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English- Shafran Unit II Part II

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*accelerateto increase speed
*compensateto make up for, pay, remunerate
*exaggerateto oversate, magnify, inflate
*humiliateto lower self resport or mortify
*impaleto peirce, thrust through
*jeopardizeto endanger
*perpetrateto perform, carry out
*promulgateto make known, spread widely
*resuscitateto revive, bring back to life
*simulateto feign, pretend, imitate
*metaphoran implied comparison
*moronperson of low intelligence, fool
*nonentitya person or thing of no importance
*parityequality, equivalence
*satellitesmal planet revolving around larger onem person, group, or nation depedent on a largre one
*scrollancient rolled manusript
*similean expressed comparison
*sovereignthe supreme ruler, monarch
*stratumlayer or level
*tenacityunyeilding firmness
velocityspeed or rate of motion in QUANTITIVE sense
celerityspeed r swiftness in QUALITIVE sense
expeditespeed process or action but not of objects
Decelerateopposite of accelerate
recompenseto make compensation in general sense
reimbursepay back money someone has spent for you
indemnify; indemnitypay or agree to pay for losses someone has suffered on your account (indemnity is the actual payment)
reparationpay for damages someone has caused someone else
adulation, blandishment, idolization, eulogyexagerating persons self worth
grandiosnessexaggerates sense of importance of plan
hyperbolepoetic exaggeration
caricatureexaggeratione of details (face, plan, or art)
underestimate, belittle, deflate, depreciateopposite of exaggerate
exalt, honor, glorifyopposite of humiliate
transfixpierce
transactcarry out in simple straighforward manner
evolvesteady improvement
executeact or take action on a matter to carry into completion
executiveperson appointed to administer laws or affairs
prosecutefollow through on something
maneuveruse indirect
propagatespread or promote ideas, beliefs
disseminateinformation distribute widely
proclaimoral announcement with authority and joy
bruitreport rumer spreading it quietly
edictorder, once in privilige of rulers, now used by beauracracy
encylicalmessage from Pope
pronouncementlike dictum, statement from authority afer careful consideration
manifestoformal and somewhat pretentious pronouncement
recuperateregain strength from illness
mixed metaphorcombines two metaphors
perseverance-patience plus tenacity
persistancerepitition or determined continuance
obstinacy or pertinacitystubborn perseverance

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