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constraint
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Something that restrict thought or action
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The constraints of being in prison made her hate society even more
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contamination
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pollution
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contaminant, contaminate
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deplete
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destroy, to great decrease the supply of a resource or material
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The prolonged war depleted the country's national treasury.
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elementally
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basically, in terms of element
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elemental, element
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roborant \ROB-uh-ruhnt\, adjective:
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strengthening, restoring vigor
strengthening medicine, a tonic. |
That day, I felt the need of roborant after my ghost-ridden night, and I swigged down two doses
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emission
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sending out from a small space into the general environment, a substance discharged into the air
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emit
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reservoir
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a place where a LIQUID is collected and stored
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Cult members threatened to poison the town's water reservoir
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shrink
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to become reduced in size, amount, or value
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If you dry your clothing on the "high heat" setting, they may shrink.
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exponentially
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at a very fast rate
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In turkey, the value of the lire has decreased exponentially in the last several decades.
exponent, exponential. |
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infinitesimal
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immeasurably small
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Politicians promised great changes in the coming year, but any improvement in people's live was infinitesimal
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transitory
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temporary, short-lived, brief.
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Aside from the transitory period in his youth where he listen to punk music, John had always listened exclusively to classical music.
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accuracy
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precision, exactness
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The research department checks all our articles for accuracy of facts before we print them
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presentiment
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a sense that sth will or is about to happen, a premonition
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He'd had the presentiment of this. Yes, he had known precisely what would be said.
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frantic
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(a) raving, furious, wild and disorderly (crazy)
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Already late for her appointment,
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adjacent
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next to
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even though the villages are adjacent to each other, their residents speak different langua
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