Media And Personality Vocabulary

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abstinence

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the practice of not doing something you enjoy, especially for health or religious reasons

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accurate

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correct in every detail

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bias

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an opinion about whether a person , group, or idea is good or bad, which influences how you deal with it

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broader

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wider

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condemnation

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an expression of very strong disapproval

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courting

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trying to please someone so that s/he will support you

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disclosure

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a secret that someone tells people, or the act of telling this secret

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embedded

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to put something firmly and deeply into something else

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extrovert

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a person who is confident and enjoys being with other people

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fall behind

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to make progress more slowly than you should

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gruesome

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very unpleasant to look at, and usually involving death or injury

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hunch

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a feeling that something is true or that something will happen

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interrogate

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to ask someone a lot of questions, sometimes in a threatening way

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introvert

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a person who thinks about his own problems, interests, etc., and doesn’t want to be with other people

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liaison

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someone who talks to different people, groups, etc. and tells each of them what the others are doing

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maneuvers

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skillful, carefully planned movements, especially for military training

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monarch

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a king or queen

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motive

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the reason that makes someone do something

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off limits

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beyond the are where someone is allowed to go

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optimist

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someone who believes that good things will happen

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paradox

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a statement that seems strange or impossible because it contains two ideas or qualities that are very different but are both true

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perception

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the way you understand something and your beliefs about what it is like

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pessimist

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someone who always expects that bad things will happen

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propaganda

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information which is false or which emphasizes just one part of a situation, used by a government or other group to make people agree with them

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relevance

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direct relation to the subject or problem being discussed

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rivalry

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competition over a long period of time

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running mate

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the person who is chosen by someone who is trying to become president who will then be the vice president if s/he wins the election

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silver lining

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a positive outcome from a negative experience

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skeptical

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doubting or not believing something

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slanted

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providing facts or information in a way that unfairly supports only one side of an argument or one opinion

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stereotype

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an idea of what a particular type of person is like, especially one which is wrong or unfair

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tend to do

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to be likely to do a particular thing

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vantage point

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a good position from which you can see something

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vetted

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having your background and personal information checked into

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vulgar

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not polite because it talks about things such as sex or going to the toilet in a rude way

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wedlock

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marriage

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correspondent

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someone whose job it is to report news from a distant area, or about a particular subject, for a newspaper or television

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in-depth

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a study or report that is very thorough and considers all the details

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implication

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a possible effect or result of a plan, action, etc.

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affiliate

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a company which is related to another company in some way

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allege

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to say that something is true though it has not been proved

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anguish

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suffering caused by extreme pain or worry

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antagonism

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hatred between people or groups of people

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barrage

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a lot of complaints, questions, etc.

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debate

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a discussion or argument on a subject in which people express different opinions

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despair

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feeling that you have no hope at all

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disengage from

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to deliberately stop being involved with a group or activity

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evade

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to avoid doing something that you should do

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extrovert

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a person who is confident and enjoys being with other people

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fall behind

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to make progress more slowly than you should

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fancy

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to believe, usually wrongly, that you have particular skills or are a particular type of person

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grainy

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having a rough appearance, as if made up of spots

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hound

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to keep following someone and asking them questions in an annoying or threatening way

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immobilized

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not able to move

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inconsequential

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not important

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intake

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consumption

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judgment

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an opinion that you form or decision that you make after thinking about something

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junkie

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someone who is addicted to something

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justify

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to give an acceptable explanation for something

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legitimate

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fair, reasonable or valid

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lethal

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deadly

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loophole

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a small mistake in a law that makes it possible to avoid doing something that the law is supposed to make you do

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manipulate

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to make someone do exactly what you want by deceiving or influencing him

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newsworthy

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important or interesting enough to be reported as news

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oblivious

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not knowing about or not noticing something that is happening around you

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odds are

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how likely it is that something will or will not happen:

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overload

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too much work or information to deal with

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perspective

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the ability to think about something sensible, in a broader way

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predator

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an animal that kills and eats other animals, or someone who tries to use another person's weakness to get advantages

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relevant

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directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed

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remedy

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a successful way of dealing with a problem

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repetitive

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done many times in the same way

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scrutiny

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the process of examining something carefully and completely

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sensational

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intended to excite or shock people

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speculation

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guessing what happened or will happen without knowing the facts

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stalk

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to follow and watch someone over a long period of time in a way that is very annoying or threatening, and that is considered a crime in some places

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suppose

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imagine

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tabloid

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a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories mainly about sex, famous people, etc. rather than serious news

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underlying

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the reason that is most important, but not easy to discover

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voyeur

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someone who enjoys watching other people's private behavior or suffering