English Vocabulary -- Nervous Conditions By Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Indigenous

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Originating and living or occuring naturally in an area or enviroment.

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Solidarity

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A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests/

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Filial

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Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter.

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Cajole

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To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasting, or flattery; wheedle

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Sagacious

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Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgement, and farsightedness.

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Diligent

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Diligent

adj 1: quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business" [syn: persevering] 2: characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" [ant: negligent]

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Industrious

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Assiduous in work or study; diligent. See Synonyms at busy.
Obsolete. Skillful; clever.

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Cultivatable

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To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.
To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).
To grow or tend (a plant or crop).
To promote the growth of (a biological culture).
To nurture; foster. See Synonyms at nurture.
To form and refine, as by education.
To seek the acquaintance or goodwill of; make friends with.

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Recoalesce

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To come together.

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Ululating

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To let out a cry.

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Superfluity

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To have an abundance of.

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Exclusion

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The act or practice of excluding.
The condition or fact of being excluded.

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Inexorable

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Uable to be moved from a decision.

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Superfluous

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Being beyond what is required or sufficient.

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Camaraderie

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Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship.

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Utilitarian

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Of, relating to, or in the interests of utility: utilitarian considerations in industrial design.
Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical: plain, utilitarian kitchenware.
Of, characterized by, or advocating utilitarianism.

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Aphasic

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Not being able to get your idea across.

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Keratin

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The stuff found in horns.

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Morose

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Sad or unhappy atmosphere.

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Taciturn

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To go into a quiet moody state of being.

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Temerity

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Prone to doing stupid things.

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Masochistic

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Someone who takes pleasure in pain.

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Infatuated

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To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment.
To cause to behave foolishly.

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Propitious

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Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious. See Synonyms at favorable.
Kindly; gracious.

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Sublimination

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An unconscious defense mechanism in which unacceptable instinctual drives and wishes are modified into more personally and socially acceptable channels.

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Beatified

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To make blessedly happy.
Roman Catholic Church. To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.
To exalt above all others.

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Clandestinely

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Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose

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Ideology

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The body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture.

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Prefects

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high administrative official or chief officer, as:
Any of several high military or civil officials in ancient Rome.
The chief of police of Paris, France.
A chief administrative official of a department of France.
The administrator in charge of discipline at a Jesuit school.
A student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.

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Expatriate

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To send into exile.

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Diverse

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Differing one from another.