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Acquire (v)

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To get or buy

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Intimidate (v)

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To threaten to be scary

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Impose (v)

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To make someone do something

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Apprehensive (a)

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Nervous, worried

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Redeem (v)

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To exchange, to swap

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Innovative (a)

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Imaginative, coming up with new ideas

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Rowdy (a)

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Busy, noisy

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Onerous, taxing (a)

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Hard going, tough work

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Formidable (a)

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Strong, hard to beat

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Haughty (a)

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Arrogant, stuck up

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Riveting (a), engrossing

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Fascinating

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Preoccupied (a)

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Unable to concentrate because something is on your mind

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Hearty (a)

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Strong, healthy

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Overbearing (a)

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Bossy, bullying

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Diplomatic (a)

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Being polite, careful with your words

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Plucky (a)

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Unexpectedly brave

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Courteous (a)

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Super polite

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Aloof (a)

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Cold, unfriendly

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Decrepit (a)

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Very old, falling apart

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Adequate (a)

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Enough, OK, not brilliant

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Endeavour (v)

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To try to do something

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Wane (v)

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To grow less, or weaker

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Zealous (a)

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Super keen

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Fell (v)

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To chop down something, to make something fall

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Scanty, meagre (a)

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A small amount, not very much

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Preach (v)

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To give spiritual advice, to boss someone about

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Initial (a)

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First (without thinking much)

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Unobtrusive (a)

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Not making a fuss, hardly noticed

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Effeminate (a)

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Acting in a girlish way

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Garb, attire (n)

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Costume, the clothes you are wearing

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Uniform (a)

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The same shape and size

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Admit (v) (not confess)

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To let someone in

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Essence (n)

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The heart of something, the most important part of something

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Pulverise (v)

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To smash up into little pieces

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Intent (n)

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Something you are trying to do

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Mangle (v)

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To squash out of shape

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Crude (a)

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Not skilful, basic

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Successive (a)

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One following on from another

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Excavate (v)

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To dig up in an archeological sense

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Rigorously (adv)

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Harshly, energetically

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Deter (v)

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To discourage, to put off

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Corresponding to

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Fitting with

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Enterprise (n)

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A new idea or thing you are trying to do

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Heir (n)

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The person who inherits something from their parents

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Heirloom (n)

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Something that gets passed down from one generation to the next

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Waylaid (a)

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Lost, diverted (also in a conversation)

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Hearten (v)

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To encourage, to give you heart

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Extinguish (v)

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To put out a fire (or to discourage)

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Kindle (v)

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To light a fire (or start something going in your mind)

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Indulge (v)

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To give yourself a treat

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Garment (n)

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An item of clothing

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Artichoke (n)

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A type of vegetable

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Comrade (n)

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A friend, someone you work with

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Civil (a)

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Polite but not friendly

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Weld (v)

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To join together metal by heating

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