Vulgar words in The Century Vocabulary Builder (Page 1)
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The first sense led to the use of the word (in the mouths of the Venetians' enemies) for "buffoon" and then (in early Italian comedy) for "a lean and foolish old man."
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Even apart from reading old literature and from having, when you use words, no ghosts of their pristine selves rise up to damn you, you may profit from a knowledge of how the meaning of a term has evolved.
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_Wench_ meant at first nothing worse than girl or daughter, _quean_ than woman, _hussy_ than housewife; even _woman is_ generally felt to be half-slighting.
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_Sentences_: With the jawbone of an ass Samson ____ a thousand of his enemies.
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Pyramus and Thisbe made love to each other through a[n] ____ in a wall.
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"Damn with faint praise, assent with ____ leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer."
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Also see _Words_ Genus and species _Ger, gest_ family Germanic words in modern English _Get_, Synonyms of, _Get on to_ "Gettysburg Address" (Lincoln); Comments on, _Ghost_ _Ghost_, Synonyms of, _Gift_, Synonyms of, _Give_, Synonyms of, _Glad_, Synonyms of, _Go out of one's way_ _Good_ _Good_ family _Goodby_ _Grade_ family _Gram_ family _Grand_, Synonyms of, _Graph_ family _Gray hair_ _Great_ _Greedy_ Greek prefixes List of, Greek stems, List of, Greek words in modern English _Greet_, Synonyms of, _Gress_ family _Grief_, Synonyms of, _Grieve_, Synonyms of, _Groom_ _Grudgingly_ _Guard_, Synonyms of, _Guileless_ _Hab_ family _Habit_, Synonyms of, _Habitation_, Synonyms of, _Hale_ family _Half-baked_ _Harass_, Synonyms of, _Hard_ _Harmful_, Synonyms of, _Harsh_ _Haste_, Synonyms of, _Hate_, Synonyms of, _Hatred_, Synonyms of, _Have_, Synonyms of, _Hayseed_ _Head foremost_ _Headstrong_, Synonyms of, _Heal_ family _Healthful_, Synonyms of, _Heathen_ _Heavy_, Synonyms of, _Height_ _Help_ (noun), Synonyms of, _Help_ (verb), Synonyms of, _Hesitate_, Synonyms of, _Hib_ family _Hide_, Synonyms of, _High_, Synonyms of, _Highstrung_ _Hinder_ Synonyms of, _Hint_, Synonyms of, _Hot_ family _Hole_, Synonyms of, _Holy_, Synonyms of, _Home_ _Homeopath_ _Homesickness_ _Hopeful,_ Synonyms of, _Hopeless_, Synonyms of, _Hose_ _House_ How a child becomes acquainted with the complexity of life and language _Hug_, _Humor_ _Hussy_ _Idiot_ _Idle_ _Ig_ family _Ignorant_, Synonyms of, _Imp_ Imperfectly understood facts and ideas _Impolite_, Synonyms of, _Importance_, Synonyms of, _Imposter_, Synonyms of, _Imprison_, Synonyms of, _Improper_, Synonyms of, _Impure_, Synonyms of, _In a minute_ _Inborn_, Synonyms of, _Incense_ _Incite_, Synonyms of, _Incline_, Synonyms of, _Inclose_, Synonyms of, _Increase_, Synonyms of, _Indecent_, Synonyms of, _Infantry_ _Infectious_ _Ingenious_ _Inner_ _Innocent_ _Innuendo_ _Insane_, Synonyms of, _Insanity_, Synonyms of, _Insinuate_ _Insipid_, Synonyms of, _Instances_ _Instigate_ _Insult_ _Intention_, Synonyms of, _Internal_ _Interpose_, Synonyms of, _Investigate_ _Irreligious_, Synonyms of, _Irritate_, Synonyms of, _It_ family "Ivanhoe" (Scott), Quotation from, _Ject_ family _Join_, Synonyms of, _Journey_, Synonyms of, _Jud_ family _Jump on_ _Junct_ family _Jur, jus_ family _Jure_ family _Just_ Key-syllables, Variations in form of; Misleading resemblance between; Lists of, _Kick_ _Kill_, Synonyms of, _Kind_, Synonyms of, _Kindle_, Synonyms of, Kinships between words.