29
09
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous;
- characterized by extreme care and great effort;
- “conscientious application to the work at hand”; “painstaking research”; “scrupulous attention to details”;
2. (adj.) conscientious;
- guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong;
- “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”;
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Categories : TOEFL Words
29
09
2008
Verbs
1. (verb) entrench, intrench;
- fix firmly or securely;
2. (verb) encroach, entrench, impinge, trench;
- impinge or infringe upon;
- “This impinges on my rights as an individual”; “This matter entrenches on other domains”;
3. (verb) dig in, entrench;
- occupy a trench or secured area;
- “The troops dug in for the night”;
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Categories : SAT Words
29
09
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) portentous, prodigious;
- of momentous or ominous significance;
- “such a portentous…monster raised all my curiosity”; “a prodigious vision”;
2. (adj.) fateful, foreboding, portentous;
- ominously prophetic;
3. (adj.) grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous;
- puffed up with vanity;
- “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”;
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29
09
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) neo-latin, new latin;
- Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature;
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Categories : SAT Words
29
09
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) jewish-orthodox, orthodox;
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism;
- “Orthodox Judaism”;
2. (adj.) orthodox;
- adhering to what is commonly accepted;
- “an orthodox view of the world”;
3. (adj.) eastern orthodox, greek orthodox, orthodox, russian orthodox;
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church;
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