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1.ex�tor�tion�ate:(of a price) much too high; exorbitant.

2.whimsical: playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing


way.

3.excerbate:make sth worse.

4.bellicose-bellicosity:aggressive

5.cathartic=placatory

6reiterate:recapitulate

7heretofore:before now

8whence:from which;as a consequence of which

9.Prudent:acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

10.obstreperous:noisy and difficult to control./rebellious,disorderly

11.ar�id:of a land or climate:dry,having little rain,incompetent to provide


vegetable with essential minerals necessary to grow.

12.al�i�bi:a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act,
typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
---"she has an alibi for the whole of yesterday evening"

13.ENDOW/BE ENDOWED WITH:provide with a quality, ability, or asset.

14.A MULTITUDE OF: A NUMBER OF/A LOT OF

15.RECEDE-->RECESSION

16.ROUND-SURROUNDS

17.LIKE-MINDED:HAVING THE SAME TASTE...

18.am�biv�a�lent:having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or


someone.

19.Hippocampus is a complex brain structure embedded deep into temporal lobe

20.eyesores:a thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a


landscape.

21.keystone

22.gatecrashers:khach ko moi

23:persecution:unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of


race, religion, or political beliefs:

24rec�om�pense:make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate.

25propensity=predisposition:having a natural tendency to behave in a particular


way

26in�con�gru�ous:not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects


of something.

27ve�he�ment�ly:in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling.

28.in�her�ent:existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic


attribute.

29.destitute:---without the basic necessities of life.


---not having.(financially destitute)
30.dejected:dispirited

31.deplore: feel or express strong disapproval of (something).

32.amiss(a);not quite right; inappropriate or out of place.


(adv):wrongly or inappropriately.
33.commensurate:corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.

34.abstinence:the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in


something, typically alcohol.=abstain

35.concrete:existing in a material or physical form; not abstract.

36.cease-and-desist:denoting a legally enforceable order from a court or government


agency directing someone to stop engaging in a particular activity.

37.dewy-eyed:having eyes that are wet with tears because you feel emotional

38.impediment:a hindrance or obstruction in doing something.


-----"a serious impediment to scientific progress"

38.Objectify:
---degrade to the status of a mere object.
---express (something abstract) in a concrete form.

39.privation:
----a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food
and warmth are scarce or lacking.=deprivation
----the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present.

40.deadlock:a situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no


progress can be made.
---"an attempt to break the deadlock"
cause (a situation or opposing parties) to come to a point where no
progress can be made because of fundamental disagreement.

41.intrapersonal: taking place within one person's self or mind

42.yes-man:a weak person who always agrees with their political leader or their
superior at work.

43.open-and-shut:An open-and-shut problem or legal matter is easy to prove or


answer

44.streamline/aerodynamic :design or provide with a form that presents very little


resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement.

45.interplay: the ways in which two or more things, groups, etc affect each other
when they happen or exist together.
46.discrepancy:a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

47:con�de�scend�ing:having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority.

48.superflous:unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

49plat�i�tude:a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has
been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.

50.polarise:separate into 2 parts

51.cascade:a process whereby something, typically information or knowledge, is


successively passed on.
---"the greater the number of people who are well briefed, the wider the cascade
effect"
52.in the grip of:dominated or affected by something undesirable or adverse.
---"people caught in the grip of a drug problem"

53.perilous: full of risk and danger


exposed to imminent risk
54.doom-laden

55.pertinent:relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.

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