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drudge

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (noun) A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
Synonyms: navvy, peon, galley slave.
Usage: Picking up after my ungrateful kids every day makes me feel like little more than a household drudge.
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manumit

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (verb) Free from slavery or servitude.
Synonyms: emancipate.
Usage: If I truly wanted to manumit the slave boy, I would have to buy his freedom.
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coddle

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (verb) Treat with excessive indulgence.
Synonyms: baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, indulge.
Usage: I have warned her not to spoil the children, but she chooses to coddle them anyway.
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recidivate

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (verb) To return to a previous pattern of behavior, especially to return to criminal habits.
Synonyms: relapse, retrogress, lapse, regress, fall back.
Usage: I did not mean to recidivate, but burgling homes is second nature to me.
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embolden

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (verb) To foster boldness or courage in; encourage.
Synonyms: cheer, hearten.
Usage: Emboldened by the success of his first novel, he started on a second.
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dingle

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (noun) A small wooded hollow.
Synonyms: dell.
Usage: For no reason but that his fancy led him, he … walked down the grassy sunny slope of the open meadow, and so came to the little dingle.
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insolence

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (noun) An instance of insolent behavior, treatment, or speech.
Synonyms: rudeness, cheek.
Usage: Sara sassed the teacher and was given detention for her insolence.
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declamatory

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (adjective) Ostentatiously lofty in style.
Synonyms: bombastic, orotund, tumid, turgid, large.
Usage: He has a reputation for making bold, declamatory statements.
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heart-to-heart

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMT

Definition: (noun) An intimate talk in private.
Synonyms: tête-à-tête.
Usage: It felt good to open up, and I left our heart-to-heart feeling as though a great weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
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