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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?
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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Idioms for dry

    not dry behind the ears, immature; unsophisticated: Adult responsibilities were forced on him, although he was still not dry behind the ears.

Origin of dry

before 900; Middle English drie, Old English drȳge; akin to Dutch droog, German trocken; see drought

synonym study for dry

1. Dry, arid both mean without moisture. Dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture: a dry well; dry clothes. Arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, especially such as results in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert. 28. See evaporate.

OTHER WORDS FROM dry

Words nearby dry

druse, drusilla, drusus, druthers, druze, dry, dry abscess, dry adiabatic lapse rate, dry as dust, dry battery, dry beer
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Words related to dry up

stifle, suppress, censor, choke, repress, restrain, muffle, squelch, sear, evaporate, scorch, exhaust, finish, depart, tire, expire, lose, go, waste, weaken

British Dictionary definitions for dry up (1 of 2)

dry up

verb (adverb)

(intr) to become barren or unproductive; failin middle age his inspiration dried up
to dry (dishes, cutlery, etc) with a tea towel after they have been washed
(intr) informal to stop talking or speakingwhen I got on the stage I just dried up; dry up!

British Dictionary definitions for dry up (2 of 2)

dry
/ (draɪ) /

adjective drier, driest, dryer or dryest

verb dries, drying or dried

(when intr, often foll by off) to make or become dry or free from moisture
(tr) to preserve (meat, vegetables, fruit, etc) by removing the moisture

noun plural drys or dries

See also dry out, dry up

Derived forms of dry

dryable, adjectivedryness, noun

Word Origin for dry

Old English drӯge; related to Old High German truckan, Old Norse draugr dry wood
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Idioms and Phrases with dry up (1 of 2)

dry up
1

Gradually become unproductive, as in After two collections of short stories, his ability to write fiction dried up. Also see well's run dry.

2

Stop talking; also, cause to stop talking. For example, Dry up! You've said enough. [Slang; mid-1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with dry up (2 of 2)

dry
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