WordList-28 Flashcards

Question

# WordList-28 statecraft

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skill in managing state and political affairs

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a piece of paper that has official information on it

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a connection between two ideas, facts etc, especially when one may be the cause of the other

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to do something to try to protect yourself from something bad, such as illness, danger, or attack

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a difference between two or more things, especially an unfair one

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prevent the free movement or activity of (sb); hinder (sb/sth)

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the power to bring images, feelings, etc. into the mind of the person reading or listening; the images, etc. produced in this way

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not willing to do anything

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not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance

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to keep changing your opinion or thoughts about sth, especially in a way that annoys other people

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a warning to sb about their behaviour

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an action or remark that shows a lack of good judgment, especially one that is morally unacceptable

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marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections

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to improve your mind or your character

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showing clear thought and good understanding of what is important, and the ability to express this

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obstinately and often perversely self-willed done deliberately

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to escape from someone or something, especially by tricking them

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behaving in a cruel and unfair way towards someone you have power over

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careful and sensible; showing good judgement

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to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has

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crazy or unusual in a way that is amusing

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behaviour which is silly and funny in a way that people usually like

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the type of humour that is based on simple actions, for example people hitting each other, falling down, etc

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great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick

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to ask for earnestly and humbly

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of the different ways in which a set of things can be ordered

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to become absorbed in thought

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a greeting or the action of greeting sb

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something that has developed or been produced from something else

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criticizing popular beliefs or established customs and ideas

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to do something that makes people lose respect for someone or something

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behavior toward others

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give support to sb/sth; strengthen or reinforce sth

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to make something go away, especially a belief, idea, or feeling

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rude and not showing any respect

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a difficult and sad situation

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not showing enough care or enthusiasm

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the state of not being necessary or useful

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an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to sth embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is

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an unkind remark or an unfair judgment

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a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different

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to combine separate ideas, beliefs, styles, etc.

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to become clear and fixed; to make thoughts, beliefs, etc. clear and fixed

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to become worse, for example by becoming lower in quality or weaker

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to put two or more things together so that they form one

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refuse to have any more to do with (sb); disown

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a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get sth from them

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someone who is often asked to give their opinion publicly of a situation or subject

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to hold spellbound

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to praise sb/sth very much

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to state sth as a fact but without giving proof

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the quality of being easily made into different shapes

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infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty