MEDIA N

BACK OUT

Students admitted to schools under early decision who want to back out just because they don't want to go to the school anymore could risk losing their other college acceptances

BACK OUT
To decide not to do something you agreed to do

Despite having a home purchase agreement, earnest money, and contingencies in place, both buyers and sellers can back out of purchasing or selling a home

An apparatus and method for providing a back out routine for a failed programmable hardware update is provided

WASH AWAY

If any of the caustic material gets on your clothing, wash it off immediately with lukewarm water to prevent it from eating away the fabric

WASH AWAY
To carry something away by the movement of water

Each year millions of tons of fertile topsoil that could produce good crops are washed away by rains

This latest piece of information, if true, will wash away all doubt

SMIRK

I looked at the man on the right, wearing a plaid shirt and a waggish smirk Worse yet, there is a trace of a condescending smirk lurking within her triumphant smile

SMIRK
The definition of a smirk is a conceited or arrogant smile or facial expression

Today they typically generate only a nostalgic smirk before I proclaim

The two share very similar facial features, hair styles, and sly smirks

STEADFAST

True and enduring success in life can only be found through a steadfast trust in the Lord He gives wisdom and power to his children, to make them steadfast and useful in all their afflictions

STEADFAST
the word steadfastness means to be firmly fixed in place, not subject to change

Negotiation at the highest level, along with steadfast determination has brought about this victory for this union

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial

CORRIDOR

Without a thought of whether it were right or wrong she ran to her room at the other end of the corridor, fetched a candle, and went back to her mother’s door

CORRIDOR
a hallway that leads into rooms or other divided areas

The superior had free access to this corridor, and through open niches was able to inspect the garden without being seen

She looked out of the front of the cell into a small corridor with equally harsh lighting

SOMBRE

The mists of chill November crept up from the valley, and hung upon the hill-side. The river was half hidden under a silvery veil, on those dim November afternoons. An autumnal tranquillity hung over the sombre old Water House

SOMBRE
somber, dismal, depressive, funereal, grim, doleful, mournful

The most frequently asked question about hair color: What is the difference between balayage, flamboyage, ombre, sombre and foiling?

In the sombre main chamber where most of his days were spent, there was no decoration, no contrasting texture

PARAMOUNT

Just now he felt that mind was paramount over matter, and was hardly disposed to interest himself warmly in a young woman who might have no existence except in his own idea of her

PARAMOUNT
primary, supreme, principal, utmost, dominant, foremost

During a war the interests of the state are paramount, and those of the individual come last

The reduction of unemployment should be paramount in the government's economic policy

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Do you want
to go the movies?