NUMBER
|
WORD
|
DEFINITION
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SENTENCE EXAMPLE
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1
|
COWRIES
|
A shiny shell of a type of snail
|
The Ibo tribes used cowries as their currency
|
2
|
TEMERITY
|
The quality of being confident of danger or
punishment
|
He was punished for his temerity
|
3
|
UNMITIGATED
|
Complete and total
|
It looks like another one of your get-rich-quick
schemes has ended in unmitigated failure
|
4
|
IMPASSABLE
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Impossible to cross over
|
The roads were made impassable by the flood
|
5
|
KINDLING
|
Dry twigs, pieces of paper etc that burn easily
and are used to start a fire
|
Ewell dropped the kindling after she saw the
road accident
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