Vocab

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Contraption

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a machine or device badly made

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Defy

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To go against with

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Dubious

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Questionable

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Antagonize

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To provoke someone angrily

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Auspicious

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Favorable, promising

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decimate

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To destroy, to kill, to reduce strength dramatically

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Proliferate

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To grow, multiply, increase rapidly in numbers (a sense of excessive)

To fear that nuclear weapon might proliferate

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Eviscerate

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To remove a body organ, to take away the force/significance, to deprive of an essential part

A compromise that eviscerated a proposed bill

His role as a manager is eviscerated when he lost the trust from his team

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Monotony

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Sameness, lack of variation

In order to break away from monotony of daily routine, he decided to change job from a Liberian to an actor

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Interspersed

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To scatter at intervals amongst other things

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Dichotomy

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A division between two opposites

The dichotomy between rich and poor is so huge that no government would be able to fix

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Convulsions

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A sudden uncontrolled movement of body, violent disturbance, social upheaval, earthquake

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Tenacious

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Holding on firmly, adhering closely

The head hunters tend to have tenacious approach so they could get people to switch jobs rapidly.

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Allure

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To entice by charm and attraction, to tempt with something desirable

Promising quick profit allures many investors.

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Entice

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To excite, to attract by arousing hope or interest

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Alleviate

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To easy the pain, lighten up the load

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Docile

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Teachable, easy to discipline, submissive

If you want to have a easy time with a new pet, you should get a docile type of animals

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Malleable

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Able to adjust, to shape, either mentally or physically

Metal is malleable when heated.
The manager told everyone that his decision is malleable so please opinion their thoughts

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Tame

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Gentle, calm, not wild, well-trained, dull, lack of excitement,

To tone down, to soften

Cats are tend to be considered as tame pets.

In order to ride that wild horse, he needs to be tamed.

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Transpire

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To come about, to come to light, to pass through the tissues, to become known

After many years of hard work, he transpired to be a great designer.

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Tantalize

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To excite others by exposing something desirable but out of reach

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Atelier

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A workshop or studio of an artist

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Embark

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To commence or engage a new project

To embark on a journey from east to west

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Elicit

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To draw forth, to cause to be revealed

The only response the motivation speaker elicited from the audience is booing.

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Intervene

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To come, appear, lie between two things

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Camber

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A slightly arched surface, Camber angle: the outward inclination of the auto wheels Camber occurs in precast concrete components

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Susceptible

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Easily to be affected, easily to yield Is susceptible to ..

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Recrimination

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Accusation that two groups make about each other.

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Prod

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Impasse

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Understudy

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Recount

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Lucrative

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Anonymous

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Sequestration

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Stymie

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Grapple with

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Acrimony of

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Raft of

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Scores of

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Testosterone

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Obliterated

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Discern

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Conspicuous

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Salient

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Eccentric

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Vociferous

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Gregarious

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Ornate

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Alluvium

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Rarefied

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Gastronomic

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Relating to food and cookery, especially art in good eating

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Repertoire

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A list of dramas to be performed, entire stock of skills or techniques in an artistic field

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Cultivating

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Perplexed

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Terse (in language)

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Passé

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Gravitate

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Languish

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Meaningless "mantra"

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Presumptuous

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I apologize to be presumptuous, I just have to opinion on this issue even though I might not know the entire story

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Solace

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Comfort in misfortune He took some amount of solace in knowing that he is out of harm's way

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Rescind

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Emulate

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To simulate and/or excel

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Dexterity

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Her dexterity in chopsticks in her young age impressed many

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Starkly

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Sharply clear

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Torrential

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Downpour rain

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Autonomy

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Self-govern

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Assiduous

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Constant attention, undertaken with perseverance and care. His assiduous work attitude got him a promotion in a short period of time

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Opprobrium

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Harsh criticism

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Burnish

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To polish a surface for shins, to boost one's reputation

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Solidarity

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Mutual support to a minority protest

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connoisseur

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A competent person who pass critical judgement in fine art, especially in good taste

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Collude

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To Conspire, to secretly agreed to do something harmful

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Deploy

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To put into use or action, to put force in combat

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Contrive

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To plan, to plot with tricks The oil company is accused of contriving the shortage of gas to justify the increase in gas price

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Sedate

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Calm and rather dull; sedate suburban domesticity

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Frenetic

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Fast and energetic in a wild and uncontrolled way

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and uncontrollable; some kids are obstreperous their parents are not able to control them to be quiet

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Onerous

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(Task, duty, responsibility) involving amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome; google coming out with new emailing system to resolve the current email situation of being onerous.

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Veer

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Sudden change in direction; the politician veered his point of view about policy shocked his own party members

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Posthumous

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Occurring, awarded after the death of the originator

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Subversive

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Advocating, especially an attempt to overthrow or cause destruction of a established government

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Embargo

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Official ban on commercial trades

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Scathing

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Witheringly scornful, critical (politician)

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To attest

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To certify, to prove, to give evidence of

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Redact

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to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit. to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.). The statement has to be redacted for public's view otherwise the public would be misunderstood our good intention.

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Fractious

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Uncontrolled, unruled, These are the fractious children who have no manner and are not civilized.

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Dossier

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A collection of documents about person/event/object. Republican strategists and donors have assembled focus groups to test negative messages about Mr. Trump. They have amassed dossiers on his previous support for universal health care and higher taxes.

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Perplex

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To cause to be confused and bewildered, not able to be certain about things “People are somewhat perplexed by the whole Trump phenomenon,"

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Relegate

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to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. To send to exile, to banish

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Peril

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Potential dangers and risks. Despite of great peril of the sea, i have survived.

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Specter

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ghost; phantom; apparition. some object or source of terror or dread. If you refer to the specter of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur. The arrests raised the specter of revenge attacks.