1.
Tout, verb: advertise in strongly positive
terms; show off
At the conference, the CEO touted the
extraordinary success of his company’s Research and Development division.
2.
Pine, verb: to yearn for
Standing forlornly by the window, she pined
for her lost love.
3.
Underwrite,
verb: to support financially
The latest symphony broadcast was made
possible with underwriting from the Carnegie Endowment.
4.
Collusion, noun: agreement on a secret plot
Many have argued that Lee Harvey Oswald,
JFK’s assassin, was in collusion with other criminals; others maintain that
Oswald was a lone gunman.
5.
Imponderable, adjective: impossible to estimate
or figure out
According to many lawmakers, the huge variety
of factors affecting society make devising an efficient imponderable task.
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