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propriety

The students were instructed to behave with the utmost “propriety” on their class field trip.

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proper manner - behavior - discipline

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zeal
He is full of “zeal” about his career

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passion

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cacophony

Bands practice creates a cacophony

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chaos sounds

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ostentation

The 5 stars restaurant is doing extremely well without “ostentation”

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over-the-top displays

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lethargic

it is not uncommon to feel “lethargic” for weeks or even months after a major surgery

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sluggish - tired

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philanthropic

I am trying to be “philanthropic” as 1 out of 5 part of Raising my Standards

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phil ~ love
anthro ~ human
-> being good for human / charity - KIND

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malleable

that metal bar is very malleable after being heated up to a very high temperature

the concept of fitness is malleable by many bad influencer

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to change somebody’s way of thinking
bendable

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gullible

Grandma is very gullible.

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She bought many scamming kinds of stuff on the internet. That is why scammers always target gullible elders.

believe something very easily

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enervate

the boxer used a swift left uppercut to the jaw to “enervate” his opponent

taking care of the newborn is enervate the newly parents

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to weaken someone/something
knock out all the nerves - incapacitate

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placate

yelling “chill the f**k out” - is not a good “placating” strategy in a heated situation

the police negotiators placated the terrorist

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keeping calm
tell somebody to chill
NEGOTIATE

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vacillate

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equivocal - not decisive

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corroborate

Many research studies yield results that would “corroborate” the novel training style of position-specific HIT on the elite team sports athletes

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to back something up with evidence

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prevaricate

During the trial, the lead witness was willing to “prevaricate” in order to protect his friend

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lie - half of the truth is A LIE
being vague to hide something

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mitigate

many tech companies are making sustainable products to mitigate the effect of climate changes

to mitigate the risk of soft tissue injuries, many sports teams are trying to find ways to reduce the training load for the players

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lessen something

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advocate

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support

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venerate

Veterans are very venerated by US people

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RESPECTED

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Laconic - la con nit

the student’s laconic response suggested that she did not know very much about the topic the professor is discussing

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brief

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loquacious

she is very loquacious when she hangs out with her close friend

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Noi Nhieu

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fervid

Minh is fervid about soccer

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passion

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laudable

big applause to the great presenter from the USA - MS Minh Nguyen - his research studies are laudable!

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praiseworthy

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Bolster

the prosecutor worked to find evidence that would bolster her case against the defendant

the prosecutor worked to find witnesses that would corroborate the wrongdoing of the defendant

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boost!

corroborate is more like FIRM evidence!

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assuage

good finance is like a “mental massage”; it can assuage our fear of emergency situation in life

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“mentally massage” - relieve

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desiccate

Vietnam is a big exporter of desiccated fruits

If you do not have knowledge for many area of life, you will be a very desiccated person

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~desert ~SA MAC
to dry up

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obdurate

the obdurate three-year-old refused to eat any vegetables, no matter how they were prepared.

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obsessive duration
very stubborn
dogmatic

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loquacious

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talkative

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misanthropic

You should be careful when being around a misanthropic person

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opposite with philanthropic
don’t like people

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ingenuous

he often makes silly mistakes and then acts like an ingenuous child

he is a disingenuous person. he often being equivocal to get out of trouble

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naive

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ingenious

he often haves outstanding ideas. he is an ingenious genius.

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genius = noun
ingenious = adj

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ephemeral

an ephemeral moment of victory may last mere seconds. But it can remain as a triumphant memory for decades

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transitory = fleeting = short-lived

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dissonant

that new song from Binz is using very dissonant sound

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irregular = inharmonious = dis + organized

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audacious

the new CEO pursued initiatives to save the company from bankruptcy

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full of bravery

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capricious

After 50, women tend to be more capricious because of hormonal changes

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mercurial - unpredictable

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garrulous - ga ru lam’

He is not GA RU`. He is very garrulous in public

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loquacious

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ostentation

owning a mansion doesn’t imply ostentation, but traveling exclusively by private jet certainly can

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over-the-top

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anomaly

the drop in Bluetooth signal causes several anomalies in the collected data

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abnormal

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pragmatism

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practically

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paradox

the fact that the retired teacher claimed to hate all pets but adopted seven cats is an intriguing paradox

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nghich ly – YY paradox of Fat%

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engender

the new novel conditioning methods engendered controversy between conventional training vs HIFT

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create

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assuage
a massage can assuage the soreness in the muscle

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mentally satisfied

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deride

Ethan’s laughs during my speech mean he is deriding my knowledge. It is a sign of disrepect.

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mocking

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volatile

it is possible for a country’s political climate to remain volatile for decades

HCL is a volatile substance. It is easy to cause fire

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tension - violent

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erudite

in order to learn more about health science, those influencers need to read the research that is more erudite than they are entertaining

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educational

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venerate

to venerate the fire chief’s forty years of service, the department held a special banquet

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respect

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precipitate

Ireland scientists used airplanes to precipitate rainfall to help with desiccated land

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cause something to start
ex. cause the snow to fall

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homogenize

homogenized milk is smoother and more consistent in taste because fat molecules are broken down to a similar size

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homo = same
make something consistent

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