Balance of Power Vocab Flashcards

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etw. abwenden, sich gg. jmd. wehren

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to fend sth./sb. off

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to stoke sth. He stoked the fire, and it blazed up again

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wieder anstellen

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to unveil sth.

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unification

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to iron (sth.) out

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drought(s)

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allegedly The alleged benefits of the drug were not proven.

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to condemn sb/sth, condemned The accused's friends condemned his actions.

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outlandish My uncle is a little bit eccentric and often has outlandish ideas

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clandestine The members of the clandestine party had to be very careful

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insurrection The insurrection led to the fall of the dictator

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crop Thanks to the good weather, it was an excellent crop.

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to scrutinize sb/sth. scrutinized The manager scrutinized his employee's motivations

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inevitable The passing of this law was inevitable.

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scarce In the desert, water is a scarce resource

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ordeal My father finds sports an ordeal

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(to be) poised The skier is poised for the descent at the top of the slope

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strife I hope there will be no strife in our family

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to embark on

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dismantling After dismantling, the fence will be moved to its new site

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severe It cost a lot to fix the severe damage to the house

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to falter, faltered He remained steadfast and did not falter

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to vow sth., vowed He vowed to always remain loyal

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to upend sth. I upended the bag and shook out the contents

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to curtail sb/sth, curtailed This law does not curtail the rights of the owners

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searing they'll be living in a country that is already living in the searing future

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bellwether

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breadbasket

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barren The land has been barren for years

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looming crisis and the looming threat of xx

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humiliation

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steadily Her number of clients increased slowly, but steadily.

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enduring Everybody is happy about the enduring peace

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outrage People expressed their outrage after the incident

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reticence ...led to a degree of reticence on the part of customers

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to oppose sth. We oppose the plan as we do not think it is profitable

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to clamp down

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to reverberate, reverberated US midterm elections don't always reverberate around the globe

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gridlock We must find a solution to get out of this gridlock

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gamesmanship

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benign Luckily, the tumor was benign

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to advocate sb/sth The lawyer advocates his clients interests

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to parse, parsed the software parses and filters the incoming data

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to vie The runners vied with another for the gold medal

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strident the resolution was followed by strident protests

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to wade, waded there was no bridge so we waded through the water

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ravenous he was so ravenous that he ate the uncooked spaghetti

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to foment sth, fomented We want to promote peace, not foment unrest

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unprecedented the new novel enchants the reader with an unprecedented imagination

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to converge, converged, converging The two hiking trails converge at the lake

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to condemn, condemned the accused's friends condemned his actions

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tenure the presidents tenure is limited by the constitution

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imminent we were in a rush because of the imminent deadline

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to rive sth, rived, riven

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to embolden sb/sth she emboldened me to take the next step

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judiciary Modern governments separate the judiciary from the executive branch

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inaccessible Due to construction works, parts of the museum are inaccessible for visitors.

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to induce sth. Certain medications can induce drowsiness

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dilution Dilution of the syrup with water is recommended

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to prompt sb. prompted The website prompted me to enter a new passwort

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sentiment The sentiment on the stock market has improved this year

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fervent He is a fervent supporter of the senator

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concession An agreement often requires concession from both parties

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incontrovertible It is incontrovertible that smoking is harmful

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threadbare

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to reinvigorate, reinvigorated

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to stifle, stifled The need to earn money stifled the artists creativity

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incursion The troops fended of the enemy incursion

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contagion To avoid possible contagion, we avoid visiting the sick woman

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to reinstate, reinstated The board will reinstate the previous chairwoman

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snag The Plan is almost perfect, but it his a snag

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to prolong, prolonged/prolongated We do not want to prolong the meeting unnecessary

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inconclusive The lab experiments have been inconclusive so far

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quirky the detective story was a bit quirky and strange

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to quip, quipped

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to stumble, stumbled The child stumbled on a stone and almost fell

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steadfastly I admire his steadfast refusal to give up

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to insulate, insulated

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bias the facts need to be presented without bias

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flattering she paid him a very flattering compliment

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to quash, quashed

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dormitories

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vast, vastly

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sweeping the new major plans sweeping reforms The sweeping condemnation of a specific population group is wrong

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to derail, derailed the train derailed but luckily nobody was hurt

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to suffer a blow

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to quell, quelled the security forces quelled the riots

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to jeopardize, jeopardized My mistake jeopardized my friends plan

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bloc A politic faction or alliance is sometimes called a bloc

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to contend, contended Different groups are contending for power

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to decree, decreed The government decreed a change in the educational system.

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stance It is important to assume a clear stance

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to undermine, undermined the students undermined the teachers authority

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to thwart, thwarted the hero thwarted the villains plan

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to underscore, underscored Again, I would like to underscore the importance of this point

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reverse, reverses the address is on the reverse of the envelope facing reverses...

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slight, slightly

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devastating the storm devastated the forest

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to slam, slammed the film critic slammed the new movie in a brutal review

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salvo, salvos

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to swathe, swathed the mother swathed the baby in a towel

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to spark sth, sparked the book sparked a discussion about environmentalism

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to perish, perished many soldiers perished while defending the fortress

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to brace, braced the pillar braces the canopy

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to slump, slumped, slumping Subway usage is slumping as covid cases rise in bejing

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to anger, angered the delay angered him but he waited patiently

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to tarnish, tarnished he is seeing his image tarnished by the allegations

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to probe, probed the survey sought to probe student opinion

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to veer, veered a career that veered from the top job to almost ending in prison

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to clinch, clinched in the end the underdog clinched the match

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semiconductor

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hurdle the runner cleared all hurdles succesfully

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accessory Many people order spare parts or accessory online

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to ditch, ditched my boyfriend ditched me before moving abroad

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screws, adjusting screw the screws are tightening on xx

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to pledge, pledged the candidate pledged to build a new stadium

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to sweep, swept, swept he got a broom to sweep the floor the police swept his apartment

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admonishment she gently admonished the boy to tidy his room

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crackdown the public demanded a crackdown on crime

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to detain, detained The police detained a suspect

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abstention there were hardly any abstention during the vote

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to enrich, enriched art and literature enriches our lives

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rebuke the speech contained an indirect rebuke

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censure the politician accepted the public censure and resigned

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surge the surge in temperature in summer was not unexpected

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deserted to desert--> verlassen, im Stich lassen, auch desertieren

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to resume, resumed, resuming after a short break they resumed negotiations

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to eclipse, eclipsed the moon eclipsed the soon

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dissent dissent within the group hindered progress

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precarious unemployment put her in a precarious financial situation

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impasse the negotiations reached an impasse

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to galvanize, galvanized the devastation helped galvanized the world to take action

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to impoverish, impoverished the impoverished southeast African countries

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to incentivize, incentivized xy wont incentivize poor countries to help fighting climate change

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to incite sb/sth, incited The speech incited the people to riot

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to revive sb/sth, revived the stage-lay revives the spirit of the middle ages

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to stall, stalled the plans departure was stalled by a technical problem

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vaccine, inoculation

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to indicate, indicated; indicating

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stringent the activists are fighting for a more stringent regulation

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to flare, flared the wind let the fire flare

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plea my urgent plea for help was heard

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to yield, yielded the cuts will yield savings in expenditure I finally yielded to temptation and had some cake the investment starts to yield profits

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to denounce, denounced his accomplice denounced him to the police

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to Endeavour, endeavored We will endeavor to find the best solution

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uphill the driver changed gear, going uphill

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to repeal, repealed the president tried to repeal some old laws

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freight freight is often transported on ships

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to hamper, hampered constant rain hampered the construction work

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to mire, mired a bribe scandal mired the reputation of the company

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to stroll, strolled I like to stroll in the park

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to outstrip, outstripped the top athlete easily outstripped the opponents

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shortcoming despite minor shortcomings, the product was approved for sale

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to strike, struck, struck the baseball bat struck the ball

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counterintuitive these procedures seem counterintuitive but it is correct

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chamber the castle had over 100 chambers

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to bargain, bargained he had to bargain with the seller for a good price

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to enshrine, enshrined a constitution enshrines certain social values

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to espouse, espoused

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disbursement the charity is responsible for the disbursement of the fund

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to prosecute, prosecuted An international war chamber was invented to prosecute war crimes

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to merit sth., merited Hard work merits recognition

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rampant the police must prevent rampant violence

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to torpedo, torpedoed; also to thwart

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to stash, stashed the squirrel stashed the nuts in a hollow tree

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friction lower friction means reduced wear and tear

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to refrain, refrained she was polite and refrained commenting on his misfortune

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to plummet, plummeted the price of gold plummeted last month

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to siphone off millions of dollars siphoned off and secreted abroad.

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turf his hold in the election over his home turf

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drab the room was grey and drab

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to spur, spurred the fans spurred their team to the win

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vigor he started his new job with zeal and vigor

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prospect the company offers excellent prospects for graduates

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nod XY may get the nod at an EU summit next week

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clout they fear the dilution of economic clout

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underbelly

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mischief but he can still cause significant mischief

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to sow, sowed, sown using disinformation to sow instability in a region...

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to eject, ejected 130 lawmakers would need to vote to eject him

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to ensnare, ensnared a campaign that has already ensnared 4.7. mil officials

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to propel, propelled xyzzy have propelled the wealth of the Abu Dhabi royal family

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discernible mean their discernible wealth exceeds other gulf clans

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to revamp, ravamped the US congress is set to pass legislation revamping policy toward taiwan

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grievances pushing back the government over other grievances

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perception reflecting a bid to dilute perception that public discontent forced the shift away from covid zero

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attire detained for her attire

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to enact, enacted to again enact a ban on semiautomatic rifles

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scourge a scourge of gun violence

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to revamp, revamped We revamped the website to make it more userfriendly

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to forge, forged somebody forged a sword from the feedstocks; somebody forged my signature

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indictment (also charge, accusation, prosecution) An indictment has been brought against the thief

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logjam the mediator prevented a logjam in negotiations

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incendiary

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to ensnare, ensnared

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poignant some memories are still poignant but overall I'm happy

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to vaunt (sth.), vaunted

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probity the manager was known for her probity and reliability

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ammunition

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to evaporate, evaporated, evaporating

Balance of Power Vocab Flashcards

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