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Emboly |
Represent to be a very good example of an idea or quality SYN represent She embodies everything I admire in a teacher. 2 formal to include something The latest model embodies many new improvements. Uphill |
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Uphill |
Toward to the top of a hill |
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Snap |
Break BREAK [intransitive, transitive] to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something do this A twig snapped under my feet. The wind snapped branches and power lines. |
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Scrutinize |
scru‧ti‧nize (also scrutinise British English) /ˈskruːtənaɪz/ verb [transitive] to examine someone or something very carefully He scrutinized the document. She scrutinized his face. |
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Dim |
DARK fairly dark or not giving much light, so that you cannot see well OPP bright in the dim light of the early dawn a dim glow |
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Divert |
to change the direction in which something travels divert a river/footpath/road etc Canals divert water from the Truckee River into the lake. The high street is closed and traffic is being diverted. |
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Stem |
To stop from happening, spreading . to stop something from happening, spreading, or developing stem the tide/flow/flood of something The measures are meant to stem the tide of illegal immigration. stem the growth/rise/decline etc an attempt to stem the decline in profits |
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Depicted |
Describe to say what something or someone is like |
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Heightened |
Become stronger , intensity , strengthen |
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Brushwood |
small dead branches broken from trees or bushes چوب خشكيده |
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It stands alone |
not supported |
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Mimic |
Copy |
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Nearby |
Not faraway |
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Debate |
1 [countable, uncountable] discussion of a particular subject that often continues for a long time and in which people express different opinions the gun-control debate in the US The new drug has become the subject of heated debate within the medical profession. |
