house of cards Flashcards
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an organization that is so badly arranged that it could easily fail
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House of Cards
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Pennsylvania, PA, Penn, University_of_Pennsylvania, Keystone_State
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Pennsylvania
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to stick to sth;adhere, clingstone, stick, cleave, hang, cohere
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cling
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land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on;grazing_land, crop, range, pastureland, lea, browse, ley, pasturage, pasture, forage, graze, grass, eatage
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pasture
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a state of feeling very tired in mind or body; lack of energy;sluggishness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, inanition, slackness, listlessness
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lassitude
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thick, soft, wet mud or a substance that looks like it;ooze, slime, gunk, gook, sludge, guck, goop, muck, goo
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sludge
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pipe_fitter;a person whose job is to fit and repair things such as water pipes, toilets, etc.
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plumber
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dark cloth with white vertical lines printed on it
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pinstripe
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immanent;based on your own ideas or opinions rather than facts and therefore sometimes unfair
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subjective
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a type of toilet for men that is attached to the wall; a room or building containing urinals
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urinal
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an opening that allows air, gas or liquid to pass out of or into a room, building, container, etc;air_out, ventilate, blowhole, vent, give_vent, volcano, release, venthole, vent-hole, air, outlet
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vent
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to be a sign that sth is going to happen;acclaim,forerunner, harbinger, trumpeter, announce, annunciate, hail, predecessor, foretell, precursor
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herald
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the act of starting a new operation or practice, startup, inaugural
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inauguration
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money or property which is given to someone, but which is kept by another person until the first person has done a particular thing or met particular requirements.
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escrow
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connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government
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municipal
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an official note from one person to another in the same organization;memoranda, memo, memorandum
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memo
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to formally suggest that sb should be chosen for an important role, prize, position, etc.;put_forward, propose, put_up, name, nominate, constitute, make, appoint
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nominate
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chicken manure
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chicken-shit
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a person who has been trained in the science of animal medicine, whose job is to treat animals who are sick or injured;veterinary_surgeon, ex-serviceman, veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, vet
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vet
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a way of doing sth or of getting sth by cheating sb;artifice
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ruse
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an examination of a machine or system, including doing repairs on it or making changes to it;redevelopment, pass, renovation, modernise, modernize, overtake, overhaul, service, inspection_and_repair
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overhaul
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a public statement or action showing that you support sb/sth;second, secondment, blurb, sanction, warrant, indorsement, endorsement, countenance, imprimatur
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endorsement
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having a strong desire to know about sth;peculiar, rummy, singular, odd, curious, queer, funny, rum
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curious
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feverish;very busy; full of activity
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hectic
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extremely angry;black-and-blue, white, ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid
livid
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to change the colour of sth, especially by using a special liquid or substance;dyestuff
dye
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your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief;allegiance, loyalty, commitment, dedication, fealty
allegiances
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severe punishment for sth seriously wrong that sb has done
retribution
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to eat all of sth quickly, especially because you are very hungry; down, guttle, pig, raven, go_through, consume
devour
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a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth, deliver goods, etc.
errand
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to make objects, patterns, etc. by cutting away material from wood or stone;chip_at, carve, cut_up
carve
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the state of no longer having sth or as much of sth; expiration, loss, personnel_casualty, deprivation, going, release, passing, exit, red, red_ink, departure
loss
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violent and cruel;fell, roughshod, bestial, cruel, barbarous, vicious, unrelenting, savage, brute, brutish, brutal, beastly
brutal
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chirp; twitter:
chitterling
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showing you do not think that you are as important as other people;chagrin, menial, base, mortify, modest, lowly, small, humble, humiliate, low, abase, baseborn
humble
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makes you so tired, either physically or mentally, that you have no energy left
exhausted
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humbleness;the quality of not thinking that you are better than other people; the quality of being humble
humility
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to remove or reduce an unpleasant feeling or pain;ease, free, salvage, excuse, lighten, unbosom, still, palliate, relieve, take_over, exempt, allay, alleviate, salve, assuage, save, remedy, let_off
relieve
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sponsor, supporter, patron, frequenter
patron
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a person who gives money and support to artists and writers;leper, lazar
leper
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a law or a set of laws passed by a parliament
legislation
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the freedom for a country, a region or an organization to govern itself independently;liberty, self-sufficiency, self-direction, self-reliance
autonomy
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the power to give orders to people;say-so, authority, sanction, authorization, potency, federal_agency, sureness, government_agency, office, assurance, self-confidence, self-assurance, bureau, agency, dominance, confidence, authorisation
authority
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an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction
smugness
45
sailing boat; sailing ship;
sailivate
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in a way that uses the voice
vocally
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connected with government or public money, especially taxes
; financial
fiscal
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apportion;to give sth officially to sb/sth for a particular purpose
allocate
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an organization for helping people in need; Jacob's_ladder, Polymonium_caeruleum_van-bruntiae, brotherly_love, Greek_valerian, Polemonium_caeruleum, Polemonium_van-bruntiae
charity
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an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it;tableland
plateau
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symphony;symphony_orchestra, symphonic_music, philharmonic
symphony
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words or actions that are carefully planned to get an advantage over sb else;stratagem, gambit
ploy
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rare and worth a lot of money; cherished, cute, preciously, treasured, valued, wanted
precious
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the freedom or power to decide what should be done in a particular situation;prudence, discernment, discreetness, circumspection, delicacy, free_will, discretion
discretion
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Spent the night at Rock Creek park.
Rock creek Park
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to say nice things about sb;flatter, unconditional, blandish, bland, categoric, matte, vapid, insipid, 2-dimensional, categorical, prostrate, two-dimensional, level, mat, monotonous, compressed, monotonic, plane, matted, monotone, matt, flat, flavourless, flavorless, savorless, savourless
flatter
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controversial
controversial
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a book in which a bank, a business, etc. records the money it has paid and received;leger, book, book_of_account, daybook, account_book
ledger
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a group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city or county
council
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waste food, paper, etc. that you throw away;scraps, refuse, food_waste, garbage, drivel
garbage
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not important to or connected with a situation
irrelevant
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a set of ideas that an economic or political system is based on;political_theory, ideology, political_orientation
ideology
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an organization (officially called the Scout Association ) originally for boys, which trains young people in practical skills and does a lot of activities with them;pathfinder, lookout, scout, reconnoitre, lookout_man, picket, talent_scout, sentinel, sentry, reconnoiter, spotter, Scout, watch, guide
scout
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a person or company that pays for a radio or television programme, or for a concert or sporting event, usually in return for advertising
sponsor
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lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law;authenticity, legitimacy, genuineness
legitimacy
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relating to beliefs about right and wrong
ethically
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the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down;wash, lave, swosh, swoosh, lap_up, lap_covering, circuit, swish, circle, overlap, lap, lick
lap
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Be a fool of me
play dumb with me
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a long thin piece of rope or leather, attached to a handle, used for making animals move or punishing people；slash, whip, party_whip, lather, trounce, flog, worst, lash, whiplash, strap, rack_up, pip, blister, mop_up, scald, welt, whisk
whip
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great respect and admiration; a good opinion of sb；think_of, value, esteem, take_to_be, repute, prise, admiration, look_on, regard, regard_as, respect, prize, look_upon
esteem
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lonely
solification
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a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities
;essence, content, centre, center, marrow, nitty-gritty, message, gist, heart_and_soul, subject_matter, means, substance, core, inwardness, heart, meat, meaning, sum, pith, nub, kernel
substance
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Enhance impact
driving the influense
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the quality of being faithful in your support of sb/sth;allegiance, loyalty, commitment, dedication, trueness
loyalty
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a short piece of writing or music which is taken from a larger piece.;extract, selection, excerption, take_out, excerpt
excerpts
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a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station
correspondent
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part of a film showing a particular event
footage
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including all, or almost all, the items, details, facts, information, etc., comp, comprehensive_examination
comprehensive
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a light plastic object, shaped like a plate, that is thrown from one player to another in a game
frisbee
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a state in which two people, companies, etc. are competing for the same thing;competition, rivalry, contention
rivalry
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angry and aggressive in a way that is frightening;bowelless, furious, vehement, savage, boisterous, ferocious, violent, trigger-happy, rough, cutthroat, tearing
fierce
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a person who cannot resist sb/sth or likes sb/sth very much;lollipop, gull, soft_touch, all-day_sucker, mug, fool, sucker, patsy, mark, chump, fall_guy
sucker
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master;a great performer, especially a musician
maestro
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money that is paid by a government or other authority in order to help an industry or business, or to pay for a public service.
subsidies
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Rib skeleton
rack of ribs
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license plate number
plate number
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a document or label that shows what is in a package;schedule, agenda, docket
docket
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a tool with a long handle and a broad blade with curved edges;spadeful, shovelful, digger, excavator, shovel, power_shovel
shovel
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a person who supports a form of government with a president and politicians elected by the people with no king or queen;Republican_River
republican
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to drive into or hit another vehicle, ship, etc. with force, sometimes deliberately;cram, Aries, random_memory, crash, force, jam, RAM, pound, random-access_memory, Aries_the_Ram, wad, jampack, Ram, read/write_memory, tup, ram_down, drive, chock_up, ram, random_access_memory
ram
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to make a short high sound that is not very loud;screech, whine, screak, skreak, close_call, narrow_escape, squeaker, creak, squeak, close_shave
squeak
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to crush or twist sth so that it is badly damaged;cut_up, mangle, murder, maul, mutilate
mangle
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a long speech made in a parliament in order to delay a vote;filibusterer, filibuster
filibuster
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to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation;undertake, fishing_rig, tackle, take_on, fishing_gear, fishing_tackle, rig, harness, rigging
tackle
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a woman's breast or nipple;mamilla, breast, pap, mammilla, knocker, titty, nipple, tit, teat, bosom, titmouse, boob
tit
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careful and thorough work or effort; industry, industriousness, application
diligence
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Characters in the TV series' King of Tulsa '
Mcmansion Sarasita
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connected with the task of preparing sth such as a newspaper;newspaper_column, editorial, column
editorial
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(in stories) an animal like a white horse with a long straight horn on its head
unicorn
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dime_bag,a coin of the US and Canada worth ten cents
dime
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difficult to do or deal with;wily, crafty, cunning, guileful, slippery, tricky, foxy, knavish, slick, sly, dodgy, catchy, tricksy
tricky
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to take apart a machine or structure so that it is in separate pieces;disassemble, break_up, break_apart, raze, tear_down, pull_down, take_apart, take_down, dismantle, strip, level, rase
dismantle
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having a desire to cause pain and suffering;fell, roughshod, cruel, barbarous, vicious, savage, brutal
cruel
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a long, flat, rectangular piece of wood;flump, plonk, plank_over, plump_down, plop, board, plump, plunk, plunk_down, plank
planks
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comfortable
comfy
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the way you notice things, especially with the senses;sensing, perception, perceptual_experience, percept
perception
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very angry;fierce, wild, enraged, furious, angry, infuriated, savage, ferocious, angered, raging, tempestuous, maddened
furious
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a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a gun
grenade
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Martyrs yearn for
martyr crave
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Sharpen the knife with a whetstone
sharpen the blade
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a piece of advice；counseling, advocate, counselling, direction, counsellor, pleader, advise, counselor, rede, guidance, counselor-at-law
counsel
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a power tool that stampstrampler, stamping_machine, stomper, stamper, tramper
stamper
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give up
relinguish
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connected with managing relations between countries (= diplomacy )
diplomatic
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causing strong feelings or violence;incendiary_bomb, rabble-rousing, firebug, incitive, incendiary, inflammatory, arsonist, firebomb, instigative, seditious
incendiary
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a very small amount; shade
tad
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not very noticeable or obvious;pernicious, insidious, elusive
subtle
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something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building; lusus_naturae, freak, monster
monstrosity
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used to emphasize the truth of a statement
positively
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connected with the Middle Ages (about AD 1000 to AD 1450);chivalric, gothic, knightly, mediaeval,
medieval
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an area where wild birds or animals are protected and encouraged to breed;refuge, asylum, chancel, bema
sanctuary
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a dark underground room used as a prison, especially in a castle; donjon, keep
dungeon
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marinade;keep the fish or meat in a mixture of oil, vinegar, spices, and herbs, before cooking it
marinating
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a person who strongly believes that people should have the freedom to do and think as they like
libertarian
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the quality of being good and of deserving praise, reward or admiration;virtue, deservingness, meritoriousness, deserve
merit
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an idea, a belief or an understanding of sth;whimsy, whim, whimsey, opinion, feeling, belief, impression
notion
127
to flow, or to make sth flow, slowly in a thin stream;filter, drip, dribble
trickle
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quandary; a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives
dilemmas
129
unreasonable;preposterous, nonsensical, farcical, absurd, ridiculous, idiotic, derisory, ludicrous, cockeyed, laughable
ludicrous
130
closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are thinking about
relevant
131
the state of being extremely tired or ill, either physically or mentally, because you have worked too hard
burnout
132
a machine that is used to force liquid, gas or air into or out of sth;heart, pump, ticker
pump
133
Oil print with an oil press machine; mimeo
mimeographed
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declaration;pronunciamento
manifestos
135
a truck, or a container with wheels, that is pulled by another vehicle;house_trailer, prevue, preview, dawdler, poke, drone, lagger, laggard
trailer
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fame, praise or honour that is given to sb because they have achieved sth important;resplendence, aureole, gloriole, glorification, resplendency, glory, halo, nimbus, aura
glory
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being the total amount of sth before anything is taken away;earthy, crude, staring, consummate, porcine, unadulterated, rank, perfect, pure, thoroughgoing, complete, double-dyed, revenue, flagrant, everlasting, arrant, glaring, 144, utter, megascopic, crying, gross, stark, vulgar, egregious, receipts, sodding
gross
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to give sb great pleasure;enrapture, rape, assault, delight, enchant, violate, enthral, outrage, dishonour, ravish, enthrall, dishonor, transport
ravish
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a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover;love_bite, pimple, zit, hickey
hickey
140
if food containing fat is rancid , it tastes or smells unpleasant because it is no longer fresh;sour
rancid
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a substance that people put on their bodies to prevent or hide unpleasant smells; deodourant
deodorant
142
raise money for a cause or project;fund-raise, fundraise, fund_raise
fundraise
143
a person who is the next most important person below a business manager;deputy_sheriff, lieutenant, surrogate, deputy
deputy
144
a meeting of the members or leaders of a political party to choose candidates or to decide policy; the members or leaders of a political party as a group
caucus
145
someone who hates and would persecute Jews;Jew-baiter, racist, anti-Semite, antiblack
anti-semite
146
units used to measure the energy value of food;gram_calorie, kilogram_calorie, calorie, small_calorie, Calorie, nutritionist's_calorie, large_calorie, kilocalorie
calories
147
a person who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for them;buckle_down, slave, hard_worker, break_one's_back, striver, knuckle_down
slave
148
to tell sb that sth is good or useful, or that sb would be suitable for a particular job, etc.
recommend
149
o move quickly and suddenly to one side in order to avoid sb/sth;dodging, parry, stratagem, put_off, circumvent, evade, fudge, contrivance, hedge, elude, sidestep, dodge, skirt, duck, scheme
dodge
150
the mark ( , ) used to separate the items in a list or to show where there is a slight pause in a sentence;Polygonia_comma, comma_butterfly
comma
151
a particular length of time;menstruum, full_stop, geological_period, menstruation, full_point, stop, flow, time_period, catamenia, period, menses, point, period_of_time
period
152
a country that has agreed to help and support another country, especially in case of a war; friend
ally
153
a factory where a substance such as oil or sugar is refined.
refineries
154
to throw sth lightly or carelessly;thrash, cast_aside, flip, dispose, sky, chuck, thresh, thresh_about, toss_out, chuck_out, cast_out, cast_away, throw_away, toss_away, throw_out, convulse, pass, pitch, put_away, jactitate, thrash_about, slash, discard, fling, toss
toss
155
a small amount of food or a drink that you have before a meal;appetiser, starter
appetizer
156
a;asion when people sit down to eat food, especially breakfast, lunch or dinnerrepast
meal
157
existing in large numbers;legion
numerous
158
a decision or a problem that you do not need to think about much because it is obvious what you should do
no-brainer
159
mock-up
mock-up
160
bruit, rumour, rumor, hearsay
rumor
161
most important; primary_winding, primary_coil, primary_feather, elemental, basal, main, chief, primary_election, master, principal, primary, elementary, primary_quill
primary
162
an arrangement for a seat on a plane or train, a room in a hotel, etc. to be kept for you;reserve, reservation, qualification, mental_reservation, booking, arriere_pensee
reservation
163
a nobody
metro scrub
164
a track at a fairground that goes up and down very steep slopes and that people ride on in a small train for fun and excitement
roller coaste
165
Capitol_Building;the building in Washington DC where the US Congress (= the national parliament) meets to work on new laws
capitol
166
far away from places where other people live;remote_control, outback, remote, outside, removed, distant
remote
167
Decaffeinated latte
decaf latte
168
a member of Congress in the US, especially the House of Representatives; representative, congresswoman
congressman
