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Adventurous

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Willing to try new

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Albeit

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Although

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Ascertain

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To discover something

To make certain of something

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Buff (noun)

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A person who knows a lot about and is very interested in a particular subject

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Bust-up (noun)

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A serious argument or disagreement

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To confine (verb)

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To keep within limits

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Contemplate

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To spend time considering a possible action

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Deforestation

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Cutting down of trees in a large area

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Disperse

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To spread across or move away over a large area

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Elliptical

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Something that has an oval shape

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Endeavour

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An attempt to do something.

Стремление

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Etching

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A picture produced by printing from a metal plate

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Extraterrestrial

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Coming from outside the planet earth

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Falling-out (noun)

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An argument

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A far cry

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Only remotely related, much different

Большая разница

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Far-fetched

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Very unlikely to be true

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Fiendishly

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Extremely, used for emphasizing what you are saying

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Fierce

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Showing strong feeling or energetic activity

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Firmly

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With determination, not likely to change

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Flair

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Natural ability to do something well

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Fluctuation

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A change or the process of changing, especially continuously between one level and another

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Follow in somebody’s footsteps

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To do the same thing as someone else did previously

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Impose

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To force someone to accept something, especially belief or way of living

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Inadvertently

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Unintentionally

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Intercept

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To stop someone or something before they reach a particular place

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Interweave

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To wish together or combine two or more things so that they cannot be separated easily

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Layman

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Someone who does not have special knowledge of a subject

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Overdraft (noun)

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An amount of money that a customer with a bank account is temporarily allowed to owe to the bank, or the agreement that allows this

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To pinpoint

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To discover or describe the facts about something; to find out the exact position in space or time of something

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Precision

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The quality of being very exact and accurate

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Preclude

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To prevent something or make it impossible, or prevent someone from doing something.

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Preliminary

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An activity that comes before an important action or an event often as a form of preparation

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Preservative

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A chemical used to stop food from decaying

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Pursuit

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An activity that you spend time and energy doing

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Quirky

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Unusual in an attractive and interesting way

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Rigid

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Not able or willing to be changed or persuaded

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Sheer (adj.)

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Used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something

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Shift

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A period of time worked by a group of workers who start work as another group finished

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Staggering

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Shocking because of being extremely large

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Suitable

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Acceptable, right for something

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Swamp (verb)

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to overburden or overwhelm or be overburdened or overwhelmed

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Tentatively

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In a way that shows you are not certain or confident

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Tremendous

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Used for emphasizing that something such as an amount, achievement, or feeling is extremely great, important or strong

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Unadulterated

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Not spoiled or made weaker by the addition of other substances

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Unspoiled

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Something that has not been changed or damaged by people

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Utmost

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Greatest, extremely important

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Verdict

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A decision that you make or an opinion that you give about something after you have tested or considered it carefully

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Vital

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Necessary for the success or continued existence of something; extremely important

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49
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Accompaniment

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Accompanies something or somebody

Music that is playing with someone who is singing or playing the main tune

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Alas

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Used to express sadness or feeling sorry about something

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Causal link

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The connection between a cause and an effect

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52
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Churlish

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Rude, unfriendly, and unpleasant

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Confined

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Small and surrounded by walls or sides. Limited. Ушемленный

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Connoisseur

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A person who knows a lot about something (art, wine, food): an expert in a particular subject

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Counter (adj.)

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Opposite, or with an opposite purpose

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Demise

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The end of something, usually cause it stopped being popular or successful
Кончина, упадок

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Deemed

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To be considered or judged in a particular way

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Deterioration

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The phenomenon of becoming worse

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Detract from

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To make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration

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Diminishing

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Becoming smaller, less

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Dissolve

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To cause to dispense or disappear; to destroy something

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Ensemble

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A group a group of things or people acting or taken together as a whole, especially a group of musicians who regularly play together

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Entail

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To make something necessary, or to involve something

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Entranced

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So attracted by someone or something beautiful or impressive that you give them all your attention

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Hastily

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Said or done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought

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Ignite

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To start burning

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67
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Imbue

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To fill somebody /something with strong feelings, opinions or values

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Immensely

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Extremely

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Ingenuity

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The ability to solve problems in new and clever ways

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Intricate

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Detailed in structure or design; complicated arrangement of something e.g. rtythm, carving, plot
Замудрёный

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Medley

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A mixture of things of different kinds

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Onslaught

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An attack, usually very powerful, forceful; an assault

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Ooze

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To flow slowly out of something through a small opening, or to slowly produce a thick sticky liquid

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Pave the way

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Making something easier to achieve, happen

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Prejudice

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An affair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge

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Raving

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Irrational or incoherent talk or extravagant utterance or declamation

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Scrupulously

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In a very careful way that makes sure everything is done exactly as it should be done

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Scrutiny

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The careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it

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Sleuth

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Someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them

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Slippery slope

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A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable

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Staggering

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Very shocking and surprising

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The Yellow pages

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A book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of business in a particular city or area, listing them in groups according to the type of services they offer

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Venue

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The place where a public event or meeting is happening

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Asset

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·a useful or valuable quality, skill or person

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Assortment

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a mixture or combination of different types

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Attentive

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listening or watching carefully

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Be at variance

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to be in disagreement with someone or something, or to be different from him, her, or it

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Bonnet

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a type of hat that covers the ears and is tied under the chin, worn by babies or, especially in the past, by women

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Boundary

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a real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of something and separates it from other things or places; a dividing line

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Burglar alarm

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an alarm against intruders

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Conservationist

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a person who takes an active part in the protection of the environment

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Counterfeit

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(adjective) - made to look like the real thing, in order to trick people

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Cygnet

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a young swam.

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Dainty

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small, delicate, and often moving in a careful way

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Devise

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To invent something

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Distasteful

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unpleasant or offensive

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Doublespeak

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language that has no real meaning or has more than one meaning and is intended to hide the truth

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Emancipation

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the action of allowing people to have social freedom and rights

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Endogenous

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found or coming from within something, for example, a system or a person’s body or mind

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Enigmatic

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mysterious and impossible to understand completely

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Exquisitely

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in a very beautiful and delicate way

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Eyeful

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something or someone very noticeable or attractive

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Fad

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something that is popular only for a short period of time, e.g. style, activity

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Fixation

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the state of being unable to stop thinking about something or someone

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Flock

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to move or come together in large numbers

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Furore

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an excited or angry reaction to something by a big group of people

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Hay feaver

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an illness like a cold, caused by pollen or dust

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Household name

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a very famous public figure; a person that most people know of.

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Housing

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buildings for people to live in

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Idle

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without any purpose, pointless, worthless

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Impetus

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something that encourages a particular activity or makes that activity more energetic or effective

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Jerk

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a quick sudden movement

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Jog-trot

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If you move at a jog-trot, you run at a slow, regular speed.

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Knickerbockers

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short, loose trousers that fit tightly below the knee, worn especially in the past

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Minutes

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the written record of what was said and decided at a meeting

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Ornamental

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beautiful rather than useful

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Poky

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uncomfortably small and cramped

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Polythene

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a light, usually thin, soft plastic, often used for making bags or for keeping things dry or fresh

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Prim

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formal, neat, and socially correct

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Reclamation yard

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a place where old and unwanted building materials, furniture, and other objects are collected and sold

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Redundant

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having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you

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Residue

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the part that is left after the main part has gone or been taken away

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Resolve

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strong and firm determination

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Riot

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riot

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Scathing

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criticizing someone or something in a severe and unkind way

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Sloppy

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not taking care or making an effort

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Spectacle

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an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval

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Tedious

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not interesting, boring, dull, monotonous

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Tickle

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to touch someone gently in order to give him or her a pleasant feeling

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Totter

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to walk with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall

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Unfazed

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not surprised or worried

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Unladylike

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not suitable or socially acceptable for a lady

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Uproar

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a situation in which a lot of people complain about something angrily or make a lot of noise

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Voluminous

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a voluminous piece of clothing is large and consists of a lot of cloth

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Abbreviation

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is a shortened form of a written word or phrase

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Ammunition

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objects that can be shot from a weapon, such as bullets or bombs.

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Buggy

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a small car, usually with no roof, designed for driving on rough ground

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Concerted

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determined and serious

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Constable

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a British police officer of the lowest rank

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Contend

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to say that something is true or is a fact

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Derisive

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(adj.) expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking.

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Dilapidated

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(adjective) old and in a poor condition

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Disembodied

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coming from a person or place that cannot be seen or identified

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Drabness

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the quality of being boring, especially in appearance, or of having little colour and excitement

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Drought

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a long period without rain

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Emblematic

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representing a particular person, group, idea

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Evocation

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the fact of making someone remember or imagine something

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Exogenous

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found or coming from outside something, for example, a system or a person’s body or mind

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Fad

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a style, activity, or interest that is very popular for a short period of time

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Field trip

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an expedition, as by a group of students or research workers, to study something at first hand

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Getaway

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an occasion when someone leaves a place quickly, usually after committing a crime

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Greasy

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covered with or full of fat or oil

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Hare

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to run or go very quickly, usually in an uncontrolled way

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Hindsight

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the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened.

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Houseproud

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very worried about your house being completely clean and tidy, and spending a lot of time making it so; also: house-proud

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Impetus

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something that encourages a particular activity or makes that activity more energetic or effective

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Indignation

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anger about a situation that you think is wrong or not fair

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Indiscriminately

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in a way that does not show careful choice or planning, usually with harmful results

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Indulgence

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something that you enjoy and causes you pleasure, especially when the activity can be considered unhealthy, excessive or you enjoy it more than you should

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Intricately

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in a way that has a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way

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Jurisdiction

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the authority that a particular court of law or official organization has to make laws, rules, or legal decisions

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Loan

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an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing.

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Lookout

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a person who has the responsibility of watching for something, especially danger, etc.

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Looted

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stolen during war or rioting

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Mainstream

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the way of life or set of beliefs accepted by most people

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Malnourished

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weak and in bad health because of having too little food or too little of the types of food necessary for good health

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Nonsensical

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weak and in bad health because of having too little food or too little of the types of food necessary for good health

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Nonsensical

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very stupid or silly

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Overtly

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in a way that is done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret

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Palpable

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easily perceptible by the mind

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Patronize

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to speak or behave towards someone as if you were better than them

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Pesticide

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a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms

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Prevail

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to be or continue to be in use

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Prone

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likely to show a particular characteristic, usually a negative one, or to be affected by something bad, such as damage or an illness

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Recreational

A

connected with activities that people do in free time

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Q

Resentment

A

a feeling of anger about a situationthat you think is unfair

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Scornful

A

feeling or expressing that something has no value, is stupid and you have no respect for it

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Scruffy

A

untidy and looking a little dirty

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Slog

A

to work hard and steadily at something, especially something that takes a long time and is boring or difficult

180
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Sophisticated

A

having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion

181
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sophistication

A

the quality of being sophisticated

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Squat

A

short and wide, usually in a way that is not attractive

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Q

Succumb

A

to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat

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Surmise

A

to guess something, without having much or any proof

185
Q

Swashbuckling

A

behaving in a brave and exciting way, especially like a fighter in the past

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Q

Sweat-shop

A

a factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions

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Q

Tackle

A

confronting something or someone

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Take someone’s fancy

A

to appeal to someone very much

189
Q

Tantalise

A

to make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen

190
Q

Thriving

A

growing, developing, or being successful

191
Q

Toil

A

hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired

192
Q

Transgression

A

an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence

193
Q

Tremble

A

to increase three times in size or amount

194
Q

Ungainly

A

moving in a way that is not attractive

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Q

Uniformity

A

the quality or fact of being the same, or of not changing or being different in any way

196
Q

Wry

A

bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing

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Q

Allegation

A

a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal but which has not been proven to be true

198
Q

Alter

A

to change something, usually slightly, or to cause the characteristics of something to change:

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Q

Amazement

A

a feeling of extreme surprise

200
Q

Antifreeze

A

a liquid that is added to water in order to lower the temperature at which it freezes

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Q

Artificially

A

in a way that has been intentionally caused by people’s actions, rather than happening naturally or by chance

202
Q

Better off

A

in a better situation.

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Q

Bicker

A

to argue about things that are not important

204
Q

Blunt

A

having a thick edge or point, not sharp

205
Q

Captivity

A

the situation when a person or an animal is kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave

206
Q

Carrion

A

dead or decaying flesh

207
Q

Clap

A

to put a person or thing somewhere quickly or suddenly

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Q

Credibility

A

a quality that means someone can be believed and trusted

209
Q

Evoke

A

to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind

210
Q

Fluff

A

small, loose pieces of wool or other soft material, or the down ( soft new hairs) on a young animal

211
Q

Forgery

A

an illegal copy of a document, painting, banknotes, etc.

212
Q

Fraud

A

the crime based on deceiving people in order to get money

213
Q

Glide

A

to move somewhere smoothly and quietly

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Q

Hatch

A

when an animal is coming out from an egg

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Q

Immaculate

A

perfectly clean or tidy

216
Q

Impeccable

A

perfect, with no problems or bad parts; without mistakes or faults

217
Q

Incubate

A

to keep (something, such as an embryo) in favorable conditions for hatching, development, or reaction.

218
Q

Ingest

A

take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it

219
Q

Intestine

A

a long tube that carries food from your stomach

220
Q

Juvenile

A

a juvenile animal is young and not fully grown

221
Q

Obscurity

A

the state of being difficult to see or understand; not known

222
Q

Overhead

A

above your head, usually in the sky

223
Q

Panache

A

a stylish, original, and very confident way of doing things that makes people admire you

224
Q

Pen

A

a small area surrounded by a fence in which animals are kept

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Q

Perforated

A

pierced with a hole or holes.

226
Q

Plumage

A

all the feathers covering the bird’s body

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Psycoanalysis

A

the treatment of mental problems by studying and talking about people’s dreams, fears, and experiences

228
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Rear

A

to care for young animals until they are old enough and can look after themselves

229
Q

Reintroduction

A

the action of putting a species of animal or plant back into a former habitat

230
Q

Reluctant

A

not wanting to do something

231
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Saunter

A

to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction

232
Q

Shard

A

a piece of a broken glass, cup, container, or similar object

233
Q

Significance

A

importance, the quality of being worthy of attention

234
Q

Soar

A

to rise or fly high in the air

235
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Stained glass

A

glass that has been coloured and cut into various shapes to form pictures or patterns, used especially in church windows

236
Q

Stonemason

A

a person whose job is to cut, prepare and use stone for building

237
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Surreal

A

very strange; unusual

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Q

Talons

A

sharp nails on the foot of a bird that it uses to catch animals

239
Q

Thermal

A

a large column of hot air rising from the ground

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Undoubtedly

A

without doubt; certainly

241
Q

Uphill

A

leading to a higher place on a slope

242
Q

Vulture

A

a large bird with almost no feathers on its head or neck, that eats the flesh of dead animals

243
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Wingspan

A

the distance between the ends of the wings of a bird, insect, or aircraft

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