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all-out
• made or done with as much effort as possible
- When it comes to job hunting, you need to make an ∼ attempt with your application.
bulge
• to stick out in a rounded lump
- I've ever seen a video of an extraordinary guy whose eyes could ∼ out and scare people.
chiseled
• having an attractive well-formed shape — used especially to describe a man's face and its features
- I've always wanted a ∼ jawline. I think it's very attractive.
cling
• to hold onto something or someone very tightly
• to stay very close to someone for emotional support, protection, etc.
• to continue to believe in or depend on something
- As we walked into the seemingly creepy house, my girlfriend started ∼ onto my left hand.
- I know that someday I'll move out of this house and be independent. I can't keep ∼ to my aunt.
- I shouldn't be ∼ to the comforting idea that everything will be okay.
conducive
• making it easy, possible, or likely for something to happen or exist
- An environment with a loudspeaker blaring 5 times a day isn't ∼ to sleeping babies.
distress
• unhappiness or pain : suffering that affects the mind or body
- The passing of her beloved, caring husband has caused her tremendous emotional ∼.
downcast
• not happy, confident, or hopeful
- I hated looking at that ∼ face so I lent him some of my money, but I had never expected him to pay me back.
drift
• to move slowly on water, wind, etc.
• to move smoothly or easily in a way that is not planned or guided
- The boat ∼ away from the harbor.
- My eyes were ∼ across the living room, seeing the ball bounce.
- I feel like I'm ∼ through life in this seemingly never-ending cycle of unemployment.
holistic
• relating to or concerned with complete systems rather than with individual parts
- Lydia suggested a ∼ cure to the rapidly spread infection by inventing an herb that interconnects all of the organs in the body in order to speed up the healing.
inductive
• using particular examples to reach a general conclusion about something
- This research calls for ∼ reasoning.
insurmountable
• impossible to solve or get control of
- There were times when people thought that these hindrances were ∼.
munchies
• light foods that are eaten as a snack
• a feeling of hunger
- Help yourself to some ∼ at the back of the room.
- I often get some ∼ at midnight.
obstruct
• to block (something, such as a pipe or street) so that things cannot move through easily
• to slow or block the movement, progress, or action of (something or someone)
- A large number of protestors are ∼ the highway agitating for Daniel's justice.
- We had been working so well until an unexpected snag ∼ the process.
orient
• to change or create (something, such as a book or a film) so that it appeals to a particular group of people or is suitable for a particular group of people
• to place (something) in a particular position or direction
• to help (someone) become familiar with a new situation, place, etc.
- The author will ∼ the newly published novel to adults.
- She ∼ the globe so that the US lay straight.
- The first day is meant to ∼ students to the university.
outright
• in a full and complete way
• in one payment of money
- The government has control over people's minds ∼.
- I wish I could purchase the boot camp ∼.
overshadow
• to cause (something or someone) to seem less important or impressive when compared to something or someone else
• to cast a shadow over (something)
- The new intern's outstanding accomplishment really ∼ my tremendous efforts in making the company better.
- This is a perfect spot to rest. The tree ∼ the bench.
peddle
• to sell (something) usually in small amounts and often by traveling to different places
• to try to get people to accept or believe (something)
- In Indonesia, it is common to encounter people ∼ vegetables and food ingredients in a two-wheeler.
- Sandra has been ∼ the rumor that her coworker, Maddie, is looking for another job.
percolate
• to pass slowly through something that has many small holes in it
• to spread slowly
- You poke holes on the lid of the bottle and let the water ∼.
- The rumor that Maddie is on the lookout for another job has ∼ through the office.
stroke
• one of a series of repeated movements of your arms in swimming or rowing that you make to move yourself or the boat through the water
• a gentle movement of your hand over or along something
• a single act of moving a pen or brush when it is being used to write or paint
• one of the sounds made by a clock or bell to indicate a particular time
• a single decisive action
- It would take an approximation of 108,000 ∼ to sail from Chicago, Illinois, to Michigan City, Indiana, on a dinghy.
- Apply circular ∼ on the body for an optimal result.
- When you get to this part of the drawing, you need to paint it with smooth ∼.
- The first ∼ of the clock calls for church attendance.
- With an audacious ∼, the employer fired her.
tabulate
• to arrange information in an organized way so that it can be studied, recorded, etc.
- ∼ this confusing data in Excel!
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