English 02

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Studious: Studious pass

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spending a lot of time studying or reading.
"he was quiet and studious"
scholarly, academic, bookish, intellectual, erudite, learned, donnish More
done deliberately or with a purpose in mind.
"his studious absence from public view"
synonyms: deliberate, willful, conscious, intentional More
showing great care or attention.
"a studious inspection"

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Contraindication

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(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

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Inoculate: Inoculate someone

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treat (a person or animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
"he inoculated his tenants against smallpox"
introduce (an infective agent) into an organism.
"it can be inoculated into laboratory animals"
introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium.

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Nebulous: Too nebulous to require

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in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
"a giant nebulous glow"
synonyms: indistinct, indefinite, unclear, vague, hazy, cloudy, fuzzy, misty, blurred, blurry, foggy; More
antonyms: clear
(of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined.
"nebulous concepts like quality of life"
synonyms: vague, ill-defined, unclear, hazy, uncertain, indefinite, indeterminate, imprecise, unformed, muddled, confused, ambiguous More
antonyms: well-defined
another term for nebular.

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Panoply: Full panoply of manufacturer

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a complete or impressive collection of things.
"a deliciously inventive panoply of insults"
synonyms: array, range, collection More
a splendid display.
"all the panoply of Western religious liturgy"
synonyms: trappings, regalia; More
historicalliterary
a complete set of arms or suit of armor.

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Overhaul: Overhaul of restatement

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take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary.
"a company that overhauls and repairs aircraft engines"
synonyms: service, maintain, repair, mend, fix up, rebuild, renovate, recondition, refit, refurbish; More

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Sleezy: Sleezy Facts

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Dirtbag, underhanded, dishonest

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Tacky: Feeling tacky

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showing poor taste and quality.
"even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts"
(of glue, paint, or other substances) retaining a slightly sticky feel; not fully dry.
"the paint was still tacky"

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Filial: Filial relationship

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of or due from a son or daughter.
"a display of filial affection"
synonyms: dutiful, devoted, compliant, respectful, affectionate, loving More
BIOLOGY
denoting the generation or generations after the parental generation.

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Predilection

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a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
"my predilection for Asian food"
synonyms: liking, fondness, preference, partiality, taste, penchant, weakness, soft spot, fancy, inclination, leaning, bias, propensity, bent, proclivity, predisposition, appetite

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Truculent: Truculent Adversaries

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eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
"his days of truculent defiance were over"
synonyms: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, combative, belligerent, pugnacious, confrontational, ready for a fight, obstreperous, argumentative, quarrelsome, uncooperative;

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Impinge: Impinge a fundamental right

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have an effect or impact, esp. a negative one.
"Nora was determined that the tragedy would impinge as little as possible on Constance's life"
synonyms: affect, have an effect on, touch, have a bearing on, influence, have/make an impact on, leave a mark on More
advance over an area belonging to someone or something else; encroach.
"the site impinges on a greenbelt area"
synonyms: encroach on, intrude on, infringe (on), invade, trespass on, obtrude, cut through, interfere with;

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Delineate: He delineated the plan of the attack

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describe or portray (something) precisely.
"the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent"
synonyms: describe, set forth/out, present, outline, sketch, depict, represent;More
indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary).
synonyms:outline, trace, block in, mark (out/off), delimit More

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Perveyor: A new purveyor of child pornography

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a person who sells or deals in particular goods.
"a purveyor of large luxury vehicles"
synonyms: seller, vendor, retailer, supplier, trader, peddler, hawker More
a person or group that spreads or promotes an idea, view, etc.
"a purveyor of traditional Christian values"

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Welter: Welter of the sea waves

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move in a turbulent fashion.
"the streams foam and welter"
lie steeped in blood with no help or care.
noun
noun: welter; plural noun: welters
a large number of items in no order; a confused mass.
"there's such a welter of conflicting rules"
synonyms: confusion, jumble, tangle, mess, hodgepodge, mishmash, mass;More
a state of general disorder.

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Disingenuous: Disingenuous questioning

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not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
synonyms: insincere, dishonest, untruthful, false, deceitful, duplicitous, lying,mendacious;

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Ensue: Ensue of an arrest/Ensue from disease

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happen or occur afterward or as a result.
"the difficulties that ensued from their commitment to Cuba"
synonyms: result, follow, develop, proceed, succeed, emerge, stem, arise, derive,issue; More

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Elicit: To elicit a voluntary confession

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evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
"they invariably elicit exclamations of approval from guests"
synonyms: obtain, draw out, extract, bring out, evoke, call forth, bring forth,induce, prompt, generate, engender, trigger, provoke; More

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Staunch: Staunch friend/cabin/boat/atheist

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loyal and committed in attitude.
"a staunch supporter of the antinuclear lobby"
synonyms: stalwart, loyal, faithful, committed, devoted, dedicated, dependable,reliable, steady, constant, trusty, hard-working, steadfast,redoubtable, unwavering, tireless; More
antonyms: disloyal, unfaithful, unreliable
(of a wall) of strong or firm construction.

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Tout: Tout someone

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attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner.
"Jim was touting his wares"
attempt to persuade people of the merits of (someone or something).
"the headquarters facility was touted as the best in the country"
synonyms: recommend, speak of, extol, advocate, talk of; More

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Sacrosanct: All files are sacrosanct

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(esp. of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.
"the individual's right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct"
synonyms: sacred, hallowed, respected, inviolable, inviolate, unimpeachable,invulnerable, untouchable, inalienable; More

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Redaction: Redaction of the names

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the process of editing text for publication.
a version of a text, such as a new edition or an abridged version.
plural noun: redactions
the censoring or obscuring of part of a text for legal or security purposes.

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Pejorative

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expressing contempt or disapproval.
""permissiveness" is used almost universally as a pejorative term"
synonyms: disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, abusive, insulting, slighting; More
Antonyms: complimentary
pejorative; plural noun: pejoratives
a word expressing contempt or disapproval.

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Disgorge: Disgorge you from improper profit.

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› literary: to release large amounts of liquid, gas, or other contents: The pipe was found to be disgorging dangerous chemicals into the sea.
› literary: to send many people out of a place or vehicle at the same time:
The delayed commuter train disgorged hundreds of angry passengers.
› formal to force something up from the stomach and out through the mouth:
Flies disgorge digestive fluid onto their food to soften it up.
› literary to unwillingly release information or money:
The judge has forced EXIP to disgorge $400,000 in illegal profits.

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Bunk: The argument is bunk

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nonsense

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Disparage: Disparage the character

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to suggest that somebody/something is not important or valuable/belittle

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Prerogative:

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a right or advantage belonging to a particular person or group because of their importance or social position
In many countries education is still the prerogative of the rich.
the royal prerogative(= the special rights of a king or queen)
The Prime Minister exercised his prerogative to decide when to call an election.

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Prolixity of the legal Code:

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using too many words and therefore boring/Roodeh Derazi

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Tautology may refer to: Tautology (rhetoric), a self-reinforcing pretense of significant truth

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a statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, when this is unnecessary, for example ‘They spoke in turn, one after the other.’

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truism:

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a statement that is clearly true and does not therefore add anything interesting or important to a discussion/ebtezal/chize pishe pa Oftadeh

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Slant: Court's slant toward injunction relief

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to present information based on a particular way of thinking, especially in an unfair way
The findings of the report had been slanted in favour of the manufacturers.

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Trifling: Trifling damages

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small and not important/trivial

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Deference:

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behaviour that shows that you respect somebody/something The women wore veils in deference

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Aberration: Moral aberration

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a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome/a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind/A childless woman was regarded as an aberration, almost a social outcast

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Plebiscite: National plebiscite

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Referendum

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Amenable: Amenable to jurisdiction

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easy to control; willing to be influenced by somebody/something
They had three very amenable children.

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Phase out: The product was phased out

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an act of discontinuing a process, project, or service in phases.

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Inimical

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1 inimical to something
harmful to something; not helping something
These policies are inimical to the interests of society.
2
unfriendly
an inimical stare

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instil

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instil something (in/into somebody)
to gradually make somebody feel, think or behave in a particular way over a period of time
to instil confidence/discipline/fear into somebody

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impute

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impute something to somebody/something (formal)
to say, often unfairly, that somebody is responsible for something or has a particular quality
attribute
I denied the motives that my employer was imputing to me.

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uninhibited

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debate/dancing
behaving or expressing yourself freely without worrying about what other people think
SYNONYM unrestrained
uninhibited dancing

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Vehement

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showing very strong feelings, especially anger
SYNONYM forceful
a vehement denial/attack/protest, etc.
He had been vehement in his opposition to the idea.
She was surprised by the vehemence of his reply.
The charge was vehemently denied.
She shook her head vehemently.

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Pall: a pall of fear

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1 [usually singular] pall of something a thick dark cloud of something
a pall of smoke/dust
(figurative) News of her death cast a pall over the event.
2 a cloth spread over a coffin (= a box used for burying a dead person in)

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adduce

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to provide evidence, reasons, facts, etc. in order to explain something or to show that something is true
SYNONYM cite
Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate.
The defending lawyer was able to adduce evidence of his client's innocence.

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sway

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swayed court
1 [intransitive, transitive] to move slowly from side to side; to move something in this way
(+ adverb/preposition) The branches were swaying in the wind.
Vicky swayed and fell.
sway something (+ adverb/preposition) They danced rhythmically, swaying their hips to the music.
2 [transitive, often passive] sway somebody to persuade somebody to believe something or do something
SYNONYM influence
He's easily swayed.
She wasn't swayed by his good looks or his clever talk.

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progeny

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a person's children; the young of animals and plants
He was surrounded by his numerous progeny.

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scion

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1 (formal or literary)
a young member of a family, especially a famous or important one
2 (technical)
a piece of a plant, especially one cut to make a new plant

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abjure

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abjure something (formal)
to promise publicly that you will give up or reject a belief or a way of behaving

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pernicious

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having a very harmful effect on somebody/something, especially in a way that is gradual and not easily noticed
the pernicious influence of TV violence on children
Ageism is equally as offensive and pernicious as sexism.

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lull

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[usually singular] lull (in something) a quiet period between times of activity
a lull in the conversation/fighting
Just before an attack everything would go quiet but we knew it was just the lull before the storm(= before a time of noise or trouble).