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Ample adj.

Amply adv.

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Sufficient

There is ample evidence that the young man was speeding when the accident occured.
She was amply paid for the work she completed.

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Arduous
Arduously
Arduousness

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Demanding
Requiring hard work

The farmer’s crops survived despite the arduous summer heat.

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Arid adj.

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Dry

Extremely arid
The most arid place

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Avert v.
Aversion n.
Avertable adj.

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Prevent

The citizens packed sandbags along the river bank to avert the flooding of their streets.

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Defy v.
Defying adj.
defyingly adv.

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(Sarpichi) Resist
To show little fear or regards for rules or established norms, to challenge

I defy you to find that book in the library’s collection.

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Diligent adj.
diligence n.
Diligently

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(Koosha) Conscientious (ba vojdan)

Stephanie displayed great diligence in the completion of her assignments.

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Enact v.
Enacted adj.
Enactment n.

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(Tasvib) Legislate (ghanoon gozari)

The enactment of the laws was in the hands of the senate.

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Feign v.

Feigned adj.

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Simulate

The athlete feigned his injury.

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Fertile adj.
Fertilize v.
Fertility n.
Fertilizer n.

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Rich
Able to produce abundantly

Fertile soil

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Freshly adv.
Fresh adj.
freshen v.
Freshness n.

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Recently

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Function n., v.
Functional adj.
Functionally

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Role

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Fundamental adj.

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Essential

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Indiscriminate adj.

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Arbitrary
Not chosen carefully, unplanned

The book’s chapters seem to be organized indiscriminately.

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Pinpoint v., adj.

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Locate
To find or describe something with precision.

Able to pinpoint the problem
With pinpoint accuracy

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Selective adj. 
Selectively 
Select v., adv.?
Selection n. 
Selectivity n.
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Discriminating

Carefully chosen

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Spacious adj.
Spaciously
Space n.
Spaciousness n.

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Expansive

Having a lot of room

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Withstand v.

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Survive
To fight w/o surrender, to persist

The old building withstood the terrible storm.