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acquire

gain

precariousness

the condition of being likely to fail or get worse:

She was blissfully unaware of the precariousness of her situation.

exactitude

the quality of being precise, accurate, and detailed

conspicuousness

the quality of being noticeable or easy to see:

For the cyclist, conspicuousness is of paramount importance.

prudently

in a way that is careful and avoids risks:

The company acted prudently and responsibly.

cordially

in a way that is friendly, but formal and polite:

"Hello," she said cordially.

inadvertently

in a way that is not intentional:

He inadvertently deleted the file.

antecedent

someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later:

Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.

impending

used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon:

impending disaster/doom

innocuous

completely harmless (= causing no harm):

Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous.

perpetual

continuing forever in the same way:

They lived in perpetual fear of being discovered.

eruption

an occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it, or the act of doing this:

a volcanic eruption

emanate

to express a quality or feeling through the way that you look and behave:

Her face emanated sadness.

precede

to be or go before something or someone in time or space:

Kofi Annan preceded Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the UN.

lipid

a substance such as a fat, oil, or wax that dissolves in alcohol but not in water and is an important part of living cells

reared

at the back of something:

There's a sticker on the rear door/window.

stimuli

a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

"areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli"

• a thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.

gust

a sudden strong wind:

gust of A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.

lodge

to make an official complaint about something:

The U.S. lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.

induct

to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group, or to beliefs or ideas:

be inducted into Li Xiannian was inducted into the Politburo in 1956.

tentative

(of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or (of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncertain way because you do not know if you are right:

tentative plan I have tentative plans to take a trip to Seattle in July.

warranted

If something is warranted, there is a good reason for it and it can be accepted:

For a severe cough that lasts more than three weeks, a chest X-ray may be warranted to rule out pneumonia.

thwart

to stop something from happening or someone from doing something:

Our vacation plans were thwarted by the airline pilots' strike

ambivalence

the state of having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel:

her ambivalence toward men

genuine

If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be:

genuine leather

derivative

If something is derivative, it is not the result of new ideas, but has been developed from or copies something else:

His painting/style is very derivative.

posit

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

[ + that ] If we posit that wage rises cause inflation, it follows that we should try to minimize them.