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contrived (adj)

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artificial; labored

giả tạo, có tính toán

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chasm (n)

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a deep, gaping hole; a gorge

kẽ nứt sâu, lỗ hổng

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chicanery (n)

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trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political
sự kiện tụng, cãi nhau

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chimera (n)

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an illusion; a foolish fancy

điều hão huyền, ảo tưởng

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cliché(n)

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an overused saying or idea

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farcical (adj)

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absurd; ludicrous

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fatuous (adj)

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foolish; silly; idiotic

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fecund (adj)

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fertile; productive

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facile (adj)

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fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy

dễ dàng quá (cần challenging hơn)

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expatriate (v)

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đày biệt xứ

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expedite (v)

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to speed up or ease the progress of

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extrapolate (v)

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to project or deduce from something known; to infer

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dissipate (v)

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xua tan

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attrition (n)

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gradual wearing away; weakening or loss

a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size

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desiccate (v)

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to dry out

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countenance (n)

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face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one

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covenant (n)

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hiệp ước, hiệp định

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circumvent (v)

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to frustrate as though by surrounding

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concurrent (adj)

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happening at the same time; parallel

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condescend (v)

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hạ mình, hạ cố

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conducive(adj)

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promoting

có lợi/ dẫn đến

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confluence (n)

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ngã ba sông, điểm gặp nhau

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cogent (adj)

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powerfully convincing

cogent reasons are extremely pervasive ones

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cognitive (adj)

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lquan tới nhận thức

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cognizant (adj)

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aware: conscious

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collusion (n)

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câu kết, thông đồng

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commensurate (adj)

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equal; proportionate

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compendium (n)

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a summary; an abridgement

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hegemony (n)

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leadership

quyền lãnh đạo, bá chủ

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hermetic (adj)

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kín, mật

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homily (n)

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a sermon

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contentious (adj)

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argumentative; quarrelsome

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obfuscate (v)

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to darken; to confuse; to make confusing

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impervious (adj)

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not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable

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incandescent (adj)

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brilliant; giving off heat or light

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incantation (n)

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thần chú, bùa phép

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incense (v)

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to make very angry

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incipient (adj)

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beginning; emerging

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incisive (adj)

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sắc sảo

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palliate (v)

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to alleviate or relieve sth without getting rid of the problem; to assuage; to mitigate

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palpable (adj)

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capable of being touched; obvious; tangible

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increment (n)

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an increase; one in a series of increases

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indigenous (adj)

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bản xứ

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indignant (adj)

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căm phẫn, phẫn nộ

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ineffable (adj)

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incapable of being expressed or described

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patent (adj)

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obvious

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paternal (adj)

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fatherly; fatherlike

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pathology (n)

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the science of diseases

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patriarch (n)

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the male head of a family or tribe

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patrician (n)

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a person of noble birth; an aristocrat

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patronize (v)

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to treat as an inferior; to condescend to

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peccadillo (n)

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a minor offense

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inert (adj)
inane (adj)
innate (adj)
inept (adj)

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  1. inactive; sluggish
  2. silly
  3. bẩm sinh
  4. clumsy
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ingenious (adj)

ingenuous (adj)

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  1. khéo léo, tài tình

2. ngây thơ, chân thật

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pensive (adj)

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thoughtful and sad

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peremptory (adj)

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final; categorical; dictatorial

quả quyết, tất yếu

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perennial (adj)

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continual; happening again and again or year after year

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injunction (n)

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a command or order, especially a court order

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inordinate (adj)

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excessive; unreasionable

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peripatetic (adj)

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wandering; traveling continually; itinerant

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perjury (n)

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lying under oath

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pertinent (adj)

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relevant; dealing with the matter at hand

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philistine (n)

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a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

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plaintive (adj)

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expressing sadness or sorrow

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plebeian (adj)

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common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois

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polemic (n)

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a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

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postulate (n)

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sth accepted as true without proof; an axiom

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introspective (adj)

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tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feeling

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inundate (v)

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to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm

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invective (n)

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insulting or abusive speech

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inveterate (adj)

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habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted

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precipitate (v)

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to cause to happen abruptly

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precipitous (adj)

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steep

vách đứng, dốc đứng

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preeminent (adj)

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better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme

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preempt (v)

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to seize something by prior right

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prepossess (v)

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to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand

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pristine (adj)

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original; unspoiled; pure

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profane (adj)

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not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous

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labyrinth (n)

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a maze; something like a maze

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lampoon (v)

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to satirize; to mock; to parody

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languish (v)

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to become weak; listless; or depressed

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largess (n)

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generous giving of gifts(or the gifts themselves); generosity; philanthropy

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latent (adj)

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present but not visible or apparent; potential

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profess (v)

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to declare; to declare falsely or pretend

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proficient (adj)

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thoroughly competent; skillful; very good (at sth)

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profligate (adj)

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extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral

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proletariat (n)

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the industrial working class

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proliferate (v)

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to spread or grow rapidly

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promulgate (v)

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to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare sth

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propensity (n)

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a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection

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propitious (adj)

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marked by favorable signs or conditions

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proponent (n)

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an advocate; a supporter of a position

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litigate (v)

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to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings

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lucid (adj)

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clear; easy to understand

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proprietary (adj)

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characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property

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proscribe (v)

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to outlaw; to prohibit

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proselytize (v)

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to covert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit coverts to a religion or doctrine

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protract (v)

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to prolong

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provident (adj)

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preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal

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provisional (adj)

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conditional; temporary; tentative

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machination (n)

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scheming activity for an evil purpose

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malaise (n)

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a feeling of depression, uneasiness, or queasiness

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malinger (n)

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to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work

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manifest (adj)

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visible; evident

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manifesto (n)

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a public declaration of beliefs or principles, usually political ones

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marshal (v)

martial (adj)

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  1. to arrange in order; to gather together for the purpose of doing sth
  2. warlike
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purported (adj)

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rumored; claimed

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putative (adj)

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commonly accepted; supposed; reputed

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qualitative (adj)

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having to do with the quality of sth

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mediate (v)

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to help settle differences

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mendicant (n)

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a beggar

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rancor (n)

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bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment

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rapacious (adj)

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greedy; plundering; avaricious

114
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recalcitrant (adj)

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stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient

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reciprocal (adj)

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mutual; shared; interchangable

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mercenary (n)

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a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money

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mercurial (adj)

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emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood

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metamorphosis (n)

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a magical change in form; a striking or sudden change

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microcosm (n)

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the world in miniature

120
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milieu (n)

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environment; surroundings

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minuscule (adj)

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very tiny

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misanthropic (adj)

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hating mankind

123
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reiterate (v)

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to say again; to repeat

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moribund (adj)

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dying

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mortify (v)

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to humiliate

126
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reparation (n)

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paying back; making amends; compensation

127
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repercussion (n)

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a consequence; an indirect effect

128
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replenish (v)

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to fill again; to resupply; to restore

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replete (adj)

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completely filled; abounding

130
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reprisal (n)

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a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking “an eye for an eye”

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