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Isolated |
• far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote: isolated farms and villages. • having minimal contact or little in common with others: he lived a very isolated existence. • single; exceptional: they were isolated incidents. |
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Access |
approach or enter |
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Virtual |
• almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition: the virtual absence of border controls. • Computing not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so: |
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Obtain |
get, acquire, or secure (something) |
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Devour |
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly. To consume something entirely |
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Preserve |
maintain (something) in its original or existing state |
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Remote |
situated far from the main centers of population; distant: a remote Oregon valley |
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Extremes |
either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible: unbridled talk at one extreme and total silence at the other. |
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Impassable |
impossible to travel along or over: the narrow channels are impassable to oceangoing ships. |
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Avid |
having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something: an avid reader of science fiction | she took an avid interest in the project. • (avid for) having an eager desire for something: she was avid for information about the murder inquiry. |
