Coffman ATKM voc moins examples
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newscannerd on September 1, 2011
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Because Milan's set was just too fly to be used.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Albeit | In spite of, although. |
| Amenities | Something (as a conventional social gesture) that conduces to smoothness or pleasantness of social relationships, also courtesies or luxuries. |
| Amiable | Friendly, sociable, agreeable. Having a pleasant or good-natured personality. |
| Arteriosclerosis | Degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow. Basically there is both a tightening of the vessels, and calcium builds up, which makes it difficult for blood to flow. |
| Conclave | Either a private or secret meeting or an assembly or gathering, especially one that has special authority, power, or influence. |
| Decorous | Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; according with custom or propriety. |
| Diaphanous | Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent. Also hazy. |
| Effluvium | A foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste). |
| Heliograph | An apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on, or to signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays. |
| Imperious | Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing. |
| Implacable | Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable. |
| Insolent | Unrestrained by convention or propriety; marked by casual disrespect. |
| Intrinsic | Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; belonging to a thing by its very nature. |
| Obeisance | The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person; bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame. |
| Pestle | A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar; a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone; machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores; Also to grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar. |
| Phosphorescence | A fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased. |
| Reprobation | Severe disapproval; rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in hell. |
| Repudiate | Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; refuse to recognize or pay; cast off or disown. |
| Ruminative | Persistently or morbidly thoughtful. |
| Sebaceous | Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy. Also leaking fat or grease. |
| Stoic | Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive. |
| Superfluous | More than is needed, desired, or required; serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. |
| Veranda | A porch along the outside of a building. |
| Verdure | Greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation. Green vegetation, especially grass or herbage. Freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor. Verdure is a noun. |
| Vitriolic | Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action; harsh or corrosive in tone. |
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