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JV587 (Indigent and Savory) Updated: 2011-03-07 06:17:40 Description: INDIGENT (adjective) extremely poor, Experiencing want or need; impoverished, lacking the necessities of life, e.g. food, clothing, and shelter Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, needy Antonyms: affluent, wealthy Tips: Indigent is derived from the La...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV586 (Repertoire and Vigilant) Updated: 2011-03-01 05:49:50 Description: REPERTOIRE (noun) The stock promo of songs, plays, operas, readings, or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform. The class of compositions in a genre: has excellent command of the chanteuse repertoire. The range or number of ski...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV585 (Pungent and Stolid) Updated: 2011-01-12 08:04:16 Description: PUNGENT (adjective) 1. strong and sharp in taste or smell; 2. strong and biting in expression 2. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation. a. Penetrating, biting, or caustic: pungent satire. b. To th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV584 (Preclude and Spendthrift) Updated: 2010-12-24 06:30:22 Description: PRECLUDE (verb) 1. To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent. 2. To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity: to prevent something from happening, especially by action Synonyms: inhibit, cease, disc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV583 (Myopic and Sodden) Updated: 2010-12-17 15:36:16 Description: MYOPIC (adjective) MYOPIA (noun) 1 short-sightedness. 2 lack of foresight or intellectual insight. 1. being nearsighted–having myopia; 2. lacking foresight or understanding Synonyms: nearsighted, short-sighted, narrow-minded, closed-minded Anto...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV582 (Intransigent and Sanctimonious) Updated: 2010-12-08 06:31:10 Description: Download your FREE Audiobook from Audible INTRANSIGENT adjective: refusing to compromise: stubbornly or unreasonably refusing even to consider changing a decision or attitude noun: unyielding person: somebody who refuses to compromise or chan...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV581 (Pristine and Undermine) Updated: 2010-11-25 07:50:33 Description: For a FREE AUDIOBOOK – click here PRISTINE (adjective) 1 in its original condition. 2 clean and fresh as if new. 1. completely free from dirt and contamination; 2. clean and unused Synonyms: pure, clean, unsullied, untarnished, perfect Antonyms...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV580 (Preeminent and Stipulate) Updated: 2010-11-10 08:06:32 Description: PREEMINENT (adjective) highest in superiority or achievement and standing out above all others. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. highly distinguished or outstanding: standing out among all others because of superiority in a fiel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV579 (Pander and Ruminate) Updated: 2010-10-28 16:20:37 Description: GET YOUR FREE AUDIBLE AUDIOBOOK HERE PANDER verb (pander to) gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or habit). to facilitate the fulfillment of others’ or another’s desire, especially one of questionable appropriateness or m...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV578 (Interim and Rash) Updated: 2010-10-12 10:59:48 Description: INTERIM (noun, adjective) (adj.) serving du ring an intermediate interval of time; (n.) the time between one event or period and another Synonyms: (adj.) temporary, transitional, acting, pro tem, (n.) meantime, interval Antonyms: permanent Tips: Inte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV559 (Occlude and Torpid) Updated: 2009-11-20 10:10:32 Description: OCCLUDE (verb): 1 stop, close up, or obstruct. 2 Chemistry (of a solid) absorb and retain (a gas or impurity). 3 (of a tooth) come into contact with another in the opposite jaw. to block or stop up a passage; 2. to prevent the flow of something throu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV558 (Intangible and Slate) Updated: 2009-11-15 10:06:35 Description: INTANGIBLE (adjective): 1. not existing in a physical form–incapable to being touched or seen; 2. difficult to define or describe clearly, but nonetheless perceived Examples: - John received the football scholarship not only for his performance...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV557 (Imperious and Salutation) Updated: 2009-11-10 09:48:25 Description: IMPERIOUS (adjective) : proud, arrogant, and acting with an air of authority and superiority. Examples: - The new professor was an imperious woman who considered herself to be quite important. - The imperious dictator made laws that all citizens had ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV556 (Squalid and Winsome) Updated: 2009-11-05 09:46:28 Description: SQUALID (adjective): 1 extremely dirty and unpleasant, dirty, run-down, or unsanitary, especially because of poverty; 2 showing a contemptible lack of moral standards: Examples: - The TV host made a squalid attempt to save himself from public embarra...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV555 (Relish and Voracious) Updated: 2009-10-30 09:44:02 Description: RELISH Definition (noun, verb): (Verb) 1. to enjoy or take great pleasure in an experience 2. to enjoy the taste of a particular food or drink 3. to give a pleasing taste to food, e.g. by adding spice or relish Noun: 1. enjoyment: a liking or appreci...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV554 (Procrastinate and Unwitting) Updated: 2009-10-25 09:39:50 Description: PROCRASTINATE (verb): to delay doing something that should be done, To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. To postpone or delay needlessly. Examples: - Marc warned his students not to procrastinate on the ass...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV553 (Palliate and Turgid) Updated: 2009-10-20 09:36:32 Description: PALLIATE (verb) : 1. to try to make something seem less serious or severe, especially by offering excuses; 2. to make something less intense or severe; 3. to relieve the painful, physical symptoms of a disorder or disease. Examples: - Lisa works out ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV552 (Insouciant and Synthesis) Updated: 2009-10-14 09:26:43 Description: INSOUCIANT (adjective): a relaxed and happy, without worry or guilt: without worry, anxiety, or guilt–unconcerned. Examples: - Frank’s insouciant attitude toward money and the importance of saving will surely land him in financial trouble. - ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV551 (Pariah and Preface) Updated: 2009-10-07 15:25:13 Description: PARIAH = someone who has been outcast from society and is avoided by people, a person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected or trusted Synonyms: outcast, vagrant, abomination, derelict, renegade, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV550 (Sanguine and Prudent) Updated: 2009-09-30 15:17:42 Description: SANGUINE = (adjective) having a cheerfully optimistic temperament or outlook–hopeful Synonyms: upbeat, optimistic, positive, hopeful, expectant, enthusiastic, cheerful Antonyms: hopeless, pessimistic Examples: - The hotel trained its human reso...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV549 (Rectify and Impecunious) Updated: 2009-09-23 13:54:54 Description: RECTIFY = (verb) to make something right again, to correct it Synonyms: remedy, repair, right, correct, adjust, amend, fix, mend, improve, revise Antonyms: ruin, damage, worsen Examples: - Frank tried to glue the vase back together, but unfortunately...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV548 (Nepotism and Imbroglio) Updated: 2009-09-16 10:31:08 Description: NEPOTISM: (noun) favoritism shown to relatives by those in power, favoritism shown by somebody in power to relatives and friends, especially in appointing them to good positions. using your power or influence to obtain good jobs or unfair advantages ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV547 (Sporadic and Retort) Updated: 2009-09-14 12:30:43 Description: SPORADIC = occurring occasionally at intervals that have no apparent pattern Synonyms: occasional, infrequent, unconnected, scattered, uncommon, irregular Antonyms: frequent, regular Examples: - The ambiguous economic report caused sporadic buying on...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV546 (Inculcate and Fret) Updated: 2009-09-09 12:49:41 Description: INCULCATE = (verb) to teach or fix something in someone’s mind through forceful repetitio, to fix beliefs or ideas in someone’s mind, especially by repeating them often Synonyms: drill, instill, impart, impress, imbue, condition, brainwas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV545 (Infuse and Prodigy) Updated: 2009-09-02 09:10:12 Description: INFUSE = (verb) 1. to fill or cause to be filled with emotion; 2. to fill by pouring; 3. to steep or soak something in a liquid in order to extract its flavor Synonyms: steep, soak, introduce, inspire, instill, saturate, fill, ingrain, permeate, perv...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV544 (Sloth and Paramount) Updated: 2009-08-26 14:15:11 Description: SLOTH = 1. a disinclination to do any work or activity; 2. a person who is lazy; 3. slow-moving animal found in Central and South America, an animal that moves very slowly and spends much of its time hanging upside down from trees Synonyms: inaction,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV543 (Lampoon and Levee) Updated: 2009-08-18 13:14:53 Description: LAMPOON = (n.) an artistic work that pokes fun or ridicules; (v.) to poke fun or ridicule Synonyms: (n.) joke, parody, satire, skit, (v.) ridicule, make fun, satirize Antonyms: documentary Examples: - No matter how good a leader he may be, there will...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV542 (Penchant and Intrepid) Updated: 2009-07-27 16:54:07 Description: PENCHANT = (noun) a strong liking for or tendency toward something, especially something that others may not look favorably on, liking or tendency: a strong liking, taste, or tendency for something. Synonyms: inclination, affinity, tendency, predispo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV541 (Obsolete and Foster) Updated: 2009-07-04 16:48:25 Description: OBSOLETE = (adjective) no longer used, usually because it has been replaced with something better Synonyms: outdated, discarded, unfashionable, old-fashioned, archaic, extinct, unused, antiquated Antonyms: current, modern, fresh, up-to-date Examples:...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV540 (Mercurial and Nonchalant) Updated: 2009-06-29 08:11:36 Description: MERCURIAL = (adjective) 1. containing or being somehow related to mercury; 2. having a temperamental, active, or unpredictable personality; 3. quick, lively, and shrewd, like the god Mercury Synonyms: erratic, changeable, fickle, volatile, unpredicta...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV539 (Hospitable and Influx) Updated: 2009-06-27 03:29:00 Description: HOSPITABLE = (adjective) 1. welcoming and kind to guests; 2. pleasant and favorable; 3. open-minded and receptive Synonyms: welcoming, accommodating, cordial, generous, open, accessible, receptive Antonyms: inhospitable, hostile Examples:- Many plant...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV538 (Precursor and Prosaic) Updated: 2009-06-23 03:28:00 Description: PRECURSOR = (noun) 1. something which happened or existed before; 2. an indication that someone or something is approaching; 3. in chemistry, a substance from which another is formed Synonyms: forerunner, predecessor, originator, messenger, trailblaz...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV537 (Robust and Reiterate) Updated: 2009-06-20 03:27:00 Description: ROBUST = (adjective) 1. healthy, strong, and energetic; 2. built to be sturdy and durable; 3. requiring physical strength and endurance; 4. boisterous in manner; 5. hearty, full-flavored; 6. crude or rough Synonyms: healthy, strong, energetic, sturdy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV536 (Prevaricate and Rationalize) Updated: 2009-06-16 03:25:00 Description: PREVARICATE = (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information, get out of telling truth:to avoid giving a direct and honest answer or opinion, or a clear and truthful account of a situation, especially by quibb...more... 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Synonyms: refuge, shelter, sanctuary, haven, anchorage, port, marina Examples:- The new, beach-front hotel was a perfect haven for tourists. - We hoped desperately to fin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV532 (Wax and Trepidation) Updated: 2009-05-21 03:21:00 Description: WAX = 1. to grow larger or more intense; 2. to take on a state or quality Synonyms: grow, increase, expand, broaden, intensify, become Antonyms: wane Examples:- I sat on the shore and watched the waves wax and wane. - My friend started to wax philoso...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV531 (Moratorium and Temperate) Updated: 2009-05-18 03:16:00 Description: MORATORIUM = (noun) suspension of activity for an agreed amount of time. Synonyms: suspension, freeze, halt, pause, stop, standstill Antonyms: beginning, commencement, continuation Examples:- The Financial Director issued a spending moratorium until ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JV530 (Purvey and Riveting) Updated: 2009-05-16 03:15:00 Description: PURVEY = (verb) 1. to provide goods and services, especially as a business; 2. to circulate gossip or information Synonyms: supply, provide, furnish, equip, stock, store, transfer, inform, circulate Antonyms: hinder, impede, limit Examples:- The Ital...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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