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All Quiet on the Western Front

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  1. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
    His performance since suggests that the Utah game was an aberration. Los Angeles Times (Oct 10, 2016)
  2. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
    Attackers set fire to vehicles in the parking lot - including Brown’s official car - producing much acrid, black smoke. Washington Times (Oct 8, 2016)
  3. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
    The affable host teased and mussed up Trump’s hair instead of asking real, hard-hitting questions. Washington Post (Oct 9, 2016)
  4. anemic
    relating to or having a deficiency of red blood cells
    Political challenges risk pushing the global economy off the rails in a world of record debt, vulnerable banks and anemic growth. Wall Street Journal (Oct 9, 2016)
  5. apoplexy
    a loss of consciousness from the lack of oxygen in the brain
    Apoplexy would be a kind description of their response. New York Times (Sep 6, 2016)
  6. aspirant
    an ambitious young person
    Our campaign to elect a woman UN secretary general gave the international community the opportunity to witness the breadth and depth of the female aspirants. The Guardian (Oct 11, 2016)
  7. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
    Roads are blocked with detritus, trees turned to tinder, homes reduced to mounds of stone and rusted tin shards cleaved from roofs. New York Times (Oct 10, 2016)
  8. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
    Vi is making his nightly search for destitute children sleeping on the streets of Vietnam’s capital city. The Guardian (Oct 5, 2016)
  9. impinge
    infringe upon
    She became disenchanted when a family shrine disappeared from the summit and the plans for the outriggers impinged on a cinder cone. New York Times (Oct 3, 2016)
  10. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
    The Louisiana Legislature has been derelict in its duty to provide funding for indigent defense. Washington Times (Oct 5, 2016)
  11. inducement
    a positive motivational influence
    One tech company recruiting software engineers here is dangling the next-generation Tesla model as an inducement for joining up. Seattle Times (Oct 8, 2016)
  12. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
    Cardona favored a cocktail of heavy tranquillizers and Red Bull, administered at regular intervals throughout the day, which rendered him alert but insensate. The New Yorker (Sep 5, 2016)
  13. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
    For an indefinite time I remain completely irresolute. Into Thin Air
  14. opalescent
    having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
    “I love this,” he says, opening the door to one of the greenhouses, where the opalescent light illuminates sprawling green sweet potato vines. Washington Times (Aug 29, 2016)
  15. precipitous
    extremely steep
    The population’s precipitous decline was wrought by European diseases and violent attacks. Salon (Oct 10, 2016)
  16. quartermaster
    an officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
    Scheisskopf was not sanguine at all about obtaining that many nickel-alloy swivels from Quartermaster or enlisting the cooperation of the surgeons at the hospital. Catch-22
  17. reminiscence
    a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
    Although she claims to share her father’s “incapacity for reminiscence,” she and I went there to talk about her past. The New Yorker (Oct 10, 2016)
  18. renunciation
    the act of sacrificing or giving up or surrendering
    Meanwhile, in What a City Is For, Matt Hern offers both a development and a contemporary renunciation of Jacobs's thinking. Nature (Sep 27, 2016)
  19. requisition
    an authoritative demand
    Even worse, your boss opened a job requisition in order to hire someone from the outside for the very same skill set you demonstrate! US News (Sep 27, 2016)
  20. taper
    diminish gradually
    A taper fade and beard shape-up, nothing off the top. Washington Post (Oct 9, 2016)
Created on Tue Oct 11 10:32:37 EDT 2016 (updated Fri Oct 13 08:14:03 EDT 2017)

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