WEEK 10

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WAN
Angela looked wan and tired.
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SICKLY PALE, WEAK
FRUSTRATE
Their attempts to speak to him were frustrated by the guards.
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FOIL, THWART, ANNOY TO PREVENT SB'S PLANS
SYMPTOMATIC
The rise in unemployment is symptomatic of a general decline in the economy.
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INDICATIVE, SHOWING AND PROVING
INTERJECT
That's absolute rubbish - he interjected.
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INSERT, INTERRUPT
INERT
He lay, inert, in his bed.
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WITHOUT POWER TO MOVE, NOT MOVING
SALIENT
Four salient points emerged from our study.
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OUTSTANDING, PROMINENT
IMMINENT
He was in imminent danger of dying.
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LIKELY TO HAPPEN, THREATENING
SQUEAMISH
His novel is not for the squeamish.
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EASILY SHOCKED, OVER SENSITIVE
ENGROSSED
Take your mind off it by engrossing yourself in a good book.
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ABSORBED, BE INTERESTED VERY MUCH THAT YOU DON'T NOTICE ANYTHING ELSE
PERTINENT
He asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.
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RELEVANT, TO THE POINT
MASTIFF
A bloody-mouthed mastiff tied by a chain to a lintel of a door, snarled and barked.
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A LARGE, STRONG DOG
OBSESS
A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight.
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TO HAUNT, PREOCCUPY
DOLEFUL
Yet the reading appeared to bring Emilia a kind of a doleful peace.
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VERY SAD
ELUSIVE
She managed to get an interview with that elusive man.
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DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE, HARD TO GRASP
HISTRIONICS
Their glances only drove him to greater histrionics.
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VERY LOUD, EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOUR, INTENDED TO GET SYMPATHY AND ATTENTION, DISPLAY OF EMOTIONS
RECOIL
He recoils from everything in life that demands hard work.
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DRAW BACK, AVOID
DESIST
We hope that the military regime will desist from it's acts of violence.
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CEASE, STOP
PREMONITION
She had a premonition that she would die in a plane crash.
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FOREWARNING, A STRANGE FEELING THAT SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
PERUSE
He spent hours perusing the catalog.
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TO READ CAREFULLY
INCLEMENT
Predictions of inclement weather proved to be wrong.
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UNFAVOURABLE, STORMY

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