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Cache

The squirrel hid his collection of nuts in a small

cache

in the tree.Slide3

CACHE

Noun (and verb-to put in cache)

a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.

anything so hidden

a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc. Slide4

Subside

For reasons that scientists still do not comprehend, every few years the trade winds

subside

or even disappear.Slide5

SUBSIDE

Verb

to sink to a low or lower level.

to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate.

to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitateSlide6

Caustic

Lye is a

caustic

substance traditionally used to make soap.Slide7

CAUSTIC

Adjective

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

severely critical or sarcastic.Slide8

Gourmet

The owner and chef is a slow food fan and specializes in

gourmet

presentation.Slide9

GOURMET

Noun

a connoisseur of fine food and drink (noun).

Adjective

of or characteristic of a gourmet, especially in involving or purporting to involve high-quality or exotic ingredients and skilled preparation (adjective).

elaborately equipped for the preparation of fancy, specialized, or exotic meals (adjective).Slide10

Elude

With luck and quick maneuvering he was able to

elude

 them, but just barely. Slide11

ELUDE

Verb

to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade (verb).

to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of.Slide12

Prudent

In any case, it's

prudent

to limit your intake of high-sodium processed and prepared food.Slide13

PRUDENT

wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober (adjective).

careful in providing for the future; provident.Slide14

Bazaar

The traders converge on the annual

bazaar

with feed for their beasts and food for themselves.Slide15

BAZAAR

Noun

a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East (noun).

a sale of miscellaneous contributed articles to benefit some charity, cause, organization, etc. (noun). Slide16

Vacillate

He may

vacillate

awhile longer, perhaps even ultimately settling on a third school, but he has begun his applications to college.Slide17

VACILLATE

Verb

to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute (verb).

to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.Slide18

Corrosive

Check that water destined for re-use is not contaminated so that it becomes 

corrosive

 or causes excessive build-up of scale.The loops which pass through the padlock of your chastity device are fashioned with brass ferrules and are non corrosive

.Slide19

Corrosive

adjective

1. having the quality of

corroding

 or eating away; erosive.

2. harmful or destructive; deleterious: the corrosive effect of

poverty

 on their

marriage

. 3. sharply sarcastic; caustic: corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity. noun

4. something corrosive, as an acid or drug. Slide20

Rhapsody

I'm going to be playing some 

rhapsody

 so that I can annoy Alex.Rhapsody on the piano backstage and didn't realize the audience had come in.Slide21

Rhapsody

noun, plural

rhap·so·dies

.

1. Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.

2. an ecstatic

expression

 of feeling or enthusiasm.

3. an epic poem, or a part of such a poem, as a book of the Iliad,  suitable for recitation at one time.

4. a similar piece of modern literature.

5. an unusually intense or irregular poem or piece of prose. Slide22

Lure

Lure

 the shoppers into their stores.

Lenders could not resist the lure of what in fact was fool's gold.Lured away from the show with an offer to do his own series on rival ABC.Slide23

Lure

Noun

1. anything that attracts, entices, or allures.

2. the power of attracting or enticing.

3. a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in fishing or trapping.

4. Falconry. a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long

line

 and sometimes baited with raw meat.

5. a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region. Slide24

Apathetic

Early in their routine at center court, the crowd seemed to be unimpressed, almost 

apathetic

.At least they're engaged and not apathetic

.

The reaction among voters has been 

apathetic

 or downright hostile.

If this requires them to be made angry, that is better than remaining in ignorance, uninformed

and apathetic.Slide25

Apathetic

adjective

having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.

2. not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience. Slide26

Annals

There is a new installment in the 

annals

 of loneliness.But this is simply an unusually blatant example to add to the annals

 of journalistic collusion with government.

In the 

annals

 of inventing, ingenuity and eccentricity often seem to go hand in hand.

It is easier to navigate the rectum, sigmoid, and left colon as discussed in the 

annals article.In the annals of science fiction, humans and non-avian dinosaurs have been brought together in a variety of ways.Slide27

Annals

noun ( used with a plural verb )

1. a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in

chronological order

.

2. historical records generally: the annals of war.

3. a periodical publication containing the formal reports of an

organization

 or learned field. Slide28

Yield

Because the earnings 

yield

 is a rate of return, it can be directly compared with other rates of return.It was evident no reaction engine would ever yield

 true space travel.

Even if the boat holds, I wonder when my stomach will 

yield

 to seasickness.

Standard strawberries 

yield 5 to 10 quarts of berries per 10 ft.The view from above can yield insights on the ground.Slide29

Yield

verb (used with object)

1. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.

2. to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment

will

 yield a handsome return.

3. to give up, as to superior power or authority: They yielded the fort to the enemy.

4. to give up or surrender (oneself): He yielded himself to temptation.

5. to give up or over; relinquish or resign: to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio. Slide30

Clarion

Clarion has been making dashboards glow green with car stereos for years.

The military's record of answering those 

clarion calls has been uneven, however.At the other end, you have the 

clarion

 call to treat cyberspace as a theater in a war.

But two studies released this fall added a sour note to the 

clarion

 call.

His voice rises, a crescendo of persuasion, a clarion for the cause.Slide31

Clarion

adjective

1. clear and shrill: the clarion call of a battle trumpet.

noun

2. an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.

3. the

sound

 of this instrument.

4. any similar sound. Slide32

Pundit

Read any tech 

pundit

's review and it is easy to see that the iPhone changed the game.On the other hand, try to find a politician or political pundit who admits that their biases were wrong in the slightest way.

The average stock market 

pundit

 isn't typically this wrong.Slide33

Pundit

noun

1. a learned person, expert, or authority.

2. a person who makes comments or judgments, especially in an authoritative manner; critic or commentator. Slide34

Muffle

He turned from side to side and tried to 

muffle

 his ears with the pillow.In their declamations and speeches they made use of words to veil and muffle

 their design.

Muffle any peripheral truck noise, as needed, with the blankets.

Enormous, well-padded ear cups can 

muffle

 critical sounds, regardless of whether the noise-canceling feature is activated.

The percussion also served to muffle the footsteps of her husband.Slide35

Muffle

verb (used with object),

muf·fled

,

muf·fling

.

1. to wrap with something to deaden or prevent

sound

: to muffle drums.

2. to deaden (sound) by wrappings or other means.

3. to wrap or envelop in a cloak, shawl, coat, etc., especially to keep warm or protect the face and neck (often followed by up  ): Muffle up the children before they go out.

4. to wrap (oneself) in a garment or other covering: muffled in silk.

5. to alter temporarily the profile of (a plaster mold) in order to run a base coat of plaster that

will

 later be covered by a finish coat having the true profile. Slide36

Unbridled

Several other governments have felt the lash of his 

unbridled

 tongue.Changing diet, with a growing emphasis on meat, illustrates the environmental and societal toll exacted by 

unbridled

 consumption.

Greenspan's retirement should be viewed as a serious risk factor, not as an opportunity for 

unbridled

prosperity

.Audrey will be remembered for her tireless energy and unbridled enthusiasm for life.Slide37

Unbridled

adjective

1. not controlled or restrained: unbridled enthusiasm. Slide38

Foray

Now, however, it is making a determined 

foray

 into online friendships.But as companies continue their foray into

personalised

medicine, the courts will remain rather busy.

But his 

foray

 into the humanities never left his side.

It's another foray into the field of bomb-hunting technology.His free speech foray was rewarded with regular visits to the principal's office.Slide39

Foray

noun

1. a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.

2. a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.

3. an initial venture: a successful foray into

politics

.

verb (used without object)

4. to make a raid; pillage; maraud.

5. to invade or make one's way, as for profit or adventure: foreign industries foraying into U.S. markets. Slide40

Dwindle

But after the first couple of years, production tends to drop off precipitously, and the royalty checks will 

dwindle

.Tuition will increase across all higher-education sectors and state-financed student aid will continue

to

dwindle

 or remain flat.

The expedition's food supplies soon began to 

dwindle

.As food supplies dwindle populations sustained by aid will have to fend for themselves.When blood supplies dwindle a solution must be found.Slide41

Dwindle

verb (used without object),

dwin·dled

,

dwin·dling

.

1. to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.

2. to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.

verb (used with object),

dwin·dled

,

dwin·dling

.

3. to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition. Slide42

Superficial

Do not be swayed by political conformity or accept 

superficial

 sources of information regardless of the trust you feel for them.But the superficial

 reasonableness of a claim isn't enough to be confident that it is true.

And indeed there is a 

superficial

 similarity between the two movements of population.

The 

superficial interest of the media in this is itself startling.The target audience is likely to have an interest in superficial knowledge of a widely diverse array of topics.Slide43

Superficial

adjective

1. being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.

2. of or pertaining to the surface: superficial measurement.

3. external or outward: a superficial resemblance.

4. concerned with or comprehending only what is on the surface or obvious: a superficial observer.

5. shallow; not profound or thorough: a superficial writer. Slide44

Venture

But 

venture

 capitalists spread their risk and raise new capital by selling part of the investment early.We need to praise any and all efforts that attempt to establish such an accessible 

venture

.

Many guests never even 

venture

 out to the rest of the island.

Then you venture into the water up to your ankles, and your feet promptly go numb.But in the end, the much-touted venture did not yield enough of the stuff for a single belt buckle.Slide45

Venture

noun

1. an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.

2. a business enterprise or speculation in

which

 something is risked in the hope of profit; a commercial or other speculation.

3. the money, ship, cargo, merchandise, or the like, on which risk is taken in a business enterprise or speculation.

4. Obsolete . hazard or risk.

verb (used with object),

ven·tured

,

ven·tur·ing

.

5. to expose to hazard; risk: to venture one's fortune; to venture one's life.

6. to take the risk of; brave the dangers of: to venture a voyage into space.

7. to undertake to express, as when opposition or resistance appears likely to follow; be bold enough; dare: I venture to say that you are behaving foolishly.

8. to take the risk of sending. Slide46

Plead

It is true that defense counsel usually end up advising clients to 

plead

 guilty.If editors and publishers plead poverty in this era of declining circulation, he.

If the police stopped him, he'd 

plead

 poverty and tiny mouths to feed, and send them home with an armload of fruit.Slide47

Plead

verb (used without object),

plead·ed

or pled, plead·ing

.

1. to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.

2. to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the

job

.

3. to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him. 4. Law.

a. to make any allegation or

plea

 in an action at law.

b. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.

c. to address a court as an advocate.

d. Obsolete . to prosecute a suit or action at law. Slide48

Intrepid

And the sea's

silty

, cold waters made visibility almost nonexistent for the intrepid few who wanted to explore the medieval ruins.

Only time and more fossils will reveal who these 

intrepid

 travelers were and why they left their motherland.

Intrepid biologists attach a digital acoustic tag to a pilot whale.

It's a great book that combines biography, natural history, and 

intrepid on-the-ground reporting.Slide49

Intrepid

adjective

resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer. Slide50

Whim

The difference between a brilliant idea and an utter failure is that squishiest benchmark in business: the 

whim

 of customers.He should have an entourage of hangers-on jumping at his every 

whim

.

Creatures like jellyfish lack their own way to get around and are mostly left to the 

whim

 of the wind and currents.

It's quick and easy to take your picture in a booth on a whim.Most prosecutors can still be fired on a political whim.Slide51

Whim

noun

1. an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy: a sudden whim to take a midnight walk.

2. capricious humor: to be swayed by whim.