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adj.
that makes, or should make, you feel ashamed
very embassassing, especially because of making you seem very unsuccessful or
unimportant
e.g.
to a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostle of martial values,
tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominous gateways by
,the great and famous.
syn.
humiliating, embarrassing, shameful, disgraceful, reprehensible, dishonourable,
disreputable, , discreditable, despicable
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ignominous
n.
the part of a rock formation that is exposed on the surface of the ground.
a rock, a group of rocks, that sticks up out of the ground.
v.
too stick out of the ground as an outcrop.
e.g.
This kind of writing is not yet universal, and outcrops of simplicity will occur here and
there in the worst-written page.
Syn.
ridge, bluff, boulder, outlier, protrusion, protuberance, projection
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outcrop
v.
to fall back into wrong doing or bad habit after an attempt to act in a better way
e.g.
,We now know, absent policy backsliding, that the administration aims to have all
troops out of the country by September.
Syn.
relapse, lapse, revert, regress, slip back
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backslide
v.
~ sth
to give your support to a belief, policy, etc.
e.g.
They espouced the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.
Syn.
adopt, advocate, support, promote, embrace
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espouce
v.
to promise to pay sb an amount of money if they suffer any damage or loss
to pay sb an amount of money because of the damage or loss that they have suffered
e.g.
literature is the effort of man indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.
, Syn.
insure, underwrite, assure, reimburse, compensate
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indemnify
adj.
strongly and clearly expressed in a way that influences what people believe
forceful and convincing to the intellect and reason
e.g.
But if did not get cogent and effective execution, cannot turn into idea actual word,
again grandiose concept also is of no help.
syn.
forceful, convincing, persuasive, clear, lucid, strong, coherent, sound
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cogent
n.
1. the first public display of a new product
2. a lunch of a new product that involves gradually increasing the number of outlets
where it is available to the public.
e.g.
Key early WikiLeaks members have fallen out with Assange, and the organization lost
control over the rollout of its cable cache months ago.
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