vocabulary

chiropodist = one who treats disorders of the feet

use = the chiropodist treated the ingrown nail on the boy's foot

jettison = to throw overboard, abandon

use = The station has jettisoned educational broadcasts

in toto = in full, entirely

use = The available information amounts to very little in toto

stringent = severe, strict

use = stringent laws

consort = spouse

use = he was in love with his consort

snub = ignore

use = she felt snubbed

stereotyped = over simplified, lacking individually, seen as a type

countenance = facial expression, to favor, support

use = He was of noble countenance

predatory = one that eats others

use = The owl is a predatory bird which kills its prey with its claws

hovel = shanty, cabin

use = he had to live in a hovel

verity = Truth

use = in a search for eternal verities

deceive = trick

use = the company deceived customers

acme = summit, highest point

use = the acme of an actor's career



bilk = swindle, cheat, defraud

use = The con man specialized in bilking insurance companies

harbor = give shelter, conceal

use = to harbor a criminal

denotation = the exact literary meaning of a word, designation, definition

use = the dictionary always gives the denotation of a word

invidious = incurring ill-will

use = Such a difficult choice placed her in an invidious position

voluptuous = having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality

undulating = moving in waves

use = undulating roads
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