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Lesson 19

Walt Disney’s imagination


Theme
Walt Disney|(1901-1966) began his career as a commercial artist, he couldn’t
have known that he would someday capture the imagination of the entire
world. Neither could he have know that he would build an entertainment
empire from a single cartoon creation –a funny- looking mouse! Featuring
micky mouse in the first “talking” cartoon in the 1920s, Disney made a vast
fortune from selling mickey mouse products . Disney became a pioneer of
cartoon anima-and also created Disney land the worlds first theme park
Purport
To claim to be or do something

• The man used a fake badge to purport he was a law enforcement officer.
• The website is for entertainment only and does not purport to give you an accurate prediction of your future

• Syn. Claim, allege, profess, insist


• Ant. Disclaim, reject, deny
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Demeanor
• Outward behavior

• Jack’s disruptive demeanor got him kicked out of school for a week.
• Rose had such a friendly demeanor that everyone wanted to be her friend.

• Syn. Attitude ,aspect ,mien

• Ant. Impropriety, improperness, refrain, inactivity


Syndicate
• A group of persons or companies united to carry out some enterprise or
business
The crime syndicate consisted of all of the major arms dealers in the region and their
stakeholders
• Large newspaper syndicates buy hundreds of articles and share them among their
individual companies.
• Syn. Organization, union, ring, company, trust
• Ant. Individual, separation, individual
Abash
• To make uneasy or ashamed

• he officer tried to abash the inmates, humiliating them and treating them
like dogs.
• Ross vowed to humiliate his opponent and abash him in any way
possible.
• Syn. Embarrass, confuse
• Ant. soothe
Guise
• Outward appearance; style of dress

• A fresh coat of paint will give our old house the guise of being brand new.
• Quite often, the government uses the guise of national security to spy on its
own citizens.
• Syn. Color, cover, disguise
• Ant. Reality, personality
Allure
• Charm. To fascinate

• Even the grumpy old man could not resist the cute puppy’s allure.
• The woman’s allure was her floral perfume that captivated the man’s senses.
• Syn. Attractiveness, enchantment
• Ant. Unattractive, repulsion
Auspicious
• Marked by signs of success or good fortune

• His brilliant acceptance speech was an auspicious start to his political career.
• In Chinese culture, the shade of red is considered auspicious so Chinese men
often wear red ties to important meetings.
• Syn. Hopeful, promising, propitious
• Ant. inauspicious unpromising, unfortunate
Immemorial
• Reaching back beyond the bounds of memory

• The immemorial tomb dates back the at least 200 AD.


• Because they were immemorial, the art is being displayed in a section for
age-old pieces.
• Syn. Old, rooted, prehistoric
• Ant. New, current, memorable
Deference
• A yielding in judgement. option, or wishes to another

• Kyle decided to shave off his mohawk in deference to his Grandmother.


• Honorable soldiers have rightfully earned my deference.
• Syn. Respect, conceding, politeness
• Ant. Dishonor, disregard, ignorance
Integral
• Pertaining to a part of the whole

• The engine is an integral part of any motor vehicle.


• Though he was only one man, he was an integral part of the
resistance movement.
• Syn. constituent, intrinsic, essential
• Ant. Extrinsic, partial, fractional

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