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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

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Trying hard

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Exaggeration

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a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.

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Convince

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Assure

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Vow

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Oath

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Bowing

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Incline the body

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Objection

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Protestation

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Insist

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Enforce

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Go-between

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Intermediate

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Compassionate

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Жалостливый , merciful ( милосердный)

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Flee

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Escape

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Gloomy

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Moody

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Wiretapping

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the practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to secretly monitor a conversation.

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Leap year

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29th

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Gullible

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Whey you are too quick to say yes
Naive
Trusting

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Dedicated devoted commit

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Coherently

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in a logical and consistent way.

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Accomplishment

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Achievement

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Incentives

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Motivation to do something

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Curse

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Swearword, expression of anger

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Slur

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Insult, racial slur

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Come up to
Come up with

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Approach to
Come up with an idea

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To take after

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To be similar to someone

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To call of

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To cancel

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To bundle up

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The way you wear when it’s cold outside

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Slum

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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.

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Deeply engaged

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Congestion

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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

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Be ready for confrontation

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Neglect

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Ignore

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Retaliation

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Action like for like

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Defense

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Protection

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Crucial

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Important

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Conduct

Water conducts heat faster than air

Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera in Europe.

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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

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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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68
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Non-perishable food

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Staple food

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Something is a major part of diet ( rice, beans, corn)

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Replenish one’s stock of food

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71
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Dam broke in Libya

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72
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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

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