What is reminisce |verb
indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events : they reminisced about their summers abroad.
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Use unnerve in a sentence.
What is make (someone) lose courage or confidence : the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her |
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recollect
What is remember (something); call to mind : he could not quite recollect the reason | [with clause ] can you recollect how your brother reacted?
ORIGIN from Latin recollect- ‘gathered back,’
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from Latin ‘gathered back,’
What is recollect, from Latin recollect- ‘gathered back,’
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disorient
What is make (someone) lose their sense of direction : she was so disoriented that Joe had to walk her to her room.
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He spent half of your life making fire extinguishers, and then died in a fire because he didn't have a fire extinguisher.
What is irony.
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Use recollect in a sentence.
What is remember (something); call to mind : he could not quite recollect the reason | [with clause ] can you recollect how your brother reacted?
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reminisce
What is reminisce |
indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events : they reminisced about their summers abroad.
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From Greek ‘wound’
What is traumatic, from Greek traumatikos 'wound'
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overawe
What is to impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited : he used firepower to overawe the hostile tribes.
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The politician gave an ambiguous answer to the question about raising taxes, causing the media to pry out his try stance on the issue.
What is ambiguous, open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
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Use ingrain in a sentence.
What is firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.
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hindsight
What is understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed : with hindsight, I should never have gone.
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From Latin - ‘called forth,’
What is evoke or evocative. From Latin evocat-
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bewilder
What is to cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused : she seemed frightened and bewildered | his reaction had bewildered her
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She was staunch supporter of the democratic party, and voted for all of there candidates without doing her own research.
loyal and committed in attitude
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Use hindsight in a full sentence.
What is understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed : with hindsight, I should never have gone.
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ambiguous
What is (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning : the question is rather ambiguous | ambiguous phrases.
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From ‘simulated ignorance,’
What is irony
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circumpsect
What is wary and unwilling to take risks : the officials were very circumspect in their statements.
ORIGIN: from Latin circumspectus, ‘look around,’ ’
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He does not have the credentials he purports to have.
appear or claim to be or do something, esp. falsely
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Please use circumspect in a sentence.
What is wary and unwilling to take risks : the officials were very circumspect in their statements.
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categorical |adjective
What is unambiguously explicit and direct : a categorical assurance.
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From Latin ‘seize beforehand.'
What is praeoccupare preoccupy
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preoccupied
What is (of a matter or subject) dominate or engross the mind of (someone) to the exclusion of other thoughts : his mother was preoccupied with paying the bills