Vocabulary unit one-- arch
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copy deck
- weak point, a point lacking strength.
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achille's heel
since The Killer knew The Monster's achille's heel, his left knee, it was easy for him to win the wrestling match. - loud, booming; incredibly loud and audible.
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stentorian
the general used his stentorian voice to call the privates to attention. - to aid in memory, to help to remember.
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mnemonic
the phrase FANBOYS is a mnemonic to aid in the memory of the conjunctions. - to search out; to find depth in.
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fathom
Though jules vern was great at predicting the future, even he could not have fathomed such a wonder as the internet. - to discover by a lucky chance; to unexpectedly discover.
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serendipity
it was by sheer serendipity that penecylin was discovered. - randomly jumping about; jumping from one subject to another.
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desultory
being a desutory student in her early life, by the time she got a job, shannon couldnt ever keep on task, but rather stuck with her old habbits and jumped from assignment to assignment. - an outcast; one who is socially unacceptable.
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paraih
his compleete obsession with pink ponies made people think he was weird, and, eventually, made him a paraih. - cheap; lacking in taste
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tawdry
her cheap costume jewlry did not give her the regal look she had hoped for, but rather a fairly tawdry appearance. - relating to mony; having to do with monitary matters
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pecuniary
Those who work at the national mint have a very pecunairy job, for they manufacture money all day. - poor; lacking monitary wealth
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impecunius
though most professional rock climbers are impeunius, they often have far more happiness and inner wealth than those caught up in the working city life. - a system of government ruled by a king or queen
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monarchy
Queen elizabeth's monarchy is the country of england - a system witout government, no power higher than the other' a system of dissaray
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anarchy
if we do not continu to go by today's democratic system, our country may fall into compleete anarchy. - .
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