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Forage (v)

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  1. (of a person or animal) to search widely for food
  2. (of a person) to search for something, especially using hands.
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Acquiesce (v)

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to accept or agree to sth, often unwillingly

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Incorporate (v)

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to create a legally recognized company

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Flair (n)

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  1. Talent
  2. Stylishness and originality
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Ameliorate (v)

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to make a bad or unpleasant situation better

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Depletion (n)

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=Reduction

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Intelligible (adj)

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that can be easily understood (understandable) >< unintelligible

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Discordant (adj)

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  • unpleasant
  • disagreeing
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Impede (v)

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= hinder, hamper

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Scout (n)

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A soldier sent out to get information about the enemy

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Murmur

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  1. To speak or say something very quietly
  2. To complain about something that you disagree with or dislike, but not in a public way
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Perseverance (n)

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the quality of continuing to try to achive sth despite difficulty

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Tariff (n)

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  1. A tax that is paid on goods coming in or out of a country
  2. Bang gia
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Ordain (v)

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To officially make someone a religious leader, in a religious ceremony

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Posterity (n)

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The people who will exist in the future

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Lenient (adj)

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Not as strict as expected

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Precipitation (n)

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  1. A way of behaving too quickly and without thinking
  2. Water that falls from the clouds to the grouund, especially rain and snow
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Suffice (v)

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Cumbersome (adj)

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  1. bulky
  2. slow and complicated
    eg: cumbersome legal procedures
  3. long and complicated
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However much

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No matter how much

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Reminisce (v)

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to think, talk or write about a happy time in your past

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Allegiance (n)

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loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause. (loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity)

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Magnanimous (adj)

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kind, generous and forgiving, especially toward an enemy or competitor.

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Exalt (v)

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  1. hold someone or sth in very high regard
  2. raise to a higher rank
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Benevolence (n)
Kindness
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Felicity (n)
1. Great hapiness 2. The quality of being well chosen or suitable
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Inveterate (adj)
Done and felt for a long time and unlikely to change
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amicable (adj)
done or achived in a polite or friendly way and without arguing
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animosity (n)
strong dislike, opposion or anger
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Inducement (n)
Incentive
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Compliance
1. The practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority 2. The quality of being to willing to agree to sombody or do what they want
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Infatuation (n)
Strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction
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Plight (n)
A difficult and sad situation
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Ecotype (n)
the type or race of a plant or animal that has adapted to live in particular local conditions
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Precipitous (adj)
1. very steep, high and often dangerous eg: precipitous cliffs 2. sudden and great (abrupt) eg: a precipitous decline in exports 3. done very quickly, without enough thought or care (hasty) eg: a prepitous action
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Seismic (adj)
1. relating to or caused by an earthquake 2. having very great and usually damaging effects
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Opaque (adj)
1. (of glass, liquid) mờ 2. not clear eg: the system is completely opaque to non-specialists.
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Dimension
1. the size and extend of a situation 2. an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about something
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Exertion (n)
1. Physical or mental effort, the act of making an effort 2. The use of power to make something happen
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Primordial (n)
1. existing at or from the begining of the world (primeval) 2. basic eg: primordial impulses
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Resonance (n)
1. sự dội lại 2. The quality of being loud and clear
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Oscillation (n)
1. A regular movement between 1 position and another or between one amount and another eg: the oscillation of compass neddle eg: the economy's continual oscillation between growth and recession 2. 1 pha eg: the natural oscillations between quantum states in atoms 3. a repeated change between different feelings, types of behaviour or ideas her oscillation of mood frustrated him
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