30
06
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) counsellor, counselor;
- someone who gives advice about problems;
2. (n.) counsellor, counselor;
- someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp;
3. (n.) advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader;
- a lawyer who pleads cases in court;
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Categories : TOEFL Words
30
06
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) inconsiderable;
- too small or unimportant to merit attention;
- “passed his life in an inconsiderable village”; “their duties were inconsiderable”; “had no inconsiderable influence”;
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Categories : SAT Words
30
06
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid;
- characterized by intense emotion;
- “ardent love”; “an ardent lover”; “a fervent desire to change society”; “a fervent admirer”; “fiery oratory”; “an impassioned appeal”; “a torrid love affair”;
2. (adj.) torrid;
- emotionally charged and vigorously energetic;
- “a torrid dance”; “torrid jazz bands”; “hot trumpets and torrid rhythms”;
3. (adj.) torrid;
- extremely hot;
- “the torrid noonday sun”; “sultry sands of the dessert”;
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Categories : GRE Words
30
06
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) mirage;
- an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects;
2. (n.) mirage;
- something illusory and unattainable;
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Categories : SAT Words
30
06
2008
Verbs
1. (verb) beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink;
- fill with sublime emotion;
- “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”;
2. (verb) beatify;
- make blessedly happy;
3. (verb) beatify;
- declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood;
- “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”;
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Categories : SAT Words