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1
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linchpin

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/lɪntʃpɪn/
If you refer to a person or thing as the linchpin of something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.

2
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He’s the ~ of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.

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He’s the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.

3
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seamless

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/siːmləs/

You use seamless to describe something that has no breaks or gaps in it or which continues without stopping.

4
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It was a ~ procession of wonderful electronic music.

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It was a seamless procession of wonderful electronic music.

5
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He has moved ~ly from theory to practice.

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He has moved seamlessly from theory to practice.

6
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prompt

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/prɒmpt/ A prompt action is done without any delay.

7
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Applications in which ~ delivery is more important than accurate delivery.

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Applications in which prompt delivery is more important than accurate delivery.

8
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entrenched

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If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.

9
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… widely used, deeply ___, and thus hard to replace.

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… widely used, deeply entrenched, and thus hard to replace.

10
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embarrassed

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A person who is embarrassed feels shy, ashamed, or guilty about something.

11
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Some of them are a bit of an ___ now.

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Some of them are a bit of an embarrassment now.

12
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at the height of

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в разгаре

13
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vulnerable

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Someone who is vulnerable is weak and without protection, with the result that they are easily hurt physically or emotionally.

14
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The ___ of the system was that the destruction of a few key toll offices could fragment it into many isolated islands.

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The vulnerability of the system was that the destruction of a few key toll offices could fragment it into many isolated islands.

15
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whippersnapper

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If you refer to a young person as a whippersnapper, you disapprove of them because you think that they are behaving more confidently than they should.

16
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The biggest and richest corporation in the world was not about to allow some young ___ (cheeky person) tell it how to build a telephone system.

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The biggest and richest corporation in the world was not about to allow some young whippersnapper tell it how to build a telephone system.

17
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astound

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/əstaʊnd/ If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.

18
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They were ___ (surprise) when there was no network expert and no grand design.

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They were astounded when there was no network expert and no grand design.

19
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upheaval

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/ʌpˈhiːvəl/

An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.

20
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One driver of these ___ (big change) is telecommunications convergence.

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One driver of these upheavals is telecommunications convergence.

21
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convergence

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/kənvɜːʳdʒəns/
The convergence of different ideas, groups, or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar.

22
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hindrance

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/hɪndrəns/

A hindrance is a person or thing that makes it more difficult for you to do something.

23
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DSL modem converts between digital packets and analog signals that can pass ___ over the telephone line. (without difficulties)

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DSL modem converts between digital packets and analog signals that can pass unhindered over the telephone line.

24
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scarcity

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/ˈskɛəsɪtɪ/ scarcity

If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.

25
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It is the ___ of spectrum. (a lack of)

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It is the scarcity of spectrum.

26
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inherent

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The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it.

27
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Wireless is ___ a broadcast medium. (by nature)

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Wireless is inherently a broadcast medium.

28
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nomadic

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/noʊmædɪk/

Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time.

29
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Typically, 802.11 is used by ___ clients that go from one fixed location to another.

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Typically, 802.11 is used by nomadic clients that go from one fixed location to another.

30
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overhaul

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/ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/

If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.

31
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foster

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/fɒstəʳ/

To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.

32
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 that ___ regulation to foster competition. (examine in order to improve).

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Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to foster competition.

33
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to ___ competition. (to help it to develop)

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Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to foster competition.

34
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steering committee

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a committee set up to prepare and arrange topics to be discussed, the order of business, etc, for a legislative assembly or other body.

35
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The chairmen of these working groups initially met as a ___ to direct the engineering effort. (a committee set up to prepare topics to be discussed)

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The chairmen of these working groups initially met as a steering committee to direct the engineering effort.

36
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obey

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/oʊbeɪ/

If you obey a person, a command, or an instruction, you do what you are told to do.

37
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Inter-recipe dependencies are ___. (followed)

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Inter-recipe dependencies are obeyed.

38
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culprit

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/kʌlprɪt/

When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit.

39
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to identify the ___ (cause of a problem)

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to identify the culprit