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indignant (he was indignant at being the object of suspicion)


2. to succumb (we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair, or temptation)
3. to adopt a positive/negative mindset
4. to pigeonhole (I was pigeonholed as a ‘youth writer’)
5. to distort justice
6. to bring about radical/momentous changes
7. momentous (of great significance, eg: "a period of momentous changes in East–West
relations"
8. underlying reasons for sg
9. underlying (significant as a cause or basis of something but not necessarily obvious)
10. economic inequality
11. food availability
12. thanks to the exchange of ideas
13. millions of people have access to clean water
14. to usher in a new area
15. advocates of economic reform
16. to shirk responsibility
17. a fervent believer in sg
18. it’s puerile to assume that
19. a puerile argument
20. a flimsy argument, excuse, flimsy evidence
21. pompous (self-important, (he is a pompous guy who pretends to know everything)
22. pompousness: an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of
excessive or unjustified claims
23. stark (complete, obvious, sheer) in stark terror, stark difference/contrast
24. incitement (provoking, unlawful behaviour)
25. tittle-tattle (casual conversation about other people, typically involving details that are not
confirmed as true; gossip)
26. stallion, mare
27. the alternative ways of governance
28. exasperated (intensely frustrated)
29. to put sy/sg in jeopardy
30. to condemn (eg: most leaders roundly condemned the attack)
31. feasible (eg: "it is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display”)
32. mundane (lacking interest or excitement; dull.)
33. to bear the brunt of the global climate crisis
34. whopping (a whopping £74 million loss)
35. push sy past our window of tolerance
36. trigger climate anxiety
37. to doomscroll/doomsurf on social media
38. attunement
39. to bolster (support or strengthen, to bolster confidence)
40. adage (a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth)
41. we stand on the precipice of fear
42. life-affirming
43. lucrative (profitable)
44. fungus,fungi
45. dilapidated (of a building or object in a state of despair)
46. delectable handmade chocolates (tasty, delicious)

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