English Vocab

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Acrimonious

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Better and Resentful

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Analogy

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A comparison of something with something else to give a further explanation

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Endemic

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Characteristic, of widespread in a region of people or groups

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Hedonistic

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Believing that happiness and pleasure are the main aims of life

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Indigenous

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Originating in, or born in, a particular place

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Multilateral

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Involving more than two sides

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Altruism

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Unselfish concern for, or generosity towards others

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Ambivalent

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Having conflicting feelings about someone or something

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Emphatic

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Forceful and definite

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Euphemism

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Do use a word or phrase that is less likely to cause offence or upset than actual words

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Facile

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Something done or said with a little thought or care

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Hierarchy

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A group of people organised and arranged in order of importance or authority

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Lionise

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To treat someone as a celebrity

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Magnanimous

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Generous in the face of insult or defeat, rising above pettiness

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Narcissistic

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Loving oneself excessively

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Omnipotent

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Having power over everything

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Pensive

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Thoughtful, often in a deep or sad way

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Prevaricate

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To avoid doing or saying something

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Reminiscent

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Bringing back memories and thoughts of the past

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Anathema

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Something or someone greatly hated

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Autonomous

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Brooding oneself; Free from control by others

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Cathartic

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The release of strong feelings and emotions

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Dichotomy

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Activision enter to usually opposing or conflicting parts

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Exacerbate

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To make a situation worse

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Frenetic

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Wild or highly excited

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled for or unnecessary

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Intransigent

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Insisting on having one’s own way; Unable to give and take in order to settle differences

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Misnomer

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A Name given to something or someone that gives the wrong or inappropriate impression

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Obtuse

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Slow to understand

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Panacea

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A remedy for all lills and problems

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Platitude

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An overused remark especially when sad or something fresh or original

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Procrastinate

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To put of doing something

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Sycophantic

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Flattering people of wealth or a position In order to seek favour

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be everywhere at the same time

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Megalomaniac

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Someone who constantly seeks power and glory

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Nemisis

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Anyone or anything that will bring out someone’s downfall or just punishment

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Palpable

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Obvious and able to be seen or felt

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Paradox

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Something or someone that is puzzling because it seems to have opposing ideas

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Philanthropist

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Someone who helps others, shown in particular three acts of goodness or generosity

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Plethora

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And over – abundance of excess of something

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Stoical

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Remaining strong and self controlled in the surface of great difficulty

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Unilateral

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Involving one side only