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1. GUNG-HO (ADJECTIVE)
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enthusiastic
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Synonyms
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lively, effusive
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Antonyms
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calm, moderate
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Example Sentence
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Now it’s true, he makes no campaign
contributions, so he’s obviously not a gung-ho big-P Political Republican.
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2. HOODLUM (NOUN)
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crook
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Synonyms
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criminal, gangster
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Antonyms
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uncorrupt, legitimate
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Example Sentence
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When they came out into the street the hoodlum
crowd had dispersed.
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3. IMMURE (VERB)
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confine
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Synonyms
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cloister, seclude
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Antonyms
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free, release
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Example Sentence
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You, who are so full of life and health and
exuberant spirits, immure yourself in a cloister!
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4. IMBUE (VERB)
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infuse, saturate
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Synonyms
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permeate, inculcate
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Antonyms
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take out, drain
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Example Sentence
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Now, way up high in the North Carolina
mountains, a Land of Oz can imbue a little magic.
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5. HINDSIGHT (NOUN)
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retrospect
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Synonyms
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experience, recollection
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Antonyms
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ignorance, neglect
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Example Sentence
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Polls this far from Election Day are useless
in the present and hilarious in hindsight.
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6. DRIVEL (NOUN)
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foolish talk
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Synonyms
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babble, nonsense
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Antonyms
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sense, truth
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Example Sentence
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Assuredly they are not—in utter stolidity of
platitude and absolute impotence of drivel.
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7. HETERODOX (ADJECTIVE)
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heretical
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Synonyms
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dissident, doubtful
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Antonyms
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sure, confident
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Example Sentence
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More than many, he understood the electoral
attractions of a heterodox Democratic party.
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8. GERRYMANDER (VERB)
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arrange for certain outcome
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Synonyms
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falsify, manipulate
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Antonyms
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explain, purify
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Example Sentence
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Consequently, every apportionment act involves
more or less of the gerrymander.
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9. TOTTERY (ADJECTIVE)
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unstable
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Synonyms
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inconsistent, insecure
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Antonyms
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steady, unchanging
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Example Sentence
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His eyes were bulging, and he was tottery on
his feet, swaying from side to side and still making a fight with his hands.
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10. INFIDEL (NOUN)
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nonbeliever
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Synonyms
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agnostic, gentile
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Antonyms
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believer, follower
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Example Sentence
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Leaflets were widely distributed during that
era saying that facial covering was what separated the Muslim woman from the
infidel.
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