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1
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Diaspora

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Dispersion of people away from their homeland

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Exodus

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Journey

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Xenophobia

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Intense fear/dislike of foreign people

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Personification

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Epitome

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Univocal

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One meaning

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Contest to

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Ko thừa thậ.

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Inured to

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Accustomed to

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Caprice n

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Capricious

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Emcumber

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Burden

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Exterminate

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Destroy completely

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Jockey

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Deceive

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Espouse

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Adopt, support

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Supersede

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  • Supplant

- Take the place of

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Rivet

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Attract

Fully engross

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Avert

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Prevent 
Turn away (eyes and attention)
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Contravene

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Violate

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Errant

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Straying from proper standards

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Unidimensional

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One dimension

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Tussle

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  • Involve in a Scuffle (struggle,fight)
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Tout

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Khen

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Delirium

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Wild excitement and ecstasy

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Celerity

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Swiftness of movement

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Interpose

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Place sth in between

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Clout

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Quyền hạn

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Patronize

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Frequent to a place as a customer

Thuong xuyen lui toi

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Evade

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Escape and avoid

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Predicate (sth on/upon)

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Found or base sth on

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Chimera

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Illusory (chimerical)

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Missive

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Long, ofical and formal letter

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Cursory

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Not thorough

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Dissect

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Nguyên cứu tỉ mỉ

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Preliminary

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Introductory, opening

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Canonical

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Authorized, recognized,accepted

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Palliative

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Relieving pain

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Dreary

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Dull, vapid

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Dire

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Extremely urgent

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Triage

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Assign degree of urgency to

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Convocation

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Large formal assembly of people

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Tenure

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sự chiếm hữu

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Libelous

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Phỉ báng

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Derisive

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Ridicule

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Corollary

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Hệ quả

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Sanctum

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Sacred place

Secret place

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Homogenize

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Make uniform, similar

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Outwit

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Defeat by greater ingenuity

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Pilferer

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Kẻ trộm

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Edify

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Instruct

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Apprise

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Inform

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Faculty

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Cơ quan

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Oust

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Exclude

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Embitter

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Cause someone to feel bitter/ resent

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52
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Blithering

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Stupid

Foolish

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Anthropocentrism

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Regarding human kind = central, most important

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Lobby for

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Seek to influence (politician) on an issue

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Variegate

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Exhibiting different colors

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Drub

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Hit and beat repeatedly

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Parched

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Dried out with heat

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Interminable

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Endless

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Rhapsodize

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Speak or write about sth or s1 with great delight and enthusiasm

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Lithe

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Dễ bảo , dễ uốn nắn

Flexible

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Gibbering

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Speaking rapidly and intelligibly (shock, fear)

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Circumlocution

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Use of vague, elusive words

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Falter

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Hesitate

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Stint

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Be frugal with

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Discrete

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Detached, separated

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Shrug off

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To raise shoulders (esp to show disdain, doubt, indifference)

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Bask in

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To receive, to take sth in

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Gloat

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Hả hê trc nỗi đau ng khác

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Incipient

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Fledgling

Nascent

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Monotony

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Tedious repetition and routine

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Incorporate

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Combine

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Divest

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Deprive

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Ovation

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Audiences showing their appreciation and enthusiasm through a round of applause

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Balm

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Something that has comforting, soothing effect

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Chastisement

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A severe rebuke

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Enmeshed

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Embroiled, entangled

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Impressionable

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Pliable, malleable, easily influenced

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Coterminous

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Giáp giới

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Faddish

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Kỳ cục, dở hơi

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Gauge

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Indicator

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Obviate

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Preclude

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Recrimination

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Accusation

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Stifle

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Restrain or stop obeself from acting on an emotion

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Warp

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Bend and twist

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Reprieve

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Cancel or postpone

Deferment

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Negate

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Invalidate

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cant

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Sanctimoniousness

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Prompting

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Action of persuading nd encourage s1 to do sthing

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Atonement

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Reparation for a wrong or injury

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Qualm

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Uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, fear

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Trample

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Tread on and crush

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Expropriate

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Dispossess of property

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Hindsight

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Understanding the event only after it has happened

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Feral

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Wild

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Surrogate

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A substitute

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Interlocutor

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Person who takes part un a conversation

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Impenitent

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Not feeling ashamed, regret

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Oversight

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Unintentional failure to notice sth

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Penurious

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Extremely poor

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Wan

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Sickly pale

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Encroach

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Intrude

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Sully

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Damage the purity of

Defile

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Swindle

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Use deceptions to deprive money and posessions

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Bilk

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Cheat or defraud

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Nitpicking

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Carping

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Impute

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Attribute

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Vocation

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A strong feeling of suitability for a career and occupation

Profession

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Chantey

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A song with alternating solos and chorus - sung by sailors

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Chorale

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Musical composition, harmonized

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Machination

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Âm ưu, ủ mưu

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Swerving

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Changing direction abruptly

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Regality

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State of being king and queen

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Progeny

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Descendants

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Iniquitous

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Grossly unfair and morally wrong

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Impiety

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Lack of piety and reverence, esp for god

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Feign

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Pretend to be affected by (a feeling,state…)

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Procurement

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The act of obtaining materials and supplies

MUA

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Modicum

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A moderate or small amount (usually of sth desirable and valueable)

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Rebate

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Pay back

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Bypass

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Avoid or circumvent

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Miffed

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Annoyed

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Scour

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Clear, brighten surface by rubbing it hard

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Deliberation

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Slow, careful movement

Long and careful consideration

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Pique

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  • irritate, resent

- stimulate

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Incommensurate

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Out of keeping or proportion with

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Pallid

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Pale

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Blight

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Spoil, harm, destroy

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Prowess

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Skill, expertise in a particular activity

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Superannuate(d)

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Verb: Retire with pension
Adj: cũ

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Seminal

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Phát triển kiến thức

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Spurn

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Từ chối, bác bỏ

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Indubitable

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Without doubt

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Buffet

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Knock over

Harm

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Redoubtable

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Formidable

Fearful

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Haste

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Nhanh

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Conerstone

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An indispensable part or basis

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Languor

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Uể oải

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Underhanded

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Dối trá

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Quagmire

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Sa lầy, tình huống khó xử

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Scruple

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A feeling of doubt or hesitation regard to the morality of a course of an action

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Stark

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Bare in appearance and outline

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Succor

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Give assistance to

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Revile

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Mắng mỏ

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Imbecile

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Idiot

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Staunch

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Loyal

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Insinuation

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Unpleasant hint of sth bad

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Perennial

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Mãi mãi

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Manifest

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Biểu lộ

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Brashness

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Hỗn láo

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Waft

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Pass easily

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Propitiatory

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Dịu đi

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Rapturous

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Enthusiastic

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Veer

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Change direction abruptly

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Nihilistic

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Reject moral principles

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