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. was the group of
shopkeepers and self-employed persons between the aristocracy and the
workers (or proletariat).
[-e fem., -ie n.]
brazen (BRAY zin) adj.. produce steel.
• Fourteen-karat gold is produced by alloying 24-karat pure gold with other
metals.
[-ed, -ing]
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. and easily; deft and active of body or
mind; 2. keen and lively (of mind)
• The ballerina showed how agile she was as she effortlessly danced and frol-
icked. class of cold-blooded vertebrates
without scales (including frogs, newts, salamanders, and toads) that starts life with
gills, living in the water, and later
. noisemakers and funny hats so that we can celebrate the ring-
ing in of the New Year.
[-d, celebrating, celebration n.] [Syn. commemorate, observe]
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um’s parking lot.
• The run-down tenement will be condemned and demolished.
[-ed, -ing, -er n.] [Syn. criticize]
condescend
. weight,
and so on
• The equivalence of 2.54 centimeters and 1 inch is a well-known relationship.
• A generic drug has the chemical equivalence of its brand-name. person; one who directs her atten-
tion away from herself and toward others
• Francesco is quite an extrovert for a six-year-old and spends much of his
time
. con artists.
• The self-proclaimed Great Randi has debunked many so-called mentalists by
revealing their deceptions.
[-ed, -ing, -er n.]
73
08_571656 ch04.qxd. marooned on the island,
the newly rescued sailor wandered around in a daze.
[-dly adv.]
debacle (di BAK il) n. 1. a torrent of debris-filled waters; 2.
. registration of handguns.
• The express train skips many of the local stops.
[-ed, -ing, -ly adv.] [Syn. convey, utter]
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[-ly adv.]
element (EL i mint) n. 1. the most basic (as-small-as-it-gets) part or principle of
anything,
. Kathleen.
• It was impious of Cara to abandon her father to a state-run nursing facility
and wash her hands of him.
[-ly adv., -ness n.]
implement (IM pli MINT). (built as a summer home by the Vanderbilts in Newport,
Rhode Island) can only be described as grandiose.
• Napoleon had grandiose plans for a French empire.
•
. between two or more persons,
groups, companies, and so on
• The Taft-Hartley Act calls for strikers to return to work for an 80-day
cooling-down period, while. property for public use.
• A news bulletin or presidential address sometimes preempts scheduled
programming.
[-ed, -ing]
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. 30-gram and a 29-gram portion of flour is negligi-
ble to the naked eye.
• The ineffective diet that Shaila was on for 7 weeks had a negligible influ-
ence. to him.
• All the wedding guests lavished attention on the new bride.
[-ed, -ing, -ly adv., -ness n.] [Syn. profuse]
legislation (LEJ is LAY shin) n. 1.