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agitate
• to disturb, excite, or anger (someone)
• to try to get people to support or oppose something
- Don't dredge up her dead husband. It will only ∼ her.
- For the past 10 years, this movement has been trying to ∼ for equal rights, but in the recent years it has expanded into a slippery slope.
amenable
• willing to agree or to accept something that is wanted or asked for
- Despite not having secured a job, I still wasn't ∼ to the idea of going to college when she went on a phone call with a college advisor.
chastise
• to criticize (someone) harshly for doing something wrong
- Many conservatives ∼ left-wing politicians for pushing for freedom and happiness at the expense of impressionable kids.
compliance
• the act or process of doing what you have been asked or ordered to do : the act or process of complying
- Their lack of ∼ is what has caused the plan not to go as expected.
- The citizens have to act in ∼ with the new bill.
elicit
• to get (a response, information, etc.) from someone
- I don't know what you're trying to ∼ specifically by asking this question.
epitome
• a perfect example : an example that represents or expresses something very well
- Working digitally at home for a few hours while raking it in to most people is the ∼ of a life of ease and comfort.
forthcoming
• appearing, happening, or arriving soon
- The ∼ deadline had us all stay up late, dashing off our essays.
fortitude
• mental strength and courage that allows someone to face danger, pain, etc.
- I couldn't let ∼ get the best of me and had to give in to fear.
fret
• to worry or be concerned
- I can't stop ∼ over my very uncertain unemployment situation.
outreach
• the activity or process of bringing information or services to people
- Now, we're gonna lay out our ∼ initiative to the remote tribe in the area.
outsource
• to send away (some of a company's work) to be done by people outside the company
- Companies ∼ their websites' development to a freelancer.
perpetuate
• to cause (something that should be stopped, such as a mistaken idea or a bad situation) to continue
- He was ∼ the idea that the protagonist is the good guy.
qualitative
• of or relating to how good something is : of or relating to the quality of something
- The two products were showed in front of the audience for ∼ inspection.
quantitative
• of or relating to how much there is of something : of or relating to the quantity or amount of something
- The answers on the board on Family Feud are based on ∼ surveys.
retrofit
• to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built
- The developer ∼ my phone with the live caption feature in Android 13.
shambles
• a place or state in which there is great confusion, disorder, or destruction
- She implies a ∼ after successfully restoring her world to normalcy by returning the control over free will to humanity.
sidetrack
• to cause (someone) to talk about or do something different and less important
- The professor was specifically discussing quantum mechanics when a teacher knocking the door ∼ him.
temperate
• having temperatures that are not too hot or too cold
- Some cities in Indonesia are ∼ climates.
undue
• more than is reasonable or necessary
- The extra assignments that are irrelevant to the course are an ∼ burden to me.
workhorse
• a dependable machine or vehicle that is used to do a lot of work
- ChatGPT is a ∼ for those who is involved in writing.