Sadlier-Oxford Level B
Terms
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- allowing light to pass through, easily recognized or understood, easily seen through or detected
- transparent
- silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment, slow moving
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sullen
- wholly unharmed, not injured
- unscathed
- balanced, suspended, calm, controlled, ready for action
- poised
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a loafer, idler
a buzzing or humming sound
a remote controlled device
a male bee
to make a buzzing sound
to speak in a dull tone of voice - drone
- a government in power, a form or sytem of rule or management, a period of rule
- regime
- cross, complaining, irritable, contrary
- peevish
- to make slow, delay, hold back
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retard
- to have a strong and earnest desire
- yearn
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an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths
a widespread evil
to annoy or bother - plague
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to give in to a wish or desire
give oneself up to - indulge
- to throw a stream of things, to strike successively, to hurry
- pelt
- one of the materials in a mixture, recipe, or formula
- ingredient
- shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more
- mutual
- to reach a high point of development, to end, climax
- culminate
- usual, expected, routine
- customary
- the quality of giving off light, brightness, glitter, brilliance
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luster
- absolutely necessary, not to be neglected
- indispensable
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full of life, alive, lively
moved to action - animated
- to repair, restore to good condition, make new again
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renovate
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to come into view
to appear in exaggerated form
a machine for weaving - loom
- evil, bad, spiteful, having bad habits or an ugly disposition, painfully severe or extreme
- vicious
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to boil or foam
to be excited or disturbed -
seethe
- a lack of interest or concern
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indifference
- a public speech for a formal occasion
-
oration
- to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream, a small irregular quantity of anything
- trickle
- one of a kind, unequated, unusual, found only in a given class, place, or situation
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unique
- ordinary, humdrum, dull, routine, without variation
- hurtle
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able to read or write
showing an excellent educational background
having a knowledge or training - literate
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an advance indication, sample,
warning - foretaste
- mixed, of different kinds
- miscellaneous
- endless, so long as to seem endless
- interminable
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to burn slightly
a burn at the ends or edges - singe
- a brief summary, ashort written account of one 's education, working experience, or qualifications of a job
- reume
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thoroughly
absolute, complete, frank, blunt - downright
- to persuade not to do something
- dissuade
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a family of young animals, especially birds, any group having the same nature and origin
to think over in a worried, unhappy way - brood
- to suggest, hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly
- insinuate
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vertical, straight, good, honest
in a vertical position - upright
- filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unwrthy, or mean
- indignant
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to establish the truth or accuracy of
confirm - verify
- the killing of one person by another
- HOMICIDE
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to drive or urge on
something used to drive or urge on - goad
- to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant, to supply food or service
- cater
- a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business
- entrepreneur
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to get down from
step down from
to come down from the air
land -
alight
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to break up
disturb - disrupt
- a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains the position or power for some time
- dynasty
- to apply oil, or grease, to make smooth, slippery or easier to use
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lubricate
- to ask questions, examine by questioning
- interrogate
- ready for use, at hand
- available
- to begin to grow, come into being
- germinate
- risk, peril, to expose to danger or harm, to gamble
- hazard
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near
next to
adjoining - adjacent
- to pay back, give a reward, a payment for loss, service, or injury
- recompense
- a pause in fighting, temporary peace
- truce
- a piece of burning wood, a troublemaker, an extremely energetic or emotional person
- firebrand
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not productive
bare - barren