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Excruciating 1100 Words You Need Week 8 Day 4

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Excruciating 1100 Words You Need Excruciating 1100 Words You Need /ɪkˈskruː.ʃi.eɪ.tɪŋ/ (adj) Excruciating definition 1. extremely painful, agonizing, unbearable, awful, piercing, tormenting, racking, sharp, acute, severe, intense: Example an excruciating pain in the lower back 2. extremely boring or embarrassing, irritating, toe-curling, tedious, infuriating: excruciating boredom His confession, when it came, was excruciating. Antonyms enthralling,…

Pithy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

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Pithy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈpɪθ.i/ (adj) Definition (of speech or writing) short and expressive, terse, laconic, witty, to the point, epigrammatic, succinct, curt, brief, acute, concise, compact, condensed Example When trying to share our opinions, many of us have trouble speaking pithily and getting to the point. This is compounded by the fact that some…

Trenchant 1100 Words You Need Week 20 Day 3

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Trenchant 1100 Words You Need Trenchant 1100 Words You Need /ˈtren.tʃənt/ (adj) expressed in a direct and incisive manner, expressing strong criticism and forceful opinions, straightforward, candid, to the point, cutting, sharp, biting, acerbic, severe, penetrating, forthright, caustic In April 1989 a trenchant critic of Roger Douglas’s economic policies, Jim Anderton, resigned from the Labour…

Drastic – English Flashcard for Drastic with Synonyms

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Drastic Drastic (adj) /ˈdræs.tɪk/ having a strong influence or effect – severe – extreme – marked and easily noticed – radical – dire – far-reaching – acute: In that critical situation, he had to take the bull by the horns and take drastic action immediately. Antonym: modest Adverb: drastically

Severity 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27

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Severity 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /sɪˈver.ɪ.ti/ (noun) the state of being intense or severe, intenseness, intensity, harshness, strictness, cruelty, sternness, ruthlessness, cruelty, brutality, relentlessness – seriousness, gravity, acuteness – simplicity, bareness, plainness We compared three assessor types (self-assessors, peer-assessors, and teacher assessors) to determine whether they differed in the levels of severity they…

Keen GRE Vocabulary Flashcard for Keen

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Keen GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Keen GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /kiːn/ (adj) very interested, eager or wanting (to do) something very much, fanatical, willing, desirous, dedicated, devoted, acute, canny, quick, enthusiastic, zealous, sharp, intense, deep, profound, ardent, sharp-edged, sensitive: They were very keen to start work as soon as possible. a keen north wind a keen sense…

Acute – English Flashcard for Acute with Synonyms

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Acute Acute /əˈkjuːt/ (adj) extremely serious and painful – grave – intense – intelligent and perceptive – shrewd – keen – astute – sharp – sensitive to details – (of an angle) less than 90 degrees His unsuccessful lecture before an audience of 100 entrepreneurs caused him acute embarrassment.