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Disrepute

Posted 26 December 2009 | By | Categories: Noun | Comments Off on Disrepute

dis·re·pute

  • Damage to or loss of reputation.

Synonyms: discredit.

Usage: His shameful actions have brought the family into disrepute.

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Furtherance

Posted 25 December 2009 | By | Categories: Noun | Comments Off on Furtherance

fur·ther·ance

  • The advancement of some enterprise.

Synonyms: forwarding, promotion.

Usage: We agree to keep our own secret, and to work together in furtherance of our own schemes.

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Echoic

Posted 24 December 2009 | By | Categories: Adjective | Comments Off on Echoic
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e·cho·ic

  • Imitative of natural sounds.

Synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic.

Usage: She used echoic words to describe her sleepless night, which was interrupted by the ticktock of her clock and the meowing of stray cats.

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  • The Free Dictionary — echoic

Convulse

Posted 23 December 2009 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Convulse

con·vulse

  • Move or stir about violently.

Synonyms: jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss.

Usage: As the young girl convulsed on the floor, her mother frantically called for help.

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Bumble

Posted 22 December 2009 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Bumble
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bum·ble

  • To speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way.

Synonyms: stammer, stutter, falter.

Usage: He bumbled his way through his speech.

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  • The Free Dictionary — bumble
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