DEFINITION: (adjective) As from an altitude or distance.
SYNONYMS: panoramic.
USAGE: Another pedestrian had entered from the other end…with an astrakhan collar to his coat on this warm night, and a black slouch hat that hid his features from my bird’s-eye view.
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DEFINITION: (verb) Form or shape by forcing through an opening.
SYNONYMS: squeeze out.
USAGE: The pasta machine extruded the dough through a series of small holes, thus shaping it into spaghetti.
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DEFINITION: (verb) State categorically.
SYNONYMS: assert, maintain.
USAGE: They descended, passing the man with the pail, who again asseverated that he had let no intruder pass.
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DEFINITION: (noun) The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people.
SYNONYMS: infection.
USAGE: Arobin caught the contagion of excitement which drew him to Edna like a magnet.
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DEFINITION: (noun) A crafty scheme or cunning design for the accomplishment of a sinister end.
SYNONYMS: intrigue.
USAGE: During his early youth he had to contend against the machinations of a malignant uncle, who would have robbed him of his large possessions.
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DEFINITION: (verb) Represent as less significant or important.
SYNONYMS: understate, minimize.
USAGE: As the police interrogated him, Henry tried desperately to downplay his role in the bank robbery.
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DEFINITION: (noun) Frozen dew that forms a white coating on a surface.
SYNONYMS: rime.
USAGE: In the morning, one will arise as fresh as a lark and look at the window, and see the fields overlaid with hoarfrost, and fine icicles hanging from the naked branches.
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DEFINITION: (adjective) Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
SYNONYMS: unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering, firm, steady, stiff.
USAGE: He remained steadfast in his belief that he had done the right thing.
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DEFINITION: (adjective) Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon.
SYNONYMS: lunatic.
USAGE: You are the first Avonlea girl who has ever gone to college; and you know that all pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness.
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DEFINITION: (verb) Walk with great difficulty.
SYNONYMS: stagger.
USAGE: Dave refused to run quietly on the trail behind the sled…but continued to flounder alongside in the soft snow, where the going was most difficult, till exhausted.
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