By C. R. S. Marsden
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Excused: (adj) privileged, immune. foreboding: (n) apprehension, boding, presentiment, fear, anxiety, premonition, misgiving, anticipation, sign; (adj) ominous, sinister. ANTONYMS: (adj) favorable; (n) calmness, bravery, equanimity. obviate: (v) avert, preclude, avoid, exclude, debar, eliminate, forestall, prevent, foreclose, rule out, stave off. possessing: (adj) fruitive. proceeding: (n) matter, transaction, affair, procedure, lawsuit, proceedings; (v) deed, act; (n, v) measure; (adv, n) happening; (adj, adv, v) going on.
A fine lady in a country parsonage was quite out of place. Her storeroom, she thought, might have been good enough for Mrs. Grant to go into. Inquire where she would, she could not find out that Mrs. " Lady Bertram listened without much interest to this sort of invective. She could not enter into the wrongs of an economist, but she felt all the injuries of beauty in Mrs. Grant's being so well settled in life without being handsome, and expressed her astonishment on that point almost as often, though not so diffusely, as Mrs.
ANTONYMS: (n) disagreeableness, unkindness. baronetcy: (n) baronet, rank, title. esprit: (n) wit, animation, life, salt, sagacity, d'Esprit, vivacity, sprightliness, point, whim, quick parts. evil-minded: (adj) malevolent, lascivious. gallantry: (adj, n) prowess, daring, spirit, fearlessness; (n) heroism, bravery, valor, courage, chivalry, courtesy, courageousness. ANTONYMS: (n) cowardice, cowardliness, rudeness. liveliness: (adj, n) animation, briskness; (n) life, effervescence, buoyancy, exuberance, vigor, activity, agility, cheerfulness, enthusiasm.