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Abroad

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Overseas, internationally

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Abrupt
Abruptly
Abruptness

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Sudden

After the incident everyone left abruptly.

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Acceptable
Accept 
Acceptably 
Acceptability 
Accepting (adj.)
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Permissible (permit)

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Acclaim
Acclaimed (adj.)
Acclamation

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Praise
Enthusiastic approval, applause (tashvigh)

Leonardo DiCaprio has earned acclaim abroad as an actor.

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Adverse (adj.)
Adversely
Adversity (n.)
Adversary (n.)

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Unfavorable

Displeasing, objectionable

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Aspect

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Facet

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Attractive 
Attract
Attraction
Attractiveness 
Attractively
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Appealing

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Autonomous

Autonomously

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Independent
By itself, with no association

Mexico became an autonomous state in 1817.

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Chronic

Chronically

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Constant
Continual

He is chronically late to class.

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Disapproval
Disapprove
Disapprovingly

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Objection

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Disruptive
Disrupt
Disruption
Disruptively

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Disturbing

Causing confusion and interruption.

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Haphazardly
Haphazard (adj.)
Haphazardness

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Arbitrarily (khodsarane), carelessly

Susan completed the assignment in a haphazard way.

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Intervention

Intervene (v.)

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Involvement
Taking action

Some world leaders decide to not intervene in the affairs of other nations.

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Persistent
Persist
Persistence
Persistently

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Constant
Refusing to give up, firm in action or decision

Her persistence earned her a spot on the team.
The attorney’s persistent questioning unsettled the witness (shahadat ro b khatar endakht).

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Postpone
Postponable
Postponement (n.)

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Reschedule
To change to a later time , to delay

The postponement of the meeting upset the impatient club members.

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Valid
Validity
Validly

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Convincing
Producing a desired result based on truths or facts

The professor questioned the validity of the test results.

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Withdraw

Withdrawal

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Extract
Take out, take back, to remove

The player withdrew from the competition.