Advanced Vocabulary Lists and Exercises

Advanced Vocabulary List 10 (beta version)

detect: Maybe it was responding in some way they couldn't detect -- saying "shut up and give me some peace!" - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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disclose: Apparently the last thing Eet wanted to disclose was the life he might or might not have had before Valcyr swallowed the stone on the swamp world. - The Zero Stone
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dominate: She was one of the few people he was never able to dominate, and the two of them were never close. - Portrait of a Killer
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emerge: To come into view; to come out.
Eventually the truth will emerge.
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endeavor: To try very hard to achieve something.
We hoped that the president would endeavor to help the people.
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imply: To strongly suggest something.
The inevitable old chestnuts are here -- infer/imply, appraise/apprise, etc. -- but most of the 250 or so entries in these - VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4
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provoke: I mean, that's what insurgency, that's what terrorists are all about is they want to provoke -- they don't have enough numbers so they want to provoke an overwhelming response that's going to alienate local people and rally people to their cause. - CNN Transcript May 15, 2009
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revoke: To take back by reversing; to cancel the validity of something.
The judge said that he would revoke my driver's license if I got another speeding ticket.
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speculate: I can only speculate, as the Legend is my father's invention and not my own. - A Traitor to Memory
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sustain: To continue, support or maintain something.
Even as he is in prison on false charges, Max has sustained his belief in the justice system.
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