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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary
Ambiguous 'rank'
Hi,
... the horse was lean and RANK, misfortune was his lot... (*)
The adjective 'rank' seems to have so many ('negative) meanings...
If you could give the ' best' ('closest') synonym to 'rank' (in this specific context)?
Thanks!
vlivef
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It means "hard to control", "fractious", said of a horse or rodeo bull. It is a word that you will not find in many dictionaries.
- It means "hard to control", "fractious", said of a horse or rodeo bull.
- It is a word that you will not find in many dictionaries.
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It means "hard to control", "fractious", said of a horse or rodeo bull. It is a word that you will not find in many dictionaries.
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