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Meaning of atrophy, tyranny, prodigious, foster, inundate, ingenuous, irrational, maculate, rebuff, askance
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Meaning of atrophy (noun)
failure to grow

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The atrophy of the muscles was due to the injury.

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Meaning of tyranny (noun)
absolute power; autocracy

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The people were upset because they had no voice in the government that the king ran as a tyranny.

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Meaning of prodigious (adjective)
wonderful; enormous; huge; excellent; great; amazing

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The prodigious festivities lasted until the wee hours of the morning.
The Empire State Building required a prodigious amount of steel to erect.

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Meaning of foster (verb)
to encourage; to nurture; to support; to care for; to raise

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A good practice routine fosters success.
After the severe storm the gardener fostered many of his plants back to health.

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Meaning of inundate (verb)
to flood; to overwhelm with a large amount of

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The broken water main inundated the business district with water.
Surfing the Internet can inundate you with information: That's why a web browser comes in handy.

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Meaning of ingenuous (adjective)
noble; honorable; candid; artless; honest; innocent

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The ingenuous doctor had a great bedside manner, especially when it came to laying out the full implications of an illness.

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Meaning of irrational (adjective)
not logical; senseless; absurd

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It would be irrational to climb Mt. Everest without some very warm clothing.

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Meaning of maculate (verb)
to stain; spot; defile; to dirty

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Grape juice maculated the carpet.

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Meaning of rebuff (noun)
blunt refusal to offered help; rejection; refusal; snub

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The rebuff of her aid plan came as a shock.

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Meaning of askance (adverb)
a sideways glance of disapproval

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The look askance proved the guard suspected some wrongdoing.

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