lesson 5

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compel
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force, against your will
I was ___ out of the room
prodigality
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generosity, a will to spend money or valuable items
Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with ___, tipped out at a cheerful word
caterer
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providing food or goods to a company
At least once a fortnight a crop of ___ came down with several hundred feet of canvas
toil with
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busy with hard work
eight servants, including an extra gardener, ___ all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes
raft
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a construction that floats on the water used to cross rivers and carry goods
At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his ___
brisk
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fast, lively, energetic
his station wagon scampered like a ___ yellow bug to meet all trains.
checkers
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a strategy game with black and white pieces that are moved by a player
draughts
Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a ___ to another square.
upholstery
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material (leather, fabric) used to cover furniture, usually sofas or armchairs
she selected a new sofa, lavender-colored with gray ___
spring
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flexible coiled piece of steel
The return ___ snaps the latch shut securely every time.
pivotal
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crucial, extra important, main
Reading comprehension plays a ___ role in rational consumption of content
fondle
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scratch, rub, squish, play with
where she ___ dog's weatherproof coat with rapture.
pastoral
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associated with peacful, biblical images
We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost ___, on the summer Sunday afternoon
wistful
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rather sad, yearning
he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant ___ of his own.
defiant
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blazing, brave, undefeatable
he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, ___ wistfulness of his own.
fractious
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moody, capricious, fanciful
His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of ___ he conveyed.
apron
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a piece of clothing used to cover you from dirt and oil
ladle
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a tool used to draw liquid from a pot
corkscrew
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a tool used to remove caps from the bottles
permeate
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get into, fill in, move into
The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails ___ the garden outside
libel
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not true, disinformation, fake news
It's all ___. Im not getting married.
lead
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soft toxic metal used for bullets
obtrusive
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annoying, bothering people around you
His ___ music wasn't letting us fall asleep
wan
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tired, pale, lacking emotions
Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a ___, charming, discontented face
banter
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have a chat, be friendly, joke and laugh
Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a ___ inconsequence
peremptory
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firm, decisive, definite, closed-minded
as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his ___ heart.
conoct
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roughly made, constructed from big pieces, unbelievable
The lies he ___ were smooth, and no one guessed something's wrong
transcedent
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pivotal, paramount, out-shining others, gaining popularity
where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a ___ effort, of men who move dimly
dismal
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gloomy, dark, depressing, stark
the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the ___ scene for as long as half an hour
kindling
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sticks and branches used for keeping the flames burn
grate
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to rub against spiky surface causing destruction and reduction into small pieces
Mom ___ some cheese into the bowl

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