Finding A Job Flashcards

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Innate

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Inherent

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Gist

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The point

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Complacent

We cannot afford to be complacent about our health

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Self-satisfied

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Contingent

Our plans for today are contingent on the weather

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Dependent on something

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Hardship

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Difficulty

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Villain

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Evil

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Alleviate
Let’s Alleviate your pain

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To make easier, less in something

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Hand out

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Giving something for nothing, for free

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Profound

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Having deep understanding

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Collateral

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Something you can give to guarantee

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Acclaim

He was acclaimed as England’s greatest modern painter.

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Ask knowledge publicly

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Vulnerable

People with high blood pressure are especially vulnerable to diabetes.

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Tender, attackable
Уязвимый

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Rural

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County side, rustic

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Alleviate

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To reduce, make less

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Rival

The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival

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Competitor

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Humble

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Having a feeling of insignificance

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Persevere

She persevered in her idea despite obvious objections raised by friends

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Keep pushing on until succeed, endure, go for it

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Deprivation

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Lack of something, sleep deprivation

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Profound

For both of them it was a moment of profound shock.

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Having deep understanding

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Assertive

Teach the victim to become more assertive in the way they express their wishes.

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Forcefull on a positive way

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Refrain

Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment

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Avoiding

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Revealing

She was wearing a tight and revealing gold dress.

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Disclose, open
A very revealing dress

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Punctuality

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Always on time

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Explicit

Police found they had sent hundreds of texts and explicit pictures.

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Obvious

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Striving I am striving to create an environmentally-friendly lifestyle
Trying hard
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Exaggeration
a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
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Convince
Assure
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Vow
Oath
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Bowing
Incline the body
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Objection
Protestation
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Insist
Enforce
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Go-between
Intermediate
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Compassionate
Жалостливый , merciful ( милосердный)
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Flee
Escape
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Gloomy
Moody
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Wiretapping
the practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to secretly monitor a conversation.
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Leap year
29th
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Gullible
Whey you are too quick to say yes Naive Trusting
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Dedicated devoted commit
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Coherently
in a logical and consistent way.
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Accomplishment
Achievement
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Incentives
Motivation to do something
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Curse
Swearword, expression of anger
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Slur
Insult, racial slur
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Come up to Come up with
Approach to Come up with an idea
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To take after
To be similar to someone
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To call of
To cancel
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To bundle up
The way you wear when it’s cold outside
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Slum
Ghetto
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Immersion The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion in water. We were surprised by his complete immersion in the culture of the island.
Deeply engaged
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Congestion
overcrowding; clogging: severe traffic congestion. an excessive or abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part or blood vessel: pulmonary congestion.
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Confront
Be ready for confrontation
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Neglect
Ignore
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Retaliation
Action like for like
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Defense
Protection
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Crucial
Important
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Conduct Water conducts heat faster than air Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera in Europe.
Way of behavior or management
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Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.
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Retaliation Protection whistleblowers from retaliation
Revenge
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Pet peeves One of his pet peeves was 'marketing
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Greed They are using the law to hide their greed for money.
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Dissect
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Harsh
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Severe
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Non-perishable
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Evacuation
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Designated
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Non-perishable food
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Staple food
Something is a major part of diet ( rice, beans, corn)
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Replenish one’s stock of food
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Dam broke in Libya
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Stranded Officials said many people remained stranded even though floodwaters were receding.
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Intrusive Sometimes drones are intrusive