(adj) stupid; empty-headed
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Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of
miss mary sutherland.
Restricted definitions of this kind are essential in qualitative arms control,
however, without which the whole enterprise would become
vacuous.
This makes a visit to the museum emotionally draining, but intellectually
vacuous.
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Vacuous-ideology-of-neocons
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Vacuous means to be empty-headed. A person can be very vacuous if they have little education or are just ignorant. The picture below show a great representation of the word.
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(v) to bring under control
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Fortunately for iraq, saddam has failed miserably in his attempts to fully
subjugate the people of iraq.
It was restored eleven years later, but by the end of the century it was finally
subjugated to the ultimate will of parliament.
Subjugate others, to establish some visible superiority.
Usage
Subjugate Germany
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Most countries subjugate others or are subjugates themselves. They are taken under control where it is hard to fight back. For example when hitler subjugated to jewish people.
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(adj) (n) cheefully confident, optimistic
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None the less, she remains sanguine about the ability of
british children from many backgrounds to grasp the basics of mandarin.
Although the economy is looking better, we should still not be too sanguine about the future.
Communists are not sanguine pacifists or neutral on the
propagation of such deeply reactionary ideas in our society.
Usage
Sanguine Personality
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Sanguine is also used to describe someon'e personality. People that are sanguine are cheerleaders. They have high spirits as the compete against other cheerleading squads.
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(adj) servile, fawning; subservient
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The fawning of the Minister by obsequious local leaders was so grotesque that the media refused to cover the event in protest.
Great is the magic of love that can restore a man in an instant of time from being an obsequious wreck to a thing of fire and resolution.
When he entered the restaurant, the waiters deserted bankers and merchants to overwhelm him with obsequious service...!!!
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Most of the time when obsequious is used, the word is most likely describing someone's personally. They are very obedient to other and their character is likable.
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(n) foolishness; arroganace
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There is no such hubris now, only a fear that the
unthinkable, the unimaginable has happened.
That is your own hubris to which i alluded just now.
The sheer hubris of buggering about with such a popular,
long-lasting story is astounding.
Usage
tool-use-culture
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Hubris means foolishness and arrogance. Anybody can be hubris so the article relates back to monkeys and how much humans shave changed since then. Also politicians are refered as hubris because of the decisions they make in congress.
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(adj) injurious
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Rather the opposite in fact, channeling money from government to government has
been shown to be positively deleterious to those receiving it.
It would, however, be very deleterious if important subjects
were not adequately covered.
We have also been attempting to estimate the rate of adaptive amino acid
substitution and the proportion of mutations which are slightly
deleterious.
Usage
Chemical Additives
Smoking
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Deleterious means injurious or can cause harm to one. The articles explains about the chemicals in food or smoking that can harm others. They can be very "deleterious"
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(v) to weaken
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It was the enervating heat of the afternoon, perhaps the soporific effect of the
bathing session, or maybe something else entirely.
For indeed i have felt the enervating effects upon the mind of reading in
succession several works of the lighter class.
Because he was recovering from an illness, the elderly man didn't want to participate in the marathon because he knew it would enervate him."
Usage
Health-Conditions
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Eldery people health enervates as they grow old. Anybody health can decline but it is most common in elderly people. The bones and joints weaken and the amount of energy that you did have decreases where you have none.
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(adj) shy timid
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Language can still be a tricky area and can make people feel
diffident in their work.
He distinguishes between the first and second category, tho in a rather
diffident manner.
Building up the courage to visit a doctor you may feel very
diffident or even scared at the prospect of going to a doctor.
Usage
Diffident in Autism
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Diffident describes someone who is very shy. Sometimes I am diffident because I don't know anyone but once i get to know someone, I open up and I'm not that diffident.
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(
v) to go around.
Sentences:
German-born Freya Hoffmeister becomes the first woman to circumnavigate Australia solo in a sea kayak.
The youngest person ever to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly.
Usage:
Circumnavigating the world
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Circumnavigate is used a lot when people are traveling the world. James Lewis decides to travel the world in a certain amount of time so he Circumnavigates.
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(adj) Chacterized by abstinence or moderation.
Sentences:
The athlete's abstemious diet did not give her enough energy.
The best way to extend your life expectancy may not be through any diet, pill, or exercise regime, but simply by living an abstemious lifestyle.
Vladimir Putin is famously abstemious and has voiced his concerns
about alcohol.
Usage:
Live Strong
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In the articles above abstemious is used to describe a type of lifestyle; mostly health. It is very important to live abstemious lifestyle in order to survive.
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