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alternatives

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Other options
Different options
Different choices

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Suggest

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Say or make a recommendation

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Unstable

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Unsteady

Not mentally well

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Insane

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crazy

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Principal

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Main
Primary
Most important

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avarice

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greed

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midst

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in the midst of something = in the middle of something

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deflect

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turn away, push away

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stifle

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restrain
hold back
suppress

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stationary

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not moving
still
motionless

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immobile

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not moving

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apogee

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highest point

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perish

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decay
die
waste away

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archipelago

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a group of islands

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peninsula

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land surrounded by water on three sides

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plunder

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to steal

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migrate

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to move from one place to another

to move from one country to another

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bough

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tree branch

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estranged

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estranged people are friends who are no longer friends

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vocation

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job

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devour

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to eat fast or gobble up

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mainstream

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conventional, typical thoughts or ideas

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overhaul

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to repair, or rebuild, or redo

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careerist

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someone who only cares about getting ahead or getting promotions at work, at any cost

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stupendous

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extremely impressive or amazing

also: remarkable, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary

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gist

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the key point or the essence of something

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offspring

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a person’s child or children
babies
family
progeny

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mutation

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a change or an alteration

i.e. genes and DNA can mutate in biology when passed from parents to children

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unfathomable

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unknowable or immeasurable

if talking about water: it means very deep

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crude

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primitive or overly simple

vulgar or rude

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adequate

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sufficient, enough

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disrupt

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to interrupt or disturb

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meshed

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interconnected, connected, or networked

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placenta

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an organ in the uterus of pregnant women that provide the baby or fetus nourishment and vitamins

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dispute

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disagreement, debate, argument

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subfield

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a smaller part of a field (i.e. geometry is a subfield of mathematics)

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synthesize

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to make, produce or combine something

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proposal

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a plan or a suggestion (“I propose we go to the pool”)

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incendiary

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something that can cause a fire, that is provocative or inflammatory (“His sharp words were incendiary and could have caused a ruckus in the group).

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