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requisite

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adj necessary or needed for a particular purpose: syn: necessary needed needful

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Noun a rule that must be followed or something that must be done: ``` syn: noun condition of agreement; arrangement clause obligation precondition provision qualification requirement restriction specification ```

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Adj extremely important or urgent: ``` Syn: adj. necessary; compulsory critical crucial essential immediate important indispensable inescapable obligatory pressing urgent vital ```

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Noun the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to take risks in order to change it: ``` syn: noun hopelessness; agony anguish anxiety desolation despair discomfort fear gloom grief heartache melancholy misery pain sorrow unhappiness ``` noun rashness; defiance madness

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noun an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of: ``` syn: noun difficult situation; circumstance crisis deadlock dilemma hardship imbroglio impasse mess plight posture quagmire quandary ```

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verb to (cause something to) become firmly fixed together, or in position, or closed: ``` syn: make secure; join together; adhere affix attach bolt glue nail screw solder tighten truss weld ```

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positioned or fixed firmly and correctly and therefore not likely to move, fall, or break: ``` syn: verb protect, make safe; assure defend ensure guarantee insure safeguard ``` ``` verb attach, tie up; cement clinch fix settle ``` ``` verb obtain; achieve assure buy capture ensure gain get guarantee have insure take win ``` ``` adj. certain, definite; able confident easy reliable solid stable strong sure ``` adj. fastened, stable; solid strong sure adj. safe protected

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verb to limit the movements or actions of someone, or to limit something and reduce its size or prevent it from increasing: ``` syn: verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate; curb decrease define diminish hamper impede inhibit narrow reduce regulate restrain shorten ```

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verb to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent: ``` syn: verb encourage, provoke; abet agitate arouse encourage exhort foment inflame inspire instigate motivate prompt provoke rouse set off spur trigger urge whip up ```

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verb to please someone by giving them what they want or need: ``` syn: verb please, content; amuse appease assuage delight elate entertain fascinate flatter gratify mollify placate ``` ``` verb answer, persuade; accomplish appease assuage assure comply with convince do meet provide reassure ``` verb pay, compensate; meet pay off reward

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noun | the fact that someone is legally responsible for something:

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Verb If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it: ``` syn: verb cause or become hurt; annoy beset bother burden oppress plague rack torment torture wound ```

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ADJ clear and exact: ``` syn: adj. specific, unambiguous; accurate categorical certain clear clear-cut correct definite definitive exact obvious positive precise straightforward unequivocal ```

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ADJ without any doubts or feeling uncertain; total: syn: adj. outspoken

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verb to make someone upset or angry: ``` syn: verb displease, insult; aggrieve anger annoy antagonize disgust disturb exasperate gall horrify hurt irritate outrage provoke rile shock sicken sting upset ```

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Noun a promise: ``` syn: noun statement to relieve doubt; affirmation assertion guarantee pledge promise security support word ``` noun confidence; certainty security

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Noun | an official limit on something:

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Noun the condition of being shy: ``` syn: noun bashfulness; insecurity modesty reticence timidity ```

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verb to need to pay or give something to someone because they have lent money to you, or in exchange for something they have done for you: syn: verb have an obligation; incur

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Noun responsibility for explaining or justifying one's actions. ``` syn: responsibility; authority burden duty guilt importance liability obligation power restraint trust ``` ``` blame; accountability burden culpability fault guilt liability onus ``` accountability; liability ``` duty; accountability burden charge liability loyalty ``` ``` fault; blunder crime defect error failing flaw guilt indiscretion lapse liability misconduct miscue misdeed negligence offense omission oversight responsibility transgression weakness wrong wrongdoing ``` guilt;

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Noun responsibility for explaining or justifying one's actions. ``` syn: responsibility; authority burden duty guilt importance liability obligation power restraint trust ``` ``` blame; accountability burden culpability fault guilt liability onus ``` accountability; liability ``` duty; accountability burden charge liability loyalty ``` ``` fault; blunder crime defect error failing flaw guilt indiscretion lapse liability misconduct miscue misdeed negligence offense omission oversight responsibility transgression weakness wrong wrongdoing ``` ``` guilt; culpability disgrace indiscretion liability regret remorse responsibility shame sin stigma ```

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ADJ connected with the law: allowed by the law: ``` syn: adj. allowable, permissible; constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid ```

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noun the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation or place: ``` syn: noun uncovering; putting in view or danger; disclosure hazard liability publicity risk vulnerability ```

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ADJ very important and needing attention immediately: ``` syn: adj. needing immediate attention; compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty ```

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ADV in a way that will not become loose: ``` syn: adv. immovably; rigidly securely solidly soundly strongly thoroughly tightly ``` ``` adv. with determination; adamantly decisively doggedly persistently resolutely staunchly steadfastly strictly stubbornly tenaciously ```

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noun a connection or agreement that joins two things or organizations: ``` syn: verb hamper bind clog lock up ```

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verb to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way: ``` syn: verb enclose, limit; constrain detain hinder imprison incarcerate jail restrain restrict ```

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verb to take part in or become involved in an activity: ``` syn: verb take part in activity; aid compete cooperate engage engage in perform play share ```

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verb to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen: ``` syn: verb stimulate spiritually; boost buoy embolden hearten inspire reassure restore spur strengthen ``` ``` verb give support; help; advocate aid assist bolster boost develop ease favor further improve invite promote reassure reinforce spur strengthen subsidize support ```

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verb to cause a reaction, especially a negative one: ``` syn: verb make angry; aggravate anger enrage foment incite inflame infuriate irk irritate offend raise ``` ``` verb start, evoke; stimulate; arouse bring about cause elicit galvanize generate incite induce inflame inspire instigate kindle lead to motivate precipitate prompt stir ```

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verb to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it: ``` syn: verb cause to believe; convince to do; advise assure cajole coax enlist entice exhort get impress incline induce influence prompt satisfy sway urge woo ```

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verb to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem: ``` syn: verb make restitution; atone pay recoup refund reimburse repay reward satisfy take care of ``` verb offset, make up for; fix improve repair

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verb to experience physical or mental pain: ``` syn: be in pain; deteriorate endure experience get go through hurt undergo ``` ``` verb endure, permit; accept bleed encounter experience feel go through have hurt know receive see support sustain take undergo ```

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ADJ expressed in a way that makes it completely clear what is meant: syn: adj. clear explicit obvious

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ADJ in great detail, or complete, correct, or true in every way: ``` syn: adj. accurate, precise; correct definite explicit identical literal perfect rigorous specific true ``` ``` adj. careful, painstaking exacting meticulous rigorous scrupulous strict ``` ``` verb demand, call for; compel extort extract impose wrest ```

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Noun an offensive remark or action: ``` syn: verb abuse, offend; annoy curse humiliate irritate libel mock outrage provoke ridicule slander taunt ``` ``` noun hateful communication; abuse affront blasphemy contempt disgrace disrespect indignity invective libel outrage put-down scorn shame slander slap slight snub taunt ```

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verb to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong: ``` syn: verb make less painful; let up on; allay alleviate assuage calm comfort cure diminish ease free mitigate relax soothe subdue ``` verb help; give assistance; assist verb remove blame, responsibility; absolve free

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Noun | the quality of being very shy or easily embarrassed:

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Noun a feeling of worry or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to another person: ``` syn: noun blame; bad conscience over responsibility; culpability disgrace indiscretion liability regret remorse responsibility shame sin stigma ```

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to be actively involved in something with other people:

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verb | to make someone remember something or feel an emotion:

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verb | to persuade someone to do something

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verb | to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result:

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verb | to accept or continue in a situation that is difficult or unpleasant

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verb | to allow someone to do something

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verb to give something to someone ``` syn: verb donate, provide; add commit devote give grant pony up share subsidize supply ``` ``` verb be partly responsible for; advance assist help lead strengthen support ```

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Noun the state of being completely confident or having no doubt about something: ``` syn: noun positive assurance; confidence inevitability trust ``` noun fact, resulting truth; foregone conclusion reality

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ADJ | caused by humans or their activities:

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Noun a promise: ``` syn: noun statement to relieve doubt; affirmation assertion guarantee pledge promise security support word ``` noun confidence; certainty security

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noun the day on which an important event happened in a previous year: ``` syn: noun yearly observance, celebration ceremony commemoration festival holiday jubilee ```

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Noun the reporting of a particular important event or subject: ``` syn: noun inclusion; analysis insurance report ```

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noun the idea that everyone should be able to use the same facilities, take part in the same activities, and enjoy the same experiences, including people who have a disability or other disadvantage: ``` syn: noun addition; admittance formation incorporation involvement ```

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noun (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation: ``` syn: noun intuitiveness, awareness; acumen intuition judgment observation understanding vision wisdom ```

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Noun | the quality of being easy and natural to learn, use, or understand:

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noun knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience: ``` syn: noun knowledge; alertness appreciation attention consciousness experience information perception realization recognition understanding ```

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ADJ in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part of something: ``` syn: adj. main, principal; in the middle; basic essential fundamental important key paramount pivotal significant ```

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verb to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another: ``` syn: verb vacillate, change; oscillate seesaw vary veer waver ```

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verb to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two opinions: ``` syn: verb go back and forth; dither fluctuate oscillate seesaw waffle waver ```

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ADV (from a place) out or away, or (from a point in time) forward: syn: adv. outward;

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ADJ away from the centre: syn: adj. visible; for appearances; apparent noticeable

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Noun | the eighteenth star in a constellation.

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กลุ่มดาว

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ADV afterwards ``` syn: adv. afterward; afterwards finally later ```

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Noun a person in charge of a meeting or organization: ``` syn: noun authority administrator chairperson chairwoman director leader spokesman ```

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responsible for something or someone:

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noun an expert on a subject: ``` syn: noun expert, animate or inanimate; expert judge law ``` ``` noun power, control; force government jurisdiction rule ```

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ADJ having none of the characteristics of life that an animal or plant has: syn: adj. not alive, not organic

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ADJ having life: syn: adj. alive; adj. lively; verb bring to life;

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ADJ full of energy and enthusiasm; interesting and exciting : ``` syn: adj. energetic, active, busy animated bright buoyant bustling cheerful enjoyable entertaining festive frisky nimble peppy provocative refreshing spirited stimulating vigorous ```

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Noun a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it: ``` syn: noun keen interest, excitement; ardor devotion eagerness emotion energy feeling fervor frenzy fury intensity interest joy passion spirit warmth zeal ```

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thinking now about something in the past:

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ADJ | related to the differences between groups of people caused mainly by their financial situation:

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Noun a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient: ``` syn: noun result, outcome of action; aftereffect aftermath effect fallout issue reaction repercussion ``` ``` noun importance, significance; concern magnitude need value ```

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ADJ suitable for your purposes and needs and causing the least difficulty: ``` syn: adj. appropriate, useful; acceptable advantageous agreeable available beneficial comfortable conducive favorable good handy helpful opportune proper suitable timely user-friendly ``` ``` adj. nearby; accessible available handy immediate ```

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Noun the result of something ``` syn: noun consequence, effect; conclusion event fallout issue reaction result ```

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ADJ suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion: ``` syn: adj. suitable; applicable apt convenient correct fitting good opportune pertinent proper relevant true useful ``` ``` verb set aside; allocate; allot apportion devote disburse earmark ``` ``` verb steal; borrow confiscate embezzle misappropriate secure ```

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Noun a part of an amount of government money that must be used to give work to businesses owned by women or minorities (= group who have a different race, culture, or religion to most other people): syn:

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verb to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way: ``` syn: verb assign; divide among; allot apportion appropriate designate earmark give ```

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verb to give a particular job or piece of work to someone: ``` syn: verb select and give a responsibility; accredit allow appoint attach authorize charge commit designate draft elect empower entrust hire name nominate refer select ``` ``` verb set apart for a reason; allocate allot appoint designate determine distribute give grant hand over ```

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If a quality or characteristic sets someone or something apart, it shows him, her, or it to be different from, and usually better than, others of the same type:

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``` ADJ agreeing with facts adj. precise; authentic careful correct definite detailed exact factual meticulous proper rigorous scientific skillful solid specific strict systematic true ```

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ADJ | agreeing with facts

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Noun | a person, organization, or country that has signed an agreement:

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ADV at the present time: syn: adv. now; directly presently

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verb to imagine or expect that something will happen: ``` syn: verb expect; predict; assume await count on forecast foresee prepare for see ``` ``` verb act in advance of; delay forestall prepare for prevent ```

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ADJ useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made: ``` syn: adj. helpful advantageous beneficial constructive excellent good important invaluable justifiable lucrative productive profitable rewarding useful valuable worthy ```

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นักอุตุนิยมวิทยา

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to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one:

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verb to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way: ``` syn: verb figure out, understand; analyze break down decode deduce elucidate interpret solve translate unravel ```