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cram

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to prepare hastily for an examination

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rote-learning

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the act of learning or memorizing something by repetition

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mnemonics

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the art or practice of improving or of aiding the memory

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dissertation

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a long formal piece of writing on a particular subject, especially for a university degree.

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acknowledge

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If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.

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inter-library loan

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a system by which libraries borrow publications from other libraries

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drop out

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If someone drops out of college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started.

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adherent

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a person who strongly supports a particular person, principle, or set of ideas

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convert

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to change to a new religion, belief, opinion, etc., or to make someone do this

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reactionary

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a person who is opposed to political or social change or new ideas

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derives from

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to come from something

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eradicate

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to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad

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biased

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showing an unreasonable like or dislike for a person based on personal opinions

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credible

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able to be believed or trusted

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gullible

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easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say

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plausible

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seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed

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attribute

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a quality or characteristic that someone or something has

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pinch/grain of salt

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to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true

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prejudiced against

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showing an unreasonable dislike for something or someone

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maternity/paternity leave

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a period in which a woman is legally allowed to be absent from work in the weeks before and after she gives birth

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point of view

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a way of considering something

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incredulous

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not wanting or not able to believe something, and usually showing this

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subjective

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influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts

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benefit of the doubt

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to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either

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diplomacy

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the management of relationships between countries

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sanctions

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an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law

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casualties

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a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war

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escalate

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to become or make something become greater or more serious

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brutal suppression

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The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication through acts of brutality

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unrest

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disagreements or fighting between different groups of people

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waging a war

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an action with the expectation of receiving or giving compensation for actions

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truce

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a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time

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ambush

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to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them

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besiege

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to surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out

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fleet

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a group of ships, or all of the ships in a country’s navy

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fight on our hands

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face opposition; resistance

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peacekeeping force

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neutral soldiers who keep the peace in a divided society

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once in a blue moon

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not very often

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till the cows come home

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for a very long time

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over the hill

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used for describing someone who is old and no longer useful or attractive

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fleeting

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short or quick

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transient

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lasting for only a short time; temporary

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persistent

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lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of

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inexorable

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continuing without any possibility of being stopped

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incipient

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just beginning

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protracted

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lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary

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in a flash

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quickly or suddenly

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at a rate of knots

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If someone does something at a rate of knots, they do it very quickly

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short notice

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only a short time before something happens

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simultaneous

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happening or being done at exactly the same time

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generate

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to cause something to exist

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provoked

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to cause a reaction, especially a negative one

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precipitated

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to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected

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stem from

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to start or develop as the result of something

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grounds for

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the basis or cause for legal action

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has implications for

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an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly

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brought about

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to cause something to happen

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felt an affinity with

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a liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of shared characteristics

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akin to

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having some of the same qualities

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analogy

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a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea

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does not correspond to

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to not match or not be similar or equal

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equate

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to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing

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tantamount to

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being almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad

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indistinguishable from

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impossible to judge as being different when compared to another similar thing

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disparate

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different in every way

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dissimilar

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different

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divergent

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different from each other

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distinctive

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Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from other things

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discrete

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clearly separate or different in shape or form

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distinguish

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to notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another

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two/threefold

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twice as big or as much

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drastic

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(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very noticeable effects

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deviated from the norm

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to do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving

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fluctuate

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to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another

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seesawed

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to change repeatedly from one emotion, situation, etc. to another and then back again

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erratic

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moving or behaving in a way that is not regular, certain, or expected

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aggregate

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something formed by adding together several amounts or things

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correlation between

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a connection or relationship between two or more facts, numbers, etc.

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discrepancy between

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a difference between two things that should be the same

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ratio

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the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than the other

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inconsistent with

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If a reason, idea, opinion, etc. is inconsistent, different parts of it do not agree, or it does not agree with something else

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ballpark figure

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a rough numerical estimate or approximation

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run into six figures

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a salary of between 100,000 and 999,999 pounds, dollars, etc. a year

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erred on the side of caution

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to be especially careful rather than taking a risk or making a mistake

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tally with

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to add up, like keeping the score of a game

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concurs with

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to agree or approve of something

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accord with

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to be the same as something, or to agree with something

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coincide with

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occur at the same time

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dissent

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a strong difference of opinion on a particular subject, especially about an official suggestion or plan or a popular belief

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discord

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the state of not agreeing or sharing opinions

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rift

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a serious disagreement that separates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing

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made concessions

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something that is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving this

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reached a

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to make a decision, agreement, etc. about something

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settlement/compromise

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an official agreement that finishes an argument

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advocate

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to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something

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deduce

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to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts

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infer

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to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have

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complement

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to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it

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empirical

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based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory

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ambiguous

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having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally

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comprehensive

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complete and including everything that is necessary

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authoritative

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showing that you are confident, in control, and expect to be respected and obeyed

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arbitrary

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based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason

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distort

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to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural

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incidence

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an event, or the rate at which something happens

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predominant

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more noticeable or important, or larger in number, than others

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in sequence

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a series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow each other

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widespread

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existing or happening in many places and/or among many people

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append

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to add something to the end of a piece of writing

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conceive

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to imagine something

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contradict

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(of people) to say the opposite of what someone else has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong

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denote

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to represent something

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negate

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to cause something to have no effect

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perceive

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to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something

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reside

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to live, have your home, or stay in a place

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trigger

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an event or situation, etc. that causes something to start

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utilise

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to use something in an effective way

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an instance of something

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an example or single occurrence of something

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the converse

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the opposite

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crucial

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extremely important or necessary

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notwithstanding

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despite the fact or thing mentioned

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thereby

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as a result of this action

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whereby

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by which way or method

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reiterated

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to say something again, once or several times

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epitomise

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to be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing

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expounded

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to give a detailed explanation of something

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posited

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to suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed

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subsumed

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to include something or someone as part of a larger group

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underscore

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to underline

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account for

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​to form the total of something

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comprised

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to have things or people as parts or members; to consist of

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preface

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an introduction at the beginning of a book explaining its purpose, thanking people who helped the author, etc.

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in ascending order

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increasing in size or value

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alludes to

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to mention someone or something without talking about him, her, or it directly

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touch upon

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to mention a subject quickly when speaking or writing about another subject

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beyond the scope of

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outside the relevant range, extent of action, inquiry, etc

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attained

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to reach or succeed in getting something

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bestowed upon

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to give something as an honour or present

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demolish

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to completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else

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adjoining

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near, next to, or touching

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undersigned

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the people whose signatures appear below in the text, usually at the end of a formal letter

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aforementioned

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mentioned earlier

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commence

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to begin something

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next of kin

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the person or group of people you are most closely related to

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in the event of

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anything that happens, especially something important or unusual

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endeavour

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to try to do something

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facilitate

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to make something possible or easier

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rectify

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to correct something or make something right

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will be resumed

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If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause

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acknowledge receipt of

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to accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something

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notify

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to tell someone officially about something

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