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Meaning of chimera, ligneous, allure, disperse, perdition, benevolent, rapacious, abridge, tepid, awry
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Meaning of chimera (noun)
impossible fancy; wild illusion

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Perhaps he saw a flying saucer, but perhaps it was only a chimera.

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Meaning of ligneous (adjective)
having the composition of wood; woody

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The ligneous material appeared to be pure maple.

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Meaning of allure (verb)
to attract; to tempt; to charm

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The romantic young man allured the beautiful woman by preparing a wonderful dinner.

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Meaning of disperse (verb)
to scatter; to separate; to send out

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The pilots dispersed the food drops over a wide area of devastation.
Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd.

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Meaning of perdition (noun)
ruination; purgatory; destruction; hell

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The perdition of the building was caused by the strong quake.

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Meaning of benevolent (adjective)
kind; generous

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The professor proved a tough questioner, but a benevolent grader.
The benevolent gentleman volunteered his services.

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Meaning of rapacious (adjective)
using force to take; selfish; greedy; predatory; covetous

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Rapacious actions were needed to take the gun from the intruder.

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Meaning of abridge (verb)
to shorten; to limit; to condense

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The editor abridged the story to make the book easier to digest.

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Meaning of tepid (adjective)
lacking warmth or interest; lukewarm

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The tepid bath water was perfect for relaxing after a long day.

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Meaning of awry (adverb)
wrong; askew

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Things first started to look awry when the musicians, or should I say actors (the instruments seemed prerecorded, as far as I can tell), appeared on the stage.

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