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Abate

to become less active, less intense or less in amount

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Abstract

existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality

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Abysmal

extremely bad

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Acquisition

the act of gaining a skill or possession of something (acquire)

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Adept

having knowledge or skill (in a particular area)

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Advent

the arrival or creation of something (usually historic)

since the advent of the light bulb…

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Adversarial

relating to hostile opposition (düşmanca)

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Agitate

to promote something

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Allude

to make a secretive mention of something

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Altercation

a noisy argument or confrontation

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Ambiguous

vague or unclear

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Ambivalence

the state of being uncertain or stuck between options

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Analogous

similar but not identical

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Annihilate

to destroy or cause devastating destruction

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Apex

the highest point of something

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Articulate

to clearly express in words

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Assertion

a strong declaration

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Avenue

the way of aprroaching something

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Avid

actively interested in or enthusiastic about something

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Candid

direct, blunt

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Candor

the trait of being honest and frank

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Coarse

indicating a rought texture
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lacking refinement or sophistication (uygun olmayan, usulsüz)

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Competent

sufficiently qualified

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Concede

to be forced to agree or surrender

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Conceive

to imagine or come up with

Condone

to overlook, approve or allow

Conducive

be suitable for something

Confide

to share something secretive with someone (allude)

Confine

to put limits on, to restrict

Constitute

to form or compose

contend

to maintain or assert (an opinion)

Corroborate

to provide evidence for, to back up a claim

Cultivate

try to acquaire or develop (a skill)

Decree

to declare formally and with authority

Deplete

to use something over time (usually resources)

Desolate

bare, empty

Devise

to come up with (a plan)

Diligence

conscientiousness; the quality of being commited to a task

Disdain

a lack of respect and strong dislike (towards something or someone)

Dismay

hopelessness or stress

Disparaga

to belittle or speak down to

Eloquent

having refined or expressive communication skills (in speaking or writing)

Eminent

superior or distinguished, high in position or status

Empirical

devired from experience, observation or an experiment

Endow

to equip (usually a quality or ability)

Entail

to involve or include

Entrenched

firmly established his face will be entrenched in my memory

Exhilarating

exciting

Feasibility

the practicality or possibility of something

Ferocity

viciousness, violence

Fluctuate

to be unstable, to rise and fall constantly

Fundamental

the most essantial or most basic part

Hostile

Dangerous, harmful

Impart

to transmit

Incite

to encourage

Indulge

to give into

Malicious

harmful

Momentous

historically significant

Nuance

a subtle difference in meaning

Obsolete

no longer used, rare or uncommon

paramount

superior, most important

Peculiar

strange, bizarre

Persecute

to cause suffering to

Pinnacle

the highest level or degree

Plausible

reasonable and possibly true

Postulate

to assert

Potent

having great influence

Pragmatic

having great influence

Precedent

an example or subject from earlier in time

Prescribe

to command orders

Ramify

to split into two or more branches

Rash

without attention to risk or danger

Refute

to prove to be incorrect

Renounce

to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in or have a conncetion with something

Reproach

to criticize

Scorn

to look down on with disdain (unworthy)

Stark

very plain, devoid of any details or features

Subordinate

someone lower in rank or to put at a lower rank

Substantiate

to strengthen with new wvidence or facts

Surmount

to overcome

Tentative

not yet finalized

Treacherous

dangerous and unstable

Undermine

to weaken

Underscore

to emphasize or give additional weight to

Unilateral

one sided

Warrant

to prove to be reasonable

latent

hidden or concealed, not yet developed or manifested

Yield

to produce or supply or to give way to or surrender to

Tenuous

very weak or slight

conceal

prevent something from being known

Posited

Put forward as a fact or as a basis for argument (put in position, place)

Replenishment

restoration of a stock or supply to a former level or condition (restock)

Inadequate

Lacking the quality or quantity required, insufficient for a purpose

Restrained

Kept under control, unemotional

Conjecture

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Assess

evaluate or estimate the nature, ability or quality of

Dispute

Argue about something (dont you dare dispute me in public)

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