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synchronous

Simultaneous

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Gobbled up

to use a lot of your supply of something, usually money

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Relish

Great enjoyment

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Vertebrate

an animal that has a backbone and a skeleton

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Conspicuously

standing out

noticeable

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Eminently

obvious

renowned

(of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere

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Noxious

harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

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Obnoxious

Rude, unpleasant

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Chastise

Scold, discipline

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Defer

You can order the furniture now and defer payment until September.

Delay, postpone

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Probity

Integrity, fair dealing

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Warped

bent or twisted out of shape

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Enigma

Mysterious, puzzling

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Goaded

provoke or annoy

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Infatuation

Intense, short-lived passion

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Folly

Stupidity

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Industrious

hard-working

diligent

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Cattle

Livestock

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Sentimental

strongly influenced by emotional feelings

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Scrupulously

in a very careful and thorough way.

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Squash

wash and squash the cans before depositing them"

crush or squeeze

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Undismayed

Undismayed to have his first offer rejected, he had settled back to wait.

they do not feel any fear, worry, or sadness abt it

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Commiserate

feel or express pity for (someone

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Allay

Calm

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Intrusive

annoying someone by interfering with their privacy

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Clairvoyant

person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

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Curtail

reduce

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Jeer

Insult, bully, mock

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Perverse

Obstinate

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Remorseful

Regretful

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Smirked

smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way.

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Tumultuous

Deafening noise, uproar

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Sagacious

Wise, shrewd

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Soberly

In a serious, sensible manner

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Fidelity

Loyalty, faithfulness

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Prudence

Cautious, sane, judicious

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Usurped

Take illegally or by force

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Detract

Reduce, diminish

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Superficial

Hasty, half-baked,apparent

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Conduct

Behavior

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Reparation

Payment for damage

Repair, amend

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Circumspection

Being wary, unwilling to take risks

Prudence

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Rehabilitated

To return to a good, healthy state

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Proponent

Supporter

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Deposit

V. Put or set down

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Aught

Anything, thing

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Lofty

Tall, magnificent

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Solemn

Formal, dignified

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Debasing

Reduce

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Flinch

Make a quick nervous movement

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Sternest

Strict, severe

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Mendacity

Lying, untruthful

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Slander

False and damaging statement abt smo

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Scoundrel

Dishonest

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Gladdened

Make glad

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Assail

Make an attack

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Endorsement

Support, backing

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Slurred

Mumble, unclear

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Denounce

Publicly declare to be wrong

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Unscrupulous

Not honest, not fair

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Penitentiary

Prison,

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Morbid

Macabre

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Plea

Request, appeal

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Resolute

Determined, constant, steadfast

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Onset

the onset of winter"

the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

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<p>Sedimentary</p>

Sedimentary

Anything sedimentary is formed by or resembles sediment, which consists of little particles of earth that collect in natural bodies of water.

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Hypothesis

Supposition

Speculation

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Contested

she declared her intention to contest the presidency"

the former chairman contests his dismissal"

Compete, vie for

Oppose, object to

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Advocates

They advocated a return to traditional teaching methods.

publicly recommend or support

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Nuanced

You need to be able to convey the subtle nuances of meaning of each word.

a very slight difference in meaning, sound, color, or someone's feelings that is not usually very obvious.

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Perilous

the economy is in a perilous state"

full of danger or risk.

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Contend

2.he contends that the judge was wrong

Cope/deal with

struggle to surmount (a difficulty).

  1. assert something as a position in an argument.

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Proposed

he proposed a new nine-point peace plan

put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration

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Implications

comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies"

suggested though not directly expressed.

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Inferred

deduce or conclude

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Object to smth

say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something

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Synthesize

She synthesized the treatment from traditional and modern philosophies of medicine.

to make (something) by combining different things

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Buttress

a source of defence or support.

To reinforce or support

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Precept

principle, rule, canon

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Superimposed

placed or laid over something else, typically so that both things are still evident.

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Concession

We are waiting for his concession of the election

  1. Both sides involved in the talks made concessions.

Qualification, qualify

  1. the act of allowing or giving up something

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Unalienable

impossible to take away or give up

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Instituted

to originate and get established

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Assertion

confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

Upholding

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Disenfranchised

deprive (someone) of the right to vote.

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Insurrection

act of revolt or rebellion

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Blot

mark or stain

V. Soak up , absorb

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Compel

force or oblige

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Immutable

"an immutable fact

unchanging over time or unable to be changed

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Caste

"members of the lower castes"

Social class

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Emancipation

the freeing of someone from slavery.

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Bondage

the state of being a slave

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Crippling

interest rates rose to a crippling 13 per cent"

causing a severe and almost insuperable problem.

causing a person to become unable to walk or move properly

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Solitude

Loneliness

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Firmament

thunder shakes the firmament"

the heavens or sky.

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Perish

become destroyed.

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Analogy

correspondence or partial similarity

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Purport

Meaning

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Threshold

an amount, level, or limit on a scale

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Testimony

evidence or proof of something.

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