Words Flashcards
(200 cards)
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Cuisine
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Food
• A Chinese cuisine
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Acquaintance
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Friendship
• my acquaintance with him started two months ago.
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Enthusiasm
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strong or passionate interest
• I have a great enthusiasm for exercising.
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Fellow
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Friend
• I rather to work with my fellow peers.
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often
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Frequently
• I should see here more often.
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outweigh
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to be greater or more than
• The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
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participate
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take part
• we should participate in tutorials.
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concentrate
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Focus
• I can concentrate easily
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Indeed
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Really, in fact
- I’m so talented indeed
- A friend in need is a friend indeed
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Advantageous
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Beneficial, effective
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convenient
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Suitable
• airplanes have made traveling more convenient
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extended
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Longsome
• for an extended period
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decelerate
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Slow down
• sometimes we need to decelerate and give some rest to ourselves
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Disable
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Annoy, make unable
• heavy taxes are disabling him
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Insignificant
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Poor, scant
- They paid him an insignificant sum of money
- insignificant person
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Inflexible
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Stubborn
• We begged him to change his decision but he remained inflexible
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irresponsible
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• It is irresponsible to leave a child alone in a house.
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mistrust
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• Mistrust destroyed their marriage.
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uncooperative
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• I can recall him soothing uncooperative clients on the telephone.
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self-deception
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tricking oneself, deceiving oneself
• We should have self-confidence instead of…
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irrelevant
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• He mostly talks about irrelevant topics.
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deviate
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turn aside
• I will never deviate from my routine.
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digress
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to wander from the point
- Keep to the subject, don’t digress!
- He always digresses from the topic and talks irrelevantly.
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Suppose
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assume, presume, reckon
• I suppose it’s a good decision.
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Courageous
fearless
• be courageous
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Ultimate
last or final
• ultimate goal
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Ultimately
Finally, eventually, in the end
• She ultimately succeeded.
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momentous
important, significant
• a momentous decision
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Genuinely
Honestly, truly, sincerely
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Recap
summary
• a quick recap of the idea and its main advantages
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Internalize
If you internalize your emotions or feelings, you do not allow them to show although you think about them
•Many women tend to internalize their anxiety and distress.
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Criticize
Judge
• her husband criticized her constantly
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Constantly
continuously
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Colleague
fellow worker
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Accomplish
to complete successfully
• Have you accomplished your task?
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Sustainable
tolerable
• sustainable lifestyle/growth/progress
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Optimistically
I decided to look at the world optimistically.
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Deteriorate
to grow worse
• His work has deteriorated recently.
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Deliberate
intentional and not by accident
• That was a deliberate insult.
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Expand
make or grow larger, spread out wider
• a deep breath will expand your chest.
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Assumption
guess
• my assumption was wrong.
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Everyday
regular, common, usual
• my everyday routine
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Hesitation
Doubt
• after a slight (small) hesitation, she showed the picture to me.
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However
Anyway
• It was cold and she was sick; however, she decided to go.
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Beloved
Very dear
• my beloved family
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Reunion
joining again
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Implication
Effect
• his statements had several implications.
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Recount
to tell (a story etc ) in detail
• He recounted his adventures.
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Fate
Destiny
• Some people believe in fate.
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Dismissal
sending away
• the dismissal decision put the workers under pressure.
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Denial
refusal to accept
• Her denial about lying to her parents.
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Specimen
Example
• blood specimen
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Stance
a way of thinking about something
• The doctor's stance on the issue of abortion is well known.
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Viable
Permanent
* a viable economy
* The project is not financially viable.
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Notify
Inform
• He always notifies people with great recommendation.
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Namely
that is to say, meaning, particularly
* only one person will be responsible, namely you.
* I learned an important lesson when I lost my job, namely that nothing is a hundred percent guaranteed.
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Wit
Humor
• I admire his wit.
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Interim
Temporary
• an interim solution.
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Patron
Supporter
• My father has always been my patron.
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Ward
Section, part
• She works in an emergency ward.
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Manifest
Reveal, determine
• The illness first manifested itself in/as severe stomach pains.
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Trauma
Severe and chronic mental stress
• the trauma of marriage breakdown
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Precision
Accuracy
• Her books are a pleasure to read because she writes with such clarity and precision.
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Veteran
Experienced
• We should ask veterans to gain more information.
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Invoke
Request, pray
• to invoke for additional aid
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Cue
Sign, hint
• They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.
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Somehow
Someway
• I will finish this work somehow.
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Era
Age
• the Victorian era
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Convey
to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people
• His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.
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Noble
Honorable, unselfish
• My father is a man of noble.
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So-called
I trust her more than any of my so-called friends.
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Linger
Remain, persist, stay longer than usual
• some old costumes still linger.
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Uphold
Support
• My father always upholds me sympathetically.
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Utterly
completely or extremely
• What an utterly stupid thing to do!
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Venture
Risk
• The man who ventured his life to save a drowning child.
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Trace
Mark, sign
• no trace of egg on plate
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Resume
Continue
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Soak
Make wet
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Outlook
View
• I have a fairly positive outlook on life.
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Outlet
Sale
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Ironic
Witty
• an ironic man
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Hazard
Risk
• the hazard of mountain climbing
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Nasty
Unpleasant, unfriendly
• nasty temper, nasty smell
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Wisdom
knowledge, insight
• wisdom of the past ages
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Beam
Smile broadly
• She beamed with delight.
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Clarity
Clear
• She spoke with great clarity.
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Invade
Enter without permission
• to invade someone’s privacy
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Proceed
Go on, continue, to begin
* Project is proceeding well.
* They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.
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Nowadays
at the present time, in these times
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Memorable
Unforgettable
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Exotic
Unusual, weird
• exotic clothes
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Briefly
In short
• I told her briefly what I know.
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Conceit
too much pride in oneself
• Loving yourself is different from having conceit.
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Aversion
Disgust
• I had a great aversion to children.
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Literally
accurately, actually
• It’s literally my favorite activity.
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Fidgety
Restless, hectic
• She is usually fidgety.
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Indication
Symptom, sign
• Her frown was an indication of her displeasure.
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Pursue
Follow out, chase
• Some people pursue only spiritual goals.
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Investigate
Examine, research
• investigating the mystery
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Dispute
argument, quarrel
• Countries should settle the dispute by peaceful means.
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Settle
solve
• I managed settling my problems so well.
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Flinch
sudden backward movement or away in fear, pain…
• They all flinched away when they saw my face.
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Recoil
to move back or away, usually quickly, in horror or fear
• I recoiled when I heard the alarm.
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Ward off
Prevent
• Some steps should be taken in order to ward off poverty.
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Sob
weep noisily
• They could hear me sobbing under my blanket.
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Weep
Cry
• I wept tears of joy.
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Exorbitant
(of prices or demands) very high or unreasonable
• Life demands’ prices are seriously exorbitant.
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Procrastination
putting something off until later, delay
• I’m working on myself to avoid procrastinating.
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Thoroughly
deeply, with great detail
• I thoroughly enjoy my life.
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Thorough
Very careful, complete, absolute
* a thorough worker
* a thorough waste of time
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Opt
choose, decide
• I would opt to learn these skills more practically.
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Disputable
arguable, debatable, controversial
• disputable topic
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Superior
higher in rank, better, or greater
• This is a superior decision.
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Flourish
be healthy; to grow well; to thrive
• nourish to flourish
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Nudge
gentle push usually with the elbow, move forward slowly, approach
• Some people need to be nudged in order to take care of themselves better.
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Insight
an understanding of something
• He shows remarkable insight.
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Implicate
involve in, show to be connected to
• Have they any evidence to implicate him in the robbery?
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Dramatically
in a dramatic manner
• I’ve changed dramatically through past years.
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Incentive
Motivation, stimulating, inciting, encouraging
• For some people money is a major incentive.
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Evolve
develop, gradually change or mature over time, change
• I lay awake trying to evolve a plan.
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Underlying
fundamental, basic; implicit; prior
• the underlying cause/trend
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Expenditure
Spending
• an expenditure of time and money
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Long run
Eventually
• All diets will lose in the long run.
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Spectrum
the full range of sth
• a wide spectrum of opinion
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Sip
to drink in very small mouthfuls
* she sipped the tea and put the cup on the table
* sip of
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Implication
Concept, meaning
• Proteins’ implications for our long-term health
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Enormously
immensely, gigantically, hugely
• Proteins can also vary enormously in their quality.
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Sensible
wise
* She's a sensible, reliable person
* a sensible suggestion.
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Sustain
maintain, retain
• We need to sustain our health.
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Contributor
supporter
• Sodium can be a contributor to high blood pressure.
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Moderate
Intermediate
• a moderate wind/mind
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Inferior
Poor
• inferior industrial products
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Debate
discussion or argument
* after a long debate
* we are debating what to do next.
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Culprit
Criminal
• Both people and government are the culprits of air pollution.
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Masquerade
pretend
* his kindness was only a masquerade.
* thieves masquerading as doctors
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Intrinsic
inherent, innate, natural
* the wide gap between intrinsic feelings and the way they are expressed
* intrinsic sugar in fruits and vegetables
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Exclude
Deprive, cut off, prevent
* excluding the children, everyone was invited.
* women are excluded from participating in this contest.
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Allocation
portion
• the allocation of money for building schools
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Exceed
go beyond; to be greater than
* to exceed the speed limit
* to exceed one's expectation
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exceedingly
Very
• exceedingly nervous.
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Downside
negative side, unpleasant aspect, disadvantage
• the downsides of robots may outweigh their advantages.
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Simultaneously
at the same time
• Multitaskers tend to do more than 1 thing simultaneously.
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Lethal
causing death
• lethal disease
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Disclose
uncover, reveal or make known
• Most companies refuse to disclose of using tons of preservatives in almost every single product.
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Condiment
seasoning
* food condiments
* traditional condiments
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Pervasive
spreading
• a pervasive odor that clings stubbornly to clothes
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Rely on
depend on or need
• I rely on my father’s support.
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Wholesome
healthy
• wholesome food and exercise
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Take turns
alternate something within a pair
• take turns with your partner or share the work.
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Dump
to set (down) heavily
• The chores have all been dumped to women.
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Burden
something difficult to carry or withstand
• Technology have been reducing the time burden through past years.
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Brainwash
remove a person's ideas and replace them with other ideas
• We all had been brainwashed throughout our lives.
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Drudgery
toil, hard work, labour
• Most people believe house chores as drudgery.
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Manipulate
to handle especially skillfully
• Humans manipulate almost everything.
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Pastime
entertainment, fun,
• Try to enjoy everything as they are your pastimes.
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Over-complicate
Make sth harder than it is
• People usually over-complicate everything in their lives.
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Tremendous
very large; very great
• That could be a tremendous problem.
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Reallocate
set aside again
• We should reallocate a small amount of our time for preparing some simple home cooked meals.
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Uphill
difficult, hard, tough
• He should fight an uphill battle against cancer.
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Clarify
make or become clear
• Government should clarify the laws that had been set.
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Stepwise
gradually, in steps,
* I had come up with a stepwise action plan that would allow me to study more efficiently.
* stepwise approach
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Pact
Agreement
• They made a pact to help each other.
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Drastic
violent, severe and having a wide effect, rapid
* In order to replace better habits we shouldn’t make drastic changes for having a more sustainable lifestyle.
* drastic behavioral change
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Facilitate
Simplify, assist, make easier
• Internet facilitates several things for us
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Impulse
sudden desire to do something, without thinking about the consequences
• I ate … on impulse. That’s WRONG 🤦🏻♀️
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Targeted
armed with a target
• in order to spend your time more effectively you should have a targeted plan for every day.
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Optimize
improve efficiency
• There are a lot of habits that can optimize our overall health.
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Substitute
take, the place of sb or sth else
• We can substitute hours and hours on social media with some family gatherings.
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Fad
temporary fashion, trend
* fad diet
* the skating fad was soon forgotten
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Intrinsically
naturally, inherently, innately
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Edible
fit to be eaten
• Are these berries edible?
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Longevity
great length of life
• women have greater longevity than men.
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Dignified
honorable, worthy of respect
• his father is a dignified man.
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Fundamental
great importance; essential; basic
* computers have a fundamental role in industry.
* fundamental change
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Assessment
estimation, evaluation
• an assessment of the country's financial needs
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Glamorous
charming, fascinating, alluring
• Most people always search for glamorous stuffs.
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Pitfall
risk, danger
• pitfalls of aggressive behavior.
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Majority
greater part or number
• majority of people support the fact that…
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Get over
overcome
• get over an illness
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Perceived
sensed, noticed, seen
• some perceived issues are…
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Habitually
usually, regularly
• There are a lot of actions which we do them habitually.
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Counterpart
Sb or sth equivalent to another in position…
• for every unhealthy habit there’s a counterpart.
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Ongoing
continuous, persistent
* ongoing discussions
* you should make ongoing change not temporary!
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From scratch
From the beginning
• I really love to make most of my foods from scratch.
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Worthwhile
rewarding, beneficial, profitable
• a worthwhile activity
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Component
part, ingredient, member, detail, portion
• component parts
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Moderation
* Moderation is the key .
| * I’ve mastered the art of moderation.
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Luxury
great comfort usually amongst expensive things
* They live in luxury
* We're going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.
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in case
by chance that, if
• I always have a ton of water in my room, in case I’m thirsty.
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Go along with idea/view
Be agree
• I go along with the idea that crime and poverty are linked.
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To be in complete agreement with sb
Agree
• I’m in complete agreement with them.
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Concur
agree; to come together, or coincide
* I concur with everything that has been said so far.
* several elements concurred to bring about this result.
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Agree up to a point
To somehow agree but not so sure
• I agree up to a point but I also think there are other important factors.
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Tend to disagree
I’m afraid, I tend to disagree with you on that issue.
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Fundamentally
basically, essentially
• This idea is fundamentally wrong.
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To disagree fundamentally/totally/strongly
• The two experts disagreed fundamentally over the effect of environment and behavior.
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In terms of
in connection with, regarding
* She thinks of everything in terms of money.
* We try to do what is best for our customers in terms of the quality of our products.
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Whereas
Since, whilst
• She was mad, whereas I was laughing so loud.
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Serene
happy and peaceful
• a calm and serene person
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Tranquil
quiet; peaceful
• Life in the country is not always tranquil.
