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man (verb)

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  1. the office is manned from 9 to 5: staff, crew, occupy, people.
  2. firefighters manned the pumps: operate, work, use, utilize.
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He was forced to abdicate the throne

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(throne)

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X became the de facto ruler of Italy

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(de facto), (ruler)

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de jure

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according to rightful entitlement or claim; by right.

Often contrasted with de facto.

denoting something or someone that is rightfully such: he had been de jure king since his father’s death.

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de facto

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in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not: the island has been de facto divided into two countries.

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deviant. (adj)

|ˈdēvēənt |

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deviant

departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior: deviant behavior | a deviant ideology.

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a good judgment must hold his or her judgment in abeyance until all the facts in the case have been presented

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(abeyance)

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He portrays the abject poverty of people

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(abject)

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He used to abjure the use of violence to settle disputes between nations but contemporary he …

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(abjure)

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allegiance

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loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause: those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic

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pledge

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his election pledge: promise, undertaking, vow, word, word of honor, commitment, assurance, oath, guarantee.

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You must take an oath abjuring any other country and pledging to take up arms to defend the US.

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:)

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leaf abscission adaptive plant response to herbivorous attack

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(adaptive)

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abscise

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cut off, away

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abscond

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to depart secretly

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try to be moderate in appetite

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be abstemious

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people with an abstemious lifestyle tend to live longer than people who indulge their appetite

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(abstemious)

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indulge

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allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of: we indulged in some hot fudge sundaes.

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monk

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a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

راهب، تارک دنیا

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solemn

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formal and dignified: a solemn procession.
• not cheerful or smiling; serious: Tim looked very solemn.
• characterized by deep sincerity: he swore a solemn oath to keep faith.

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vow

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(n)
a solemn promise.

a set of promises committing one to a prescribed role, calling, or course of action, typically to marriage or a monastic career.

(v)
solemnly promise to do a specified thing

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intoxicate

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(of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behavior.

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free market

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an economic market in which the demand and supply of goods and services is either not regulated or is slightly regulated.

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planned economy:

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:command economy

an economic system in which the production, allocation, and consumption of goods and services is planned in advance.

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capitalism

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an economic and political system in which a country’s industry and trade are controlled by private owners rather than the government.

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Sea-floor spreading is a process in which the new crust in the ocean is continually generated by igneous processes at the crest of the mid-oceanic ridges, causing a steady accretion of the crust.

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(crust), (accretion)

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monopolistic

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having exclusive control over a commercial activity

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adamant

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unyielding: uncompromising

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reprimand

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:admonish

rebuke (someone), especially officially: officials were dismissed or reprimanded for poor work.

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the judge admonished the jury to discount testimony that had been ruled inadmissible.

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(inadmissible)

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adulterate

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to corrupt or make impure

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proponent

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a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project: a collection of essays by both critics and proponents of graphology.

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affected

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:pretentious : phony

it has been argued that the emphasis on so-called “proper English” leads to unnatural and affected speach

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phony

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not genuine; fraudulent: I thought your accent was a bit phony.

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pretentious

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attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed: a pretentious literary device.

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affinity

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:fondness: liking: similarity

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despised members of the society

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(despise)

38
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the aggregate wealth of a country includes private as well as public resources and possession.

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(aggregate)

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cheerful willingness

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alacrity

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the football coach was pleased to see the team get to work on the task of improving its tackling skills with alacrity.

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(tackling)

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medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold

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(medieval)

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alchemy was the forerunner of the modern science of chemistry.

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(forerunner)

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soothe

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allay: ease: lessen

44
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alleviate

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:relieve: improve partially

45
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capitalism is not successful at alleviating relative poverty

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(successful at), (alleviating)

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a person living in a slum in the us may be reasonably well off by historical standards.

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(slum), (well off)

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he might perceive himself to be poor compared to members of bourgeoisie whom he sees regularly buying luxury goods that hi is not able to afford

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(bourgeoisie)

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bourgeoisie

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the social order dominated by the property-owning class

49
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the power to entice by charm

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: allure

50
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political groups in the US often lobby congress to use the allure of America’s vast market as an incentive for countries to pursue policies in accordance with American policies

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(lobby), (allure), (incentive)

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incentive

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a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something: there is no incentive for customers to conserve water.

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lobby

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a groups whose members shares certain goals and work to bring about the passage, modification, or defeat of laws that affect these goals

53
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the idea of clockwork universe is alluring to some people because it explains how the universe war created, yet allows human being to live in it without believe in supernatural intervention.

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(clockwork), (yet), (intervention)

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clockwork

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a mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

55
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intervention

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an occasion on which a person with an addiction or other behavioral problem is confronted by a group of friends or family members in an attempt to persuade them to address the issue: as her health worsened, her daughters considered staging an intervention.

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clockwork universe

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a theory of the origin of the universe that compares the universe to a mechanical clock created by God.

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divine

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  1. of, from, or like God or a god: heroes with divine powers | paintings of shipwrecks being prevented by divine intervention.
  2. informal, dated excellent; delightful: that succulent clementine tasted divine | he had the most divine smile
58
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municipality

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a city or town that has corporate status and local government.
six municipalities were amalgamated into an enlarged city of Toronto, Canada.

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Obama and his top aides quietly agonized over how to respond to Russia’s brazen intervention on behalf of the Donald Trump campaign without making matters worse

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(agonized)

brazen

60
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two months before Trump’s inauguration, Obama made a personal appeal to Zuckerberg to take the threat of fake news and political disinformation seriously

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(inauguration)

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