GRE Flashcards
(136 cards)
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cessation
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The ending of a process.
Ending, termimation, stopping
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intermittent
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Occuring at irregular intervals; not continuous
Sporadic, irregular
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Interminable
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Endless, neverending; often used hyperbolically
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fervency, fervent
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Zeal, intensity of feeling
Passionate feelings,
E zjarrte
a fervent supporter of the revolution
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heed
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Noun: careful attention
Verb: pay attention to, take notice.
he should have heeded the warnings
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sedate
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calm, unhurried
quiet and rather dull
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lumbering
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Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way
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dexterity
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Skillful in tasks, especially involving hands
Agility
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adroit
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Clever or skillful
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abiding
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Lasting a long time, enduring.
They have an abiding respect for us
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abide
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Accept or act in accordance with a rule
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precarious
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Uncertain, insecure
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tenuous
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Weak or slight
Delicate or fine
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garner
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Gather or collect, especially information
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propitiatory
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Intended to please someone and make them feel calm
a propitiatory gift
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furtive
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Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt
sneaky, secretive
They spent a furtive day together
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adj. profuse
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Ample, copious, abundant
offered my profuse apologies
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rife
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Of common occurence; widespread
Full of; overflowing
I perhapur, i mbushur
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Assuage
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Make an unpleasant feeling less intense.
Satisfy an appetite or desire
His speech assuaged the fear of the people
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Virulent
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Bitterly hostile
Extremely severe disease
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Waning
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Disappearing, decreasing, becoming weaker
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flagging
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Become tired or less dynamic; decline in strength
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nascent
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Coming into existence
The nascent revolutionary movement
Dicka qe po lind
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incipient
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Beginning to happen or develop
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taciturn
A person: uncommunicative, reserved
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garrulous
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial.matters
Talkative, loquacious, voluble
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conduit
Channel for conveying water or other fluid
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Dearth
Shortage, scarcity, lack
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surfeit
Excessive amount; abundance, oversupply
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inveterate
Long established, ingrained (habit)
**The inveterate hatred**
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dulcet
Sweet and soothing
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comely
Attractive, good looking
*The comely italian actess*
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antediluvian
Oldfashioned; prehistoric
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Superannuated
Oldfashioned, obsolete, outdated
Superannuate (verb): retire someone with a pension
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manifest
Adj: clear or obvious
*His manifest skills*
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quaint
Picturesque; attractively unusual or old fashioned
Quaint country cottages
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aplomb
Self confidence or assurance
He passed the GRE with aplomb
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quiescent
in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy
**strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent**
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rancorous
Bitter, spiteful, hateful
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lurid
Excessively bright, unpleasantly bright in colour, creating an unnatural efect
Overbright
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Synopsis
A brief summary of something
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lax
Not sufficiently strict or severe
*Lax security in the airport*
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circumscribe
To restrict something within limits
**The place where we live circumscribes our potential**
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circumspect
Adj: wary, unwilling to take risks
Careful, cautious
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approbation/disapprobation
approval or praise
Strong disapproval, dissatisfacrion
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probity
Noun: the quality of having strong moral principles
Integrity, honesty
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facetious
| adj.
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant
| per shaka, hokatar
## Footnote
a facetious remark
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flippant
| adj
not showing a serious attitude
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repudiate
| verb
refuse to accept; reject
deny the truth or validity of
deny, refute, not accept as true;
| **renounce, reject;**
## Footnote
*she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders*
*the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses*
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patent
| adj
easily recognizable; obvious.
| **evident, clear**
## Footnote
*she was smiling with patent insincerity*
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pervasive
| adj
(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
| Localism among albanians in North Macedonia is becoming pervasive
## Footnote
penetrating, prevailing
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arcane
| adj
understood by few; mysterious or secret
| hidden, secret, mysterious, unclear
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painstaking
| adj,
done with or employing great care and thoroughness
| carefoul, meticulous
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vexation
| noun
the state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried
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fastidious
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
| scrupulous, attentive
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ebullient
cheerful and full of energy
| buyoant, exuberant
## Footnote
she sounded ebullient and happy
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glum
sad, morose, gloomy
| i pikelluar, i zymte
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munificient
displaying generousity
| generous, open-handed
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solicitous
characterized by or showing interest or concern.
| concerned, caring
## Footnote
she was always solicitous about the welfare of her students
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mendacity
untruthfulness
| dishonesty, lying
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judicious
| adj
showing good judgement, well-thought
| prudent, wise
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defiant
showing defiance (open resistance; bold disobedience).
| mosperfilles
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indefatigable
tireless, cannot feel fatigue
| i palodhshem
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pedestrian
| adj
lacking excitement or inspiration, dull, monotonous
| a pedesetrian lifestyle
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startling
| adj
very surprising, astonishing, leaving impresion
| unforeseen
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distill
| verb
extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of
| te nxjerresh dicka,
## Footnote
my travel notes were distilled into a book
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jettison
throw, drop, get rid of (not use)
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pugnacious
eager to fight, argue, quarrel
| combative, aggressive
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abrasive
showing little concern for the feelings of others
**His abrasive comments hurt my feelings**
acerbic, biting, caustric
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blight, blighted
a plant disease, typically one caused by fungi; a thing that spoils or damages something.
have a severely detrimental effect on.
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reckoning
opinion, statement; calculation, observation
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fitfully
not regularly or continuously; intermittently
| ne menyre te cregullt
## Footnote
he ate and slept fitfully
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spurious
not what it's expected to be; false,fake
bogus, inauthentic;
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maladroit
inefficient or inept. clumsy, incompetent
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erudite
having or showing great knowledge or learning
| well educated, scholarly
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panegyric
eulogy: a long speech dedicated to someone, praising them
tribute
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adept
very skilled and profficient
| She is adept in word-memorization
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gauche
socially awkward, unsophisticated
## Footnote
pa takt
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prepossesing
attractive, beautiful
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felicitious
happy, pleasant, very apt, in good circumstances
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unstinting
giving smth without restraint
| i pa kursyere
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pithy
shkurt, por sakte;
consice, succinct, short and accurate
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whimsical
playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
*a whimsical sense of humour*
Similar: **fanciful, playful, mischievous**
2.
acting or behaving in a capricious manner.
**temperamental** **impulsive**
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onerous
requiring much effort, tiring;
arduous, burdensome;
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bellicose
demonstrating agression and willingness to fight
| agressive, attacking, hostile, belligerent;
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desolate (verb and adjective)
being hopeless, or making smth desparate and hopeless and lonely. negative;
| miserable, sad;
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Doughty
brave and persistent.
"his doughty spirit kept him going"
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permeate
spread throughout smth
| the aroma of soup permeated the air
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facile
1. ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial.
**facile generalizations**
2. (especially of success in sport) easily achieved; effortless.
**a facile seven-lengths victory**
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glib
(of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow.
lacking depth and substance
## Footnote
glib answers
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expiade
make amends for, repair
| expiade your sins
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allay
relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger).
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tedious
Too long, slow, or dull.
Boring
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insolent
showing rudeness, arrogance or lack of respect
| impertinent
she hated the insolent tone of his voice
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nettle
irritate or annoy, upset
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exposition
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
| *a systematic exposition of the idea of biodiversity*
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objurgation
a harsh reprimand or criticism
## Footnote
*A teenager who gets home hours after his midnight curfew can expect objurgation from his angry parents*
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staved off
prevent, delay, avert
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affliction
the state of being in pain or harm
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ardent
very enthusiastic
**ardent fan**
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tepid
lukewarm ( e vaket)
showing low enthusiasm
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precipitous
dangerously high or steep.
(of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration.
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effusive
showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
**an effusive welcome**
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obfuscation, obfuscate
the action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
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resurgence
an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence
| **a resurgence of the rock music**
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prodigious
Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
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emaciated
abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
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extol
praise with enthusiasm
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excoriate
critize someone harshly, lambast
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furtive
secretly, sneakily
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inadvertently
unnintentionally, accidentally
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trepidation
a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
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abate
become less intense or smaller/weaker
**The storm suddenly abated**
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dissenting
holding or expressing opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held.
| heretic
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concurring
be of the same opinion; agree.
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bewail
express great regret, sadness, or disappointment about (something)
| men will bewail the loss of earlier freedoms
## Footnote
lament
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faciliity
a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily
| aptitude
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alacrity
eagerness, willingness, readiness
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thwart
prevent someone from accomplishing something
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impede
hinder, delay, prevent
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Ostentatious
characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
books that people buy and display ostentatiously but never actually finish
Synonyms: pretentious
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Astute
I mprehte
Having the ability to accurately asses situations and turn it to one's advantage
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visceral
relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.
Innate
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peril
Rrezik; immediate danger
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frendzied
Wildly excitable; uncontrollable
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Fraught;
1. anxious, upset
Ex. A fraught relationship
2. Full of
Ex. This campaign is fraught with danger
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Jumble
An untidy collection or pile of things:
The books were in a collection of jumbleg
Lemsh, ngaterrim
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Tycoon
a wealthy, powerful person in business or indust
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specious
- *Misleading in appearance*
- *seeming to be right or true, but is actually wrong or false*
- **A specious argument.**
- **Specious promises**
_e pavertete_
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fulcrum
- *the point against which a lever is placed to get a purchase, or on which it turns or is supported.*
- *a thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation.*
- **Discipline is the fulcrum of success**
_bosht_, _kryesorja_
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# Define
latent
| lay · tnt
* (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed;
* hidden, concealed;
* (of a disease) not yet manifesting the usual symptoms.
Synonyms: dormant
| | Translations: e fshehur,qe nuk ka dale ende ne pah
## Footnote
diabetes maybe **latent** for some time before it starts manifesting
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# Define
quintessential
| kwin · tuh · sen ·shl
something that represents the most typical example of a quality
| Synonyms: typical, stereotypical, model
## Footnote
he was the **quintessential** tough guy—strong, silent, and self-contained
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aggrandizment
| ëgrendizmënt
an increase in power or importance
| translations: perforcim, zmadhim
## Footnote
We believe she is merely working for her own aggrandizement.
comes from the verb aggrandize (to make someone more powerful or important)
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Lucrative (llukrativ)
Providing a great deal of profit
Profitable
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Laudable
Deserving praise
Praiseworthy, commendable
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linger (llinGër)
stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave
spend a long time over (something).
be slow to disappear or die
*she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine*
