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Perfidy

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Behaviour that is not loyal

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Irascible

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Irritable, easily angered

-he is an irascible and difficult man

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Pioneering

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Using ideas and methods that have never been used before

  • a pioneering surgeon
  • pioneering techniques
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Dampen

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To make something less strong or active, to check

-nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm

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Despair

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The feeling that there is no hope and you can do nothing to make it better

  • they are in the depth of despair over/about the money they’ve lost
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Exalt

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To think or speak very highly of, acclaim, glorify

To raise to higher rank

-the party will continue to exalt their hero

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Acknowledge

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To express gratitude

  • Doran stuck his head out of the window to acknowledge the cheering
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Concede

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To admit, to acknowledge

  • he finally conceded that she was right

To grand as right or privilege

  • to concede a longer vacation for all employees
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Suppress

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to forcibly put an end to

To prevent the development of; restrain

  • the raising was savagely suppressed
  • she couldn’t suppress a rising panic
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Shrewd

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Sharp in practical matters

  • a shrewd politician makes smart decisions
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Analogous

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Comparable

-they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children

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Inadvertent

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Unintentional

-an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment

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Diffidence

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Modesty, lack of self-confidence

-I say this with some diffidence because I don’t have enough evidence

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Solitude

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The situation of being alone without other people

-after months of solitude at sea it felt strange to be in company

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Pedestrian

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Not interesting or unusual

  • his style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore
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Cordial

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Warm and friendly

Strongly felt, intense

  • the atmosphere was cordial and relaxed
  • I earned his cordial loathing
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Inductive

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Using a particular set of facts or ideas to form a general principle

-inductive reasoning

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Perfunctory

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Done quickly, without taking care or interest

-his smile was perfunctory

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Elliptical

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Having an oval shape

(Of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous

  • an elliptical prose that is difficult to understand
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Immutable

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Unchanging over time or unable to be changed

  • an immutable fact
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Buck

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to oppose or resist

  • he wants to be the tough rebel who bucks the system
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Convivial

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Friendly, enjoyable

  • the cocktail party was convivial and the host was convivial
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Scrutinise

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To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly

-customers were warned to scrutinise the small print

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Accord

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To give something (as special treatment) to someone or something

A formal or official agreement

  • such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology
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Utilitarian
Designed to be useful rather than decorative -like many factories, it's a very ugly utilitarian building
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Fecund
Highly fertile Producing many new ideas -her fecund imagination
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Perpetuate
To keep alive, keep going ; preserve,not make something counties indefinitely - the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence
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Proprietary
Relating to an owner or ownership -the company has a proprietary right to the property
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Sift
To examine something thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important - until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively
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Maintain
To assert, declare - he maintained that the country was going downhill
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Rehabilitate
To restore to health or normal life To return to To restore to former privilege or reputation -with the fall of government many former dissidents were rehabilitate
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Narcissism
Self-love; self-flattery
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Profusion
Abundance A great quantity of
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Milieu
Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature - it is a study of the social and cultural milieu in which Michele lived and worked
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Encomium
Eulogy
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Brook
To bear, tolerate - I will brook no interference
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Valorise
To give value or validity to -the culture valorises the individual
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Perceptual
Relating to or involving perception; the ability to interpret or become aware of something through senses -a patient with perceptual problems who cannot judge distances
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obtrusive
Too noticeable -the logo was still visible but less obtrusive this time in beige
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Ahistoric / ahistorical
Lacking historical perspective or context
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Incompetence
Lack of ability
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Replete
Filled or well-supplied with something -sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death
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Compromise
A settlement or agreement of a dispute To settle a dispute To expediently accept standards that are lower than is desirable - we were not prepared to compromise on safety
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Judicious
Having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions -we should make judicious use of the resource available to us
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Insular
Detached; isolated Narrow-minded; provincial -some people are insular attitudes toward foreigners
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Freakish
Very unusual or unexpected -freakish weather conditions have caused massive traffic jams in the area
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Aspersion
A damaging remark or criticism - casting aspersions on a campaign rival
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Intransigent
Refusing to change your opinions or behaviour
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Prevarication
The act of lying - seeing the expressing on his mother's face, he realised this was no time for prevarication A lie -her many prevarications had apparently paid off; she was free to go
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Exhilaration
Excitement and happiness
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Ostentatioud
Too obviously showing your wealth or power, in attempt to make people notice and admire you - they criticised the ostentatious lifestyle of their leader
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Inhibit
To hinder, to prevent To make self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed way - cold inhibits plant growth - they felt inhibited by the presence of healthcare professionals
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Combative
Eager to fight or argue -the prime minister was in a combative mood, twice accusing the opposition of gross incompetence
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Disdain
To look upon or treat with contempt; despise; to scorn - to disdain replying to an insult A feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy
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Champion
To fight or speak publicly in support of -he passionately championed the poor
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Indict
If a law court or a grand jury indicts someone, it accused them officially of a crime - he was indicted on drug charges at court
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Stimulus
Something that caused growth or activity - foreign investment has been a stimulus to the industry
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Impenetrable
Impossible to pass through or enter Impossible to understand - a dark, impenetrable forest - her expression was impenetrable
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Emulate
To copy, imitate with effort to equal or surpass -to emulate one's father as a concert violinist
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Whimsy
fanciful behaviour or humour -the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralising
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Sanguine
Optimistic - he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy
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Withstand
To remain undamaged or unaffected by; resist -the structure had been designed to withstand winds of more than 100 mph
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Apposite
Appropriate, suitable, fitting -he says apposite quotations all the time
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Check
To block the process of -sex education is expected to help check the spread of AIDS
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Rejoice
To feel or show great happiness about something -she rejoiced in her good fortune
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Refute
To prove that something is wrong or false - to refuse a claim
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Fleeting
Short or quick -this is just a fleeting visit
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Germane
Closely related - please keep your statements germane to the issue
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Savour
To give oneself to the enjoyment of -to savour the best in life To season
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Lopsided
With one side lower or smaller than the other - joe sugg has a lopsided grin
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Assume
To begins (a role, duty) as a job or responsibility To pretend to have or be - in his dreams, the mountains assumed enormous importance
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Exasperation
A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance -she rolled her eyes in exasperation
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Adapt
To change so that I can be present in another form -the film has been adapted from a play of the same title
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Anachronism
A person, thing or idea that exist in the wrong time period
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Dilettante
A person who takes up an art, activity, or subjects merely for amusement
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Derail
To prevent a plan or process from succeeding - renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks
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Aloof
Not interested or involved Not friendly -whatever is happening in the office, she always remains aloof
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Synonymous
Having the same meaning -the words "annoyed" and "irritated" are more or less synonymous
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Trepidation
Fear or worry about what's going to happen -we view future developments with some trepidation
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Oversight
An unintentional failure to notice or do something; mistake The act of overseeing something; supervision - he had simply missed Parsons out by an oversight - effective oversight of the financial reporting process
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Excoriate
To criticise something severely - he excoriated the government for censorship

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