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Inglesa - U4 Flashcards

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(adj) not having any connection with religion
________ education

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secular

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(adj) extremely dangerous
_________ events

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perilous

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(adj) continuining in a severe or extreme way
___________ repetition

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relentless

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(adj) serious, extreme
____ predictions about the flu

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dire

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(adj) to criticize sb/smth strongly and publicly
they are __________ as climate change deniers

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denounced

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(adj) used to emphasize how great/unusual smth is by comparing it to smth else
a ________ army (not any army)

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veritable

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(adj) causing fear or worry
______ crimes

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dreaded

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(adj) existing in a particular place or time
the __________ culture of fear

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prevailing

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(adj) accomodated well, amply provided

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well-served

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(adj) a film in which people, mainly young women, are killed violently with knives
______ movie

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slasher

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(adj) having a lot of hair
_______ animals

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hirsute

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(adj) to be extremely angry about smth n try not to show it
_________ range

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seething

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(adj) more than enough
_____ space

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ample

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(adj) having no fixed form or shape
things can feel ___________ here

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amorphous

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(adj) so firmly held that it won’t change
an ________ habit

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ingrained

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(adj) very little and not enough
the clinical literature devoted to anger was _____

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scant

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(adj) central and important
________ psychological function

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pivotal

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18
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(adj) making you think sb is going to do smth bad
a ________ external force

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menacing

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(adj) dangerous
__________ substance

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hazardous

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20
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(adj) weak, unimportant, in doubt
his parents were _______, never stopped her

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tenuous

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(adJ) sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way
______ hands

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clammy

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(adj) quick, energetic and active
a ______ walk around the block

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brisk

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23
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(adj) doubting that smth is true or useful
to be ________ about smth

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skeptical

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(v) to advertise or praise smth to encourage people to buy it
therapies are ______ as one minute wonders

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touted

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(adj) extremely limiting, having a severe effect

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stringent

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(adj) causes severe damage or describe good and accurate senses, intelligence, etc
______ conditions

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acute

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(adj) happening and connected with another thing

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concomitant

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28
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(adj) full of laughter, humour or happiness
________ laughter

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mirthful

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29
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(adj) temporally quiet and not active
during sleep, the primary visual cortex is ________

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quiescent

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(adj) not very bright (color or light), not very loud (sound), unusually quiet (person)

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subdued

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31
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(adj) having great and usually damaging effects
_______ ways

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seismic

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32
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(adj) found or existing everywhere
social networking is __________ bc we all share the need to belong

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ubiquitous

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33
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(adj) mentioned earlier

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aforementioned

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34
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(adj) that is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value
they’ve come up with a _______ nickname

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derisive

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35
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(adj) thin and healthy
a ______ and hungry cat

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lean

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36
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(adj) without a particular person knowing
that boy is ____________ to me

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unbeknownst

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37
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(adj) brave and determined
a ______ boy

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plucky

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38
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(adj) completely developed, trained or established
within months the student had become a ____-_____ instructor

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full-fledged

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39
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(adj) shy or pretending to be
the ___ little girl

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coy

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40
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to be extremely tired
it was a stressful day at work and by 5pm I was _______

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frazzled

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41
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to have too many of smth or give sb too much to do
we’ve all been ______ with work

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swamped

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42
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to be anxious and uneasy
stop watching him, it makes him ____

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jumpy

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43
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to be annoyed and irritable
she was a bit _____ with me this morning

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snappy

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44
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(adj) not having much confidence

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diffident

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45
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(adv) in a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation
perseverance ____ describes his hard work

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aptly

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46
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(adv) in a way that is impossible to persuade or change your opinion, decision
__________ disconfirming the legitimacy of..

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adamantly

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47
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(n) sb who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop smth bc of their strong beliefs
old-time religious _________

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crusaders

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48
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(n) a person who studies demons and other creatures

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demonologist

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49
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(n) an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based
the ________ is that being well is not a natural state

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premise

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50
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(n) the fact of prophesing doom

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doom-mongering

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51
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(n) the fact that sb likes (to do) smth considered morally wrong

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proclivity

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52
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(n) opinion/belief that is the opposite of what’s the official/popular opinion
religion’s intolerance of ______

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heresy

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53
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(n) smth that is dangerous

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perils

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54
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(n) a safe or peaceful place
a ______ in earth

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haven

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55
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(n) the act of (unwillingly) accepting or agreeing to smth

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acquiescence

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(n) a small group of trained people who form the basic unit of a militar, political, business org
a new _____ of green entrepreneurs

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cadre

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57
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(n) smth/sb that helps protect from harm
social support provides a _____ against adverse life events

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buffer

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58
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(n) the death of a relative, friend
one of the stressors is __________

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bereavement

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59
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(n) a number of things that are held together
a _____ of fibers that connect..

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bundle

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(n) sb/smth that is very difficult to defeat

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nemesis

61
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(n) an unexpected event that has a damaging effect on sb/smth
a ____ to your ego

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blow

62
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(n) sb who isn’t an expert or doesnt have detailed knowledge of a particular subject

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layperson

63
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(n) the action of assigning to an inferior rank or position

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relegation

64
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(n) worry or fear that smth unpleasant is going to happen, anxiety

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aprehension

65
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(n) fear or anxiety about something that you are going to do or experience
It was with some ________ that I viewed the prospect of cycling across the country.

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trepidation

66
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(n) the process of getting or producing smth

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elicitation

67
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(n) a large crack/opening in the ground or clouds
anger can create irreparable ____

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rifts

68
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(n) work done in preparation for smth that will happen later

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groundwork

69
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(n) smth of great importance that everything else depends on
men are the ________ of the family unit

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cornerstone

70
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(n) a feeling of great sadness

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sorrow

71
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(n) disease

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malady

72
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(n) a short, easily remembered phrase used by a company for advertisement

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tagline

73
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(n) the experiencing of emotions that you have tried to forget
you can have an _________ if being treated by an inexperienced practitioner

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abreaction

74
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(n) a particullar smell

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odor

75
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(n) the amount of work that sb has to do in a period of time
a typical _______ include patients with

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caseload

76
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(n) a point/level at which smth starts to happen or have an effect

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threshold

77
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(n) the fact that smth is unusual or different from what is around

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incongruities

78
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(n) the time when sb is a baby or a very young child

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infancy

79
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(n) a state of great activity, effort or hard work
during sleep, areas of the brain go into ______

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overdrive

80
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(n) device that records electrical activity in the brain

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electroencephalogram

81
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(n) sleep

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slumber

82
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(n) sb/smth that causes a big change

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catalyst

83
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(n) the careful and detailed examination of smth
will the candidates stand up under all that ________?

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scrutiny

84
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(n) the quality of needing little effort or not being difficult
the _____ of online interaction

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ease

85
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(n) illness
stress-related ______ such as heart disease

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ailment

86
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(n) sb who is in bad physical or mental condition
to be a depressed, forgetful _____

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wreck

87
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(n) fear of flying

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aerophobia

88
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(n) fear of clowns

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coulrophobia

89
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(n) fear of insects

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insectophobia

90
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(n) fear of bees

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api/melissophobia

91
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(n) fear of lightning and thunder

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astraphobia

92
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(n) fear of buttons

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koumpounophobia

93
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(n) fear of blood

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hematophobia

94
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(n) fear of becoming too cold

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frigophobia

95
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(n) fear of snakes

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ophidiophobia

96
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(n) fear of snakes

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arachnophobia

97
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(n) fear of heights

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acrophobia

98
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(n) the feeling of being annoyed bc you can do nothing to solve a problem
after ten hours of negotiations, he stormed out of the meeting in __________

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exasperation

99
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(n) a fact/situation that is the reason for smth bad happening - sb who did smth wrong
sugar is the main ______ of children being fat - police is trying to find the ______

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culprit

100
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(v) to attack and injure with teeths or claws (animals)
a dog _______ her

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maul(ed)

101
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(v) to produce or encourage an emotion, support for smth
_____ the courage to do smth

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muster

102
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(v) to surround and cover completely
the problem will ______ the whole of society

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engulf

103
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(v) to admit that smth is true
can’t bring themselves to _______ that the situation is improving

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concede

104
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(v) to include different types of things

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encompass

105
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(v) to cause
one form of abuse ______ another

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beget

106
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(v) to invent a new word or expression, or use it in a different way for the 1st time

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coin

107
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(v) to make smth less strong or successful
they can ______ the amygdala’s activity

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dampen

108
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(v) to give support, strength or a basic structure to smth
scientists found some of the events that _______ phobias

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underpin

109
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(v) to stay around a place secretly, waiting to attack or appear
he was ________ in the shadows

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lurk(ing)

110
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(v) to increase or make it stronger
the primary emotion that ____ anger

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fuel

111
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(v) to represent or show smth in a picture or story
the dynamic ______ in this illustration is…

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depict(ed)

112
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(v) to stop smth quickly and completely
emotions that can be ________

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squelch

113
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(v) to prevent smth from happening by tacking action first

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preempt

114
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(v) to represent smth falsely or to hide smth
anger ____ the fragility of ego

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belie

115
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(v) to describe or mark the edge of smth
the book which _________ a model for dealing with ….

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delineate

116
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(v) to improve smth/ make it stronger

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bolster

117
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(v) to make smth stronger especially to protect it

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fortify

118
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(v) to give new life to, new energy
to _______ old attachment wounds and fears

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revivify

119
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(v) to invent smth with intelligence or imagination
_________ an appropiate treatment for a client

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devise

120
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(v) to take control of smth for your own advantage
keep your temper from _________ your life

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hijack(ing)

121
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(v) erosionar

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erode

122
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(adj) red in the face
he _______ when he saw me

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flushed

123
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(v) to reduce smth in size or amount

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deplete

124
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(v) to reduce smth
anger ______ our lives

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drain

125
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(v) to make smth perfect or completely suitable for its purpose
_____ a skill

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hone

126
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(v) to break into small pieces
to _____ emotionally

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crumble

127
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(v) to make a noise consisting of quickly repeated knocks
every time you set your purse down, a pill bottle ______

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rattle

128
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(v) to look at every part of smth and replace the parts that don’t work
people ______ their diet in hopes of reducing their blood pressure

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overhaul

129
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(v) to consider or judge
some alternative medicine practices have been _____ to be safe

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deem

130
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(v) to provide and serve (mainly food)

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cater

131
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(v) to have existed or happened before another thing
the use of healing plants ______ recorded history

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predate

132
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(v) to reach the highest level
the brain’s activity ______

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crest(ed)

133
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(v) to bounce off a surface
signals that are _______ around your brain

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ricochet(ing)

134
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(v) to make smth/sb less harmful so that is no longer dangerous
people ______ their fearful memories through the reinvention of their thoughts

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defang

135
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(v) to be stuck, fixed in a place or position
rem sleep triggers memories that are _____ in the brain

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lodge

136
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(v) to cause a weapon to shoot bullets
neurons that ___ in the brain stem during sleep

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fire

137
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(v) to wake sb up
in stage 3 is harder to ____ a person from sleep

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rouse

138
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(v) to move slowly with no control over direction
we spent our days spacing out, ________ and daydreaming.

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drift(ing)

139
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(v) to present smth old in a new way without any real change or improvement
ruminate daydreaming is when you are ________ and analyzing the past

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rehash(ing)

140
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(v) grant
online communication doesn’t _____ any mental health benefits

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confer

141
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(v) to make smth much less efective, damage
stress is ________ your neurons

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cripple

142
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(v) to experience a certain activity
people who voluntarily _____ into stressful situations

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plunge

143
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(v) to prepare smth/sb for the next stage in a process
it ______ parts of the brain

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primes

144
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(v) to obtain an advantage over sb by being more intelligent
the cat doesn’t outrun or ______ it

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outwit

145
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(v) to become dried out and smaller, appearing crushed or folded
neurons _____ and stop communicating

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shrivel

146
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(v) to combine or connect two things (mainly animals)
the second rat was _____ to the first

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yoke(d)

147
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(v) to be weak or fail to improve
with the market __________ and jobs hemorrhaging…

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languish(ing)

148
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(v) without money, food, a home or possessions
the floods left thousands of people ______

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destitute

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