As used in each of the following examples, what does the underlined word most nearly mean:
- There were the floating, pale-grey clouds; and the immitigable tree; the implacable tree with its greaved silver bark.
- the quality of not being sensible and careful
- capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
- impossible to make less harmful or unpleasant
- Pouring down the walls of my mind, running together, the day falls copious, resplendent.
- able to accept as true (without proof)
- abundant (large in quantity or number)
- able to be protected or kept unchanged
- Everything became softly amorphous, as if the china of the plate flowed and the steel of the knife were liquid.
- aware or concerned about something
- without clearly defined boundaries
- relating to a theory of psychiatry
- He lays the whirling dust clouds in my tremulous, my ignominiously agitated mind—how we danced round the Christmas tree and handing parcels they forgot me, and the fat woman said, "This little boy has no present," and gave me a shiny Union Jack from the top of the tree, and I cried with fury—to be remembered with pity.
- in a manner that deserves or brings disgrace or shame
- in a manner that is clear, so it is easily understood
- in a manner that cannot be explained or accounted for
- ...born entire, out of hatred, out of discord.
- characterized by narrower parallel folds when closed and wider when open
- design based on alphabetic letters; or adding such a design to something
- conflict
- Each sang stridently, with passion, with vehemence, as if to let the song burst out of it, no matter if it shattered the song of another bird with harsh discord.
- take on or adopt
- sounding bad in combination
- make more varied
- He is shaded with innumerable perplexities, or he would go with them to play cricket, and would lie in the grass, watching the sky, and would start when the ball was hit.
- the quality of being Dutch
- too numerous to be counted
- able to meet and talk with
- But here bells ring; feet shuffle perpetually.
- in a way that is not appropriate in size, amount, or degree relative to something else
- in a manner that is so bad it is laughable or contemptible -- possibly mixed with pity
- continuing forever without change
or:
occurring so frequently it seems continual - The telegraph poles bob up incessantly; one is felled, another rises.
- accidentally
- continuously
- thoughtfully
- My body instantly of its own accord puts forth a frill under his gaze.
- India's old hereditary system of social ranking
- sets that do not have any of the same elements
- own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
- In the garden the birds that had sung erratically and spasmodically in the dawn on that tree, on that bush, now sang together in chorus, shrill and sharp; now together, as if conscious of companionship, now alone as if to the pale blue sky.
- in a manner where a clear decision is not made
- in an improper, awkward, or unfavorable manner
- in a manner that is irregular or unpredictable
- But Neville, delicately avoiding interference, stealthily, like a conspirator, hastens back to his room.
- a participant involved in a secret plot
- vaccination (to protect from a disease)
- the study of the origin of the universe
- But when I get up, brushing the crumbs from my waistcoat, I slip too large a tip, a shilling, under the edge of my plate, so that she may not find it till I am gone, and her scorn, as she picks it up with laughter, may not strike on me till I am past the swing-doors.
- not answer questions; or block progress
- disrespect or reject as not good enough
- move from more general to more specific
- Pale, with dark hair, the one who is coming is melancholy, romantic.
- a sad feeling or manner
- about (but not exactly)
- relating to the outside
- Let me visit furtively the treasures I have laid apart.
- while taking pains to avoid being observed; or in a nervous manner (as though hoping not to be seen)
- in a manner related to a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior
- in a manner that provokes, excites, or stimulates -- especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger
- There is, then, a world immune from change.
- not in danger of suffering from something OR relating to disease resistance
- a file folder made from a thin cardboard with a smooth yellowish-brown finish
- physics: the smallest indivisible quantity of something -- especially energy
- We have attained our desire.
- examined in detail to better understand
- moved into position to work; or started
- gained or reached something with effort
- The bell is pressed and I do not ring or give out irrelevant clamours all jangled.
- not relevant (not related to the subject being considered, or not important enough to want to consider)
- a person who works from within to destroy an established order; or relating to such destructive efforts
- the character or degree of bouncing back light (or more rarely: heat, sound, electromagnetic waves...)
- How shall I break up this numbness which discredits my sympathetic heart?
- changes through evolution
- damages the reputation of
- makes nervous or confused
- The structure is now visible; what is inchoate is here stated; we are not so various or so mean; we have made oblongs and stood them upon squares.
- an elongated shape (having more length than width) -- typically of a stretched circle that is longer than an oval, but occasionally used to describe a rectangle
- the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe invaded Muslims in the Holy Land in the Middle East
- soccer: foul kicks taken from 12 yards in front of the goal and defended only by the goalkeeper who cannot advance beyond the goal line until the shot is taken
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