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Magnanimity
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is amortize. Does it mean:
| to liquidate or extinguish, especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund; to write off a cost of an asset gradually |
| the quality of being untruthful, an instance of lying |
Example Sentences
- He swept away boundaries with his vision, hatred with his magnanimity, fear with his courage.
- But magnanimity is a requirement of true greatness.
- Don't slag the students who insulted you, show magnanimity.
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magnanimity
mid-14c., "loftiness of thought or purpose," from O.Fr. magnanimite "high-mindedness," from L. magnanimitatem (nom. magnanimitas) "greatness of soul, high-mindedness," from magnanimus "having a great soul," from magnus "great" (see magnate) + animus "mind, soul, spirit."
EXPANDProbably a loan-translation of Gk. megalopsychos "high-souled, generous" (Aristotle) or megathymus "great-hearted."
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