Definitions
A statement that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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Evasion, Coward, Propitiators
Evasion
Wrath
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Anger, Sadness, Clouded
Anger
Antonym for Evasion
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Confrontation , Taxes, Organization
Confrontation
We had all shaken hands (BLANK) , and neither Herbert's eyes nor mine were quite dry, when I saw a four-oared galley shoot out from under the bank but a little way ahead of us, and row out into the same track.
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Respectively, Cordially, Nicely
We had all shaken hands cordially, and neither Herbert's eyes nor mine were quite dry, when I saw a four-oared galley shoot out from under the bank but a little way ahead of us, and row out into the same track.
Reminder Cordially means: in a politely friendly manner
In a hearty manner
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Kind, Cordially, Inviting
Cordially
Synonym for Tacit
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Illicit, Explicit, Wrong
Illicit
Antonym for Wayward
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Ancient, Obedient, Hair
Obedient
She really was a most charming girl, and might have passed for a captive fairy, whom that (BLANK) Ogre, Old Barley, had pressed into his service.
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Truculent, Rude, Menace
She really was a most charming girl, and might have passed for a captive fairy, whom that truculent Ogre, Old Barley, had pressed into his service.
Reminder Truculent means: defiantly aggressive
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction
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Infer, Reaching, Forming
Infer
Synonym for Truculent
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Enthralled, Agressive, Bad
Agressive
Antonym for Tacit
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Explicit, Stated
Explicit, Stated
As I stood idle by Mr Jagger's fire, its rising and falling flame made the two casts on the shelf look as if they were playing a (BLANK) game at bo-peep with me; while the pair of coarse fat office candles that dimly lighted Mr Jaggers as he wrote in a corner, were decorated with dirty winding-sheets, as if in remembrance of a host of hanged clients.
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Good, Diabolical, Strange
As I stood idle by Mr Jagger's fire, its rising and falling flame made the two casts on the shelf look as if they were playing a diabolical game at bo-peep with me; while the pair of coarse fat office candles that dimly lighted Mr Jaggers as he wrote in a corner, were decorated with dirty winding-sheets, as if in remembrance of a host of hanged clients.
Reminder Diabolic means: extremely vicious or cruel
Resistant to guidance or discipline
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Stubborn, Rebel, Wayward
Wayward
Synonyms for Diabolical
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Evil, Devil, Good
Evil
Antonym for Impressionable
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Insusceptible, Stubborn
Insusceptible
When I said some reassuring words, she stretched out her (BLANK) right hand, as though she was going to touch me; but she recalled it again before I understood the action, or knew how to receive it.
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Pale, Wrinkled, Tremulous
When I said some reassuring words, she stretched out her tremulous right hand, as though she was going to touch me; but she recalled it again before I understood the action, or knew how to receive it.
Reminder Tremulous means: quivering as from weakness or fear
Easily influenced
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Naïve, Impressionable, Vulnerable
Impressionable
Tremulous
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Quivering, Quavering, Unsteady
Quavering, Unsteady
Antonym for Infer
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Assume, Divulge
Assume
'Who am I,' cried Miss Havisham, striking her stick upon the floor and flashing into (BLANK) so suddenly that Estella glanced up at her in surprise, 'who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind?'
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Damage, Wrath
'Who am I,' cried Miss Havisham, striking her stick upon the floor and flashing into wrath so suddenly that Estella glanced up at her in surprise, 'who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind?'
Reminder Wrath means: intense anger