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Front 1

concede

Back 1

Admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it:

Hint 1

admit, acknowledge

Front 2

resignation

Back 2

An act of resigning from a job or office

Hint 2

He remained in office until his resignation in March 1971.

Front 3

reduction

Back 3

-The action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size

-The action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position:

Hint 3

If there's a sustained period of reduced car crime and a reduction in claims, I think we would expect to see some sort of reduction in your car insurance, or alternatively a slow-down in the rate of increase.

-we must see if the fracture requires reduction

Front 4

drastic

Back 4

likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and extreme:

Hint 4

It has had a drastic effect on membership and many clubs are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.

-a drastic reduction of staffing levels

Front 5

corpse

Back 5

A dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal

Hint 5

cadaver, carcass

the corpse of a man lay there

Front 6

fee

Back 6

A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services:

Hint 6

they were faced with legal fees of £3000

dentist's fee

Front 7

glean

Back 7

Obtain (information) from various sources, often with difficulty:

Hint 7

the information is gleaned from press cuttings

ost of her war information is gleaned from her twice-weekly phone chats with her husband.

Front 8

dissect

Back 8

Methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts:

Hint 8

an animal’s eye can be easily dissected

From each plant one randomly chosen, fresh flower was dissected under a binocular microscope to separate the corolla, androecium and gynoecium.

Front 9

captivity

Back 9

The condition of being imprisoned or confined

Hint 9

he was released after 865 days in captivitythe third month of their captivity

Front 10

confine

Back 10

Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time):

The borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement:

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Hint 10

he does not confine his message to politics

hey were cramped within the confines of a little cabin

Front 11

foliage

Back 11

Plant leaves, collectively:

Hint 11

healthy green foliage

Front 12

offspring

Back 12

person’s child or children:

Hint 12

Parents expect too much from their offspring and the children are unable to meet it.

Front 13

prolific

Back 13

(Of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring:

Hint 13

n captivity, tigers are prolific breeders

abundant i

What has changed is that this technology has become prolific.

-A prolific poet and author, he appears for the time being to have put down his pen.

Front 14

tumble

Back 14

fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong:

Perform acrobatic or gymnastic exercises, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air.

Hint 14

They tumbled down, falling down a small hill then down some brush.

In 1999, she suffered the same injury to her left knee while tumbling on floor exercise.

Front 15

bland

Back 15

Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting:

Hint 15

uninteresting, dull

he current station is far from perfect, but at least it has character, which this bland, uninspired new design fails to achieve.

Front 16

undertake

Back 16

Commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on:

Hint 16

to undertake for smb.'s security

firm of builders undertook the construction work

When I became president two-and-a-half years ago I undertook a duty and responsibility.

Front 17

lean

Back 17

Be in or move into a sloping position

-thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat:

Hint 17

he leaned back in his chair

-He was more lean than muscular, though not out of shape.

Front 18

rinse

Back 18

Wash (something) with clean water to remove soap, detergent, dirt, or impurities:

Hint 18

ways rinse your hair thoroughly

Front 19

contentious

Back 19

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial:

Hint 19

controversial a contentious issue

Front 20

fervor

Back 20

ntense and passionate feeling:

Hint 20

he talked with all the fervor of a new convert

There is no fervour, no passion, and no straightforward moral principle