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Meaning of doggerel, tenuous, strident, sequester, unpretentious, execute, revile, authoritarian, analogy, dither
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Meaning of doggerel (noun)
verse characterized by forced rhyme and meter; poorly written poetry

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Contrary to its appearance, doggerel can contain some weighty messages.

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Meaning of tenuous (adjective)
thin; slim; delicate; weak; sparse

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The hurricane force winds ripped the tenuous branches from the tree.
The spectators panicked as they watched the cement block dangle from one tenuous piece of twine.

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Meaning of strident (adjective)
creaking; harsh; grating

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Her strident voice hampered her chances of getting the announcer position.

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Meaning of sequester (verb)
to separate; to segregate; to seclude; to set apart

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The jury was sequestered at the local inn.

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Meaning of unpretentious (adjective)
simple; plain; modest

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He was an unpretentious farmer: An old John Deere and a beat-up Ford pick-up were all he needed to get the job done.

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Meaning of execute (verb)
to put to death; to kill; to carry out; to fulfill

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The evil, murderous man was executed for killing several innocent children.
I expected him to execute my orders immediately.

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Meaning of revile (verb)
to be abusive in speech; to disparage; to deride

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It is not appropriate for a teacher to revile a student.

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Meaning of authoritarian (adjective)
acting as a dictator; demanding obedience

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Fidel Castro is reluctant to give up his authoritarian rule.

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Meaning of analogy (noun)
similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability

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The teacher used an analogy to describe the similarities between the two books.
Comparing the newly discovered virus with one found long ago, the scientist made an analogy between the two organisms.

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Meaning of dither (verb)
to act indecisively; to tremble; to vacillate

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She dithered every time she had to make a decision.

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