Easy Flashcards
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Cosmopolitan
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Universal
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Numinous
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Supernatural
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Abiotic
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Not living
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Sterling
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Excellent
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Gainsay
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Deny, Disagree with
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Exhaustive
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Thorough
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Succumb to
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Yield to, Surrender
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Archaic
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Ancient
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Counterfeit
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Fake
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Upheaval
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Revolution, Disorder
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Imminent
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حتمی، قریب الوقوع
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Perscient
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Foreseen, Predictive
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Prophetic
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Foreseen, Predective
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Proprietary
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Exclusive; relating to who owns something:
They have proprietary rights to the data
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Lopsided
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Unbalanced
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Robust
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Strong
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repertoire
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range
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augment
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increase, extend
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brook
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tolerate
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fecundity
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fertility
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altruism
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نوع دوستی
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irascibility
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تندخویی
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exasperation
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anger
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boast of
brag about
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loath
unwilling
*Sarah was loath to tell her mother what had happened.*
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neophyte
rookie
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novice
rookie
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a zealot
an extremist, افراط گرا
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a pragmatist
عمل گرا
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intricate
complicated
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convoluted
complicated
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prevalent
common
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novelty
newness, freshness
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unwarranted
unnecessary, done without good reason
*unwarranted interference*
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groundless
baseless, unnecessary
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monolithic
single
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nepotism
پارتی بازی
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partisanship
تعصب
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vacillation
indicisiveness
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futile
پوچ، بیهوده
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discursion
scattered, پراکنده
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allure
appeal, attractiveness
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a hodgepodge
درهم و برهم
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a patchwork
درهم و برهم
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sagacious
insightful, wise
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affable
friendly
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realized
achieved
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heterogenous
diverse, consisting of parts that are very different from eachother
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disparate
diverse
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benign
friendly, harmless
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chivalrous
brave, courageos
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impetuous
impulsive, بی پروا, شتابزده
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forbore
خودداری کردن، دست نگه داشتن
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circumspect
[adj.] cautious
*The governor was usually circumspect when dealing with the media.*
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jettisoned
abandoned
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dichotomous
contradictory, متضاد, the difference between two things or ideas that are completely opposite
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indegenous
native, بومی
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trifling
negligible
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deleterious
harmful
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momentous
significant
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precarious
hazardous
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trivial
unimportant
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inconsequential
unimportant
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incommensurable
impossible to measure or compare, مقایسه و سنجش ناپذیر
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comity
friendliness
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peculiarity
sth. that is a feature of only one particular person, place, situation, etc.
*The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.*
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cosmology
کیهان شناسی
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insurmountable
حل نشدنی، برطرف نشدنی
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endorse
approve
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oust
expel, اخراج
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sanction
1. تحریم
2. endorse = allow
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belie
mask, disguise
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flamboyant
پر زرق و برق
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scant
limited
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eclipse
surpass, exceed, outdo
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eclipse
surpass, exceed, outdo; overshadow
*The economy had eclipsed the environment as an election issue.*
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outstrip
surpass, exceed, outdo
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outstrip
surpass, exceed, outdo
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erudition
knowledge, فضل, دانش
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precipitate
[adj.] hasty, impulsive
*a precipitate decision*
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precipitate
hasty, impulsive
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speculation
guess, theory
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diffuse
spread, منتشر شدن
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untenable
baseless, illogical
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opaque
obscure, vague, ambiguous
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sanguine
optimistic
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draconian
strict
*draconian regulation*
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rapacious
greedy
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depletion
کاهش
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malady
disease, illness
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discern
detetct, تشخیص دادن
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refutation
رد، ابطال
*refutaion of a theory*
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loquacious
talkative
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irascible
hot-tempred
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haphazardly
randomly
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pastiche
a work of art that consists of a variety of different styles put together
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clandestine
secret; done or kept secret
*a clandestine affair*
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churlish
rude
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conjecture
guess, speculation
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pugnacious
very eager to argue or fight with people
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truculent
bad-tempered and always willing to argue with people
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perilous
dangerous
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stave off
prevent
*Death is natural and inevitable, we can't stave it off forever.*
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forestall
prevent
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evanescent
temporary, momentary
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arcane
known or understood by only a few people
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skullduggery
secretly dishonest or illegal activity
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fervor
enthusiasm; very strong belief or feeling
*patriotic fervor*
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zealous
enthusiastic; someone who is zealous does or supports something with great energy
*zealous political activists*
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alacrity
[n.] enthusiasm; quickness and eagerness
**with alacrity**
*She accepted with alacrity.*
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knotty
[adj.] complicated; difficult to solve
*a knotty problem*
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inaccessible
difficult to understand; opaque
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extraneous
not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem; irrelevant
**extraneous to**
*Such details are extraneous to the matter in hand.*
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apt
[adj.] appropriate; fitting; suitable
*The punishment should be apt for the crime*
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animadversion
[n.] stong criticism
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encumber
[v.] to make it dofficult for you to do sth.
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discretionary
واگذار شده به نظر شخص
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deplore
to disapprove of something very strongly and criticize it severely, especially publicly
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underscore
emphasize; تاکید; زیر چیزی خط کشیدن
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trade off
[v.] to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result
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engender
[v.] produce
*the changes in society engendered by the war*
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yield
[v.] produce
I) to produce results: *Our research has only recently begun to yield important results*
II) to produce profit *These investments should yield a reasonable return.*
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polemical
[adj.] using strong arguments to criticize or defend a particular idea, opinion, or person
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rapacious
[adj.] greedy; avaricious
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limpid
[adj.] clear; شفاف
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pellucid
[adj.] clear; شفاف
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conjectural
speculated; guessed
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prevalent
[adj.] widespread; common; popular
*Deafness is prevalent among older age groups.*
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abound
[v.] to exist in very large number
**= proliferate**
*Examples of this abound in her book.*
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proliferate
[v.] if something proliferates, it increases quickly and spreads to many different places.
**= abound**
*Computer courses continue to proliferate.*
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authoritarian
[adj.] strict; dictatorial; قدرت طلب
*an authoritarian government
Critics claim his management has become too authoritarian.*
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egalitarian
[adj.] based on the belief that everyone is equal and should have equal rights; مساوات طلب
*an egalitarian society*
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imperturbable
[adj.] remaining calm and unworried in spite of problems or difficulties
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volatile
[adj.] بی ثبات; a volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without warning
*an increasingly volatile political situation*
*the highly volatile stock and bond markets*
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intransigent
[adj.] unwilling to change your ideas or behaviour, in a way that seems unreasonable; stubborn
*an intransigent attitude*
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detract from
[phrasal verb] to make something seem less good
*One mistake is not going to detract from your achievement.*
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conundrum
[n.] riddle, puzzle
*the conundrum of our purpose on Earth*
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nebulous
[adj.] vague
*'Normality' is a rather nebulous concept*
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homogeneity
[n.] یکجور بودن; همگن بودن
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esoteric
[adj.] known and understood by only a few people who have special knowledge about something.
*the esoteric world of scientific supercomputing*
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be a drag on someone/something
to make it hard for someone to make progress
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minuscule
[adj.] extremely small
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insular
[adj.] isolated
*an insular community*
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sycophancy
[n.] چاپلوسی
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obeisance
[n.] respect
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muddled
[adj.] confused
*muddled thinking*
*The situation today is very muddled.*+
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profusion
[n.] abundance
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be wont to do something
to be likely to do something
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beneficence
[n.] helping people; نیکوکاری
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specious
[adj.] false; seeming to be true but actually false
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perfunctory
[adj.] a perfunctory action is done quickly, and is only done because people expect it.
**= superficial**
*She gave him a perfunctory smile.*
*The applause was perfunctory.*
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confessional
[adj.] confessional speech or writing contains private thoughts or feelings that you would normally keep secret
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satirize
[v.] مسخره کردن
*a play satirizing the fashion industry*
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relish
[v.] enjoy
*I don’t relish the thought of you walking home alone.*
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exalt
[v.] to praise someone
**= valorize**
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valorize
[v.] to praise someone
**= exalt**
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betray
[v.] show; disclose; expose
*He betrays no interest in talking about his father.*
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wherewithal
[n.] necessary resources;
**the wherewithal to do something:** the money, skill etc that you need in order to do something; Synonym: **means**
*Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act?*
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debunk
[v.] to show that an idea or belief is false
*His claims were later debunked by fellow academics.*
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abnegation
[n.] denial; renouncement
: when you do not allow yourself to have or do something that you want ⇒ self-denial
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artifact (artefact)
[n.] artificial product
*ancient Egyptian artefacts*
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lull
[n.] short period of time when things are calm, that is followed by a lot of activity or trouble;
a short period of time when there is less activity or less noise than usual
lull in
**= respite**
*a brief lull in the conversation
a lull in the fighting*
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respite
[n.] a short period of time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better
**= lull**
*The pain went on without respite*
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gratify
[v.] please; satisfy
*John was gratified to see the improvement in his mother’s health.*
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exactitude
[n.] the state of being exact; accuracy; meticulousness
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encyclopedic
exhaustive; thorough; comprehensive
*an encyclopedic knowledge of medieval literature*