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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Juxtaposition</strong>(noun)</span></p>

Juxtaposition(noun)

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Juxtaposition</strong>(noun)</span></p>

Juxtaposition(noun)

Two things or more that contrast each other

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Ubiquitous</strong>(adj)</span></p>

Ubiquitous(adj)

Present and appearing everywhere

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Serendipitous</strong>(adj)</span></p>

Serendipitous(adj)

Happening or found by chance

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<p><strong>Rhetorical</strong>(adj/noun)</p>

Rhetorical(adj/noun)

Using speech or writing to convey messages

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Idyllic</strong>(adj)</span></p>

Idyllic(adj)

Something beautiful, suitable, perfect

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Tenacious</strong>(adj)</span></p>

Tenacious(adj)

Describe someone who never give up

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Intricate</strong>(adj)</span></p>

Intricate(adj)

Complex, and hard to understand

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<p><strong>Meticulous</strong>(adj)</p>

Meticulous(adj)

To be very careful

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<p><strong>Preseverance</strong>(noun)</p>

Preseverance(noun)

Continued effort to do or achieve something, even when it is difficult or takes a long time

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<p><strong>Ordeal</strong>(noun)</p>

Ordeal(noun)

A very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience

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<p><strong>Feat</strong>(noun)</p>

Feat(noun)

Something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to achieve it

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<p><strong>Trial</strong>(noun)</p>

Trial(noun)

A test, usually over a limited period of time, to discover how effective or suitable something or someone is

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<p><strong>Caregiver</strong>(noun)</p>

Caregiver(noun)

Someone who takes care of a person who is young, old, ill, or disabled (= having an illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult for them to do something that other people do), either as a family member or friend, or as a job

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<p><strong>Delegate</strong>(noun)</p>

Delegate(noun)

A person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting

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<p><strong>Operating theater</strong>(noun)</p>

Operating theater(noun)

Room in a hospital where doctors perform surgery.

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<p><strong>Kafkaesque</strong>(adj)</p>

Kafkaesque(adj)

Extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of Franz Kafka

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<p><strong>Irrespective</strong>(adv)</p>

Irrespective(adv)

Without considering; not needing to allow for

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<p><strong>Adequate</strong>(adj)</p>

Adequate(adj)

Enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose

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<p><strong>Contentment</strong>(noun)</p>

Contentment(noun)

Happiness and satisfaction, often because you have everything you need

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<p><strong>Rendezvous</strong>(noun)</p>

Rendezvous(noun)

An arrangement to meet someone, especially secretly, at a particular place and time, or the place itself

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<p><strong>Abundance</strong>(noun)</p>

Abundance(noun)

The situation in which there is more than enough of something

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<p><strong>Scrutiny</strong>(noun)</p>

Scrutiny(noun)

The careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it

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<p><strong>Colloquial</strong>(noun)</p>

Colloquial(noun)

Informal and more suitable for use in speech than in writing

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<p><strong>Garment</strong>(noun)</p>

Garment(noun)

A piece of clothing

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<p><strong>Cultivate</strong>(verb)</p>

Cultivate(verb)

To try to develop and improve something

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<p><strong>Fad</strong>(noun)</p>

Fad(noun)

A style, activity, or interest that is very popular for a short period of time

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<p><strong>Culmination</strong>(noun)</p>

Culmination(noun)

The point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point.

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<p><strong>Upheaval</strong>(noun)</p>

Upheaval(noun)

A great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, or trouble

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<p><strong>Narrative</strong>(noun)</p>

Narrative(noun)

A story or a description of a series of events

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<p><strong>Indubitably</strong>(adv)</p>

Indubitably(adv)

In a way that cannot be doubted

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<p><strong>Swiftly</strong>(adv)</p>

Swiftly(adv)

Quickly or immediately

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<p><strong>Cynical</strong>(adj)</p>

Cynical(adj)

Believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere

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<p><strong>Public relations</strong>(noun)</p>

Public relations(noun)

The activity of keeping good relationships between an organization and the general public

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<p><strong>Regime</strong>(noun)</p>

Regime(noun)

A particular government or a system or method of government

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<p><strong>Extravagant</strong>(adj)</p>

Extravagant(adj)

Spending too much money, or using too much of something

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<p><strong>Distinction</strong>(noun)</p>

Distinction(noun)

A difference between two similar things

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<p><strong>Unprecedented</strong>(adj)</p>

Unprecedented(adj)

Never having happened or existed in the past

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<p><strong>Totalitarianism</strong>(noun)</p>

Totalitarianism(noun)

A political system in which those in power have complete control and do not allow anyone to oppose them

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<p><strong>Tyrannical</strong>(adj)</p>

Tyrannical(adj)

Using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country, group, etc.

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