Bla Bla Flashcards
(155 cards)
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Folly
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Lack of good sense.
Foolishness.
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Artistry
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Creativity.
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Milieu
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Social environment.
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Decorous
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Proper and decent.
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Visceral
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Related to deep inward feelings rather than intellect.
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Instinctive
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Relating to instincts.
Unconscious and automatic.
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Ossify
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To cease developing.
Be stagnant or rigid.
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Streamline
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To make more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler method.
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Infighting
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Hidden politics and competitiveness within an organization.
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Endure
Endurance
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Endure: To experience.
Endurance: Suffering. Tolerance. Acceptance.
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Descendant
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Successor
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Ingenuous
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Naive. Childlike.
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Ingenuity
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Creativity. Inventiveness.
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Unwitting
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Unconscious.
Unintentional.
Unaware.
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Fray
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To wear out.
To show symbols of strain.
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Embrace
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Accept.
Support.
Hold in one’s arms.
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Veiled
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Masked.
Cloaked.
Covered.
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Jostle
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To bump against one another through elbow or something else in a crowd.
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Diverge
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To set on a different route.
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Imponderable
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Difficult to assess, estimate or answer.
Very light.
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Palpable
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Tangible.
Noticeable.
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Demise
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Death.
Cease to exist.
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Elicit
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Obtain.
Extract.
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Dictum
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Pronouncements from a authoritative source.
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Respite
A short period of rest or relief.
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Aspersion
An attack on someone's respectability.
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Nascent
Just coming into play and showing potential.
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Pugnacious
Eager to fight or quarrel.
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Impugn
Dispute the truth of validity of.
| Call into question.
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Poignant
Touching.
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Repugnant
Extremely distasteful.
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Jubilant
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Overjoyed.
Elated.
Euphoric.
Exuberant.
Ecstatic.
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Provision
Supply.
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Forage
To widely search for food or provision.
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Blemish
A small mark or flaw that destroys the appearance of something.
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Despair
Te complete loss or absence of hope.
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Elliptical
Difficult to understand.
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Obtrusive
Conspicuous.
| Noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive ways.
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Deficient
Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient
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Resurgence
Re-surging.
| The revival after a period of little activity.
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Hollow
Empty.
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Sparse
Thinly dispersed or scattered.
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Rousing
Exciting.
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Disrepute
The state of being held in low esteem in public.
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Purveyor
A seller who sells a particular stuff.
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Dowager
A widow with a title or property from her late husband.
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Conscientious
Wishing to do what is right/ convention, especially being diligent in fulfilling a responsibility well and thoroughly.
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Impracticable
Impossible in practice to do or carry out.
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Stringent
Strict.
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Console
Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment.
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Bleak
Lacking vegetation. Unhealthy.
| Not holding any substance.
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Condemnation
The expression of very strong disapproval.
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Befell
(Something really bad) to happen to someone.
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Boomerang
Backfire.
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Perish
To die.
| To suffer complete ruin.
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Delusion
Delusional.
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Impugn
To dispute the truth, validity or honesty of someone.
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Reconnaissance
Military observation over a terrain to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic feat.
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Decimate
To destroy a great number or proportion of.
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Sustenance
Nourishment.
| The maintaining of something in life.
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Stature
Reputation.
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Corrosive
Caustic.
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Emphatic
Showing or giving emphasis.
| Expressing something forcibly or clearly.
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Dismay
To cause to feel consternation or distress.
Appall.
Shock.
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Hook
To attach to fasten with a hook.
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Languid
Slow and relaxed.
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Droop
Bend or hand downward limply.
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Remiss
Lacking care or admiration of duty.
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Impetuous
Acting or done quickly and without thought.
| Moving forcefully and rapidly.
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Scenic
Providing or relating to views of impressive quality.
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Disgrace
Loss of reputation or respect, especially as a result of a dishonorable action.
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Anthology
A published collection of poetries, songs etc.
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Eliminate
Completely remove or get rid off.
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Preeminence
The act of surpassing all others.
| Superiority.
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Retrenchment
The act of cutting down.
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Aggregation
Collection.
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Prognosis
Forecast.
| Prediction.
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Tenuous
Very weak or insubstantial.
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Faction
Conflict.
| Dissension.
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Constituent
Component.
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Torrid
Very hot and dry.
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Scorch
Burning hot.
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Probe
To physically examine or explore something.
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Romanticize
Deal with or describe in an unrealistic manner.
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Appraise
To assess.
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Customary
According to the customs or usual practices associated with a society or group.
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Recurring
Occurring again, periodically.
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Oppressive
Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint on a group, specially minority.
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Menace
Suggesting the presence of danger.
| Threatening.
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Drab
Lacking brightness or interest.
| Dull.
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Multifaceted
Having many facets or surfaces.
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Sullen
Bad tempered and sulky.
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Defiance
Open resistance.
| Bold disobedience.
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Sprawling
Spread out over a terrain in an untidy or irregular way.
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Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
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Sundry
Of various kinds.
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Remonstrance
A forcefully reproachful protest.
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Deify
To treat as God or deity.
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Basest
Lacking moral principles.
| Sordid.
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Impair
To weaken or damage something.
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Garish
Intrusively bright and lurid.
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Pander
To gratify or indulge, especially in something distasteful.
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Shortchange
Cheat.
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Repress
Restrained.
Inhibited.
Oppressed.
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Stunt
Prevent from growing or developing properly.
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Prod
To poke.
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Coddle
Treat in an overprotective way.
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Frisky
Playful and full of energy.
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Propagandist
Someone who disseminates biased and misleading information in order to gain political or opinionated favor.
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Relent
To cause to abandon or mitigate severe emotional intensity.
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Sensational
Causing great public interest and excitement.
Shocking.
Scandalous.
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Conformity
Compliance with rules and standards.
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Propulsion
The action of driving or pushing forward.
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Obliterate
Destroy completely.
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Peruse
Examine critically at a length.
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Replicate
Copy and reproduce.
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Pacifist
A person who believes that war and violence at unjustifiable.
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Revisionist
An advocate of revision, especially of a political or religious doctrine.
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Grim
Forbidding and uninviting.
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Procession
Parade.
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Cornucopia
Plenty
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Muck
Dirt.
| Rubbish.
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Stray
Move away aimlessly from a group/the right place/right course.
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Mastodon
Mammoth.
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Landlubber
Someone unfamiliar with sea or sailing.
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Forage
To search.
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Regal
Royal
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Imperial
Regal.
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Plague
To cause continuous trouble or distress to.
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Levity
Treating a important matter with humor and carelessness.
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Dichotomy
Opposite.
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Bifurcation
The act of dividing stuff into two branches.
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Filial
Related to the duties of son and daughters.
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Funerary
Relating to funerals or commemoration of the dead.
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Avuncular
Of or relating to an uncle.
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Upheaval
A violent or sudden change in something, probably like a disruption.
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Conviction
A firmly held belief or opinion.
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Aspire
To direct one's hope or dream toward achieving something.
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Comely
Pleasant to look at.
| Attractive.
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Regressive
Becoming less advanced.
| Returning to a former less-developed state.
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Sneer
Smirk.
| Smile or speak in a contemptuous manner.
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Scoff
Speak to someone in a scornful or derisive or mocking way.
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Temporize
Procrastinate.
Avoid making a decision in order to gain time.
Temporarily adopt a situation in order to conform to the circumstances.
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Dispense
To distribute.
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Deflect
Cause something to change direction.
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Treacly
Sentimental.
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Cursory
Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
| Perfunctory.
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Lackluster
Lacking in vitality, force or conviction.
Uninspired.
Uninspiring.
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Stricture
Social constraint.
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Fetter
To chain.
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Emancipation
The process of being set free from legal, social or political confinement.
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Remiss
Lacking care or ambition.
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Rivet
Completely engrossing or compelling.
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Engross
Absorb all attention or interest of.
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Fortify
Strengthen or invigorate mentally or physically.
