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espionage |
the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information. |
"the camouflage and secrecy of espionage |
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Camouflage |
hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage |
the caravan was camouflaged with netting and branches |
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Disguise |
give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity. |
"he disguised himself as a girl |
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Concealment |
the action of hiding something or preventing it from being known |
The concealment of weapons |
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mettle |
a person's ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience. |
"the team showed their true mettle in the second half" |
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Elevate |
1.raise or lift (something) to a higher position 2. give promotion |
1.the exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head 2. he was elevated to Secretary of State" |
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Substance |
wealth and possessions/importance |
The leaders of substance |
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shake-up |
a radical reorganization |
the company's boardroom shake-up followed a £365m pre-tax loss" |
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moderator |
Mediator |
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tenacious |
tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely/good persisting in existence; not easily dispelled |
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Forum |
a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged. |
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Endurance |
1.the ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way. 2. |
she had pushed him beyond the limit of his endurance. |
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Confrontation |
a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties. |
"a confrontation with the legislature |
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sophomoric |
relating to or characteristic of a sophomore |
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Sophomore |
a second-year university or high-school student |
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Stinging |
Upsetting |
Stingign assukt on leadership |
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Soared |
Increase rapidly |
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Cide |
Give up(power or teratory) |
Ceding up high graound my millatry |
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Surveillance |
Close observatoin,espically of suspected spy or criminal |
He found himself put under surveillance by british millatry intelligence |
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Contrary |
opposite in nature, direction, or meaning |
"he ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal" |
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Rein |
Check or guide |
The gov should gein in their police authorities |
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Restrain |
Self control |
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Rescind |
Revoke cancel & repeal(a law,order,agreement) |
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regressive |
"regressive aspects of recent local government reform" |
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Donned |
Put on ( of clothing) |
People donned their cultural attries |
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Emancipate |
set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions |
To emancipate the deprived community |
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Downtrodden |
oppressed or treated badly by people in power. |
The only goal of party was to fight for downtrodden |
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discontent |
dissatisfaction with one's circumstances; lack of contentment. |
"voters voiced discontent with both parties |
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Outfit |
Equip Provide with equipments |
Planes outfitted with sophisticated electronic gear |
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Imprengable |
1.Unable to capture or broken into(invulnerable,secure) 2.unable to defect or overcome(unbeatable) |
2.liverpool used their good fortune to forge an imprengable lead |
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tinkerer |
To work in the manner of a tinker(work in an experimental manner) |
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Malevolence |
The state or condition of being malevolent:hostility |
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Flout |
1.openly disregard(a rule,law, or convection) 2.mock;scoff |
The advertising code is being flouted(defy) The women pointed and flouted at her |
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Scrutinize |
To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly |
The customers were warned to scrutinize the small print. |
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Scrunity |
Critical obserbation or examination |
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Counter-intuitive |
Contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation |
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Steer |
Guide or control the movement of (vehicle or aircraft) |
He streed the boat slwy towards the busy quay-manoeure |
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Blast |
1.Blow up 2.produce or cause to loud continuous music or other noise. |
Music blasted out at full volume.-honk |
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Blare |
Make or cause to make loud.siren blaring |
Sirens blared across the town-trumpet |
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Shoulder |
Push |
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Rig |
Set up (device) typically in a makeshift or hasty way |
He had rigged up a sort of tent(erect hastily) |
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Orchestrate |
1.Arrange or score for orchestral performance 2.plan or coordinate the elements of(a situation) to produce a desired effect |
1.The song cycle was stunningly arranged and orchestrated 2.plan or coordinate the elements of (a situation) to produce a desire effect. |
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Malicious |
Characterized by malice;intended to do harm |
He was found guilty of malicuous damage |
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Commemorative |
|N| an object such as a stamp or coin made to mark an event or honour a person |v|an object such as a stamp or coin made to mark an event or honour a person |
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Mundane |
1.Lacking interest or excitment;dull 2.of earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one(worldly) |
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Bedraggled |
Throughly wet and untidy |
The traveller arrived bedraggled |
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Untidy |
Not well organized |
Untidy politics principles |
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Deluge |
Heavy rainfall Flood Fig:a large no or amount |
A large no or amount A deluge of applications |
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Flood |
Fig:a large no or amount |
The mass media presents of flood of information |
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Antediluvian |
Before the flood Fig:very old or outated |
The antediluvian period The antidiluvian car in the meseum |
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Superannuated |
Retried by old age Very old and outdated |
Superannuated army officer Supperannuated car in the mesum |
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Spate |
Flood Fig:the eassy contain a spate of errors |
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Spat |
Minnor dispute |
I had a spat with a teacher |
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Pat |
Without careful study or observation |
Pat judgement |
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Altercation |
Noisy and angry quarrel or argument |
The player had several altercation with refree |
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Altruist |
Selfless helper |
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Altruism |
Selfless help |
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Paradox |
A seemingly controversial and stupid statement but valid infact |
The global warming leads to ice-age |
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Icy |
Very cold Fig:very unfriendly |
Icy stare |
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Fictional |
Of the fiction Unreal |
Fictional characters Fictional adress/tel |
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Collision |
Conflict |
The collision btwn the manager and the staff |
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Collusion |
Conspiracy |
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Frustrate |
To be difficult to understand Hinder |
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Rail |
Condemn,censure,denounce,reprimand,castigate |
the presidential candidate have been busy railing against obamacare. |
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Devise/conceive |
His competitors need to devise serious alternatives |
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Curb |
Restrain or keep in check |
Companies r working just fine to curb drug costs. |
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Endorse |
Declare one's public approval |
The report was endorsed by the college. |
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Obliquely/diagonally |
Indirectly |
He referred only obliquely to current events. The issue came up only obliquely. |
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Catastrophe |
A disaster,ruin |
An environment catastrophe. |
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Repeal |
Revoke,cancel(officially cancel) |
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Unanimous |
Fully in agreement,united |
The leading republican candidates are unanimous in calling for repeal of the health care law |
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Surmount |
Overcome(a difficulty or obstacle) Stand or be placed on top-CAP |
All manner of cultural differences were surmounted |
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Exorbitant |
(Of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high |
Excessively high |
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dissent |
Demure,dissagree with |
Voices of dissenting Madhesi groups. |
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Reeling under |
Suffer |
Reeling under food shortage |
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Ordeal |
a very unpleasant and prolonged experience |
Managing 2 meals a day has become an ordeal |
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Ravaged |
severely damaged; devastated |
Powerful earthquakes ravaged their houses |
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Squatters |
a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land. |
the police moved in and evicted the squatters |
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evicted |
expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law |
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Eking/scrap |
manage to make a living with difficulty |
"many traders barely eked out a living |
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Plight |
a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation. |
we must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty |
