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Entice [ɪnˈtaɪs] (vt) to persuade sb to do sth by offering him/her sth nice: entice sb into/to do sth; enticing (adj), enticement
(n)
Referral [rɪ’fЗ::rǝl] (n) ~ to sb/sth: the act of sending sb who needs professional help to a person or place that can provide it
Preclude [prɪ’klu:d] (vt) ~ sb from doing sth : to prevent sth or make sth impossible
Rave [reɪv] (v) ~ about sth : to talk or write about sth in a very enthusiastic way
[dɪ’skreʃǝnǝri] (adj) not controlled by strict rules, but decided on by sb in a position of authority
[mǝ’nɪpjuleɪt] (vt) to work skillfully with information, systems etc to achieve the result that you want
[dɪ’skreʃǝnǝri] (adj, usually before N) relating to investment funds placed with a broker or manager who is free to make
decisions about how to invest them on the investor’s behalf
[dɪ’stɪŋkt] (adj, only before N) used to emphasize that you think an idea or situation definitely exists and is important SYN)
definite
Hypothetical [hapǝ’ θetɪkl] (adj) based on situations or ideas which are possible and imagined rather than real and true
Subject [‘sʌbʤɪkt] (cn) the thing you are talking about or considering in a conversation, discussion, book, movie, etc
Invigilator [ɪn‘vɪʤɪleɪtǝ]
Claim [kleɪm] (vt) to state that you have a right to sth, or to take sth that belongs to you
Acknowledgment [əkˈnɑlɪdʒmənt] (n) the act of admitting or accepting that something is true:
Notify [ˈnoʊtəfaɪ] (vt) to tell someone something formally or officially SYN) inform
Adoption [əˈdɑpʆən] (un) the act of deciding to use an idea, plan, or way of doing something
maintain [meɪnˈteɪn] (vt) to make something continue in the same way or at the same standard as before:
regulatory [ˈrɛgyələˌtɔri] (adj,formal) having the purpose of controlling an activity or process, especially by rules
To be used to (doing) sth: if you are used to sth, you have experienced it many times before and it no longer seems surprising,
difficult, etc
Knowingly [ˈnoʊɪŋli] (adv) deliberately [dɪˈlɪbrɪtli] (adv) done in a way that is intended [= on purpose]:
To act on/upon sth (phv) : to do sth because of another person’s advice or order, or because you have received information or
had an idea