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Improvise (V) -
1. If you forget your words, improvise!
2. We took an acting workshop where participants improvise scenes.
S: impromptu
A: prepared

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Improvise (V) - create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation

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Irrevocable (ADJ) -
1. This will be an irrevocable step in the wrong direction.
2. The court’s ruling is irrevocable.
S: irreversible
A: reversible

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Irrevocable (ADJ) - not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final

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Misanthrope (N) -
1. While his films take a rather dim view of human nature, he insists he’s not a misanthrope.
2. Set over Christmas in 1970, Lamb is sharing the mistletoe with a misanthrope.
S: cynic
A: optimist

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Misanthrope (N) - a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

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Autoimmune (ADJ) -
1. She has an autoimmune condition.
2. The autoimmune disease can cause total hair loss.
S: chronic
A: susceptible

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Autoimmune (ADJ) - relating to disease caused by antibodies or lymphocytes produced against substances naturally present in the body

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