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solstice = furthest point
use = the winter solstice


advert = advertisement, refer to
use = since you advert to this matter frequently, it must be important


gauntlet = leather glove
use = take up the gauntlet and meet the adversary


insouciant = nonchalant
use = insouciant attitude


pied = mottled, brindled
use = pied piper of Hamlin





charlatan = quack, fake
use = the charlatan was caught




finicky = meticulous, fussy
use = He's terribly finicky about his food


turnkey = jailer
use = by bribing the turnkey


quarry = prey, game
use = a granite quarry


marred = damaged, disfigured
use = the marred surface of the table


wizened = shriveled
use = a wizened old man with yellow skin and deep wrinkles





irksome = Wearisome
use = he found working in the office irksome


depose = testify, to remove from a high position
use = was deposed as a leader


petrify = calcify, shock
use = the punishment petrified the students


fallacious = wrong, unsound, illogical
use = fallacious argument


apathetic = unconcerned, indifferent
use = Young people today are so apathetic about politics



perpetrate = commit
use = to perpetrate atrocities against innocent people


cognate = from the same source, related
use = The Italian word 'mangiare' is cognate with the French 'manger', both of which mean 'to eat'














exhort = strongly urge
use = The governor exhorted the prisoners not to riot


fete = to honor
use = She was feted by audiences


quietude = tranquility
use = the monk lived in quietude of the jungle