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Just Vocabulary
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Just Vocabulary Podcast is for anyone who wants to improve their English Vocabulary (GRE, SAT, TOEFL). This ESL 4 minute podcast covers new interesting words. If your English is your Second Language, this podcast is for you!
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April
11
2008
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INGENUOUS = (adjective) 1. to be innocent and trusting, sometimes to the point of being foolish; 2. openly candid and sincere

It was very ingenuous of Marc to give out his personal information over the internet.

My daughter's ingenuous comment...
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Past Episodes
April
22
2008
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ENCUMBER = (verb) 1. to burden or weigh down; 2. to impede, hamper, or hold back. restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

Synonyms: burden, impede, hamper, hinder

Antonyms: help,...
April
21
2008
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RAMPART = a defensive fortification, specifically, a mound of earth topped by a wall

Synonyms: fortification, barrier, embankment, wall

Antonyms: opening, passage

The rampart surrounding the fort did not prevent the fort in the battle....
April
16
2008
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= UNFLAPPABLE =

DEFINITION:
(adjective) composed and able to remain calm when facing difficult situations. Having or showing calmness in a crisis.

SYNONYMS:
composed, calm, cool, collected, unflustered

ANTONYMS:
flustered,...
April
15
2008
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FLOUT = (verb) to show contempt or disregard for a law or convention by openly disobeying or defying it. Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention)

Synonyms: spurn, mock, deride, gibe,

Antonyms: obey, follow

The new intern flouted...
April
14
2008
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EMBEZZLE = (verb) to use or take entrusted money for personal gain. steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

His plan to embezzle money from the bank was unsuccessful.

Underestimation...
April
14
2008
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EMBEZZLE = (verb) to use or take entrusted money for personal gain. steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

His plan to embezzle money from the bank was unsuccessful.

Underestimation...
April
11
2008
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INGENUOUS = (adjective) 1. to be innocent and trusting, sometimes to the point of being foolish; 2. openly candid and sincere

It was very ingenuous of Marc to give out his personal information over the internet.

My daughter's ingenuous comment...
April
10
2008
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PRUDISH = (adjective) overly concerned with being modest or proper. PRUDE = (noun) a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.

- I don't think Lisa would enjoy Amsterdam's Red Light district; she's far too prudish....
April
08
2008
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RECANT = 1. to renounce a, usually controversial, belief; 2. to take back a statement made earlier.

When Martin Luther espoused views that opposed the traditional beliefs of the Catholic Church, religious leaders asked him to recant.

Marc...
April
08
2008
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CARICATURE = (verb and noun) 1. an extreme description or exaggeration of someone or something done for comic effect; 2. creation of such comic representations

A caricature can be created in drawing, writing, or even speech.

Marc's brother...
April
05
2008
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DOGMA = (noun) 1. a religious doctrine; 2. a code of beliefs. A fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts

His political dogma paralleled that of the democratic party.

This...
April
03
2008
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HARBINGER = (noun) a sign or indication of future events; (v) to foreshadow or announce something coming in the future.

- The turning of the leaves is a harbinger of winter.

- Their arguments were harbingers of more serious trouble in their...
March
30
2008
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PANACHE = A dashing sense of style and self-confidence.

- Bill Clinton presents with a panache that immediately captures his audience's attention.

- Paris Hilton always throws parties that demonstrate her panache for entertaining.

MOLLIFY...
March
28
2008
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ABSTEMIOUS = marked by moderation and temperance in indulgence (especially with food and drink)

- My mother was an abstemious woman who disapproved of self-indulgence.

- In many abstemious cultures, people abstain from drinking any kind of...
March
25
2008
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TANGENT = (PHRASE) Go of a tangent means: a subject or activity that is different than the one you are talking about or doing. to suddenly start talking or thinking about a completely new subject.

Other meanings are: 1. A straight line that touches...
March
23
2008
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GLOAT = to be smug or self-satisfied or to gain satisfaction from success, good fortune, or the failings of others

Please don't gloat over your victory; it's very unbecoming.

Every time Marc wins an argument, he gloats for hours.

RHETORIC...
March
18
2008
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REVILE= 1. to attack somebody verbally; 2. to use abusive language.

- The judge was reviled in the newspapers for his opinions on rape.

- Works of art are often reviled when they are first produced.

- Jack's mistake wasn't so awful...
March
16
2008
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SAGE = having wisdom which usually comes from age or experience. Wise, especially as a result of great experience:

- Joanne was unusually sage for her youth.

- I was thankful for Lisa's sage advice and glad that I had followed it.

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