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Meaning of callous, expatiate, approbation, ingenuous, admonition, refute, gibe, craven, disparity, fluctuate

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Meaning of callous (adjective)
unfeeling; insensitive; hard

Example
The ideal pecuniary man is like the ideal delinquent in his unscrupulous conversion of goods and persons to his own ends, and in a callous disregard for the feelings and wishes of others and of the remoter effects of his actions.
A radical criminology which appears to deny this will be seen as callous and rightly rejected.

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Meaning of expatiate (verb)
to speak or write at great length; to describe in full

Example
There was, undeniably, an issue: whether the nonspecialist had any right to expatiate on scientific matters.

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Meaning of approbation (noun)
approval; praise; sanction; assent; consent

Example
Certainly, Jacques passed on Green's approbation of Barker's attitude to Hampden Jackson and Douglas-Smith a few days after the late February meeting.
Fortunately for the Government, this short debate in the House of Lords seems to have attracted little attention from the press, and it continued to receive general approbation for the exhibition, with the relevance of the competition remaining largely unquestioned.

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

Example
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 admonition (noun)
reproof; warning; reproval

Example
A good parent does not let his or her child do anything; there have to be proper guidelines, firm but loving admonition at times and clear but gentle encouragement.

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Meaning of refute (verb)
to challenge; to disprove; to prove false

Example
This bold hypothesis would still be accepted by many anthropologists and historians, and even those who have tried to refute it are still working within its framework.
Now individuals and community groups had the facts at their fingertips to refute the placatory statements of the developers and corporate businessmen, and no longer had to rely on instinctive judgments to support their case.

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Meaning of gibe (verb)
to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock

Example
Chatellerault was gibing, when my silence had endured some moments.

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Meaning of craven (adjective)
cowardly; fearful

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Craven men will not stand up for what they believe in.

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Meaning of disparity (noun)
difference in form, character or degree; inequality

Example
There is a great disparity between a light snack and a great feast.

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Meaning of fluctuate (verb)
to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly; to vacillate

Example
The mortgage rates may fluctuate, but the administration and the repayments remain the same until the time comes to adjust.

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