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  • honcho DEFINITION: (noun) One who is in charge; a manager or leader.
    SYNONYMS: boss, chief, foreman, gaffer.
    USAGE: Now that Hollywood honchos have discovered the verdant beachfront villages, the stores have grown in scope and sophistication.
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  • predilection DEFINITION: (noun) A predisposition in favor of something.
    SYNONYMS: preference, orientation.
    USAGE: He has a predilection for expensive cars and has amassed quite a collection over the years.
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  • vista DEFINITION: (noun) A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
    SYNONYMS: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view.
    USAGE: From where they now stood they could look forward down a long vista of beech woods and jagged rock-strewn wilderness, all white with snow, to where the pass opened out upon the uplands beyond.
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  • entreat DEFINITION: (verb) Ask for or request earnestly.
    SYNONYMS: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press.
    USAGE: I entreat you to answer me as frankly as usual.
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  • clime DEFINITION: (noun) The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
    SYNONYMS: climate.
    USAGE: Plants from a cold clime travel best in winter.
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  • kinship DEFINITION: (noun) A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character.
    SYNONYMS: affinity.
    USAGE: He felt a deep kinship with the other volunteers and vowed to keep in touch when they returned to their respective homes.
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  • yodel DEFINITION: (verb) Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling.
    SYNONYMS: descant, warble.
    USAGE: The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains.
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  • douse DEFINITION: (verb) To put out (a light or fire); extinguish.
    SYNONYMS: put out.
    USAGE: Douse the lights before you go to bed.
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  • vexation DEFINITION: (noun) The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed.
    SYNONYMS: annoyance, botheration, irritation.
    USAGE: The soup fell out of the long bill of the Crane at every mouthful, and his vexation at not being able to eat afforded the Fox much amusement.
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  • wily DEFINITION: (adjective) Marked by skill in deception.
    SYNONYMS: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky.
    USAGE: The police were unable to catch the wily con artist.
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  • jostle DEFINITION: (verb) Come into rough contact with while moving.
    SYNONYMS: shove.
    USAGE: The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train.
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