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What's the meaning of "tremulous"?
–adjective
1. (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
2. timid; timorous; fearful.
3. (of things) vibratory, shaking, or quivering.
4. (of writing) done with a trembling hand.

Synonyms:
1. faltering, hesitant, wavering. 2. frightened; afraid.

Example:
This scarcely perceptible but ubiquitous twitching, described by Ludens as like the slight tremulous movement of leaves on a tree or ripples on a pool, was one of the strangest, and in an odd way most convincing manifestations of the raising of Patrick.



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What's the meaning of " lachrymose"?
–adjective
1. suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
2. given to shedding tears readily; tearful.

Example:

The delightful tunes are all there, but some of them are taken too slowly, and some of the settings are either lachrymose or slurred.





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What's the meaning of "inhibit"?
–verb (used with object)
1. to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
2. to prohibit; forbid.
3. Psychology. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior).
4. Chemistry. to decrease the rate of action of or stop (a chemical reaction).

Synonyms:
1. repress, discourage, obstruct. 2. interdict.

Example:
We need a system of assessment that will encourage, not inhibit, the development of the imagination, and the new emphasis on practical skills as of equal importance with scholarship and learning.

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What's the meaning of "circumvent "?
–verb (used with object)
1. to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues. 
2. to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. 
3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops. 

Synonyms:
1. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 2. encircle; ensnare.

Example:
A better understanding of the toxin's mode of action at the molecular level could lead to other strategies to circumvent resistance, for instance by redesigning the target-selecting region of the toxins.

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What's the meaning of "ecclesiastic"?
–noun
1. a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
2. a member of the ecclesia in ancient Athens.

Example:
Ecclesiastic obligations include attending mass.
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What's the meaning of  "ambiguous"?
–adjective
1. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer. 
2. Linguistics. (of an expression) exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.
3. of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character. 
4. lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct: an ambiguous shape; an ambiguous future. 

Synonyms:
1. dubious, vague, indeterminate, unclassifiable, anomalous. 2. puzzling, enigmatic, problematic.

Example:
The ambiguous law did not make a clear distinction between the new and old land boundary.
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What's the meaning of "devout"?
adjective, -er, -est.
1. devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic. 
2. expressing devotion or piety: devout prayer. 
3. earnest or sincere; hearty: He had a devout allegiance to the political regime. 

Synonyms:
1. worshipful; holy, saintly. 2. intense, serious, fervent, ardent.

Example:
The leading layman of the York diocese was the politician whose judgment was likely to weigh with the Crown: Lord Halifax, the former Foreign Secretary, and a devout Anglo-Catholic.

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Author: annagold38
Main topic: TOEFL
Topic: English-English
Published: 02.11.2009
 
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