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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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elicit

• to get (a response, information, etc.) from someone



- I don't know what you're trying to ∼ specifically by asking this question.


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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.


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forthcoming

• appearing, happening, or arriving soon



- The ∼ deadline had us all stay up late, dashing off our essays.


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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.


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fret

• to worry or be concerned



- I can't stop ∼ over my very uncertain unemployment situation.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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temperate

• having temperatures that are not too hot or too cold



- Some cities in Indonesia are ∼ climates.


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undue

• more than is reasonable or necessary



- The extra assignments that are irrelevant to the course are an ∼ burden to me.


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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.


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