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Piscatorial creatures, such as flounder, salmon, and trout, live in the coldest parts of the ocean.



What does Piscatorial

“Piscatorial” obviously refers to fish

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The aroma of garlic is unmistakable. It's scent can be detected for days. What does aroma mean?
scent; smell; odor
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That isn't real. It's fake! What does fake mean?
not real
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Fluoroscopy , examination with a fluoroscope, has become a common practice.

The commas before and after “examination with a fluoroscope” point out the definition of “fluoroscopy.”

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My absent-minded teacher always loses his keys, pens, and even our graded papers! What does absent-minded mean?
careless; not paying attention
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Celestial bodies, including the sun, moon, and stars, have fascinated man through the centuries


whats does Celestial mean?

“Celestial” objects are those in the sky or heavens.

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I abhord traffic jams and hate it when my ride to work is delayed. What does abhord mean?
hate; strong dislike
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The boxes weren't exactly heavy, just cumbersome, unlike the easy to carry bags with handles. What does cumbersome mean?
difficult to handle
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People were told not to eat the tainted fish. Eating fish with a disease can be very dangerous to your health. What does tainted mean?
harmful; contaminated
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This virus has really depleted my energy. I get tired just walking across the room. What does depleted mean?
taken away; decreased; lessen in power
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In the course of man’s evolution, certain organs have atrophied . The appendix, for example, has wasted away from disuse.


What does atrophied  mean? 

“Atrophied” means “wasted away.”

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Planted in late fall, growth of the bulbs is stimulated, or encouraged. What does stimulated mean?
encouraged; spurred into action
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If you water them regularly, you will have an adundant amount of daffodils in the spring. If you do not water them, only a few will grow. What does abundant mean?
many; large amount or quantity
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The line for the new movie seemed indefinite as if it would go on forever. What does indefinite mean?
neverending
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The lovely egret is in danger of extinction because clothing manufacturers use its long, beautiful tail feathers to make hats. What is an egret
a type of bird
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My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious word as it is  history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”

Loquacious means?

a. pretentious 

b. grouchy 

c. talkative

 d. worried

C

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Many people now feel that typewriters are archaic, or old-fashioned. What does archaic mean?
old-fashioned; out-of-date
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Rather than repress your feelings, you should let them out. Doing so will reudce your stress. What does repress mean?
to hold in; to hold back
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His emaciation, that is, his skeleton-like appearance, was frightening to see.

 “Skeleton-like appearance” is the definition of “emaciation.

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JFK was a very charismatic president. People were attracted to his charm, enthusiasm, and magnetic personality. What does charismatic mean?
charming; influential
500

There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous to the desert. Many people in Arizona have made a good business of growing and selling cacti and other local plants


Indigenous means?

a. native 

b. necessary

 c. foreign 

d. alien 

A

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Just because she was supposed to be. super smart – “precocious,” the grown-ups called it – didn’t mean he had to like her.


What does Precocious mean?

You probably see that super smart and precocious both mean the same thing.  In this sentence super smart and precocious are synonyms.

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When Nomi was a little girl, her mother died, and her father married another woman.  This woman had a daughter called Nomsa.  Nomi was a beautiful, tall child, but Nomsa was very short and ugly.

Antonyms for beautiful tall child in the text?

The author uses two pair of antonyms to show that Nomi and Nomsa looked very different from each other.


short ugly

500

The dudeen – a short-stemmed clay pipe – is found in Irish folk tales.


What does Dudeen mean? 

The dashes setting off “a short-stemmed clay pipe” point out the definition of “dudeen.

500

She told her friend, “I’m through with blind dates forever. What a dull evening! I was bored every minute. The conversation was absolutely vapid .”

“Vapid” means “uninteresting.