Sting

25 advanced vocabulary words across 23 songs.

meditationShape of My Heart

profound thought; continuous and profound contemplation on a deep subject

He deals the cards as a meditation

And those he plays never suspect

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suspectShape of My Heart

doubt; imagine to be the case or true or probable

He deals the cards as a meditation

And those he plays never suspect

He doesn't play for the money he wins

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ignorantRussians

lacking knowledge; uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

I don't subscribe to this point of view

It would be such an ignorant thing to do

If the Russians love their children too

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ideologyRussians

value system; an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

We share the same biology

Regardless of ideology

Believe me when I say to you

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futileDriven To Tears

purposeless; producing no result or effect

Protest is futile

Nothing seems to get through

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resolveEvery Little Thing She Does Is Magic

firmness of purpose; bring to an end; settle conclusively

Now I know my love for her goes on

I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day

And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way

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singularA Thousand Years

unique; unusual or striking

But if there was a single truth, a single light

A single thought, a singular touch of grace

Then following this single point, this single flame

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serenityJust One Lifetime

calm; a disposition free from stress or emotion

Yuh coulda live uptown or di ina city

Wi need a world of full peace and serenity

Sting come sing out fi everybody

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diagnosisIf It's Love

identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

Will set your heartbeat climbing

And my doctor's diagnosis?

His opinion and I quote

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refute50,000

prove wrong; overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

While the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,

That he's no longer able to deny or refute

50, 000 voices rising every time he'd sing,

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redundantWe Work the Black Seam

repeated; more than is needed, desired, or required

Your dark satanic mills

Have made redundant all our mining skills

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predictableLove Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)

expected; capable of being foretold

The outcome was predictable

Our banditos were despicable

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eclipseConsider Me Gone

cover; one celestial body obscures another

In the sweetest bud

Clouds and eclipses

Stain the moon and the sun

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acknowledgeI Love Her But She Loves Someone Else

recognize; declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

To face up to the truth of his soul

It's the eyes he avoids, so afraid to acknowledge

Somethin' strange, unexpected, out of control

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apparentRock Steady

seeming; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

This old guy was the boss, he said, "I won't tell you no lie

But there's more to this journey than is apparent to the eye"

He said he'd heard God's message on the radio

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demolitionThe Dream of the Blue Turtles/Demolition Man

destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

You say that this wasn't in your plan

Don't mess around with the demolition man

Tied to a chair, and the bomb is ticking

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circumstanceTomorrow We'll See

situation; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

You could be me in another life

In another set of circumstances

Don't judge me

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perceiveThe Lowest Trees Have Tops

notice; to become aware of through the senses

Where waters smoothest run, there deepest are the fords,

The dial stirs, yet none perceives it move;

The firmest faith is found in fewest words,

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liberalFine Knacks for Ladies

forward-thinking; a person who favors reform and the protection of civil liberties

I keep a fair, but for the fair to view;

A beggar may be liberal of love.

Tho' all my wares be trash, the heart is true,

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peerlessWilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me

unique; eminent beyond or above comparison

Fear doth love, love doth fear

Beauty peerless, beauty peerless.

Farewell! farewell!

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dissentThis War

disagree; withhold assent

There's a war on our democracy

A war on our dissent

There's a war inside religion

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depressAnother Pyramid

push down; lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

Another pyramid (build another pyramid)

We hate to depress the nation, but our leader has been told

He should cancel his vacation

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consentFor Her Love

agreement; permission to do something

(For her love) He'll find some meaning in a streetlight

What would a man not consent to?

What would a man not face?

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manifestBallad of the Great Eastern

obvious; provide evidence for

They'd signed on able-bodied men, but they wouldn't sail to Hell

When the name upon the manifest is Isambard Brunel

For 14 years that ship will sail, misfortune taken hard

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confineLanguage Of Birds

limit; place limits on (extent or access)

A soul that's been set free,

From the confines of a working life,

To find eternity

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