of excess) is not considered to be good or proper
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matinée
2 uses
He was a great matinee idol then, you know.†
matinee = daytime performance
DefinitionGenerally matinée means:
a daytime performance (of something like a movie or play)
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mollify
1 use
TYRONE Mollifyingly.†
mollifyingly = calm someone who is or may become angry or upset
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Othello
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The first night I played Othello, he said to our manager, "That young man is playing Othello better than I ever did!"†
Othello = Shakespeare's tragedy of betrayal and jealousy (c. 1604)
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pugnacious
1 use
For a second Jamie reacts pugnaciously and half rises from his chair to do battle, but suddenly he seems to sober up to a shocked realization of what he has said and he sinks back limply.†
pugnaciously = in a combative manner (as though ready to fight)
DefinitionGenerally pugnacious means:
quick to fight or argue
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rebuke
3 uses
MARY Mechanically rebuking.†
rebuking = criticizing severely
DefinitionGenerally rebuke means:
criticize severely; or such criticism
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vulgar
3 uses
Harlots and Hunted have pleasures of their own to give, The vulgar herd can never understand.†
vulgar = of bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
DefinitionGenerally vulgar means:
of bad taste — often crude or offensive

or:

unsophisticated (or common) — especially of taste
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