Last Week Flashcards

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Connotation

A

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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2
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Endeavor

A

Try hard to do or achieve something

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3
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Indulge in

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Allow yourselves to have or do something that you know you will enjoy

“We had enough time to indulge in a bit of window shopping”

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4
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Conspicuously

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In a clearly visible way

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5
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Inherently

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Im a permanent, essential or characteristic way.

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6
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Notion

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A conception of or belief about something

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7
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Isolate

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Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from other

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8
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Occur

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(Especially if accidents and other unexpected events) to happen

Or

To exist or be present in, among

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Integrate

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Two mix with or join society or a group of people

Or

Two combine more two or more things in order to become effective

Or

To bring two things or systems to work together as one

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Diminish

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To reduce or be reduced in size or important

“What he did has seriously diminished him in many people’s eyes”

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Occupy

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To exist or use a place for a period of time

Or
To keep someone busy ot interested

“I occupy myself with solving math puzzles”

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Deduct

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To take away an amount or part form a total

“The player had points deducted from his score”

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Reverse

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To change the direction, order, result, etc of something to its opposite

“The intervention was designed to help, but it had the reverse effect”

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Deviate

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To do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving/ to go in a different direction

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Conduct

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Go organize and perform a particular activity

“The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York”

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16
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Inhibit

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To slow down a process

Or

To prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed

“Some worker were inhibited by the presence of their managers”

17
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Rely

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To need or depend on

Or

To trust someone or something

18
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Refine

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To make something pure or improve something, especially by removing unwanted material or by doing small changes

19
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Derive

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Go get something from something else

20
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Commit

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To do something illegal or something that is considered wrong

“To commit an offence”

Or

To promise loyalty, time, or money to a particular principle, person or plan of action

“He has problems committing himself to a relationship”

21
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Shirker

A

Someone who avoids something, especially work

22
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Emerge

A

To appear by coming out of something or out from behind something

“She merged from the sea”

And

“To become know, especially as a result of examining something or asking questions about it”

“The facts are sure to emerge eventually”

23
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Facilitate

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To make something possible or easier

24
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Survey

A

An examination of opinions by asking questions

Or

To look at or examine all of something, especially carefully

25
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Legislate

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To make laws or rules laying to a particular activity

“We cannot legislate a charge on businesses outside the state”

26
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Compensate

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To pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged for some problem

“Victims will be compensated for their injuries”

Or

To provide something good or useful in place of something or to make someone feel better about something lost

“His enthusiasm more than compensates for his lack of experience”

27
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Monitor

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To watch and check a situation carefully for a period of time in order to discover something about it

“The CIA were monitoring his phone calls”

Also:

A computer screen or a person whose job is watching

28
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Grant

A

To give or allow something, usually in an oficial way

Or to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite opinion

“I grant you that X, but Y”

29
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Require

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Necessary, must, fundamental, need, essential, indispensable

30
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Requirement

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Concern, condition, demand, need, precondition, prerequisite, obligation

31
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Enthralled

A

Cautivado