Part - 03
1. The old lady kept the motorcycle gang thoroughly amused with ANECDOTE after ANECDOTE about her cute little dog.
He told us all sorts of humorous ANECDOTES about his childhood.
We swapped ANECDOTES about old friends.
2. Many kids suffer from acne and ANGST.
The ANGST vanishes from his face and voice.
This, of course, is another source of ANGST.
3. He suffered the ANGUISH of watching his son go to prison.
He groaned in ANGUISH.
Tears of ANGUISH filled her eyes.
4. He felt no ANIMOSITY towards his critics.
Personal ANIMOSITIES between the leaders have made negotiations difficult.
We put aside our personal ANIMOSITIES so that we could work together.
5. When Iraq attacked Kuwait, its intention was to ANNEX Kuwaiti territory.
Germany ANNEXED Austria in 1938.
The territory had been ANNEXED to Poland.
6. She receives a small ANNUITY.
The company's pension fund provides an ANNUITY for its retired employees; each receives regular payments from the fund.
Part of her retirement income will come from an ANNUITY.
7. He was not the first to point out the apparent ANOMALY that those who produced the wealth, the workers, were the poorest members of society.
We couldn't explain the ANOMALIES in the test results.
Her C grade is an ANOMALY, as she's never made anything except A’s and B’s before.
We need to look again at any apparently ANOMALOUS cases.
8. The horse-drawn wagon is an ANTECEDENT of the modern automobile.
Your parents and grandparents could be said to be your ANTECEDENTS; they came before you.
The oil lamp was ANTECEDENT to the light bulb.
9. The church ANTEDATES the village itself.
Dinosaurs ANTEDATE cavemen by millions of years.
Few of the town’s buildings PREDATE the earthquake of 1975.
The inscription at the base actually POSTDATES the statue itself by a number of years.
10. Specimens for examination were taken from the ANTERIOR side of the left ventricle from each heart.
Messi injured himself in the tournament when he tore the ANTERIOR cruciate ligament in his left knee.
In almost all cases the ANTERIOR deltoid is the most developed and the posterior the least developed.
The children enjoy sitting dumbly and staring at the ANTERIOR surface of the television set.
11. The essay first appeared in an ANTHOLOGY of feminist criticism.
The band will be releasing an ANTHOLOGY of their earlier albums.
The chief executive officer of the big company thought so highly of himself that he privately published an ANTHOLOGY of his sayings.
We have put together an ANTHOLOGY of children’s poetry.
12. He told a story in which the characters are ANTHROPOMORPHIC animals.
Children's stories have a long tradition of ANTHROPOMORPHISM.
What is this ANTHROPOMORPHISM, and why do I see this landscape as male?
13. There has always been strong ANTIPATHY between the two groups.
I feel a profound ANTIPATHY to using any weapon.
The interview also revealed strong ANTIPATHY towards Congress.
14. Love is ANTIPODAL to hate.
What is going on here in the name of democracy is ANTIPODAL to democracy.
John and Mary held ANTIPODAL positions on the subject of working.
15. Archaeologists found 40 bodies of varying ANTIQUITY in the area.
He collects Egyptian ANTIQUITIES.
The statue was brought to Rome in ANTIQUITY.
16. Love is the ANTITHESIS of selfishness.
The current establishment is the ANTITHESIS of democracy.
There is an ANTITHESIS between the needs of the state and the needs of the people.
17. Nelson Mandela spent many years fighting against APARTHEID.
Under APARTHEID the black population did not have the right to vote.
Many countries boycotted South Africa in a bid to end APARTHEID.
18. There is widespread APATHY among the electorate.
People have shown (a) surprising APATHY towards these important social problems.
Authoritarian management often leads to APATHY among employees.
19. We entered the cave through a narrow APERTURE.
Tamim’s underpants were plainly visible through the APERTURE that suddenly appeared along the rear seam of his uniform.
Binoculars of this APERTURE are very expensive.
20. A mountain’s summit is also its APEX.
At 37, she'd reached the APEX of her career.
She reached the APEX of fame, only to find it wasn't what she expected.
21. Johnson's APHORISM: ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’
When decorating, remember the familiar APHORISM, “Less is more.”
Benjamin Franklin was fond of APHORISMS. He was frequently APHORISTIC.
22. His book tells of an environmental APOCALYPSE.
Civilization is on the brink of APOCALYPSE.
No one listened to her APOCALYPTIC predictions.
23. Most of the stories about him are APOCRYPHAL.
There are many APOCRYPHAL stories about him.
It is difficult now to tell which tales are real and which APOCRYPHAL.
24. At midnight on Friday, 12 December 1919, that rocket reached its APOGEE.
Sadik Hasan was at the APOGEE of his career; he was the president of his own company, and everyone in his industry looked up to him.
At PERIGEE, the satellite was finally visible on the earth to everyone with a good pair of binoculars.
25. Her speech caused APOPLEXY among the audience members.
It is clearly a massive APOPLEXY.
It was enough to give you APOPLEXY.
He was APOPLECTIC ( = very angry) with rage at the decision.
26. APOSTASY was punishable by death under the country's strict religious laws.
His APOSTASY had cost him his empire.
The congregation was appalled by the APOSTASY of its former priest, who had left the church in order to found a new religion.
The president was hurt by the APOSTASY of his closest advisers, most of whom decided to cooperate with the special prosecutor by testifying against him.
An APOSTATE from communism, he later became one of its hardest critics.
He became an APOSTATE to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy.
27. Some people think that the Corvette is the APOTHEOSIS of American car making. They think it's the ideal.
Shafi is unbearable to be with. He thinks he is the APOTHEOSIS of masculinity.
The city reaches its APOTHEOSIS at the holiday.
28. The prisoners were living in APPALLING conditions.
The bus service is APPALLING now.
The regime has an APPALLING record on human rights.
Opening your mouth to show me your half-chewed food is absolutely APPALLING.
The brutality of the crime has APPALLED the public.
29. APPARITIONS of a woman in white robes have been reported.
The APPARITION ran silently across the lobby and disappeared through a window.
The women said they saw an APPARITION in the church, next to the altar.
30. Percival had a highly singular APPELLATION; that is, he had an unusual name.
The second APPELLATION is somewhat more surprising.
And here was his whole formal APPELLATION.
31. The two APPENDAGES hanging from the insect’s mouth are used to detect and taste food.
He treats his wife as no more than a mere APPENDAGE.
Habiba’s husband never seemed to be more than an arm's length away from her. He seemed less like a spouse than like an APPENDAGE.
The court system acts as an APPENDAGE to the government.
32. His critics were not APPEASED by this last speech.
The trembling farmer handed over all his grain, but still the emperor was not APPEASED.
They made sacrifices to APPEASE the gods.
33. APPORTION the expenses between the parties involved.
The agency APPORTIONS water from the lake to residents.
Because the property had been APPORTIONED equally among the numerous children, none had enough land on which to build a house.
The grant money was APPORTIONED in such a way that the wealthy schools received a great deal while the poor ones received almost nothing.
34. Her remarks are extremely APPOSITE to the present discussion.
At the end of the discussion, the moderator made an APPOSITE remark that seemed to bring the entire disagreement to a happy conclusion.
His conclusions remain APPOSITE today.
35. The general coldly APPRAISED the behaviour of his officers and found it to be wanting ( = not good enough).
Managers must APPRAISE all staff.
She was honest in her APPRAISAL of her team's chances.
36. His talents are not fully APPRECIATED in that company.
Thanks for coming. I APPRECIATE it.
I would APPRECIATE it if you paid in cash.
The Browns bought their house sixty years ago for a hundred dollars, but it has APPRECIATED considerably since then; today it's worth almost a million dollars.
The value of the house has DEPRECIATED greatly.
These changes have greatly DEPRECIATED the value of the house.
I had no intention of DEPRECIATING your contribution.
37. I was a little APPREHENSIVE about the effects of what I had said.
You have no reason to be APPREHENSIVE of the future.
She was deeply APPREHENSIVE that something might go wrong.
Mithun was APPREHENSIVE about the exam, because he had forgotten to go to class for several months. As it turned out, his APPREHENSIONS were justified. He couldn't answer a single question in the test.
I was under the MISAPPREHENSION that the course was for complete beginners.
38. What is important to me is the APPREHENSION of the person or persons who killed our son.
A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to APPREHENSION of the killer.
39. He saw no reason to APPRISE the committee of what had happened.
We were fully APPRISED of the situation.
The president's advisers had fully APPRISED him of the worsening situation in the Middle East, and now he was ready to act.
40. The king received the official APPROBATION of the church.
The company has even received the APPROBATION of its former critics.
The words sounded convincing, the judge leaned forward in APPROBATION.
41. The town has APPROPRIATED funds to repair the bridge and work should begin this summer.
Five million dollars have been APPROPRIATED for research into the disease.
Some of the opposition party's policies have been APPROPRIATED by the government.
They accused him of MISAPPROPRIATING town funds.
Dissidents were shot, and their lands EXPROPRIATED under his regime.
42. They piled all their bags and APPURTENANCES.
The salary wasn't much, but the APPURTENANCES were terrific; as superintendent of the luxury apartment building, Sohel got to live in a beautiful apartment and have free access to the tennis courts and swimming pool.
The APPURTENANCE of welcome is fashion and ceremony.
43. The ceremony concluded with the reading of an APROPOS poem.
The comment, though unexpected, was APROPOS.
The song feels right, APROPOS to a midnight jaunt, a walk with a good friend.
All my suggestions APROPOS (of) the script were accepted.
APROPOS (of) our earlier conversation, here's that life I mentioned.
44. The headmaster's harsh remarks about the importance of honesty were APT; the entire senior class had just been caught cheating in an exam.
Babies are APT to put objects into their mouths.
Building on sand is an APT metaphor for the challenge we face.
If Hazera insults me again, I'm APT to punch her in the nose.
[APT, APROPOS, and APPOSITE have similar meanings. Note carefully each of their definitions and illustrative sentences.]
45. His APTITUDE for dealing with children got him the job.
She showed a natural APTITUDE for the work.
They may ask you to do an APTITUDE test.
The team's poor play is being blamed on the INEPTITUDE of the coaching staff.
46. The law is the final ARBITER of what is considered obscene.
The mayor will act as the final ARBITER in any disputes between board members.
Once again the United States seemed to be the ARBITER of war and peace in the Middle East.
47. The choice of players for the team seemed completely ARBITRARY.
He makes unpredictable, ARBITRARY decisions.
Although ARBITRARY arrests are illegal, they continue to occur in many parts of the country.
48. The new mall consisted of a number of small ARCADES radiating like the spokes of a wheel from a large plaza containing a fountain.
This must be the shipping ARCADE.
The arcade where our little shop is has been earmarked for development.
49. The rites of the secret cult were ARCANE; no one outside the cult knew what they were.
The ARCANE formula for the cocktail was scrawled in blood on a faded scrap of paper.
We could make out only a little of the ARCANE inscription on the old trunk.
50. ‘Thou art’ is an ARCHAIC form of ‘you are’.
The system is ARCHAIC and unfair and needs changing.
The company needs to update its ARCHAIC computer systems.
51. She is the ARCHETYPE of an American movie star.
He is the ARCHETYPE of a successful businessman.
They tested the PROTOTYPE of the car.
He is developing a PROTOTYPE for his invention.
He produced designs for the PROTOTYPE of the modern bicycle.
52. Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines are among the numerous island nations that constitute the Malay ARCHIPELAGO.
They even partitioned the ARCHIPELAGO into three quite separate military commands.
That is an ARCHIPELAGO of small parks within the city.
Part - 04
1. The original movie was stored in a film ARCHIVE.
He has been reading through the ARCHIVES to research his article on the town’s history.
The recordings are preserved in the museum's sound ARCHIVES.
She ARCHIVED her e-mail messages in a folder on her hard drive.
2. He is an ARDENT supporter of European unity.
He was an ARDENT suitor.
Rina is one of their most ARDENT fans.
The young lovers were oblivious to everything except their ARDOUR for each other.
3. It was physically ARDUOUS work.
The road back to political stability is long and ARDUOUS.
He went through a long and ARDUOUS training programme.
4. He delivered an ARID speech about duty and responsibility.
Nothing grows in these ARID regions.
I got bored with the ARID discussion.
5. Mrs Habib came from an ARISTOCRATIC family.
He spoke with an ARISTOCRATIC accent.
The memoir provided a revealing glimpse of ARISTOCRATIC society.
6. In the sorry history of the relationship between the two nations, argument led inexorably to ARMAMENT.
The megalomaniac leader spent so much on ARMAMENTS that there was little left to spend on food, and his superbly equipped soldiers had to beg in order to eat.
Sarah had dreams of being a distinguished professor of mathematics, but midway through graduate school she decided that she just didn't have the intellectual ARMAMENT, and she became a chicken sexer instead.
7. The ARMISTICE was signed on 4 December.
Both sides in the conflict agreed to an ARMISTICE during the solemn holy days.
The warring commanders negotiated a brief ARMISTICE, so that dead and wounded soldiers could be removed from the battlefield.
8. He was ARRAIGNED for murder.
He was ARRAIGNED on a charge of murder.
The suspect was indicted on Monday, ARRAIGNED on Tuesday, tried on Wednesday, and hanged on Thursday.
At his ARRAIGNMENT in federal court, Harry entered a plea of not guilty to the charges that had been brought against him. [enter/make a plea of = plead (Linking verb): to enter a plea of guilty/not guilty]
9. ARRANT nonsense is complete, total, no-doubt-about-it nonsense.
An ARRANT fool is an absolute fool.
That statement is complete and ARRANT nonsense.
10. Asad was several months in ARREARS with the rent on her apartment, and her landlord was threatening to evict him.
After Raju settled his ARREARS at the club, the committee voted to restore his membership.
They fell into ARREARS with their rent.
The family is facing eviction over mortgage ARREARS.
You will be paid monthly in ARREARS. ( = You will be paid monthly after the work has been done.)
11. A group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an ARSENAL close to the airport.
The treaty requires them to reduce their nuclear ARSENAL by 30%.
Doctors have a broad ARSENAL of medicines to choose from.
12. He was ARTFUL and cunning, and I didn't really trust him.
She was as ARTFUL at that as at so many other things.
He gave an ARTFUL misinterpretation on the law.
13. Sissy had a lisp and could not ARTICULATE the ‘s’ sound; she called herself Thithy.
She struggled to ARTICULATE her thoughts.
He was too drunk to ARTICULATE properly.
He was unusually ARTICULATE for a ten-year-old.
She is the most ARTICULATE critic of government policy.
All we could hear were loud sobs, but no ARTICULATE words.
She made an INARTICULATE reply.
14. Pretending to faint was merely (an) ARTIFICE.
He spoke without ARTIFICE or pretence.
The whole story was just an ARTIFICE to win our sympathy.
16. The hand-woven textiles were made by skilled local ARTISANS.
It is no use trying to give technical teaching to our ARTISANS without elementary education.
We visited a re-created 19th-century New England village that features an array of ARTISANS— a cooper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a potter, a glass-blower.
17. The US gained ASCENDANCY after World War II.
The opposition party was in the ASCENDANCY ( = gaining control).
The ASCENDANCY of the new regime had been a great boon for the economy of the tropical kingdom.
British pop music is once again IN THE ASCENDANT.
Nothing barring a major disaster can prevent her from becoming a main attraction — Fatema Bithi is a star IN THE ASCENDANT.
18. With a quick flick of his tongue, Herbert ASCERTAINED that the pie that had just landed on his face was indeed lemon meringue.
The police tried to trace the phone call, but they were unable to ASCERTAIN the exact location of the caller.
The information can be ASCERTAINED by anyone with a computer.
19. The monks lived a very ASCETIC life.
Living hidden away in the mountains suited his ASCETIC character.
20. The play is usually ASCRIBED to Shakespeare.
He ASCRIBED his failure to bad luck.
This effort to ASCRIBE blame makes no sense, because the dip was too small to matter.
20. The opposition party looked ASKANCE at most of the government's proposed policies.
She looked ASKANCE at him when he began to eat before everyone else.
If a student comes to me with a well-constructed play nowadays, I look a little ASKANCE at it.
When Herman said that he had repaired the car by pouring apple cider into the gas tank, Jerry looked at him ASKANCE.
21. I wouldn't want to cast ASPERSIONS on your honesty.
To call someone a cold-blooded murderer is to cast an ASPERSION on that person's character.
Despite this, Habib soon got down to the business of casting ASPERSIONS against the king's character.
22. The local candidate had no legitimate criticisms to make of his opponent's record, so he resorted to aspersions. His opponent resented this ASPERITY.
She responded with such ASPERITY that we knew she was deeply offended by the question.
There was a touch of ASPERITY in his tone.
23. Critics ASSAILED his new books.
A horrible odour ASSAILED our noses. ( = We smelled a horrible odour.)
He was ASSAILED with fierce blows to the head.
The alleged ASSAILANTS appeared in court.
24. He ASSERTED that there were spies in the government.
She ASSERTED her independence from her parents by getting her own apartment.
The boss was reluctant to ASSERT his authority over his employees.
You're too timid — you must try to ASSERT yourself more.
25. After the hurricane, officials ASSESSED the town's need for aid.
We need to ASSESS whether or not the system is working.
Damaged to the boat was ASSESSED at $5000.
After REASSESSING the situation, she decided to do nothing.
26. She was ASSIDUOUS in her duties.
The project required some ASSIDUOUS planning.
He was one of the most ASSIDUOUS members of the team.
27. Many new immigrants have not yet ASSIMILATED fully into the new culture.
Schools were used to ASSIMILATE the children of immigrants.
The committee will need time to ASSIMILATE this report.
28. Afrin was extremely angry, but I ASSUAGED her by promising to leave the house and never return.
The thunderstorm made the baby cry, but I ASSUAGED her fears by singing her a lullaby.
His reply did little to ASSUAGE my suspicions.
29. Until they are ripe, these dates are shockingly ASTRINGENT.
Arif's ASTRINGENT review enumerated so many dreadful flaws in the new book that the book quickly disappeared off the bestseller list.
The coach's remarks to the team after losing the game were ASTRINGENT but apparently effective: the team won the next three games in a row.
The tea is known for its mild ASTRINGENCY.
I admire the ASTRINGENCY and clarity in his writing.
30. He is an ASTUTE observer of the current political scene.
ASTUTE readers will notice the error.
His analysis of the battle was very ASTUTE.
31. She asked for political ASYLUM.
She was granted ASYLUM after it was made clear that she would be killed if she returned to her native country.
She fled the country, and is now seeking ASYLUM in Sweden.
32. In the view of the victim's family, nothing the murderer did could ATONE for the crime he had committed.
He wanted to ATONE for his sins.
The pianist ATONED for his past failures by winning every award at the international competition.
He wanted to find a way to make ATONEMENT for his sins.
33. This patient's muscles have ATROPHIED.
His muscles had ATROPHIED after the surgery.
Memory can ATROPHY through lack of use.
The doctor is concerned about possible ATROPHY of the shoulder muscles.
The cultural life of the country will sink into ATROPHY unless more writers and artists emerge.
Crimes in our society are on the increase as a result of ATROPHIED religious values.
34. Contemporary accounts ATTEST to his courage and determination.
She is, as countless stories about her ATTEST, deeply religious.
Fahim’s skillful guitar playing ATTESTED to the endless hours he had spent practising.
35. She ATTRIBUTES her success to hard work and a little luck.
This play is usually ATTRIBUTED to Shakespeare.
The committee refused to ATTRIBUTE blame without further information.
He lists the ten most important ATTRIBUTES of a good school.
Patience is an essential ATTRIBUTE for a teacher.
36. Mr. Arif did not have the heart to fire his workers even though his company was losing millions each year. He altruistically preferred to lose workers through ATTRITION when they moved away, retired, or decided to change jobs.
The council is trying to wear down the opposition by ATTRITION.
The company said that it will reduce its worldwide employment by about 10% through ATTRITION.
37. He had the AUDACITY to say I was too fat.
I could not believe their AUDACITY.
The sheer AUDACITY of the plan amazed everyone.
Shaom made the AUDACIOUS decision to propose to Trina.
38. He wrote magazine articles in order to AUGMENT his income.
The band had been AUGMENTED by two extra trombonists.
The money AUGMENTED his fortune.
39. Conflicts among the various groups do not AUGER well for the future of the peace talks.
This bad news AUGERS disaster for all of us.
The extended interview AUGERS well for your acceptance into that law school.
Some people believe that a broken mirror is an AUGURY of seven years' bad luck.
Elizabeth believed that most of the market consultants had no solid basis for their predictions, and that financial AUGURY as practised by them was mere hocus-pocus.
40. The family claims an AUGUST lineage.
The queen's AUGUST manner and regal bearing caused everyone in the room to fall silent the moment she entered.
He had dared to challenge the views of an AUGUST body of imperial historians.
41. The community centre was set up under the AUSPICES of a government initiative.
The fund-raising event was conducted under the AUSPICES of the local volunteer organization, whose members sold tickets, parked cars and cleaned up afterwards.
A fresh election should be held under the AUSPICES of an army-appointed commission.
42. A clear sky in the morning is an AUSPICIOUS sign on the day of a picnic.
We waited for an AUSPICIOUS moment to make our request.
It was an AUSPICIOUS date for a wedding.
Harry and Bob hoped to play golf that morning, but the dark clouds, gale-force winds, and six inches of snow were INAUSPICIOUS.
43. Their clothes were always AUSTERE.
My father was a distant, AUSTERE man.
They lived an AUSTERE life in the country.
The AUSTERITY of their lifestyle was surprising.
They lived through years of AUSTERITY after the war.
44. Democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of AUTOCRATIC rulers.
A two-year-old can be very AUTOCRATIC — he wants what he wants when he wants it.
No one at our office liked the AUTOCRATIC manager. He always insisted on having his own way, and he never let anyone make a decision without consulting him.
45. Tuva, under the Soviet system, was always an AUTONOMOUS republic.
The company's hotels are run as AUTONOMOUS units, and their operations are only co-ordinated to a limited extent.
Teachers aim to help children become AUTONOMOUS learners.
46. The auditorium has an AUXILIARY cooling system used only on particularly sweltering days.
During the war he had been an AUXILIARY coastguard.
I work during my vacations as an AUXILIARY nurse at my local hospital.
47. Our best efforts did not AVAIL.
His efforts AVAILED him nothing.
They AVAILED themselves of his services.
Their effort was of little/no AVAIL.
Their efforts were UNAVAILING.
48. The theatre shows a lot of AVANT-GRADE work.
Faruki is an AVANT-GRADE filmmaker.
Although she likes AVANT-GRADE music, Nadiya also plays classical guitar and piano.
His paintings are rather too AVANT-GRADE for my taste.
49. The corporate world is plagued by AVARICE and a thirst for power.
He was driven by AVARICE.
AVARICE is the opposite of generosity or philanthropy.
50. Many children have a powerful AVERSION to vegetables. In fact, many of them believe that broccoli is poisonous.
He had an AVERSION to getting up early.
He has a strong AVERSION to dogs.
I mentioned it to Jhuma and she wasn't AVERSE to the idea.
He was AVERSE to any change.
51. She AVERTED her eyes from the terrible scene in front of her.
They hastily AVERTED their faces to hide their giggles.
Talks are taking place in an attempt to AVERT a strike.
The diplomatic talks narrowly AVERTED a war.
Part - 13
1. He's been in the DOLDRUMS ever since she left him.
The bond market normally revives after the summer DOLDRUMS.
Despite these measures, the economy remains in the DOLDTUMS.
2. The girl had a DOLEFUL look on her face.
You sounded so DOLEFUL about your future that night.
So it was doubly DOLEFUL to me.
[DOLOROUS = doleful]
3. What a DOLT I've been!
He's always jokingly calling his best friend a DOLT.
“DOLTS and idiots,” said Mrs. Anderson when her husband asked her to describe her new students.
The farmer’s DOLTISH son rode the cows and milked the horses.
4. Even passengers on DOMESTIC flights may be required to carry ID.
The company has made losses in both DOMESTIC and international operations.
A home that enjoys DOMESTIC tranquillity is a happy one.
The court heard that he had been stabbed during a DOMESTIC dispute.
The war had a major impact on the country's DOMESTIC politics.
Many young girls became DOMESTIC servants.
Police said she was a victim of DOMESTIC violence.
He said that the US should not try to interfere in the country's DOMESTIC affairs.
My husband and I share most of the DOMESTIC/household duties.
The students shared the cooking and DOMESTIC chores.
I'm not a very DOMESTIC sort of person.
On the DOMESTIC front, the prime minister’s main concern was the economy.
She got in a DOMESTIC with her husband.
When I went into the house, the DOMESTICS refrained from looking at me.
5. He was brought up by a cold and DOMINEERING father.
She was a stubborn, DOMINEERING woman.
He was told at work that he was too DOMINEERING and unable to delegate responsibility.
6. I often DOODLE when I'm on the phone.
She had DOODLEd all over her class notes.
The paper was covered in DOODLEs.
7. During the winter the seeds lie DORMANT in the soil.
Her emotions have lain DORMANT for many years.
The volcano erupted violently and then fell DORMANT for several hundred years.
Many plants remain DORMANT through the winter; that is, they stop growing until spring.
Frank’s interest in playing the piano was DORMANT and, quite possibly, dead.
They conducted a study of seed DORMANCY in plants.
8. He's now in that stage of his DOTAGE where he has trouble remembering the simplest things.
Is this how we want to spend our DOTAGE?
My grandmother is in her DOTAGE; she spens all day in bed watching soap operas and combing the hair on an old doll she had as a little girl.
He DOTES ON his children.
I was born six months later and immediately became the darling of my DOTING grandmother.
No doubt the woman thought him a concerned, DOTING husband.
9. The song's title is a DOUBLE ENTENDRE.
It was impossible to think of telling her a nasty story, a "DOUBLE ENTENDRE" fell flat when she was there.
10. He was a DOUR middle-aged man.
The game proved to be a DOUR struggle, with both men determined to win.
The city, drab and DOUR by day, is transformed at night.
”Fine,” she responded DOURLY.
11. Eyes DOWNCAST, she continued eating.
She kept her eyes slightly DOWNCAST to avoid looking into their faces.
A group of DOWNCAST men stood waiting for food.
My six-week struggle with the flue had left me feeling DOWNCAST and weak.
The entire audience seemed DOWNCAST by the end of the depressing movie.
12. Athletes often DOWNPLAY their injuries.
The coach is DOWNPLAYing the team’s poor performance.
Grandma DOWNPLAYs the seriousness of her health problems.
12. He lives a DRAB life.
She looked DRAB and ordinary today.
The costumes were pretty DRAB.
She longed to be out of the cold, DRAB little office.
The room was painted a DRAB depressing colour.
13. The newspaper struggled to continue under the regime's DRACONIAN censorship laws.
There have been calls for DRACONIAN measures against drug-related crime.
The measure is not as DRACONIAN as it sounds.
Mrs. Jefferson is a DRACONIAN grader; her favourite grade is D, and she has never given an A in her entire life.
14. So they've locked me out of the house? Very DROLL, I'm sure!
There was a DROLL, cynical expression on her face.
He is a droll little man with a peculiar sense of humour.
His DROLL self-mockery had us in stitches.
15. She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to DROOP.
The plants were DROOPing from lack of water.
The flowers were DROOPing in the hot sun. You'd better water them.
The tree's branches DROOPed under the weight of the snow.
Our spirits DROOPed when we heard tbe news.
The firm yesterday reported a further DROOP in sales.
16. There is quite a lot of DROSS on TV these days.
Hillary's new novel contains three or four good paragraphs; the rest is DROSS.
His editor has a talent for turning literary DROSS into gold.
He considered the working class to be the DROSS of society.
The living room was filled with the DROSS of Christmas: mounds of wrapping paper and ribbon, empty boxes, toys that no one would ever play with.
17. I was rather DUBIOUS/ DOUBTFUL about the whole idea.
He was DOUBTFUL/ DUBIOUS about accepting extra work.
They consider the plan to be of DUBIOUS benefit to most families.
The man who sold it to him was known to be of DUBIOUS character.
Even if we could go, which is highly DOUBTFUL, John wouldn't be able to come with us.
It is DOUBTFUL if this painting is a Picasso.
It's DOUBTFUL that his words will change the situation much.
It is DOUBTFUL whether the car will last another year.
Tamim is injured and is DOUBTFUL for the game tomorrow.
He made the highly DUBIOUS claim that Elvis is stick alive and living in Hawaii.
She had the DUBIOUS honour of being the last woman to be hanged in England ( = it was not an honour at all).
The city has the DUBIOUS honour of being the smoggiest city in the world.
A dogmatic person believes his opinions are INDUBITABLE.
18. He exposed the spy’s DUPLICITY.
We were lucky not to be taken in ( = deceived) by his DUPLICITY.
Liars engage in DUPLICITY all the time; they say one thing and do another.
Dave, in his DUPLICITY, told us he wasn't going to rob the bank and then went right out and robbed it.
The leaked documents reveal the DUPLICITOUS nature of government propaganda.
The DUPLICITOUS salesman sold the stuffed camel to someone else even though he had promised to sell it to us.
19. He gave the information under DURESS.
They complied with the order only under DURESS.
He signed the confession under DURESS.
The promise was obtained by DURESS on the part of her husband.
They were operating at times under extreme DURESS.
20. We were waiting for the tide to EBB.
The pain was EBBing (awayl.
As night fell, our enthusiasm began to EBB (away).
Jhuma felt her fear slowly EBBing away.
Her strength began to EBB.
He knew that his life was EBBing away.
21. The Prime Minister was in EBULLIENT mood.
She sounded as EBULLIENT and happy as ever.
The EBULLIENT Mr Clarke was not to be discouraged.
Supporters of the amendment were EBULLIENT at the outcome of the vote.
A famously EBULLIENT man, Fuller was initially stiff and uncomfortable as an doctor.
I put her remarks down to youthful EBULLIENCE.
22. Rafik was a kind but ECCENTRIC man.
She's become more ECCENTRIC over the years.
The old lady was getting very ECCENTRIC.
His behaviour grew increasingly ECCENTRIC as time went on.
Most people considered him a harmless ECCENTRIC.
Aunt Monira was something of an ECCENTRIC.
23. The priest had few ECCLESIASTICAL duties, because he had neither a church nor a congregation.
At the New Year's Eve party, the visiting bishop engaged in some highly unECCLESIASTICAL behaviour, including dancing on the piano.
The large steeple rising from the roof gave the new house an oddly ECCLESIASTICAL feel.
24. We heard stories of corruption in the upper ECHELONS of the firm.
Power was concentrated in the higher ECHELONS of the party.
Even the lower ECHELONS of the aristocracy usually owned some land.
Corruption was increasingly a problem within the upper ECHELONS.
The top ECHELONS of the civil service have generally abjured responsibility for policy decisions.
Even the highest ECHELONS of management could not explain the decision.
25. She has very ECLECTIC tastes in literature.
His house is an ECLECTIC mixture of the antique and the modern.
The collection includes an ECLECTIC mix of historical artefacts.
The ECLECTIC menu included dishes from many different countries.
Iltaz’s ECLECTIC reading made him well rounded.
Abir’s taste in art was ECLECTIC. He liked the Old Masters, the Impressionists, and Walt Disney.
26. Though a talented player, he was completely ECLIPSED by his brother.
Train travel was ECLIPSED by the growth of commercial airlines.
The sun was partially ECLIPSED by the moon.
27. The bay has a very complex and delicate ECOSYSTEM.
Pollution can have disastrous effects on the delicately balanced ECOSYSTEM.
The rainforest is a self-supporting ECOSYSTEM.
Most threatening of these for the marine ECOSYSTEM is the exposure to increased ultra-violet radiation through the depletion of the Ozone layer.
Oil pollution could damage the fragile ECOLOGY of the coral reefs.
We risk upsetting the ECOLOGICAL balance of the area.
28. The government issued an EDICT banning public demonstrations.
The school board's EDICT put a new student dress code into effect.
The festival was banned by royal EDICT.
By presidential EDICT, all government offices were closed for the holiday.
29. A good autumn wind would bring the whole EDIFICE crashing to earth.
The whole EDIFICE of the family's thinking rested on the notion of hard work.
Eventually the theory becomes a creaking and ugly EDIFICE.
Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole EDIFICE of capitalism crashing down.
30. These books will both entertain and EDIFY readers.
No doubt Pavel will EDIFY us on the subject.
It is not clear whether the purpose is to EDIFY, or simply to make money.
Neither case was an EDIFYING example of law enforcement.
It has been far from an EDIFYING election.
Watching soccer fans howling racist remarks was not an EDIFYING sight.
31. The inscription on the tombstone had been EFFACED by centuries of weather.
The vandals EFFACED the delicate carving by rubbing it with sandpaper.
We tried to EFFACE the dirty words that had been written on the front of our house, but nothing would remove them.
He was a shy, SELF-EFFACING man.
32. I have yet to learn an EFFECTUAL protective against the midge.
Mamun is an EFFECTUAL teacher, but he is not a masterful one; his students come away from his class with a solid understanding of the subject but with little else.
Even with all her years of experiences, Mrs. Jones had not yet hit on an EFFECTUAL method of getting her children to go to bed.
He's a nice enough man, but rather INEFFECTUAL as a team captain.
The police were completely INEFFECTUAL in this matter. The problems were made worse by the INEFFECTUAL political leadership of the coalition.
33. Trials have not yet shown the clinical EFFICACY of this approach; they have shown its safety.
The aim of our study was to assess the EFFICACY of homoeopathic/homeopathic treatment.
He questioned the EFFICACY of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft.
They hope the new drug will prove especially EFFICACIOUS in the relief of pain.
More EFFICACIOUS treatments may soon be available.
34. The demonstrators burned a crude EFFIGY of the president.
The president was burnt in EFFIGY ( = in the form of an effigy).
The football coach was burned in EFFIGY.
The mob had already burnt in EFFIGY Andrew Oliver and his new stamp office before doing some damage to his house.
35. His letters were filled with EFFUSIONS of love.
Her poetic EFFUSIONS became tiresome.
When the child was rescued from the well, there was an intense EFFUSION of emotion from the crowd that had gathered around the hole.
The madman’s writings consisted of a steady EFFUSION of nonsense.
They offered EFFUSIVE thanks for our help.
He is often EFFUSIVE no matter what the occasion, my aunt is even more so at weddings and funerals.
He was EFFUSIVE in his praise.
The winners were given an EFFUSIVE welcome when they arrived home.
36. They adopted EGALITARIAN policies for the redistribution of wealth.
People often lose interest in EGALITARIAN measures when such measures interfere with their own interests.
Clearly the EGALITARIAN society remains a dream.
He described himself as an EGALITARIAN.
For him, the highest political ideals were social progress, EGALITARIANISM and democracy.
37. Young children are usually EGOCENTRIC because they haven't learnt other forms of behaviour.
I find her very EGOCENTRIC.
He was a supremely EGOCENTRIC man.
In the film he appears EGOCENTRIC and opinionated.
You need to be an EGOIST to succeed in politics.
His EGOISM prevented him from really loving anyone but himself.
38. The legal system currently punishes the most EGREGIOUS forms of child abuse and neglect, but such crimes are difficult to prove.
That was an EGREGIOUS example of political bias.
The student's theme was marred by a number of EGREGIOUS errors in spelling.
The mother's EGREGIOUS neglect was responsible for her child's accidental cross-country ride on the freight train.
39. She showed her ELATION at having finally achieved her ambition.
She felt a great sense of ELATION as she started on the journey.
But he felt no ELATION about it.
As he spoke you could hear the ELATION in his voice.
They were ELATED at the result.
I was ELATED by the prospect of the new job ahead.
I was ELATED with the thrill of success.
40. Only 60% of the ELECTORATE voted in the last election.
His statements are likely to cost him dearly among the general ELECTORATE.
In order to be elected, a candidate usually has to make a lot of wild, irresponsible promises to the ELECTORATE.
The losing candidate attributed her loss not to any fault in herself but to the fickleness of the ELECTORATE.
Smaller parties are seriously handicapped by the ELECTORAL system.
The two parties agreed an ELECTORAL pact.
The government is pushing ahead with its ELECTORAL reforms.
41. “O Captain! My Captain!” is Walt Whitman's ELEGY on the death of President Lincoln.
Most critics agreed that Stan's best poem was an ELEGY he wrote following the death of his pet pigeon.
My new book is an ELEGY to the good old days— the days before everything became so terrible.
Her poetry has an ELEGIAC quality.
The little article in the newspaper about Frank’s retirement had an ELEGIAC tone that Frank found disconcerting.
42. I could ELICIT no response from him.
Her tears ELICITed great sympathy from her audience.
My question ELICITed no response.
She's been trying to ELICIT the support of other committee members.
☠ Don't confuse this word with ILLICIT.
43. He was an influential member of the ruling ELITE.
Public opinion is influenced by the small ELITE who control the media.
In these countries, only the ELITE can afford an education for their children.
The presidential palace was defended by an ELITE corps of soldiers known to be loyal to the president.
He surrounded himself with an ELITE coterie of political advisors.
Many people believe that private education encourages ELITISM.
Sailing is seen as an ELITIST sport.
Teachers deny that the system is ELITIST.
Universities began as small, ELITIST institutions.
She accused him of being ELITIST.
She rejected suggestions that she and her husband were ELITISTS, out of touch with working men and women.
44. The moon follows an ELLIPTICAL path around the earth.
The announcement from the State Department was purposely ELLIPTICAL— the government didn't really want reporters to know what was going on.
He is a writer with an ELLIPTICAL style.
45. He took lessons in singing and ELOCUTION.
The mayor was long on ELOCUTION but short on execution; he was better at making promises than at carrying them out.
Professor Bashir Mian might have become president of the university if he had had even rudimentary skills of ELOCUTION.
It is an oft-told story that he practised ELOCUTION by learning to speak with mouth full of pebbles.
We were taught to avoid certain LOCUTIONS when speaking.
His LOCUTION puzzled me, disturbed me, but I was a guest at his table so I said nothing.
She was an ELOQUENT speaker, with a beautiful voice.
It was an ELOQUENT and well-informed speech.
He waxed ELOQUENT about her talents as an actress.
He grew very ELOQUENT on the subject.
Her eyes were ELOQUENT.
46. Rahi, as ELUSIVE as ever, was nowhere to be found.
A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving ELUSIVE.
Masum was searching for the ever ELUSIVE 'perfect job'.
Sleep was strangely ELUSIVE.
The murderer remained frustratingly ELUSIVE.
Truth is a notoriously ELUSIVE quality.
The two men managed to ELUDE the police for six weeks.
He was extremely tired but sleep ELUDED him.
Finally he remembered the tiny detail that had ELUDED him the night before.
47. A dozen years in a foreign prison had EMACIATED poor old George, who had once weighed more than three hundred pounds but now she weighed less than ninety.
Nira thought she looked slender and beautiful, but she really looked EMACIATED; you could see her ribs poking right through her T-shirt.
He was thirty, but looked fifty, with pale skin, hopeless eyes and an EMACIATED body, covered in sores.
The saddest thing to see in the refugee camp was the EMACIATION of the children, some of whom had not had a real meal in many weeks.
She was very thin, almost to the point of EMACIATION.
48. The sound of loud music EMANATED from the building.
The proposal originally EMANATED from the UN.
Good smells EMANATED from the kitchen.
Constant criticism has EMANATED from her opponents.
Happiness seems to EMANATE from her.
The street outside was dark except for a hazy EMANATION of moonlight from behind the clouds.
They believe that each human soul is an EMANATION of Godhood.
49. The government has agreed to lift the EMBARGO imposed ten years ago.
We knew the arms EMBARGO was being broken.
He opposed the US trade EMBARGO against Cuba.
There's a standing EMBARGO against the use of foul language in this house.
Jerry imposed a household EMBARGO on rented movies; for the next six months, he said, no rented movies would be allowed in the house.
51. He EMBELLISHED his speech with a few quotations.
Cynthia EMBELLISHED her plain white wedding gown by gluing colourful bits of paper to it.
His account of his travels was EMBELLISHED with details of famous people he met.
52. Dr. Aka Firowz EMBODIES everything I admire in a teacher.
This model EMBODIES many new features.
These ideals were EMBODIED in the constitution.
The new constitution EMBODIED the right to free speech.
We want to build a national team that EMBODIES competitive spirit and skill.
The members of the club were a bunch of scoundrels who came nowhere near EMBODYING the principles upon which their club had been founded.
He is the EMBODIMENT of the young successful businessman.
She's the EMBODIMENT of all our hopes.
Mother Theresa was often regarded as the EMBODIMENT of selfless devotion to others.
53. He became EMBROILED in a dispute with his neighbours.
I was reluctant to EMBROIL myself in his problems.
His stand on this issue has EMBROILED him in controversy.
The new drug has been EMBROILED in controversy.
They were EMBROILED in a complicated lawsuit.
He survived the political IMBROGLIO.
People have come out into the street from both sides to watch the IMBROGLIO.
54. The tourism industry there is still in an EMBRYONIC stage.
The plan, as yet, only exists in EMBRYONIC form.
The project is still fairly EMBRYONIC.
Our fund-raising campaign has passed the EMBRYONIC stage, but it still hasn't officially got under way.
55. The family left Czechoslovakia in 1968 and EMIGRATED to America.
Many people who EMIGRATED experienced poverty and racism when they arrived.
My grandparents EMIGRATED from Vietnam to the US in the 1980s.
About 6.6 million people IMMIGRATED to the United States in the 1970s.
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