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 Hedge - limit a statement  When asked why he had decided to buy millions of shares at the very moment the tech companies stock soared, the CEO hedged, metioning something vague about gut instinct. Genteel - refined  A  live string quarted would provide a more genteel air to the wedding than would a folk singer.  quarted - four people group A  live string quarted would provide a more genteel air to the wedding than would a folk singer.  facile - lacking depth Many news shows provide facile explanations to complex politics, so I prefer to read the in-depth reporting of the New York times. Respite - pause from work  Every afternoon, the small company has respite in which workers play football or board games. 

 seams - the line where two pieces of cloth are sewn together  I bulged at the seams, Then I became self - conscious because I was so fat, and finally had to was so fat, and finally had to take off forty pounds with equal agony to get myself down to respecta ble size.  twinge - fiery, impulsive They used to me get up in public to make speeches when it scares me to death, even filled me with terror, that was years ago, but the twinge of it comes to me every now and then when I walk onto a platform.  perfunctory - regardless  The acquiring of dynamic faith is accomplished by prayer, lots of prayer, by reading and mentally absorbing the Bible and by practicing its faith techniques. In another chapter I deal with specific formulas of prayer, but I want to point out here that the type of prayer that produces the quality of faith required to eliminate inferiority is of particular nature, Surface skimming, formalistic and perfunctory prayer is not sufficiently powerful...