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119 Cards in this Set
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A group of people, companies, etc., that agree to work together |
Consortium |
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Consequence, effect, resulta |
Aftermath |
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A difficult or unpleasant situation |
Predicament |
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A situation in which you have to make a difficult choice |
Dillema |
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One who looks on and often offer unwanted advice or comment One who offers opinion |
Kibitzers |
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Severe measures to restrict or discourage undesirable or illegal people or behavior Companies that pollutes are the target of a new _________ |
Crackdown |
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meddle, interfere, remain, panghimasukan |
Entrench |
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Extreme anger Feeling of unhappiness bec of something bad, hurtful or morally wrong |
outrage |
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Very powerful or strong Deserving serious attention and respect Very difficult to deal with Mahirap, mabigat na hamon |
Formidable Ex. Formidable challenge |
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Mangasiwa Observe & direct the execution of(a task, project or activiry) Supervise attend to, look after |
Oversee |
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Not real or genuine Fake or false |
Bogus |
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Panloloko |
Fraud |
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Bayaran |
Defray |
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Pagsamantalahan Make full use of and derive benefit from |
Exploited |
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A departure from what is normal, usual or expected Pagkamasira sira |
Aberration |
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Lumipas, mawalan ng bisa |
Lapse |
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Mistakes, trap |
Pitfalls |
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Not obvious, tricky |
Subtle |
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Shock, jolt, shake up |
Appall |
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Slave A person in moral or mental servitude |
Thrall |
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Palalain, worsen |
Exacerbate |
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Charge, rate Fix price of(something) |
Tariff |
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Summarize, recap, wrap up, sum up |
Encapsulate |
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Pagsang ayon, pagpayag, pagtanggap |
Concession |
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Pagtatalaga sa tungkulin, pagsisimula, pag uumpisa |
Inauguration |
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gago, lunatic, foolish, stupid person |
nincompoop |
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Adhesive, sticky |
Clingy |
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Crimes of saying, writing or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government |
Sedition |
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Sexual in an offensive or rude way |
Lewd |
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Negative people |
Bellyacher |
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To destroy a large no of (plants, animals, people, etc.) |
Decimated |
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Serious |
Grave |
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Ostensible |
Purport, di-umano, apparently, claim, pretend Ex. She is not not the person she purports to be |
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Panggabi |
Nocturnal |
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amother term for voter |
electorate |
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nababatasan, inilalarawan |
stereotype |
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An interruption in progress |
setback |
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very confusing, exciting, surprising or shocking |
Mind blowing, breathtaking |
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overwhelming, startling, interesting, kinetic |
Mind boggling |
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If you --------- something such as knowledge, a possession, or a skill, you give or leave it to people who belong to a younger generation |
Hand down |
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To force (someone) to do something To make (something) happen |
Compel Ex. 1. Hunger compelled him to eat 2. Public opinion compelled him to sign the bill 3. Theres a compelling reasons to take away child from the. custody of the mother
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Nearly, almost |
Virtually Ex. |
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Heads-up |
An advance warning of something Ex. The heads up came just in time to stop the tanks from launching the final assault Showing alertness or perceptiveness Ex. They played a very heads up game |
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Deserted |
Abandoned |
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ruled |
pinasiyahan |
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Pambihirang tagumpay A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development |
Breakthrough Ex. A major breakthrough in DNA research |
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Limitations or constriction |
Constraint Ex. 1. The availability of water is the main constraint on food production 2. Time constraints make it possible to do everything - stiffness of manner inhibition in relations between people Ex. They would be able to talk w/o constraint. |
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A strong and adverse reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development Sumasagot sa hampas A strong public reaction against something |
Backlash |
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discern, notice |
Heed Pay close attention to her wishes He spends without heed to the consequences Pay close attention to:give heed to Heed the advice of the old men |
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To check, adjust, or standardize a measuribg instrument, usually by comparing it with an accepted model |
Calibrate |
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malakas at matapang Strong, powerful, sturdy, hard, stiff, implaccable, unrelenting, inexorable, substantia |
Stalwart |
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Pulong ng partido Miting ng partido |
Caucus |
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Poverty-stricken Disaster stricken Grief stricken |
Kahirapan natamaan disaster affected, hit |
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Curb excessive intake of potentially |
Lessen the intensity(curb) |
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Walang kasiguruha Malamang na hindi magtagumpay |
farfetch, unlikely Ex. Legislation on the question is unlikely an improvable event Improvable-hindi magbabago |
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Very imposing or impressive, surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) |
Epic |
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simple words of craft is an activity such as weaving, carving or pottery that involves making things skilfully by hand, often in a traditional way |
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Something that blocks progress or prevents accomplishment of an objective |
Roadblocks |
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Intindihin mula sa data
estimate or conclude
To guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known Ex. You cant really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample |
Extrapolate |
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extraordinary Never done before |
Unprecedented |
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Embarrased |
Disheartened |
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Impartial Partial-may kinikilingan |
Objective Unbiased |
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Lower in position Relegated employee-demoted employee |
Relegate |
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To make usually small adjustment To change(something) slightly in order to improve it |
Tweak Ex. Tweak the control |
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Dive |
Plunge President's approval rating has plunged to 20 percent Her car plunged off a bridge The stock market plunged yesterday Bumulusok |
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Dive |
Plunge President's approval rating has plunged to 20 percent Her car plunged off a bridge The stock market plunged yesterday Bumulusok |
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The act of preventing the spread of something |
Containment The containment of health costs |
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Upset it or mess it up Broken into pieces In latin from dis, "apart" rumpere, "to break" Disturb Failure to provide or perform its primary function |
Disrupt |
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Disruptive mindset |
Is able to learn from the past but spends more of its time focusing on the FUTURE. it looks at the trends in the organization, industry, technology, and society to create and respond to disruption |
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The act of pushing someone or something with your finger or a pointed object Itulang para magkiwa or bantaron para lumakat |
Prod Ex. She was prodded into joining the team |
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Weakening, inpairment, pagpapahina |
Debilitation |
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Kalagayan |
Plight Ex plight of the children Kalagayan ng kabataan |
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Mura, darangin |
Expletive He rained expletives on someone he described as a prosecutor Pinaulanan nya ng mura and sinasabing prosecutor |
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Kapalpakan, commotion, mess |
Snafus |
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Make capable |
Capacitate |
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Very determined to do domething |
Tenacious |
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wanting to know about peoples lives |
nosy |
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well informed or proficient in the use of modern technology, especially in computers |
tech savvy |
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Making a fuss means causing a problem or complication |
Fuss-free means withiut a fuss or without any problems |
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charlatan |
fraud, manloloko |
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stifle |
to stop from doing sonething, dri ipadayon |
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difficult, dangerous, unfortunate situation |
Plight We must direct our efforts toward relievibg the plight of children living in poverty |
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walang habas Affecting or harming many people or things in a careless or unfair way |
indiscriminate |
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careful attention |
heed |
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Pigain ang damit |
Wring the cloth |
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Take effect Start a process |
Kick in |
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Start |
Kick off |
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Coming in, inflow, inrush |
Influx Ex.. The city is preparibg for a large influx of tourists this summer |
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Measurement, estimate, judge, calculate, guess |
Gauge Surveys are gauge of public sentiment |
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Malusaw ang bagyo |
dissipate |
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Credit grabbing politicians againsts takibg advantage of the govt's social amelioration |
Ok |
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Plasma transfusion |
From other patients who had survived |
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Transfuses blood from covid 19 survivors that contains antibodies against corona virus |
Convalescent plasma therapy |
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Inasmuch |
Ex... He plans to solve all of the math problems, inasmuch as he can within the tim period Which means that he plans to solve all of the math problems in the time given |
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Start a computer |
Boot up a computer |
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Restarting |
Restarting |
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To deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurence |
Preemptive |
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Without success |
To no avail Ex..... The football team tried to pull out a win even though they were forty points behind, but their efforts were no avail |
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A message of congratulations, support, or appreciation
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Shout-out A special shout-out to Marlon for being such kick ass cinematic mobster Kick ass means often vulgar:strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful or effective |
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Empowerment |
Includes the action of raising the status of women thru education, raising awareness, literacy, and training. Women's empowerment is all about equipping and allowing women to make life-determining decisions thru tue different problems in society |
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Broadly definef, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy or institution Who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state |
Dissident noun |
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Map out |
To plan details of(something, such as a program of one's program or one's future) We mapped out a plan of action. They mapped her campaign for governor all out. She has her future all mapped out |
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Delicadiza. ...dentleness o softness Ito ay ang pagiging sensitibo sa maaring sabihin ng publiko bunga ng isang bagay na gagawin. Kabaliktaran ng makapal ang mukha na walang pakialam sa sabihin ng iba kahit na makasakit pa ng kapwa Amor propio Self esteem or self worth Pagmamahal sa sarili |
Palabra de honor Word of honor |
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Veering off |
To change direction or turn about or aside, shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inckibation, etc Ex. The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road |
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It is prudent to heed |
It is wise to listen Ex. It is prudent to heed healty professionals' warning that resorting to tuob might lull(ihele)people into complacency |
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Cuss |
expletives Ex. Cuss words |
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pahirap Awkward or difficult to handle |
cumbersome large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use Cumbersome diving suit Cumbersome PPE |
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Likas na |
Inherently |
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Kakaiba, strange, odd, weird, kaprityoso |
Whimsical Acting or behaving in a capricious manner |
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Mabisa |
Efficacious The vacvine has proved both safe and efficacious |
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flood control task force |
ibfrastructure resilience |
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Walang kinikilingan Walang pinapanigan Pareho ang pakikitungo |
Impartiality |
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Pagkiling Pagkampi Pagpanig |
Partiality |
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Magkakaugnay Maliwanag Nagkakaisa |
Coherent Ex. They failed to develop a coherent economic strategy |
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Is a way of settling differences by everybody making concessions. If you want to stay out until 10 and your friend wants to stay out until midnight, 11 is a good compromise Means mutual promise Meet each other halfway Ability to listen to two sides in a dispute, and devise a compromise acceptable to both |
compromise |
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An action taken to pay back or fix something Is the money that you pay to repair something you broke |
Redress Brooke had her friend's stained blouse fixed at dry cleaners as redress for accidentaly spilling wine on it |
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Pecuniary |
A persons pecuniary interests are their business interests(for ex their employment, trade, profession, contract, or any company w which they are associated) and wider
financial Relating to or consisting of money
Of or relating to money Pecuniary Difficulties(of a crime, violation) involving a money penalty or fine Monetary |
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Pan uwat Dummy Intended to deceive enemy surveilance devices or mislead enemy evaluation |
Decoy |
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Kakabit Naturally accompanying or associated A phenomenon thar naturally accompanies or follows something |
Concomitant She loved travel, with all its concomittant worries |
