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Solicit - to 

ask someonefor money, information, or help, ask for or try to obtain


(something) from someone:

to solicit donations for a charity
It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in exchange for favours.
"he called a meeting to solicit their views"

Robustness - the quality of being strong,


and healthy or unlikely to break or fail:
Doctors were amazed by his physical robustness.
The robustness of the furniture makes it suitable for a playroom.
She stressed the robustness of the Swiss banking system
"the overall robustness of national and international financial systems"

Robust - strong and healthy; vigorous.


"the Caplan family are a robust lot"

Foreboding - a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon:


There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at
any minute break out.
Her forebodings about the future were to prove justified.
He had a strange foreboding (that) something would go wrong
"with a sense of foreboding she read the note"

Curate - select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition).
"both exhibitions are curated by the Centre's director"

Conflate - to combine two or
more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole:
She conflated the three plays to produce a fresh new work.
the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic, political, and social issues

Vacant - not filled or occupied; available to be used:


The hospital has no vacant beds.
40 per cent of the offices are still vacant

Exponential(ly)
exponential rate of increase becomes quicker and quicker as the thing
that increases becomes larger:
We are looking for exponential growth in our investment.
There has been an exponential increase in the world population this century.
"the social security budget was rising at an exponential rate"

Nefarious - (especially of activities) morally bad:

The company's CEO seems to have been involved in some


nefarious practices/activities.
"the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates"

Subjugate - to treat yourself, your wishes,
or your beliefs as being
less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs, make someone
or something subordinate to:

She subjugated herself to her mother's needs.


Reporters must
subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to bal
ance
the new ruler firmly subjugated the Church to the state

Realign - to put something into a new or correct position:

She realigned the books along the edge of the shelf


"they worked to relieve his shoulder pain and realign the joint"

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