part 1 Flashcards

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Detrimental

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harmful, damaging

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initial

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at first, at beginning, at start

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Prominent

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  1. important, famouse, well known,
  2. Standing out, “sticking out, easy to see or notice
    3but a physical feature can also be prominent because it stands out (is noticeable or easy to see)
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Imminent

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coming, likely to happen soon, about to Happen

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Scrutiny

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carefull and detail search and examination of something in order to understand it

Looking Thor-Inge trash

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Affluent

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Rich, while “affluent” often brings the element of lifestyle and spending habits into consideration.

spending habit and livstyle. how much you spend money

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Ubiquitous

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seeming to be everywhere
exponential functions are ubiquitous in nature

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Enhance

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to make better or improve
to improve, increase the quality, amount, or value of something:

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Exploit

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  1. to use or manipulate someone or something to one’s advantage or benefits unfairly
  2. to use something well for your own benefits
  3. As a noun, an exploit is usually a notable or heroic accomplishment.
    - “Neil Armstrong’s exploit of being the first man to walk on the moon is celebrated around the world.”
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Persuade
Dissuade

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We normally persuade somebody to do something and we normally convince somebody that something is true. To persuade you normally use arguments
Persuade - To change their opinion.

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Advocate

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support

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disparage

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disparage means criticizing someone, in a way that shows you do not respect or value them, belittle them , diminhish importence or value of something

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Commemorate

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to show that you remember an important person or event by having a special ceremony, or by creating a special object, بزرگداشت, گرامیداشت

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tangible

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real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced: important and noticeable, something that is tangible is something that you can touch example: His hostility was almost tangible.

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overblown

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made to seem more important or bigger than what is really true. exaggered, to big, more than reality

  • overblown estimate, opinion
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duplicity

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dishonest talk or behavior, especially by saying different things to two people.

17
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Obfuscation

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to deliberately make something confusing or difficult to understand

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underpin

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to give support, strength, or a basic structure to something

19
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Histrionic

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behavior in which someone shows very strong feelings in a way that is embarrassing and not reasonable.
With huge amounts of emotion and show, yeah. OK, so histrionics, emotional outburst, but very strong (once?), threatrical emotional outburst

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Dissemination

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to spread or give out news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people: انتشار

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Undermine

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Gradually weaken or destroy something or someone. Dig a hole under in order to it to collapse. To describe sabotage or act of weakening someone’s effort