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Evaluate, assess, rate Our research attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the different drugs. |
If you evaluate stuff or smn, you consider them in order to make about them, for example about how good or bad they are. |
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Knack, know-how, talent,skill He's got a real knack for making money |
A knack is a particular clever or skillful way of doing stuff successfully, especially sth which most people find difficult. |
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Subsist, survive, stay alive, Old people often subsist on very small incomes. |
If people subsist, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive. |
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Dismay, disappointed, frusted, shocked, concerned She could not hide her dismay at the result. |
If you are dismayed, It makes you feel afraid,worried, or disappointed |
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Questionnaire, question sheet, survey form, opinion poll. All the students were asked to complete a questionnaire. |
A questionnaire is a written list of questions which are answered by a lot of people in order to provide information for report or a survey. |
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Bequeath, give, grant, leave, hand down, turn down, He bequeathed his artworks to the city of Philadelphia |
If you bequeath your money or property to smn, you legally state that they should have it when you die. If you bequeath an idea or system, you leave it for other people to use or develop |
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Abate, decrease, subside, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower, alleviate, mitigate Energy efficiency may be the quickest way to abate emissions of carbon dioxide. |
If sth bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe |
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Afflict, trouble, torment, pain, distress, hurt He was afflicted with chilblains. |
If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster. It affects you badly and makes you suffer |
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Slacken, loosen slow down, loose, release, slack He slackened his grip. |
If sth slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense. |
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Botch, mess, bungle You botch things up like this and all you can say is sorry? The rain made a botch of the picnic |
If you botch sth that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily |
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Household, family, home, One household feed one stray cat. |
A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house The household is your home and everything that is connected with looking after it.ĺ |
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Substantive, |
Substantive negotiations or issues deal with the most important and central aspects of a subject. |
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Emphatic,forceful,significant Vehement He was emphatic that he could not work with her. |
An emphatic response or statement is one made in a forceful way, because the speaker feels very strongly about what they are saying. |
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Paradigm, model, example, pattern. The war was a paradigm of the destructive side of human nature. |
A paradigm is a clear and typical example of sth |
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Appease, ease, conciliate, Pacify, placate, satisfy, calm, soothe, quite, Nothing could appease the crying child. I'd wasted a lot of money to appease my vanity. |
If you try to appease smn, you try to stop them being angry by giving them what they want. |
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Disregard, ignoring, neglect indifference She shows a total disregard for other people's feelings |
If you disregard sth, you ignore it or do not take account of it. |
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Stem from, originate in, emanate from, Many diseases stem from environmental pollution. |
To be caused by sth, to be the result of sth. |
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Unjust, unfair, unjustified, unreasonable, wrongful, Biased, prejudiced, A just war is better than an unjust peace. |
If you describe an action, system, or law as unjust, you think that it treats a person or group badly in a way that they do not deserve. |
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Nullify, invalidate, negate, Annul, declare null and void Void, cancel out, neutralize, Make of no use or value, Render ineffective Seemingly, apparently, An unhealthy diet will nullify the effects of training. |
To nullify a legal decision or procedure means to declare that it is not legally valid |
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Exude, release, ooze, emit, Give off/out, leak Some trees exude from their bark a sap that repels insect parasites. |
If sth exudes a liquid, or feeling if it exudes, they show that it comes out slowly and steadily. |
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Unrequited love, secret crush, have a crush He suffered from the rapturous agony of unrequited love. |
If you have unrequited love for smn, they do not love you. |
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Unravel, solve, undo, untangle, resolve He cut the rope and started to unravel its strands. We could not unravel the enigmatic circumstances surrounding the dissident leader's death. |
If sth such as a plan or system unravels, it breaks up begins to fail. If you unravel a mystery or puzzle or if it unravels, it gradually becomes clearer If you unravel sth that is knotted, woven, or knitted or if it unravels, it becomes one straight piece again. |
