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abbr. used at the end of the list of subjects to be

abbr. morning; time before noon; hours between

discussed at a meeting or conference

midnight and noon

v. to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to

tolerate

n. shortened form of a word or word combination

adj. competent; talented; apt

n. skill; talent; aptitude; capacity; power

v. to be plentiful; to be filled with; to overflow with

adj. mentioned earlier in the same text

prep. over; higher than; more than

v. to cancel; to revoke

n. something previously mentioned or indicated

adv. overhead; over; in a higher place

adv. side by side; in alignment; on top of; up-to-

date; well-informed

adv. in another country; outside; widely

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n. failure to appear; state of being away; state of

adj. preoccupied; lost in thought

being not present

adj. treated as an expense

v. to suck up; take up; take in

v. to injure; to harm; to mistreat

adj. plentiful; copious; profuse; full abounding with

n. maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language

n. gas pedal of a motor vehicle

v. to hasten; to increase the speed of something;

to speed something up

v. to receive; to agree; to consent

n. approach; entry; permission to enter a

n. act of receiving; approval; state of believing in

something

computer system or network and/or retrieve data

n. casualty; misadventure; mishap; failure

v. to gain entrance to; to get at

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n. housing; residence; lodging; arrangement;

v. to adapt oneself; to host guests; to provide

adjustment

lodging

v. to go along with; to go together with; to join; to

attach

v. to complete; to achieve; to attain; to perform

n. agreement; settlement; harmony

n. fulfillment; realization; attainment; achievement

n. conformity; agreement; coordination; suitability

v. to give; to match; to fit; to complement

n. business arrangement; client; funds deposited

in a bank

v. to explain; to give a report; to cause; to regard

n. a system of recording and analyzing financial

transactions; auditing; a detailed financial

statement

n. a person who keeps financial records; a person

who conducts financial audits

v. to compile; to increase; to accumulate; to grow

v. to certify; to recognize; to assign; to license

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v. to obtain; to attain; to perform; to accomplish

n. preciseness; exactness

v. to make familiar; to present someone; to

introduce someone

n. performance; operation; attainment; mission;

success

n. person that you have met but do not know well;

knowledge of something; familiarity

adj. familiar; close; intimate; informed; aware

n. purchase; something that has been purchased

or obtained

v. to buy; to obtain; to purchase; to attain

n. a word which is formed from the first letters of

several words; i.e. TOEIC or NATO

adj. substantial; real; tangible; current

n. informal word for a commercial announcement

pref. toward; at

n. something unyielding; something hard; stone

similar to diamond

adj. unyielding; firm; hard; unbending

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v. to conform; to change; to make suitable; to

n. devotion to a certain habit; dependency

match; to fit

adj. extra; supplemental

n. supplement; mathematical operation

n. location; description of a location

n. person who is an expert; person who is skilled

adj. sufficient; suitable; appropriate; proper

n. supplement

v. to direct to; to speak to; to direct to a specific

destination; to refer to

adj. proficient; skilled; expert

v. to postpone; to delay; to end a meeting; to

move to another place

v. to stick to; to cling to; to be devoted to (an idea,

group, organization etc.)

n. an interest percentage that changes over time

v. to modify; to adapt; to fit; to arrange; to settle

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v. to manage; to supervise; to supply; to dispense

n. adaption; settlement of an insurance claim

adj. managerial; executive

n. management; supervisors; leadership

adj. worthy of adoration; impressive; wonderful;

marvelous

n. enchantment; affection; adoration

v. to confess to something; to allow entrance; to

accept as valid

n. entrance; permission to enter; confession

n. commotion; flurry; excitement

v. to warn; to scold; to reprove

v. to decorate; to beautify

v. to form a relationship with another person

n. opposite of child; a grown-up; a mature person

adj. alert; clever; ingenious; skillful; adept

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n. progress; modernization; promotion

adj. mature; full grown

v. to progress; to promote; to make a payment

before it is due

adj. beforehand

n. benefit; profit; utility; avail

n. forward movement; progress; promotion

n. one of several separate payments into which a

debt has been divided; section; portion

v. to help; to assist; to promote; to be beneficial to

adv. unfavorably; in a manner that works against;

antagonistically

n. misfortune; hardship; distress; suffering

n. public announcement or printed notice

designed to attract attention

v. to refer to; to comment on; to draw attention to

n. commercial information designed to attract

attention; commercial

v. to promote; to draw attention to; to publicize

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v. to counsel; to offer guidance; to notify; to inform

n. counsel; guidance; specific information; hint

n. a person who provides guidance; consultant;

counselor

v. to influence

v. to join with; to connect to; to become attached

to

n. partner company; distributor

n. attraction; closeness; liking; likeness

n. period; era; generation

n. connection; attachment

v. to be able to pay for; to supply; to provide

n. office; bureau; institution; franchise; method

v. to grow older; to mature

n. representative; rep; factor; cause

n. schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done

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v. to accumulate; to gather; to collect; to assemble

n. combination; conjunction; group; mixture

n. a list of accounts receivable

adj. collective; total; taking all units as a whole

v. to consent; to concur; to suit; to have the same

opinion; to fit

n. pact; contract; accord; consent; concurrence

n. help; assistance; accessory

adv. forward; in advance

v. to try or to intend to achieve something; to

direct; to plan; to aspire

v. to help; to assist

n. any vehicle which can be flown (i.e. helicopter)

n. purpose; goal; objective; target

n. route through traveled by vehicles above

ground level

n. place used by planes for takeoff and landing

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n. passage; walkway (between rows of seats or

n. warning; alarm; attitude of readiness

shelves)

adj. ready; attentive; quick; agile

v. to relieve; to calm; to alleviate pain

n. pact; treaty; connection; relationship

v. to permit; to enable

v. to warn; to put on standby; to alarm

adj. active; attentive

v. to allay; to soothe; to relieve; to soften; to

lessen

v. to give out; to distribute; to ration; to set aside

for a special purpose

n. grant; pocket money; stipend; discount;

deduction

adv. previously; before a certain time

v. to interchange; to take turns; to rotate; to

substitute

v. to change; to modify

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n. choice; option

adj. rotating; one after the other; interchanging

n. height; distance above sea level

conj. despite the fact that; in spite of the fact that

adj. open to dispute; obscure; vague

n. vagueness; lack of clarity

adj. aspiring; desirous of success; requiring great

effort

n. aspiration; hope; goal; dream

n. state of having both positive and negative

feelings towards a subject

v. to change; to alter; to improve

n. gradual payment of debt; the reduction of the

value of an asset

n. quantity; sum

adj. much; plenty; large; spacious

v. to come to a sum; to become; to total

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v. to examine; to break down into parts and study

as in a subject)

n. process of breaking down a subject and

(

studying it; examination

v. to attach firmly; to fasten tightly

n. newsreader; broadcaster

v. to irritate; to infuriate; to enrage

n. rage; fury

v. to bend; to turn sharply in a different direction

n. point of view; perspective

n. declaration; notice; the act of informing the

public

n. yearly date commemorating a special event;

birthday

adj. bothersome; troublesome; worrisome;

harassing

v. to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to upset

v. to expect; to predict; to assume

adj. occurring once a year; yearly

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adj. fearful; worried; worrisome; eager; keen

n. expectation; hope; intuition

adv. in whatever manner; however

adv. separately; aside; into pieces

n. flat

adv. in some way

abbr. American corporation headquartered in

Virginia, owner and operator of on line and

interactive computer services

prep. besides; but; excluding

n. expression of regret or sorrow; excuse;

defense; justification

v. to express regret; to say sorry

n. device; system; machine; gadget; appliance

v. to dress; to adorn wear

n. clothing; garments; clothes; garb

adv. evidently; obviously; allegedly; seemingly

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v. to plead; to request; to petition for a new trial or

n. request; plea; petition for a new trial or

judgment

v. to come into view; to show up; to seem

adj. begging; attractive; interesting

n. impression; the way a person looks; image;

semblance

n. tool; gadget; device; apparatus

n. software program; written request; formal letter;

implementation

n. candidate; nominee

v. to make a request; to implement; to realize; to

put into practice

v. to nominate; to designate

v. to esteem; to regard highly; to become more

valuable

n. official date; meeting; interview; nomination

v. to come near to; to tackle (a problem or

situation)

n. access; method; system; procedure

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v. to set aside; to allot; to adapt; to embrace; to

adj. suitable; fitting

accept

v. to agree; to concur; to confirm; to endorse

adv. nearly; about; around; circa

n. ability; skill; talent

n. confirmation; endorsement; positive opinion

n. inventory of legal investments for savings

banks and trust funds

adj. suitable; appropriate; intelligent; savvy;

capable

adj. optional; uncertain; changeable; open;

unrestricted

n. region; domain; field; category

n. dispute; claim; rationale; cause

v. to dispute; to claim; to give reasons

n. organization; order; selection; range;

assortment

v. to organize; to settle; to structure; to order; to

systematize

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n. detention; imprisonment

n. display; layout; clothing; menu

n. reaching a destination; incoming; opposite of

departure

v. to detain; to slow down; to capture; to imprison

n. item; object; piece of text; paragraph of a

contract

v. to reach a destination; to return; to come back;

to succeed

adj. lucid; eloquent; expressed using clear and

distinct words; able to speak

v. to bind with a contract

adj. not genuine; simulated; unreal

v. to express in a fluent and clear manner

n. creator; craftsman; skilled workman

v. to clarify; to confirm; to reinforce; to verify

abbr. quickly; immediately; swiftly; speedily; fast

n. facet; outlook; direction; issue; point

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v. to gather; to collect; to converge; to arrange; to

n. meeting; conference; set; group of people

meet

n. estimation; appraisal; measurement

v. to estimate; to gauge; to evaluate; to measure

v. to allot; to apportion; to give somebody a task

or responsibility; to delegate; to appoint

n. something of value (property, equipment,

goods, etc.); item of quality; something beneficial

v. to incorporate; to take in; to absorb

n. task; duty; responsibility; role; obligation

n. aid; help; support; direction; upkeep

v. to aid; to help; to support; to guide; to direct

adj. serving as an aide; helpful; supportive;

auxiliary

n. person who gives support to a superior; aide;

helper

v. to share company; to connect; to relate to; to

combine

n. partner; fellow worker; co-worker; friend

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v. to classify; to categorize; to systematize; to

n. organization; society; union; coalition;

structure

foundation

v. to suppose; to take on a position or duty; to

accept an idea

n. variety; collection; selection; range; mixture

v. to fasten; to link to; to add; to ascribe to; to

connect to

v. to give confidence; to promise; to pledge; to

encourage

v. to reach; to achieve; to fulfill; to realize (a goal,

purpose, etc.)

n. connection; confiscation; file sent via email

n. achievement; fulfillment; ability

v. to try to; to assay

n. try; assay; test; trial

v. to be present in a place; to care for; to serve; to

accompany

n. steward; stewardess; person who serves

others; person who accompanies others

n. being physically present; act of accompanying

or serving

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n. person who takes part in a particular event

adj. present; opposite of absent; accompanying

such as a conference or seminar; participant

adj. concentrated; focused; observant; polite;

caring

n. concentration; consideration; focus; care;

acknowledgment; recognition

n. dress; clothing; apparel

n. concentration; ability to concentrate on an issue

n. position; opinion; viewpoint; outlook;

perspective

v. to dress; to put on clothes

abbr. directed to a particular person (generally

used when addressing a letter or message) or

issue

n. lawyer; barrister; advocate; solicitor

n. quality; factor; characteristic; feature

v. to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate

n. public sale where goods are sold to the highest

bidder (such as eBay)

v. to ascribe to; to link to; to associate with; to

relate to

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n. group of people who attend a seminar, a talk,

v. to sell something through a bidding system

etc.

n. examination of financial accounts; internal

investigation

adj. pertaining to hearing and listening; sound

n. large room used for lectures; talks,

performances and other events

v. to examine accounts and other financial

records

n. official institution; agency; power; control;

jurisdiction

v. to increase; to enlarge; to enhance; to multiply

n. a person's handwritten signature

v. to permit; to approve; to empower

v. to write one's name by hand; to sign one's

name

n. car; vehicle; ride

v. to be useful; to help; to facilitate

n. advantage; profit; help; benefit

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n. the time or amount of money that defined by

checks that have been deposited but not cleared

yet

n. accessibility; attainability; obtainability

n. mean; median

adj. ready for use; attainable; present; vail

adj. immediate; common; usual; standard

v. to have a mean of a certain amount

v. to escape; to keep away from; to prevent; to

keep from happening; to evade

n. prize; grant; arbitration

adj. attentive; conscious of

v. to give; to grant; to judge; to rule

adj. impressive; inspiring; great; frightening

n. consciousness

v. to support; to assist; to strengthen

n. part of a chair; rear part of the human body

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adv. to the rear; to the past

adj. behind; after; rear; hind

n. ordered merchandise that is not currently in

stock but will be supplied in the future

n. the U.S. treasury

n. setting; biography

v. to support; to solidify; to strengthen

n. copying of data for safety purposes; substitute;

reserve; spare

n. rebound; recoiling; sudden movement to the

rear

n. luggage; cargo; things to take on a trip;

equipment

n. tag; sign; identification tag

v. to make equal

n. leveling; harmony; stability; rest; remainder

v. to deposit money; in a money institution; to

count on; to depend upon

n. institution for saving and borrowing money;

cashier

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n. bill; money made of paper

n. check

v. to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to

collapse

n. a person who was unable to repay their debts

n. state of losing property to one's creditor's due

to unpaid debts; insolvency

adj. lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay

debts

v. to hold a party; to feast; to dine; to drink

n. celebration; feast; dinner; drinking

adv. hardly; scarcely

n. metal cord with sharp projecting points

n. good deal; agreement; item that has been

bought at a specially low price

v. to negotiate; to arrive at an agreement

n. commercial and market information that

indicates overall economic trends

n. money which is not generating profit

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n. exchanging of goods and services; trade

n. border; limit; obstacle; barricade

n. foundation; principal element; fundamental part

v. to exchange goods and services

adj. low; despicable; ignoble

v. to establish; to found; to set up; to place on

n. person who holds a money order

v. to turn into; to develop into; to grow into

n. representing; in support of

n. foundation; grounding

n. a signed money order which is payable on

demand to the holder

adj. appropriate; noble

n. rear; end; seat

n. manner of acting; conduct

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prep. after; in back of

adv. late; tardy

n. report on current economic conditions,

published by the Federal Reserve Board

n. opinion; creed; religion; faith; conviction

adv. at a further point

v. to have faith in; to assume; to suppose

prep. under; beneath; underneath

adv. under; below

n. criterion; measure; point of reference for

comparison

prep. under; underneath

adj. advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable

adj. kind; good

v. to profit; to gain; to be advantageous

n. advantage; profit; aid; stipend

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prep. intermediate to; common; shared

adv. amid; in the middle

adv. past; further than

n. drink; refreshment

n. prejudice; tendency; leaning

prep. further; more distant

v. to prejudice; to influence opinions

v. to charge; to announce; to advertise

n. guilt; responsibility; liability

n. bed covering; quilt

n. banknote; invoice; proposed law

n. number of babies that are born per year per

thousand

v. to accuse; to denounce

v. to cover; to coat

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n. rules introduced by the government to regulate

adj. comprehensive; inclusive

n. gross error; stupid mistake

n. management committee; food

n. a fraud scheme involving cold calling

v. to store in a warehouse

the trade of securities and mutual funds

v. to make a stupid mistake; to move back and

forth in a clumsy manner

v. to accommodate; to house; to enter (a plane,

ship, bus, etc.)

n. link; connection; obligation; grasp; certificate of

debt

adj. secured in a warehouse

n. printed work which is bound together; bundle

n. dividend; perk; monetary gift

v. to record; to order in advance; to inscribe; to

indicate

n. shelves used to store printed items

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v. to raise; to push; to urge; to lift

n. push; lift; incentive; encouragement

v. to be adjacent to

n. boundary; edge; limit

n. effort; nuisance

v. to take on loan; to copy; to steal

v. to annoy; to harass; to worry; to make an effort;

to be concerned

adj. annoying; irritating

v. to establish; to construct; to base; to provide a

foundation

n. base; foot; seat of a chair

n. limit; border

adj. lower; under

adj. obligated; certain; fastened; tied

v. to jump; to leap

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v. to fight with fists; to put crates

n. case; crate; punch; hit

v. to stop a vehicle; to slow down a vehicle

n. device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle

n. affiliate; office; industry; trade; business unit

n. trademark; type; make; variety; product name

n. width; broadness

v. to fork; to divide into parts or sections

v. to mark with an iron; to disgrace; to condemn

n. fracture; pause; rest; opportunity; alteration

v. to fail; to collapse; to defeat; to overthrow; to

descend

v. to shatter; to crack; to be cut off; to cancel

n. progress; reaching a new level; removal of a

barrier; penetration

n. collapse; crash; incident

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v. to make a summary; to give a report; to inform;

n. abstract; summary; concise report; instructions

to instruct somebody

n. small container for documents; tool for

synchronizing files between two computers

adj. short; concise

n. short meeting; summarizing; giving and

receiving instructions; reporting

n. transmission; dispatch; radio program

v. to transmit over the radio; to publicize; to

advertise

n. leaflet; booklet; printed product information

v. to act as a middleman; to buy and to sell

property for other people

n. middleman; agent who buys and sells property

or shares etc. for other people

adj. negotiated by an intermediary; settled through

a middleman

v. to leaf through a book; to surf Internet websites

n. program used for viewing websites on the

Internet

n. blister; gas-filled sac

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n. financial framework; financial plan

v. to move; to be moved

adj. inexpensive; cheap; of or relating to a

financial plan

v. to prepare a financial plan; to make financial

arrangements

v. to construct; to create; to increase intensity; to

energize

n. house; dwelling; structure; premises

v. to inflate; to play an important role

n. volume; mass; main part; most

n. the sale of all or most of a company's inventory

or assets to another company

adj. relating to or designed for the mass of people;

large-scale; widespread; popular

adj. floating; light; lively; cheerful

n. bars of gold; bars of silver

n. meat cutter; meat slaughterer; owner of a meat

shop

n. company; enterprise; trade; commerce; issue

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v. to fasten; to connect

n. switch; icon to click on

abbr. secondary email address; copy of a

document, message, or email that is sent to a

third party

n. person who purchases something; client;

customer; shopper; purchaser

abbr. person who is responsible for ensuring that

a company and its employees are in compliance

with government regulations and internal policies

abbr. head manager of a corporation, company or

large organization

abbr. Chief Information Officer; person who is

responsible for a company's internal information

systems

abbr. treasurer; person who is responsible for all

financial aspects of a company

abbr. head manager of a company or large

organization

abbr. cash payment to be made upon receipt of

products or goods

abbr. top executive rank; person who is

responsible for research and development and

possibly for new product plans

abbr. top executive rank; person who is

responsible for the security of a company's

communications and business systems

abbr. resume; chronological description of one's

employment and educational history; biography

n. taxi; carriage; driver's compartment

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n. small room; piece of office furniture; office; part

v. to estimate; to compute; to depend upon

of a government

n. chart showing the months of a year (including

days and weeks); schedule; timetable

n. small machine that makes computations

n. telephone conversation; visit; invitation; claim;

need

v. to write down in a timetable; to register

n. series of activities organized to accomplish a

goal

v. to invite; to speak loudly; to visit; to phone

v. to conduct a series of activities organized to

accomplish a goal

v. to call off; to annul; to terminate; to stop

adj. honest; straightforward; open; frank

n. examination; careful inspection; debate

n. nullification; termination; revocation

n. applicant; nominee; examinee

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v. to examine; to debate; to scrutinize; to solicit

n. ability; skill; trait; characteristic; quality

votes or opinions

n. volume which can be contained or received;

function; role; feature; potential

adj. skilled; able; proficient; adept

n. property; financial means; assets; main city of a

country of region

n. refers to the cost of developing a product or

system

n. the level of monetary funding a company needs

to run smoothly

adj. main; major; chief; principal

n. process of turning money into profit

v. to copy; to photograph; to snapshot

n. thin and flat object

v. to turn into money; to turn profit; to finance

n. automobile; elevator; vehicle; ride

v. to ask for an identification (i.e. in a bar)

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v. to be concerned with; to look out for; to watch

n. attention; concern; caution; supervision;

over; to like; to be fond of

management

v. to evolve; to make to progress; to grow

professionally; to develop; to speed

n. profession; development; progress; gradual

growth

n. freight; luggage; baggage; load

adj. cautious; particular; concentrated; meticulous

n. a person who makes things out of wood such

as furniture

n. rug; fabric floor covering

v. to cover or to furnish with textile materials; to

reprimand; to scold

n. coach; buggy; transportation

v. to transport; to continue; to bear

n. car; wagon; coach; carriage; trolley

n. person or company that ships things; shipping

company; truck

v. to put into practice; to accomplish; to perform;

to conduct

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n. occasion; instance; situation; bag

v. to drag or to carry by force

n. money in the form of coins and bank notes

v. to pack; to crate; to box

n. bank deposits that are available on a short-term

basis; treasury bills

v. to exchange a check (or another money order)

for coins and bank notes; to redeem

v. to throw; to project; to form; to shape

v. to make an itemized list; to index; to classify

n. class; division; section; segment

n. throw; team of actors; squint (of the eye)

n. itemized list; index; directory

v. to arrange in groups; to classify; to sort; to

structure

n. business of supplying and servicing food

v. to provide; to supply (food, etc.); to care for

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n. reason; purpose; principle; factor; basis for a

v. to make happen; to bring about

legal case

n. notice; warning; caveat; carefulness;

premonition

v. to warn; to notify of danger

n. caution; warning; admonition; suspension of

proceedings (law)

adj. careful; wary; suspicious

v. to reinforce; to bind together; to strengthen a

connection

n. concrete; mortar; bonding agent; filling (for

teeth)

n. telephone exchange; operator; main bureau or

office

adj. main; principal; major

n. rite; ritual; formality

n. period of one hundred years

adv. of course; surely; doubtlessly; definitely;

absolutely

adj. sure; definite; particular; specific

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v. to confirm; to license; to authorize

n. official document; license; reference; attestation

n. group of stores, outlets, banks etc., under one

management

v. to confirm to be true; to authorize

n. difficult situation; something which tests one's

ability to handle difficult tasks

v. to tie down

n. replacement; alteration; shift; coins; money

received back after paying for goods

v. to dare; to invite to engage in a contest; to

stimulate; to test one's ability

adj. arbitrary; fickle; flexible

v. to alter; to replace; to become different

n. nature; disposition; attitude; figure; person;

statement of qualities

n. part of a book; phase; stage; local branch of an

organization

n. trait; feature; ability; distinguishing quality;

attribute

adj. typical; distinctive

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n. price; cargo; responsibility

v. to describe; to depict; to portray; to outline

v. to entrust; to order; to command; to supply with

power

n. graph; diagram

adj. opposite of expensive; inexpensive

v. to make a graph; to draw; to diagram

n. examination; money order; payment order;

restaurant bill

adv. inexpensively

n. professional cook; head cook in a restaurant of

hotel

v. to examine; to investigate; to inspect; to

scrutinize

n. written order directing a bank to pay a specific

amount of money

n. option; selection; variety

v. to select; to prefer; to pick; to make a choice

adj. select; fine; excellent

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v. to cut; to cut down; to cut into pieces; to mince

n. seal; trademark

n. ring-shaped geometric figure; round figure;

group; society

n. routine job; unpleasant task

adj. careful; cautious

v. to surround

v. to place in particular situations

n. condition; influencing factor; situation

v. to by-pass; to side-step; to evade

n. resident; native of a country

n. town; large urban area

n. quotation; official praise; summons to a court of

law

n. right to live in a country; condition of being a

member of a country

adj. pertaining to a city; pertaining to citizenship

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v. to make clear; to explain

n. lawsuit; request; right

n. paragraph; section in a document; part of a

contract

v. to arrange systematically; to structure; to group;

to sort; to make confidential

n. deletion; act of unmarking; removal of a mark

from a check box (Computers)

v. to clarify; to explain; to approve

adj. pure; obvious; easy to understand;

comprehensible

n. release; approval; washing

n. minor office worker; book-keeper; bureaucrat

adv. obviously; apparently; unmistakably

n. customer; buyer; computer that serves as a

terminal

v. to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or

bank business)

n. weather conditions; surrounding conditions;

atmosphere; setting

n. ascent

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v. to ascend; to up; to slope upward; to move

n. clamp; fastener; shred; segment of video

upward gradually

n. article cut from a newspaper

v. to measure time; to register on a time piece

v. to shut; to be shut; to finish; to complete

adv. nearby

v. to cut off; to curtail; to trim off

n. timepiece; device for telling time

n. end; conclusion; plug

adj. near; adjacent; careful

n. trainer; tutor; teacher; bus

n. pull; influence; power; weight

v. to train; to teach; to instruct; to guide; to

counsel

n. fuel made from carbon; cinder; ember

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n. cipher; collection of instructions of the law

n. alliance; union; agreement

n. awareness; perception

v. to cipher

adj. sticking together; forming a unit or union;

united; related to each other

adj. sticking together; consistent

n. metal money; piece of stamped metal currency

as opposed to paper bills)

v. to mint; to invent a new word or phrase

(

v. to work together; to cooperate

n. chance occurrence; unforeseen event

n. working together; cooperation

n. security deposit

v. to compare in a critical manner; to verify; to

collect; to compile

adj. of secondary importance; insignificant;

corresponding

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v. to gather; to garner; to assemble; to

accumulate; to take payments

n. fellow worker; cowoker

adj. having the receiver pay the charges (for a

phone call)

n. rare object

adj. payable; subject to or requiring payment

especially as specified

n. selection; choice; assortment; accumulation

v. to crash; to meet head on; to come together

with solid or direct impact

n. institution of higher education that grants

degrees; type of school; council

adj. conversational; not used in formal speaking

or writing; informal

n. joining; union; an ordered sequence

v. to unite; to join; to come together; to become

one

n. harvesting machine

v. to accompany someone; to appear; to advance;

to succeed

v. to happen upon; to find by chance; to discover;

to see

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v. to bring relief; to encourage; to console

n. relief; consolation; coziness

adj. consoling; encouraging; reassuring; brining

relief; heartening

adj. easy; relaxing; cosy; financially well to do

v. to rule; to control; to be in charge; to be in

authority

n. order; direction; control; domination;

headquarters

v. to make a remark; to explain; to write an

explanatory note

n. remark; note; statement; explanation

n. trade; business; transactions; exchange of

products/services and money

n. series of remarks; explanation (often written in

essay or book form)

adj. pertaining to business; pertaining to buying

and selling

n. television or radio advertisement

v. to contract; to empower; to authorize; to confer

n. percentage of profits earned by a salesperson

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n. obligation; promise

v. to perform; to do; to engage

n. merchandise; goods; item that is bought and

sold; something useful

adj. obligated; engaged; industrious; ambitious;

loyal

adj. shared; ordinary; mediocre; average; public

n. open public area in a city or town; park; square

v. to exchange; to replace; to convert; to travel

back and forth regularly (i.e. to work)

n. exchange of information or ideas; transfer;

passing along; letter; message

n. corporation; firm; ensemble; association with

another

n. person who travels back and forth between

home and work

n. contrast

adv. relatively

n. pointing out of similarities and differences;

similarity; likeness

v. to show how (people or things) are alike or

different; to consider to be similar

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n. piece of equipment which can be used with

v. to separate into sections; to partition

other machines without alternation

v. to force; to coerce; to influence; to impose; to

demand

adj. congruous

n. repayment; something done to make up for (a

loss, deficiency or fault)

v. to reward; to reimburse; to pay back; to make

up for

adj. adept; capable; suitably skilled; well qualified;

experienced

v. to contest; to contend against another; to

participate in a contest

n. rivalry; contest; act of competing against

another

adj. involving rivalry; tending to contest

n. rival; (i.e. Coca Cola and Pepsi); person who

participates in a contest

adj. content; self-satisfied; comfortable; smug

n. finding fault; act of expressing displeasure;

pleading entered by a plaintiff (Law)

v. to find fault; to express displeasure; to protest

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adj. whole; perfect; finished

v. to make whole; to finish; to perfect

n. compound; various objects that for m a unit

n. finishing; finalizing

v. to confuse; to make hard to understand; to

make difficult; to make complex

adj. obedient; submissive; obliging; yielding;

acquiescent

n. expression of admiration; word of praise for

someone

adj. confusing; hard to understand; difficult;

complex

n. ingredient; single piece which forms part of a

larger unit; part; constituent; element

v. to submit; to consent; to obey; to agree with

v. to create; to write; to relax; to calm oneself; to

settle

n. make-up; constitution; essay

v. to understand; to contain; to grasp; to absorb;

to perceive

n. serenity; self-control; calmness; coolness

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v. to include; to contain; to consist

adj. including a lot; large in scope; extensive

n. agreement; settling of a disagreement by

making mutual concessions

v. to establish an agreement; to settle a dispute

v. to hide; to keep secret; to cover up

v. to focus; to pay attention

v. to calculate; to figure; to estimate

v. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

n. plan; idea; thought; structure; system

v. to plan; to design; to imagine; to conceive; to

envision

v. to involve; to affect; to worry; to interest; to

relate to

n. worry; issue; problem; group of companies;

large corporation

v. to finish; to infer; to deduce; to make a decision

prep. about

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v. to invent; to create; to contrive; to think up

n. end; deduction; cognition; final decision

v. to solidify

n. cement; something tangible (idea, object, etc.)

adj. tangible; real; substantial; solid

n. situation; requirement; circumstance; stipulation

n. behavior; management

v. to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to

collaborate; to consent

v. to train; to accustom; to adapt; to stipulate; to

prepare

v. to behave; to manage; to carry out; to transmit

n. trust; certainty; faith in oneself; secret

adj. classified; secret; strictly private

n. meeting; seminar; convention

adj. certain; sure of oneself; composed

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n. formal approval; proof; verification; religious

v. to approve; to verify; to ascertain

ceremony

v. to embarrass; to mix up; to muddle up; to

bewilder; to startle

n. disorder; embarrassment; bewilderment

adj. identical; corresponding; in agreement;

harmonious

n. connection; link; uniting; joining

v. to imply; to suggest; to hint

v. to appeal; to summon; to invoke; to implore

adj. careful; wanting to do what is right

adj. aware; awake; attentive

adv. dutifully; with care; thoroughly

adv. knowingly; with awareness

adj. sequential; following one after another

n. awareness; cognition; ability to perceive

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n. person who is resistant to change; person who

favors traditional political parties

adv. as a result; therefore

adj. resisting change; desiring to preserve

traditions; cautious

n. marmalade; jam

v. to think over; to believe; to regard; to take into

account

v. to protect; to guard from harm

n. payment; thoughtfulness; respectfulness;

careful attention

prep. taking into account; in light of

v. to be composed of; to be made up of

adj. coherent; steadfast; firm

n. delivery; dispatch; conveyance

n. material coherence; firmness; persistence;

steadfastness

n. partnership; association

adv. regularly; persistently; steadily; stably

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adj. firm; faithful; persistent; unbending; adamant

n. number with a fixed value; factor

n. restriction; force; limitation; limit

v. to compel; to reinforce; to oblige; to coerce

n. building; structure; the industry of erecting

buildings

v. to interpret; to see; to perceive

n. advisor (adviser); counselor; coach; person

who gives professional advice

n. the practice of giving expert advice within a

particular field

n. buyer; client

v. to eat or drink; to use up; to destroy

n. link; connection; touch; interface

n. using up

v. to include; to hold back; to restrain; to keep

under control

v. to establish communication; to make a

connection; to link to; to connect with

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n. person living at about the same time as another

adj. modern; current

person

n. substance; component; all that is inside of

something

v. to satisfy; to please; to meet a request

n. competition

adj. satisfied; pleased

n. connection; overall situation; background

v. to fight for; to challenge; to appeal

n. stability; consistency; continuousness;

unbroken succession

v. to go on; to keep doing something; to last; to

perpetuate

n. agreement; pact; deal

adj. successive; uninterrupted; permanent

n. person or company that does a particular job or

assignment

v. to create a formal agreement; to bind legally; to

obtain

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adj. opposed

n. something which is opposite

v. to devise; to invent; to dream up; to design

often in a negative way)

adv. in opposition; against; counter

(

adj. ruling; supervising; regulating; managing;

restraining

n. rule; command; supervision; restraint

n. comfort; fitness or suitability for performing an

action

adj. comfortable; useful; serviceable

adj. customary; routine; formal

adj. well-versed; proficient; skilled

n. conference; routine; custom; treaty

v. to meet; to assemble to gather; to get together

v. to carry; to impart or to communicate by

statement, suggestion, gesture or appearance

n. talk; dialog; discussion; verbal exchange

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n. acknowledgment; strong persuasion or belief;

n. the act of transferring a property title from one

condemnation

person to another

n. a person who prepares food

v. to persuade; to influence; to prove

v. to prepare food by heating; to falsify account

records

n. collaboration; working together

v. to arrange in proper order

n. reference point; geographical location

adj. equal; equivalent; of equal rank or authority

n. duplicate; photostat

v. to manage in spite of difficulty; to struggle

successfully

v. to duplicate; to imitate

n. place where two surfaces meet; angle

adv. in a friendly manner; warmly

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v. to hold at bay; to gain advantage on the market;

abbr. large company; firm; business

to approach; to catch; to trap

v. to make right; to amend

adj. common; shared; collective

n. mutual connection (between two or more

things); similarity; parallel

adj. right; proper; exact; accurate

adj. spoiled; immoral; dishonest; perverted

v. to cause to be dishonest; to pervert; to spoil

n. dishonesty; immorality; irregularity;

unlawfulness; illegality

n. price; expense

n. assembly; board; group of people (gathered to

advise, plan, etc.)

v. to have a price; to require payment; to set a

price

n. advice; person who gives advice; attorney;

lawyer

v. to advise; to instruct; to coach; to advocate

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v. to oppose; to retaliate; to react; to strike back

n. bar; counting device

pref. against; opposed

adv. against; in contrast to

v. to act against; to oppose (with an equal weight,

force etc.)

n. equal weight or power acting in opposition

v. to connect; to join; to link

n. pair; group of two

n. messenger; company that delivers messages,

documents, parcels, etc.

n. printed form that entitles the holder to certain

rights such as in a discount

n. direction; series of lessons or training units;

layer; part of a meal

v. to hunt; to pursue; to run over; to race

v. to seek to please; to flatter; to seek to gain the

affections of someone

n. yard; formal reception; place where legal trials

take place

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n. politeness; good manners; cordiality; civility

adv. politely; respectfully; graciously

v. to encase; to review; to protect; to include; to

insure

n. insurance; shelter; casing; front; lid

n. trade; skill; occupation; boat; plane

adj. produced; made; manufactured

v. to pack in a box

n. survey; review; news reporting; insurance

v. to shape with skill

n. wooden box; old car; old plane

v. to produce; to design; to make; to manufacture

n. innovativeness; inventiveness

adj. inventive; innovative; artistic

adj. reliable; trustworthy; dependable

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v. to believe; to have faith in; to supply goods by

n. money (in a bank account); trust; confidence;

deferred payment

respect

n. person or organization that lends something;

lender; loaner; moneylender

n. the prospect that a bond issuer will fail to make

required debt payments

n. standard against which something is measured;

factor; discipline

n. group of people working together; team

v. to disapprove; to censure; to find fault

adj. judgmental; important; crucial; vital

n. harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip;

short haircut

v. to harvest; to cut short; to clip

v. to gather together; to group together; to press

in

n. public; large group of people; gathering

adj. very important; critical; decisive; vital

adj. full; packed; crammed together

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v. to sail; to move at a moderate speed; to travel;

to coast; to drive along slowly

n. traveling on a ship; sea voyage; sailing

n. style of cooking; national food

n. heart of the matter; main point

v. to restore to health; to make well; to correct a

bad habit; to preserve food

n. method or course that restores health;

prescribed treatment for an illness

n. national money of a country; circulation;

custom; prevalence

adj. inquisitive; desiring to know and understand;

odd; strange; rare

n. flow (of water, electricity, etc.); process;

tendency; direction

adj. recent; common; prevalent; present; popular

adv. briefly; bluntly; rudely

adj. brief; blunt; rude

v. to reduce; to protect; to soften; to upholster

n. pillow; soft padded object

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n. client; buyer; person who buys a product or

n. habit; tradition; convention

service

n. government department responsible for

collecting taxes on imports

v. to make or to fit according to individual needs

or desires; to personalize; to individualize

n. series (of stories, articles, reports etc.);

recurring period of time

n. reduction; curtailing; decrease

n. newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a

week

v. to ride a bike

n. injury; harm

adj. occurring on a regular basis

v. to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

n. hyphen; drop; pinch; rush; sprint

n. risk; peril; hazard

v. to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter;

to hurl; to cast

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n. time when a project; assignment; task or job

n. day, month and year according to the calendar;

must be completed or turned in

interview; meeting

v. to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to

sell; to trade

n. agreement; business transaction; exchange;

amount

n. manner of doing business; behavior;

distribution; giving out

n. supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales

representative

v. to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

n. argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

n. rubble; ruins; wreckage; fragments

n. opening of a show; first public appearance

n. ten years; group of tens

n. obligation; something owed (i.e. money)

v. to perform for the first time; to make one's

premiere performance

v. to choose; to select from several options; to

conclude; to resolve

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n. determination; resolution; ruling (especially in

n. statement; proclamation; announcement

court)

v. to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full

statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)

n. downward; descent; slope; ebb

n. decline; reduction; lessening

v. to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

v. to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe (a

book, poem, song, story, etc.) to someone

v. to reduce; to lessen; to decline

n. a legal document that temporarily transfers a

property from one individual to another

n. setting apart; devotion; inscription (in a book,

poem, etc.)

v. to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to

fail to appear in court

n. failure to perform a duty; option on a computer

which is automatically selected

v. to desert; to abandon; to change sides

n. deficiency; flaw

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n. protection; security; rampart; shield

v. to protect; to secure; to vindicate

n. explanation; meaning; interpretation (as of a

word or term)

v. to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

n. postponement; hindrance; hold-up; stopping;

lingering

n. rank; extent; university certificate

n. representative; deputy; agent; participant of a

conference, convention, seminar etc.

v. to postpone; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly;

to loiter

v. to authorize; to appoint as representative; to

pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else

v. to remove totally; to erase; to eliminate

adj. tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell

n. distribution; liberation; transference

adv. intentionally; purposefully; methodically

v. to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to

express

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v. to claim; to require; to request strongly

n. claim; requirement; strong request

n. study of the statistical characteristics of a

population

n. behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance

v. to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove

n. exhibition; explanation; showing

v. to present; to show or illustrate something

through example, or physical demonstrations

n. refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to

recognize

adj. compact; having a high mass per unit volume;

close

n. shared characteristic; common feature

v. to say that something is not true; to refuse; to

renounce

n. compactness; closeness

v. to leave; to go away; to go in a different

direction; to die

n. division of a company; section; area

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adj. arranged in divisions; divisional; concerning

n. leaving; going away; opposite of arrival

an office

n. one who relies on another especially for

financial support

v. to rely on; to trust; to be supported by

v. to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to

portray; to elucidate

adj. relying on; needing (the help or support of

another person); conditional; contingent

n. sum of money that has been put in a bank for

safekeeping; partial payment; pledge

v. to speak out; to move into a position of

readiness and availability

n. transferal of ownership from government to

private hands; privatization

v. to put a sum of money in a bank for

safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down

v. to illustrate; to explain; to characterize; to

elucidate

n. explanation; illustration; instruction

n. plan; sketch; model; layout; structure

v. to be worthy of; to have a right to

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v. to create; to conceive; to produce; to

conceptualize

n. office table

n. place where one is going; the purpose for

which something is destined

prep. notwithstanding

n. ruin; desolation; annihilation

v. to demolish; to ruin; to destruct; to erase

v. to list; to describe; to specify; to assign

v. to discover; to discern; to find out

v. to build; to create; to design; to grow

n. item; piece of information; part of a whole

adj. itemized; marked by thoroughness in treating

small items or parts

v. to decide; to define; to conclude; to cause; to

affect

n. evolvement; gradual growth; evolution;

maturation; progression

n. person who creates something; chemical

substance used in photography

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v. to plan; to invent; to design

n. apparatus; appliance; gadget; trick; scheme

v. to press buttons; to place a phone call by

pressing buttons

n. rotatable disk on a telephone

n. written account of daily events and

occurrences; journal; daily calendar; log book;

blog

n. ruling principle; command; decree

n. nourishment; nutrition; food and drink; regimen;

weight loss plan

v. to say something aloud for someone to write

down; to command; to order; to impose

v. to limit the amount of food eaten; to eat only

certain kinds of food

n. nutritionist; expert on nutrition

n. distinction; unusual quality; disagreement;

remainder

adj. not the same; unusual; distinctive

n. problem; challenge; hardship; trouble

adj. hard; troublesome; complicated; complex

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n. respected position; honor; nobility

adj. using numbers; with numbers

v. to guide; to lead; to instruct; to manage; to

supervise

adj. ambitious; industrious; hard-working

adv. clearly; in a straightforward manner

adv. clearly; straight; frankly; immediately; soon

n. boss; supervisor; manager; head

v. to have different opinions; to differ

n. garbage; refuse; scrap

adj. straight; forthright; clear

n. guidance; supervision; conducting;

management

conj. immediately following; the moment that; as

soon as

n. guidebook; library; catalog

v. to go out of sight; to become extinct; to cease

to exist; to vanish

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v. to distinguish; to perceive; to recognize; to

v. to throw away; to get rid of

discriminate

v. to deny connection with; to renounce; to

repudiate; to disavow

n. training

n. statement which denies responsibility or

affiliation; repudiation; denial

n. price reduction; rebate

v. to cause to lose heart; to deter; to dissuade; to

show disapproval of; to derail

v. to reduce the price of; to mark down; to ignore

n. derailment; feeling of despair in the face of

obstacles

adj. deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded

from

v. to find out; to come across; to get information

about something

adj. separate; individual; discontinuous

v. to talk about; to debate; to converse

n. caution; wisdom; careful judgment

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n. sickness; illness

n. debate; conversation; talk; dispute; argument

v. to go ashore from a boat; to leave a plane or

vehicle; to land

n. flat circular object

v. to extricate; to remove; to evict; to oust; to

expel

adj. gloomy; cheerless; bad; depressing; sad

adj. markedly different; contrasting

v. to send away; to fire; to release; to free

v. to send off quickly; to dismiss; to conclude with

speed and efficiency; to eliminate

n. sending off; shipment; message;

communication; promptness

v. to do without; to give up; to distribute; to give

out; to hand out

n. expenditure; pardon

v. to put out for others to see; to show; to exhibit;

to reveal

n. presentation; show; screen; monitor; exposure;

exhibition

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v. to control; to arrange; to put in order

n. getting rid of; arranging

n. character; nature; trait; arrangement;

placement

n. quarrel; disagreement; argument

v. to upset; to disturb; to divide

adj. special; unique; different

v. to argue; to debate; to contest; to oppose; to

fight against

v. to scatter; to spread out; to be scattered

v. to disturb; to confuse; to worry; to divert; to

amuse

v. to mark as different; to see as different; to

discern; to recognize

n. person, company or organization that markets

a commodity, product or service; wholesaler;

dealer

v. to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry

n. process of becoming varied; sale of a variety of

products and services

adj. different; varied

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v. to make different; to invest one's assets in

n. variety; difference; unlikeness

various securities

n. separation; ridge between drainage areas;

watershed

v. to distract; to entertain; to turn in a different

direction; to deflect

n. partitioning; department; faculty; ranking; level

according to difficulty

v. to separate into parts; to part; to share; to

apportion

v. to provide medical treatment; to fix; to repair; to

mend

n. person who is licensed to practice medicine

(i.e. physician, surgeon etc.)

v. to record for evidence; to write down; to

substantiate

n. certificate; written file

n. a situation in which the imports of a country

from the USA are larger than their exports to the

USA

n. collection of written records; use of written

records as evidence

adj. pertaining to home; pertaining to family; tame

n. housemaid; servant; housekeeper

(about an animal)

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v. to give; to contribute; to grant; to bestow

v. to control; to rule; to command

n. spot; speck; part (the point) in an Internet web

address

n. gift; contribution

adj. spotted; speckled; composed of a series of

small dashes (about a line)

v. to stud; to constellate

v. to be uncertain; to have misgivings

n. misgiving; lack of certainty

v. to reduce the size of; to make smaller; to cut

the number of employees

v. to copy files from a distant computer onto

another computer through an Internet connection

n. bringing something down to a smaller scale;

lowering expenses

adj. of a smaller version or dimension

adj. pertaining to the commercial center of a city

n. commercial center of a city; business distract

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n. negative tendency (especially in economy or

adv. into the city center; into the the town

business)

adv. towards a lower place, position or section

adj. descending

v. to make an outline; to draw up in written form;

to conscript; to draw out and separate

n. rough outline; sketch; written order for

payment; conscription

adv. intensely; in an extreme manner; severely

adj. extreme; intense; severe

v. to attract; to pull; to sketch; to depict with lines;

to conclude

n. attraction; lottery; contest which ends in a tie;

natural channel; gully

n. practice; training; furrow; seeding machine; row

of seeds in a furrow

n. formally or socially imposed standards of attire

n. trip in a vehicle; type of computer hardware;

combined effort to accomplish a goal (i.e. fund

raiser)

v. to bore a hole; to practice; to train; to sow

seeds in rows

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n. chauffeur; program which enables an operating

v. to travel in a car; to transport in a vehicle; to

system to communicate with a particular device

compel

v. to fall; to make fall; to bring down; to go down;

to omit; to abandon

n. small globule of liquid; drip; very small amount;

pendant

adj. owed; payable; right; fitting; suitable;

adequate

n. something which legally or rightfully belongs to

an individual; payment; fee

v. to copy; to replicate; to photocopy

n. copy; photocopy; exact replica; reproduction

adj. sturdy; long lasting

adj. double; identical; matching

n. intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion

n. period of time that something continues

n. obligation; responsibility; assignment; customs

tax

prep. while; throughout

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adj. strongly desiring; keen; fervently interested

adj. forceful; energetic; vigorous; spirited; alive

v. to receive as a result of work or other service

performed; to profit; to be eligible; to be worthy

n. seriousness; industriousness

n. money gained; salary; revenue; profit; income

adj. serious; sober; sincere; fervent; eager

adv. comfortably; without great difficulty or effort

adj. mild; slight; comfortable; simple

n. management of resources (i.e. money, goods,

etc.); thrift; careful spending

v. to save; to cut back; to be thrifty; to be frugal

v. to sharpen; to provide with a border; to advance

gradually or furtively

n. line at which a surface ends; thin sharp side of

a blade; excitement

v. to revise; to alter; to make changes and

corrections prior to printing

adj. at or constituting a place where two surfaces

meet

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n. learning; instruction; imparting of knowledge;

n. person or organization that prepares printed

upbringing

matter for publication

v. to accomplish; to put into action; to execute; to

do

n. result; outcome; impact; trick; natural

phenomenon

adj. done without waste (of time, resources, etc.)

adj. productive; in operation; impressive; striking

adj. overflowing; unreserved; unrestrained;

exuberant

n. physical or mental exertion; labor; attempt;

organized operation

adv. also; too; as well

adj. one of two

v. to provide additional details; to plan carefully

and with great detail; to produce; to develop

conj. precedes two or more coordinate words or

phrases

n. painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of

extra details; act of improving; production

adj. detailed; complicated; carefully planned;

worked out in great detail

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adj. chosen for office but net yet formally installed

v. to choose; to vote for; to prefer; to decide

n. choosing; time when people vote for a political

candidate

n. person who installs or maintains wiring systems

n. main component; something which is a part of

a complex whole

adj. simple; basic

n. height of something; altitude above sea or

ground level; raising; lifting up; grandeur

adj. basic; fundamental

n. lift; mechanical apparatus for moving people or

items from floor to floor within a building

v. to extract from; to bring out; to draw out

adj. suitable; worthy of; qualified; entitled to;

allowed

v. to remove; to get rid of

v. to avoid; to escape; to shrink

v. to explain; to clarify; to describe; to depict

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n. hug; act of wrapping one's arms around

v. to go on board a ship; to put on board a ship; to

begin; to become involved in an enterprise

another person or thing

v. to appear; to come out; to be revealed

v. to accept; to belief; to hug; to hold tight

adj. in the event of sudden need

n. sudden need demanding immediate action

n. importance that is attached to something;

n. entering into the feelings of another; sympathy;

vicarious emotion; understanding

accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

v. to hire as a worker; to activate; to operate; to

use

v. to stress; to show the importance of

n. boss; person or company that hires people to

do work

n. worker; person who works for a company or an

individual

n. container devoid of contents

n. work; occupation; keeping busy

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adj. containing nothing; without people; without

v. to remove the contents of

contents; hollow; meaningless

v. to surround; to confine; to close in; to place an

additional document or letter within another

v. to imitate; to try to equal or excel; to take after;

to copy

n. confinement; additional document or letter

placed within another

n. chance meeting

v. to meet by chance; to face; to meet with

v. to support; to inspire; to give hope

n. signature on a money order such as a check

v. to keep busy; to occupy; to employ; to commit

(difficulties, hardships, etc.)

v. to advance beyond proper limits; to infringe

v. to put up with something or somebody

unpleasant

n. machine which supplies force and motion;

motor; truck; part of a program which handles

certain types of date

n. commitment; obligation; period of employment

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n. person who designs and plans (machinery,

v. to design; to plan (i.e. machinery, roads, etc.)

roads, etc.)

v. to increase; to intensify; to improve; to raise the

value of

v. to become bigger; to expand

v. to instruct; to provide with intellectual or

spiritual understanding

n. expansion; increase in size; magnification

n. state of intellectual or spiritual awareness

n. adequate amount; sufficient degree

adv. quite; sufficiently; fairly

v. to draft into military service; to voluntarily join a

cause

adj. sufficient; adequate

v. to improve; to make better

v. to register; to sign up; to join up; to enter one's

name on a list

n. enhancement; refinement; improvement

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v. to go into; to join; to record; to inscribe

v. to make certain; to guarantee; to make secure

n. company; firm; undertaking; business;

endeavor

v. to interest; to amuse; to host

n. something interesting or amusing; fun;

hospitality

n. host; performer; comedian

n. excitement; great interest

v. to express excitement; to motivate

adj. excited; passionate; ardent; fervent

adv. totally; completely; absolutely

adj. whole; including every part; complete; full

v. to give a heading or name to (i.e. a book,

painting, etc.); to grant a right; to claim something

n. way into a building or other structure; gate;

doorway

adj. allowed; eligible; having the right to

something

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v. to give to for safekeeping; to empower

v. to hypnotize; to enthrall

someone with a responsibility or duty

n. surroundings; conditions in which someone or

something lives

n. opening; record; information or item in a book,

dictionary, catalog, list, directory, etc.

v. to imagine to oneself; to picture; to visualize

adj. pertaining to the world and nature around us

n. event; occurrence; one of a group of loosely

connected stories

n. person or thing that is the same

v. to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be

similar to

adj. same; identical; able; capable

v. to provide with the required supplies, tools and

items

n. sameness; uniformity

n. supplies; necessary items; tools, instruments or

other objects for completing a task

n. honesty; fairness; justice

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adj. same in worth or value; same in importance;

n. something that is the same of the same level

corresponding

n. rubbing out; deletion; eradication

v. to rub off; to remove totally; to delete

adv. particularly

n. mistake; something that is incorrect

adj. necessary; needed; fundamental; crucial;

very important

n. inherent nature of something; central or

outstanding characteristic

n. anything that is set up; institution (i.e. business,

church, authority, government, etc.)

v. to set up; to found; to base; to build

n. extensive piece of land usually with a large

house on it; person's property; wealth;

possessions

n. admiration; respect

n. judgment of an object's worth; appraisal;

opinion; judgment

v. to respect; to honor; to admire; to value

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v. to judge an object's value; to appraise; to

abbr. Latin for and so on; and so forth

assess; to guess

v. to avoid; to run away; to shrink

n. appraisal; estimation; assessment

v. to make level; to smooth; to balance

adv. and so on; and so forth

v. to appraise; to judge the worth or quality; to

assess; to gauge

adj. avoiding; tending to shrink; elusive

n. occurrence; happening; contest; campaign;

promotion

adj. smooth; straight; level; parallel; equal;

consistent

v. to expel a tenant by legal process; to turn out

adj. final; occurring as a result

v. to offer proof; to prove; to show to be true

n. proof; something which proves or disproves

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v. to arouse; to bring out; to summon; to wake

adj. clear; obvious; apparent

adj. precise; meticulous; extremely accurate

n. test; quiz; investigation; inquiry

n. person who gives a test

v. to demand; to require; to insist upon; to force

v. to overstate; to make something seem greater

or more important than it really is

n. person who is tested; candidate

n. model; pattern; something which serves as an

illustration

v. to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo

adj. superior; extraordinary; outstanding

prep. but; besides

v. to be talented; to do very well; to surpass; to do

better than

v. to exclude; to leave out; to skip; to protest; to

object

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n. something that is out of the ordinary; anomaly;

conj. but; only

objection; opposition

v. to give one thing in return for another; to

n. conversion; stock market; trade; barter;

conversation

replace one thing with another; to trade; to barter

v. to leave out; to keep out; to prevent from

happening or being; to reject

v. to stir up; to arouse feelings; to provoke; to

stimulate

n. news story publicized in only a newspaper or

television/radio station

n. prevention; rejection; leaving out; keeping out;

shutting out

adj. in a manner which shuts out all others; solely;

in a limited manner

adj. sole; limited to a selected few; incompatible;

fashionable; unique

n. manager; person or group of persons having

administrative authority within an organization

v. to perform; to carry out; to put into practice

adj. administrative; operational; having the power

to execute laws and policy

v. to exercise; to use; to make an effort

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n. something presented as evidence in a court of

n. putting to use; putting into action; effort;

law; display; show

struggle; strain

n. display; show; public presentation of work or

skills; trade fair

v. to show; to display; to demonstrate; to present

n. living; state of being; life

v. to live; to be

v. to leave; to go out

n. passage that leads out

v. to grow larger; to broaden; to increase; to

enlarge; to add to

n. enlargement; increase; spread; development

n. hope; anticipation; assumption

v. to assume; to anticipate; to hope

v. to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to

dispatch

n. anticipation; longing or waiting for; hope

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n. spending; disbursement; outlay (especially

v. eject; drive out; banish

financial)

adj. costly; precious; opposite of cheap

n. cost; price; payment

n. knowledge obtained by doing; something that

one has lived through

v. to try; to live through; to feel; to endure

v. to attempt to discover or test something; to try;

to venture; to research

n. attempt to discover or test something; trial;

research

adj. skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated;

very experienced

n. person skilled in a particular area; specialist

n. proficiency; skill; specialist knowledge and

information

n. termination; end

v. to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to

describe; to define

v. to come to an end; to finish; to terminate

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v. to travel to unknown regions; to investigate; to

n. interpretation; something that clarifies;

examine; to research

description; definition

n. researcher; investigator; software program for

file management

n. shipping of goods to other countries

v. to ship; to send abroad; to sell goods and

products overseas

v. to reveal; to uncover; to disclose; to abandon

n. system for prompt transportation of people or

parcels; dispatch conveyed by special messenger

n. denouncement; revealing; photograph;

abandoning; placement

v. to declare; to say; to send quickly; to squeeze;

to extract

adj. clear; exact; precise; quick

v. to stretch; to enlarge; to lengthen; to reach out

n. putting into words; phrase; word; manifestation

n. expansion; branch of a telephone network;

supplement; reprieve

adj. spreading over a large area; comprehensive

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n. substance obtained from a plant; essence; text

n. scope; range; scale; size; measure; degree

paragraph; passage

v. to hand over to another nation or judicial

authority

v. to remove; to take out; to squeeze; to press; to

elicit

n. textile; weave; structure; framework;

construction

adj. unusual

v. to make easy; to assist; to forward; to promote;

to expedite

n. person or thing which promotes; expeditor

n. cause; agent; broker; financier; money lender

v. to wither; to die out; to bleach; to disappear

n. device; tool; convenience; talent; ability;

building

n. plant; any location which mass-produces one

type of product

n. inability to succeed; lack of success; lack;

bankruptcy; downfall

v. to be unsuccessful; to not do; to disappoint; to

go bankrupt; to be used up

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adj. just; reasonable; handsome; light colored;

n. festival; exhibition; show; market; bazaar

clean; clear

n. belief in a particular thing or person; religion;

trust; confidence; loyalty

adv. justly; equitably; directly; completely; really

adj. not true; counterfeit; deceitful; wrong;

artificial; not faithful

v. to separate; to be separated; to decrease; to

become smaller

v. to hesitate; to stumble; to sway; to totter; to be

unstable

n. notoriety; renown; good reputation

adj. ordinary; skilled; close; intimate; well-known

n. good friend; acquaintance

v. to cause to be acquainted; to accustom; to

make something well known; to publicize

adj. well-known; excellent; wonderful

v. to travel; to go; to journey; to happen; to eat

and drink

n. cost for traveling (on a bus, train, etc.)

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adj. positive; approving; likable; helpful;

encouraging; desirable

adj. preferred; beloved; liked

n. device for electronically transmitting written

material; electronically transmitted document

v. to transmit document electronically

v. to be frightened; to be concerned; to be afraid

of; to have respect for

n. fright; horror; concern; terror

adj. able to be carried out; achievable; possible;

likely

n. capability of being carried out; capability of

being achieved; likelihood; probability

v. to characterize; to depict; to describe; to

present; to emphasize

n. characteristic; function; capability (of a product,

machine, device, software etc.)

n. toll; payment for services rendered; cost of

admission; commission; feudal estate

v. to pay to; to hire; to employ

n. meal; nourishment; material supplied; act of

inserting into a machine (especially of putting

paper into a printer)

v. to supply; to support; to send; to move into a

machine

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n. friend; member of an academic organization;

n. response; critique; information about the results

suitor

of a certain procedure or performance

n. railing; hedge; ability to argue; person who sells

stolen goods

adj. having membership in; belonging to (a group,

academic organization, etc.); of the same type

v. to protect; to guard; to evade a question; to

respond in a vague manner

n. boat for crossing a body of water; shuttle

v. to impregnate; to inseminate; to enrich the soil

by the addition of organic or chemical substances

v. to convey passengers or cargo by boat across

a small body of water

n. organic or chemical substance added to soil to

enrich it (i.e. manure)

v. to go after and bring back; to pick up; to charm

adj. little; not many; some

n. not many; some; several; small number of

v. to answer adequately or successfully

n. area; domain; range; piece of land; surface

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v. to calculate; to think; to assume; to portray; to

n. number; image; character; price; human shape;

depict; to express verbally

symbol

v. to arrange papers methodically for preservation

and reference; to submit in a formal way

n. dossier; collection of documents on a subject;

tool for smoothing surfaces; line; queue

v. to insert written information into the gaps on a

form

n. end; conclusion; last edition of a newspaper

adj. at the end; last; ultimate; decisive; conclusive;

definitive

v. to end; to sum up; to complete; to conclude

v. to raise money for; to provide with funds; to

fund; to pay for

n. money management (including investment,

banking etc.); science of money management

v. to impose a tax upon; to purify; to make thin or

thinner; to reduce; to clarify

n. monetary penalty; punishment which involves

the payment of specified sum of money

adj. delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality;

excellent

adv. very well; excellent

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v. to terminate; to end; to destroy; to defeat; to

n. end; completion; conclusion; polish; something

complete

which completes or perfects

v. to solidify; to become solid; to stabilize; to

become stable

n. company; commercial business; corporation

adv. sturdily; steadily; assertively; in a determined

manner

adj. strong; solid; stable; fixed; immovable;

determined

n. embarrassing situation; predicament; location;

position (i.e. of a ship or individual)

adj. of public funds; of or pertaining to money

matters

n. something which is permanently or securely

attached; set date for a sporting event

v. to determine; to stabilize; to arrange; to repair;

to prepare

v. to fail after starting well; to make a hissing

noise which gradually fades into silence

n. failure; fiasco; sputtering which gradually fades

into silence

n. banknote printed by a government as legal

tender which is not redeemable and which lacks

economic value

n. defect; imperfection; crack; strong gust or wind

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v. to crack; to become defective; to become

adj. defective; imperfect; cracked

cracked

n. group of ships, cars, trucks or other vehicles

adj. perfect; impeccable

adj. swift; fast

v. to move quickly; to pass quickly

n. elasticity; ability to adapt to new circumstances;

pliability

adj. elastic; easily bent; adroit; adept; pliable

n. flat surface at the bottom of the room on which

you walk; story; level of a building

n. flying; aviation; trip on an airplane; escape

v. to knock down; to astound; to shock

v. to vacillate; to waver; to vary; to change

n. owner of a flower shop; person who makes

flower arrangements

n. vacillation; instability; wavering; inconstancy;

change

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adj. articulate; eloquent; able to read and write

n. ability to speak and write easily; eloquence;

articulateness; gracefulness

with ease; graceful; flowing

v. to make clear; to concentrate

n. center; hub; concentration

n. bend; crease; depression in the ground; hollow

between two hills; yard

v. to bend; to crease; to wrap; to envelop; to clasp

n. nourishment; substance which provides the

body with nutrients; sustenance

n. dossier for storing papers; directory

n. prediction of a future event or condition (i.e.

development of the economy)

v. to predict a future event or condition; to foretell

n. person who foretells future events; weatherman

adv. first in place or rank; primary; leading; main

adj. predicted; expected; anticipated

adj. strange; unfamiliar; from or of another place;

pertaining to dealings with another country

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n. shape; image; framework; document with blank

v. to predict; to prophesy; to foretell

spaces to be filled in; fitness; type

n. occasion which requires fancy dress (dance,

ball, etc.); evening gown

v. to shape; to create; to design; to arrange; to be

created

n. structure; pattern; design; organization; pattern

of data organization

adj. ceremonious; conventional; according to

custom; stiff; strict; symmetrical

adj. arranged in a particular way; prepared for

reading and writing

v. to design the appearance of; to arrange; to

prepare a diskette or hard disk for use

n. set way of saying or doing something; principle;

pattern

v. to devise; to conceive; to develop; to plan

n. luck; wealth; chance; success; riches

adj. lucky; successful; opportune

v. to send; to convey; to transmit; to promote; to

advance

n. player positioned at the front of the offensive

line (Sports)

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adj. advanced; ahead; ready; brash; of the future;

adv. ahead; to the front

progressive

v. to encourage; to nurture; to promote; to raise;

to care for

adj. entrusted to the care

v. to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to

start a company

adj. discovered

n. establisher; organization or channel; person

who gives authorization to operate a channel

n. base; fundament; substructure; establishing;

institution

n. product of the division of one number by

another; part of a whole; segment; fragment;

quotient

v. to fill with water and sink; to fall; to fail; to

stumble; to cause to sink

v. to contrive false evidence against; to set up; to

construct; to build; to fashion; to formulate

n. casing; skeleton; structure; body structure;

mood

n. license to market a company's goods or

services; business which has been granted a

license

n. support; skeleton; structure; system

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v. to grant a license to an individual or group; to

n. person who has the right to grant a license

grant the right to vote

n. mark or signature which allows a letter or

package to be sent free of charge

v. to deliver without charge

n. swindle; deceit; cheating; forgery;

embezzlement

adj. honest; sincere; straightforward; open; candid

adj. full of or accompanied by; charged with; laden

with

adj. guilty; dishonest

n. cargo or goods that are shipped for a fee;

shipping cost; transportation; conveyance;

shipment

v. to load with goods; to load; to weigh down; to

send as cargo

n. quality of occurring regularly; rate at which a

function reoccurs

v. to go regularly to (a certain place); to patronize

adv. regularly; often

adj. happening often; regular; common; usual

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n. substance burned to create energy (petrol,

adj. energetic; full of life; playful; lively

gasoline, gas, wood, coal, etc.)

adj. filled with petrol, gas or another substance

that produces energy

v. to provide with a combustible substance that

provides energy

n. realization; performance; completion;

gratification; satisfaction

v. to realize; to make a reality; to accomplish; to

complete; to execute

v. to work; to act; to operate; to perform

n. duty; role; purpose; feature; convention

v. to finance; to supply with money; to allocate

financial sums; to extend a short-term obligation

n. amount of money set aside for a specific

purpose; supply

adj. basic; elemental; essential

n. principle; basis; essential

n. device with a wide opening at the top which

narrows as it reaches the bottom

v. to channel; to centralize

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n. movable articles for use in a home or office (i.e.

chairs, desks, cabinets, closets, etc.)

adj. channeled; centralized

adj. more distant; additional

v. to advance; to encourage; to promote; to assist

adj. exacting; choosy; ornate; nagging; annoying

adv. to a greater distance; more; in addition

abbr. total goods and services produced by nation

during one year excluding payments on foreign

investments

abbr. total value of goods and services produced

by a country in a given period (generally one year)

v. to acquire; to earn; to purchase; to obtain; to

profit

n. profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit;

advantage

n. something that is discarded; rubbish; trash;

junk; waste

n. opening; breach; hiatus; space; great

difference; disparity

n. place where grain is stored; granary;

storehouse; collection; store

n. piece of clothing; outer covering

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n. flammable liquid mixture derived from

v. to collect; to gather; to accumulate; to store; to

petroleum (used as fuel, etc.)

place in reserve

n. portion of a wall or fence that opens and

closes; any barrier which opens and closes;

entrance; entryway

n. drawing together; fold; pucker

n. assembly; meeting; convention; cluster;

collection

v. to assemble; to collect; to accumulate; to

conclude; to deduce

v. to measure; to evaluate; to determine; to

estimate

n. standard of measure; device for measuring

(pressure, amount, distance, etc.)

adj. inclusive; of all things

n. high ranking military officer

n. production; creating; group of people born

around the same time

v. to create; to produce; to bring into being

adj. benevolent; giving; unselfish; abundant;

plentiful

adj. original; real; true; natural; honest; sincere

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v. to receive; to obtain; to purchase; to bring; to

adj. pertinent; relevant; connected

persuade

v. to continue

v. to enter

v. to finish; to complete

v. to recover

adj. talented; skilled; having great natural ability

n. present; talent; offering

v. to surrender; to quit; to stop doing

n. ball; sphere; planet Earth; world

adj. shiny; polished; smooth

adj. worldwide; universal; of the whole world

n. list of terms and definitions (usually at the end

of a book); dictionary of technical or specific terms

n. protecting covering for the hand; padded

covering for the hand

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v. to comply; to conform; to follow; to agree

v. to try to get; to attempt to get

n. target; aim; purpose; objective; destination

v. to experience; to endure

adj. excellent; pleasant; valid; competent; skilled;

positive

n. product; item; asset; benefit

n. ruling of a country or area; political control;

authority

adv. nice; excellent; of high quality

v. to give a mark to; to classify; to make level; to

evaluate; to assess

n. mark; level; degree; rank; type; extend; class

(in a school)

n. person who has completed a course of study

and received a degree or diploma

adv. progressively

adj. having a degree or diploma; concerning

studies beyond a bachelor's degree

v. to complete a course of study and receive a

degree or diploma

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v. to crumble into granules

n. cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave

v. to agree; to give; to bestow; to answer to; to

donate

n. award; gift; present; contribution; donation

v. to represent by chart; to draw a curve

representing a given function

n. diagram; chart

v. to seize; to grip; to comprehend; to understand;

to realize

n. hold; understanding; knowledge; realization

adj. thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks

n. tip; bonus; recompense

n. thankfulness; appreciation

adj. large; important; huge; immense; wonderful;

exciting

n. small rough granules or particles (i.e. sand);

bravery; pluck; endurance

n. structure built mainly of glass in which plants

are cultivated out of season

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v. to grind the teeth together; to abrade; to grind;

n. person who owns and operates a food store

to make a harsh grinding noise

n. store which sells food and other household

goods

n. foods and other goods sold at a small

supermarket or store

v. to tend carefully; to take care of; to make clean

and tidy; to prepare for

n. process of making neat and attractive

v. to make or earn a total of (before taxes and

other expenses)

n. 12 dozen; 144

v. to become larger; to cultivate; to be changed; to

turn into

adj. inclusive; complete; total; general; without

deductions

n. security; warranty; pledge; assurance

n. development; progress

v. to vouch for; to give a warranty; to assure; to

promise

n. conjecture; supposition; hypothesis

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n. instructor; director; escort; leader; manual;

v. to suppose; to hypothesize; to conjecture

handbook

n. instructions; manual; handbook; indication of

acceptable conduct or procedure

v. to direct; to lead; to instruct

n. state of having committed a crime or offense;

culpability; feeling of having done something

wrong

adj. deserving of punishment; responsible

abbr. manpower; personnel; human work force;

human labor; staff

n. building for indoor sports and exercise; fitness

center

n. custom; something that one is used to doing;

part of a routine; behavior pattern

n. identifying characteristic

v. to stop; to cause to stop; to pause; to hesitate;

to be uncertain

n. temporary stop; standstill; break or pause in a

march or journey

n. part of an object designed to be gripped by the

hand; fist name; nickname; code name; title

n. manual; guide; guideline; document containing

instructions

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v. to manage; to process; to deal in; to do

n. care; treatment; procedure; system; touch

business with; to treat

adv. strenuously; with great effort; to the full

extent; intently; to the extreme limit

adj. difficult; complicated; rigid; stiff

v. to agree; to reconcile; to be in concert with

adj. injurious; causing damage

n. straps and other parts by which a draft animal

is attached to a vehicle

n. unity; agreement; accord; pleasing balance;

symmetry

n. reaping; gathering in of crops; outcome;

product

v. to use; to apply; to employ; to control; to

channel

v. to reap; to gather in ripe crops; to catch; to

gather

n. danger; risk; game of chance

adj. dangerous; risky; perilous

v. to endanger; to imperil; to dare; to venture

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v. to treat someone new in a humiliating manner;

n. fog; mist; obscurity; vagueness

to harass; to humiliate

v. to lead; to be in charge; to direct; to be at the

front; to go in a certain direction

n. mind; understanding; leader; person in

authority; top

v. to set up a center of operations; to be set up in

a center of operations

adj. chief; leading; main; principal

n. main office; central office of a company; center

of operation

n. progress; advance

n. physical or mental well-being; freedom from

disease

adj. well; not sick; fit; sound

n. folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of

a garment

n. aircraft which flies by means of horizontally

rotating blades

v. to waver; to be uncertain; to vacillate; to falter;

to be indecisive

v. to surround; to enclose; to hesitate; to falter in

speaking

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adj. concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior

n. pausing; stammering; faltering

v. to conceal; to cover up; to keep secret; to place

out of sight

n. wages; rent; rental; charge; fee

n. stroke; blow; collision; success; popular event

or production

v. to lease; to rent; to employ

adj. confined usually by illness

v. to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide

n. truthfulness; sincerity; integrity; frankness

adj. truthful; candid; frank

v. to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise;

to accept

n. esteem; respect; integrity; honesty; award;

privilege

n. location where sick and injured people receive

medical treatment

adj. terrible; awful; disgusting

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v. to act as master of ceremonies; to receive

n. person who receives guests; large number;

multitude (of people or things)

guests into one's home; to give a party

n. building used for a particular purpose;

business; audience; legislative body

adj. continual

v. to accommodate someone; to stay; to reside; to

dwell; to store; to shelter

adj. pertaining to accommodations; domesticated

adv. in any event; anyway

n. lodging; dwelling

abbr. period of 60 minutes

conj. in what way?

abbr. language used to write pages and sites for

the Internet

n. dampness; moistness; mugginess

v. to make haste; to rush; to urge; to prod; to dash

n. rush; haste; urgency

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abbr. that is to say (Latin); for example; for

n. short dash; short line used to connect or

instance

separate words or syllables (-)

abbr. first offering to the public of a company's

shares on the stock market

abbr. signed note acknowledging a debt

n. standard of perfection; pattern; model; person

or thing that embodies a standard of perfection

n. concept; thought; opinion; intention; plan

adj. perfect; imaginary; excellent; best; exemplary

n. verification of a person or thing; recognition

v. to lounge; to do nothing; to laze around

v. to represent as the embodiment of perfection

v. to recognize; to show to be the same; to

sympathize; to relate

adj. lazy; vain; unoccupied; unemployed

v. to disregard; to overlook; to refuse to recognize;

to reject

n. lack of knowledge; illiteracy; lack of education;

state of being uninformed

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adj. sick; bad; unfriendly; unsatisfactory;

n. trouble; misfortune; evil; harm; disease;

inadequate; inferior

sickness

v. to exemplify; to clarify; to explain; to depict; to

elucidate

adv. with difficulty; barely; scarcely; poorly;

improperly

n. figure; form; reflection; picture; likeness;

embodiment

n. picture in a book or other work; explanation;

clarification

v. to draw a likeness; to describe; to reflect; to

picture in the mind

adj. not real; fanciful

v. to envision; to fantasize; to visualize; to think; to

assume

n. ability of the mind to create mental pictures

which do not exist in reality

n. forming of mental pictures to control bodily

processes

n. fantasizing; visualizing

adj. right away; shortly; at once; without delay

adj. instantaneous; prompt; direct; close

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n. influence; effect; colliding of two bodies; touch

conj. as soon as

v. to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to

squeeze in

adj. unable to wait; intolerant; restless

n. necessity; obligation; command; order

n. tool; instrument; piece of equipment

v. to delay; to obstruct; to hinder; to prevent; to

thwart

adj. necessary; obligatory; commanding

n. realization; carrying out; performing; putting into

effect; execution

v. to perform; to put into effect; to carry out; to

execute; to realize

v. to suggest indirectly; to hint; to infer; to mean;

to import

n. consequence; outcome; result; indirect

suggestion; connotation; hint

v. to bring from another place; to bring goods from

a foreign country; to signify; to imply

n. brining in of goods from another country;

opposite of export; meaning; significance

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v. to require; to compel; to force upon; to enforce;

adj. significant; influential; essential; crucial;

to institute

critical

adj. unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be

endured

v. to affect strongly; to emphasize; to stamp

n. strong feeling or idea left by an experience;

effect; vague memory

adj. grand; magnificent; striking

n. something which enhances or improves;

v. to make better; to increase in quality; to

enhance; to develop

addition or change which adds value to something

n. instinctual urge; sudden desire; whim; wave of

energy sent via a nerve

adj. non-transferable

adj. traveling in an inward direction

adj. lifeless; spiritless

n. stimulus; inducement; enticement;

encouragement

abbr. legally established as a corporation

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n. furnace which burns things to ashes

adj. provocative; stimulating; encouraging

v. to slope; to bend; to bow; to slant; to influence

n. slope; grade; slant

adj. comprising; containing; embracing

v. to comprise; to contain; to embrace

n. amount of money received in payment for

goods or services or from other sources; revenue;

profits

adj. containing; comprehensive; all-embracing;

extensive; taking in

v. to cause discomfort; to trouble; to put out; to

disturb

n. bother; disturbance; nuisance; discomfort

n. growth; expansion; addition; enlargement;

escalation

adj. wrong; erroneous; imprecise; unseemly;

improper

adj. unbelievable; inconceivable; fabulous; great;

amazing

v. to enlarge; to add to; to multiply; to raise; to

intensify

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adj. presently holding an office or position;

n. person who currently holds an office or position

compulsory; necessary; resting; lying

n. person who does not belong to any political

party

v. to meet with; to bring upon oneself; to acquire

n. list of subjects or other information arranged in

alphabetical order; indicator; sign

adj. free; autonomous; sovereign; self-reliant; self-

sufficient

v. to show; to point out; to mark; to signify; to

imply; to exhibit

v. to register; to adjust prices or salaries in

accordance with changes in economic indicators

v. to cause; to bring about; to set in motion; to

influence

adj. occurring within a building; meant to be used

inside

n. act of giving in to desire; something which

gratifies; luxury; leniency

v. to give in to desire; to yield to; to satisfy; to

spoil; to humor

n. manufacturing; trade; diligence; perseverance;

tendency to work hard

v. to innovate and develop production

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n. baby; very young child; toddler; tot; minor

n. beginning phase of a project; babyhood

v. to derive; to conclude; to guess; to surmise; to

hint

adj. pertaining to a minor

n. increase in the supply of money in relation to

the amount of goods available resulting in a rise in

prices

n. act of deriving; speculation; drawing of a

conclusion

n. effect; impact; person or thing which has power

to affect others

v. to impose; to cause something unpleasant

v. to affect; to impact; to impel; to control

v. to communicate data to; to tell; to brief; to notify

n. knowledge; intelligence; data

n. inflow; inward flow; place where a stream flows

into another body of water

adj. unofficial; relaxed; casual; easy; laid-back

n. component; element; factor; one of the

substances which comprises a mixture

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n. person who lives in a particular place; resident;

v. to occupy; to live in; to dwell in; to reside in; to

tenant; occupant

populate

n. beginning letter of a person's first name; first

letter (as of a word)

adj. intrinsic; existing as a natural and integral

part; natural; inborn

adj. signed with initials; marked with the first letter

or letter of a name

v. to sign using the first letter or letters of a name

v. to set going; to launch; to begin; to start

adv. at first; in the first place; at the beginning

n. enterprise; drive; ambition; beginning move in a

process; first step

adj. beginning; introductory

adj. hurt; wounded; insulted; offended; damaged

v. to hurt; to wound; to insult; to offend; to damage

n. person who is free from sin or wrongdoing

n. hurt; wound; harm; damage; insult

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v. to make changes; to create something new; to

adj. not guilty; pure; simple; naive;

unsophisticated; harmless

invent

n. person who makes changes; person who

introduces new methods or procedures; creative

person

n. introduction of something new; change; new

method or practice

n. something created separately for the purpose

of being added to or placed inside (a book,

newspaper, etc.)

n. formal question; exploration; questioning;

investigation

v. to demand; to emphasize firmly; to request

firmly; to require; to persevere

v. to place in; to put in; to add to

n. act of looking over carefully and critically;

official examination; audit; review

v. to check; to look over carefully and critically; to

examine officially; to review

n. person whose job it is to supervise and

examine; police officer ranking below a

superintendent

n. stimulus; motivation; revelation; insight; idea

adj. motivating; stimulating; encouraging;

provoking; inhaling

v. to motivate; to stimulate; to provoke; to

influence; to encourage

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n. one of several separate payments into which a

v. to set up for use; to put in (i.e. machinery); to

debt has been divided

establish in an office or position

v. to refer to a case or occurrence to explain or

prove a point; to cite; to mention

n. occurrence; occasion; example; illustration

adj. immediate; quick; urgent; pressing; present;

current

n. moment; very short space of time; current

month

adv. in place of; as a replacement

adv. immediately; momentarily

n. foundation; organization which provides a

certain service or supports a particular cause

adv. naturally; spontaneously; intuitively;

automatically

n. organization; custom; convention; law or

activity which is accepted in a society

v. to establish; to set up; to begin; to initiate; to

start

n. teaching; direction; guidance; training;

education; information

v. to inform; to direct; to guide; to command; to

order; to educate

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n. tool; implement; device; appliance; agent;

n. educator; teacher; trainer

means

v. to equip with devices for measuring, recording,

or controlling

v. to separate from others; to segregate

v. to speak or act in a rude or contemptuous

manner; to offend; to affront

n. affront; offense; rude remark or action

v. to provide a guarantee against possible

damage or loss; to make certain

n. contract by which property or persons are

guaranteed against damage or loss

n. ability to reason and understand; cleverness;

brilliance; information

n. honesty; uprightness; morality; wholeness;

unity

v. to plan; to mean; to have in mind do or

adj. extreme; great; powerful; strong; profound

accomplish; to designate for a particular purpose

n. strength; energy; extreme degree; depth; clarity

v. to increase; to strengthen; to heighten

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adj. characterized by a high degree; highly

n. plan; goal; aim; objective; meaning

concentrated

adj. concentrated; focused; determined; resolute;

purposeful

n. plan; aim; goal; purpose

n. concern; affair; percentage on a loan which is

paid over time

adj. can be traded; can be substituted by

something else

v. to cause to become involved in; to arouse

curiosity

v. to impede; to obstruct; to hinder; to meddle

adj. temporary; provisional

n. temporary arrangement; in between period

n. inside a building; inland section of a country

adv. meanwhile; in the meantime

v. to place between other things; to throw into the

center of

adj. inner; inside; inland; of a country's domestic

affairs; of an individual's inner life

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adj. not continuous; sporadic; fitful; alternately

n. inner quality; intrinsic characteristic

stopping and starting

adj. between countries; of relations between two

or more countries

adj. inner; inside; located within; of a country's

domestic affairs

v. to explain; to clarify; to elucidate; to understand

or explain in a particular way

v. to globalize; to make worldwide

n. person who translates from one language to

another (orally); person how clarifies;

commentator

v. to stop; to discontinue; to disturb; to bring a

conversation to a halt

n. meeting at which a person is evaluated through

questioning (as for a job)

n. disturbance; discontinuance; stoppage; cutting-

off

n. person who is being asked questions; job

candidate

v. to question formally; to evaluate through

questioning

n. person who ask questions (i.e. reporter or

employer)

adj. complex; complicated; involved; entangled

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n. act of acquainting one person with another;

v. to present for the first time; to initiate; to

preface

establish; to announce

v. to originate; to create; to design; to fabricate; to

concoct

adj. preliminary; beginning

n. creativity; resourcefulness; fabrication;

falsehood

adj. creative; new; original

n. stock; list of assets; act of checking stock

n. creator; designer

v. to expend money or effort for future benefits; to

grant; to install; to cover; to authorize

v. to make a detailed list of property; to

summarize; to sum up the worth of

n. expenditure of money or effort for future

benefits; authorization

n. person who puts money into a project

adj. impossible to see; imperceptible; hidden;

concealed

n. request for one's presence; summons; call

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v. to request the presence of; to solicit; to attract;

to encourage; to promote

n. bill

v. to cause to be concerned with; to engage; to

v. to bill; to charge

engross

adj. beside the point; unconnected; impertinent;

immaterial

n. inclusion; participation; connection; association;

relation

adj. annoyed; aggravated; exasperated

v. to annoy; to bother; to aggravate; to anger

n. something which annoys or aggravates

v. to publish; to distribute; to circulate; to emit

n. topic; subject; matter; question; problem;

publication

n. thing; object; article; news story; piece of

information

v. to catalog; to list; to enumerate; to set down in

full detail

n. route; travel plans; travel journal

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v. to endanger; to place in danger; to imperil; to

n. danger; peril; hazard; risk; endangerment

put at risk

v. to attach; to connect; to unite; to combine; to

become a member

v. to endanger; to imperil; to put at risk; to place in

danger

n. newspaper; magazine; diary; blog;

bookkeeping ledger

n. collective enterprise; group endeavor;

collaboration

n. reporter; person who writes for a newspaper or

magazine; correspondent

n. long trip; distance; voyage

n. person who presides over court trials; arbiter;

expert; critic

v. to travel; to take a trip

n. intersection; crossing; connection

v. to criticize; to assess; to determine; to rule

n. wages; living; stronghold

v. to vindicate; to defend; to support; to excuse

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v. to hold onto; to save; to store; to watch over; to

n. device used to open locks; button on a board

care for

adj. important; significant; fundamental;

necessary; crucial

v. to fit; to adapt; to adjust; to tune; to supply with

an explanatory device

adj. gentle; good-hearted; understanding;

compassionate

n. type; sort; class; group of things which are

classed together because of their similarities

adj. nicely; thoughtfully; graciously; considerately;

sympathetically

n. set; equipment; outfit; clothing; wash basin

v. to be acquainted with; to understand; to

distinguish; to be aware of

v. to equip; to outfit with supplies

n. familiarity; understanding; wisdom; education;

awareness

n. strenuous physical or mental work; toil; exertion

n. need; want; shortage; absence

v. to work; to toil; to exert oneself; to work hard

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v. to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to

n. view; scenery; horizontal page orientation

need; to want

n. spoken or written words with which people

communicate thoughts and feelings

n. person who designs gardens or large areas

n. end; conclusion; final appearance; power of

endurance; vitality; unit of weight

adj. big; enormous; wide; spacious; famous

adj. coming after all others; most recent; final;

newest

v. to continue; to suffice; to endure; to persist

adv. after all others; finally; at the end; most

recently

n. strong durable fabric; persistence

adj. coming or occurring after the usual or

expected time; tardy; slow; delayed

adj. continuing; enduring; remaining for a long

time; durable

n. act of sending out; act of starting or initiating;

commencement; inauguration

adv. after the usual or expected time; tardily;

recently; far on time; formerly

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n. rule enacted by a community or country;

v. to start; to run; to activate; to inaugurate; to

custom; principle; convention

break into

n. person who represents people in a court or

advises them on legal matters; attorney; barrister

n. case in a court of law brought by one party

against another; legal claim

n. thickness of some material that covers a

surface; covering; bed; stratum

v. to postpone; to dismiss from a job; to fire

n. arrangement; plan; sketch; drawing; something

which has been arranged

n. unexperienced person

abbr. pound; unit of weight in ancient Rome

equaling approximately 12 ounces

n. guidance; advance position; first place; guide

adj. most important; main; first; opening;

beginning

v. to conduct; to guide; to direct; to influence

n. sheet of paper on which information has been

printed; flyer

n. head; chief; director; carrier; main article

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n. a contract granting use or occupation of

n. something which escapes or passes through a

property during a specified time for a specified

payment

hole or opening (i.e. liquid, gas, etc.)

n. something which is smallest in size or

importance

v. to rent out property for a specific period of time;

to let

adj. smallest in size; smallest in amount; lowest in

importance

adv. to the smallest extent possible

n. vacation; time off; permission to be absent;

departure; farewell

n. tanned and preserved animal skin; item made

of animal skin

n. discourse given before an audience; tedious

reprimand; formal reproof

v. to depart; to exit; to quit; to omit; to let alone

n. inheritance; bequest; something handed down

from one's ancestors

v. to deliver a discourse before an audience; to

reprimand tediously

v. to make valid; to make lawful; to justify; to make

permissible

adj. of or pertaining to the law; allowed by law

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n. time free from work other demands and duties;

adj. lawful; acceptable; justified; authorized

free time; rest; recreation

n. exercise; assignment given to a student;

something to be studied and learned

v. to give on a temporary basis; to give money as

a loan; to donate

n. character which is part of an alphabet; written

communication sent to a person or organization

v. to instruct; to teach; to scold; to reprove; to

rebuke

n. degree; rank; height; plane; flat horizontal plain

n. line printed at the top of a piece of stationary

v. to straighten; to flatten; to make even; to

equalize

adj. straight; equal; even; honest

n. influence; ability to affect or alter people or

circumstance

n. a simple machine that gives a mechanical

advantage when given a fulcrum

v. to use one's influence to affect people or

circumstances

n. a charge imposed and collected

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n. financial obligation; debt; responsibility;

v. to impose a tax or fine; to conscript troops

obligation

n. person who favors political and social reform

adj. under legal obligation; responsible; prone

adj. in favor of reform; supporting a progressive

philosophy; tolerant; open-minded

n. place where one can borrow books

n. permit; official permission; authorization;

document which shows proof of authorization;

certificate

v. to grant a permit; to authorize; to permit; to

allow

n. probability; chance; feasibility; possibility

n. way of life

adj. reasonable; probable; possible; appropriate;

promising

adv. seemingly; probably

v. to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to

function as a border

n. point at which something ends; edge; border;

restriction; restraint

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adj. confined within a boundary; restricted;

n. long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic

narrow; mediocre

n. connection; relation; association; one ring of a

chain; ring

v. to place in a row; to cover the inside of; to pad

n. roll; roster; inventory; strip; band

v. to join; to connect; to associate with; to relate to

v. to write or print a series of names or items

n. refuse; trash; disorder

according to a certain order; to inscribe; to record

n. something carried; cargo; burden; unit of

measure or weight; capacity

v. to toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized

place; to scatter objects in disorder

n. amount of money that has been borrowed;

something borrowed; act of giving temporarily

v. to fill; to pack (with goods, cargo, etc.)

n. person who is native to or resides in a

particular area

v. to lend a sum of money for a period of time; to

give temporarily

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adj. characterized; by or occupying a particular

v. to situate; to place; to identify; to find; to settle

place

adj. situated; placed; identified; found; existing;

standing

n. place; position; situation; site; spot

v. to fix in place; to link firmly together; to be held

in place

n. fastening mechanism which is opened with a

key or other device

n. planning and execution; management of a

business or other operation

n. person who who makes and fixes keys and

fasting mechanisms

n. graphic symbol which represents a company or

organization

v. to anticipate gladly

v. to examine

v. to investigate

v. to appear as a large and indistinct form; to

appear as larger than life; to impend

n. apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving

machine

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n. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a

v. to make circular shape

small hole to permit the attachment of cords or

lines

n. opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat;

destruction

v. to misplace; to be deprived of; to be defeated;

to fail; opposite of to win

v. to lie down; to recline; to move in a relaxed

manner; to walk lazily

n. sofa; couch; lobby; slow walk; stroll

n. faithfulness; devotion; constancy

adj. faithful; true to one's obligations

adj. comprehensible; intelligible; rational;

transparent; bright

abbr. firm, company that is organized in such a

way as to give its owners limited liability

n. suitcases; cases and bags carried by travelers

adj. profitable; yielding monetary rewards; gainful

v. to move heavily or awkwardly; to accumulate;

to collect

n. trees that have been sawed into rough planks;

useless items that been put in storage

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n. device made up of interconnected parts that

n. afternoon party where a light meal is served

work together to perform a given task or function

adj. splendid; majestic; superb; glorious;

impressive

v. to produce via mechanical means

v. to send a letter or other item via the postal

service; to post

n. postal service; letters and other items that are

sent via the postal service

n. principal pipe or duct in a system; chief part of

something; strength or force; high sea

n. large batch of letters sent at one time by a

single sender; rented property

n. computer which can serve many users

simultaneously

adj. principal; head; chief

v. to keep in existence; to preserve; to support; to

provide for

n. upkeep; repairs; livelihood; means of support

n. military rank above captain; main subject of

study chosen by a college or university student

v. to specialize in a certain field

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n. greater number or part; number greater than

adj. more important than others; great; serious

half of the total

v. to administer; to direct; to supervise; to

accomplish; to handle

n. shopping center; pedestrian walkway;

promenade

n. person who runs a company; director;

administrator; supervisor

n. person of group of people that runs and

administers a business or other enterprise

n. command; order; authorization granted from

one body to a subordinate body

adj. relating to supervision and responsibility

v. to issue a command; to make an official order

n. instructional booklet; handbook

n. mode; fashion; style; behavior; way; type

adj. physical; done using human skill or force

n. product made by hand or by machine

adv. by hand; physically

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n. profit from the difference between costs and net

v. to make by machine; to produce; to fabricate; to

sales

invent

v. to set apart an additional amount of space or

money for security

n. sign; indication; symbol; grade; trace

n. demand for goods or services; rate of purchase

and sale; fair

v. to indicate; to signal; to write down; to record; to

notice

n. competition; equal opponent; partner;

counterweight; game

v. to sell; to trade or deal; to distribute; to promote

adj. motherly; related through a mother; relating to

or characteristic of a mother or motherhood

v. to be compatible; to be suitable; to be an equal

competitor; to compare

n. greatest quantity or amount possible; highest

capacity

n. issue; affair; question; problem; substance of a

particular composition and consistency

n. elected official acting as executive head of a

town or city

adj. greatest; most; utmost; highest

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n. midpoint; middle; equally far from two

v. to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate

extremes; average

n. definition; significance; intention; explanation

n. method; way; medium; resources; funds

n. action; step; criterion; amount; degree; extent

adj. average; middle; unkind; base; inferior

adj. significant; important

adj. estimable; determinable; assessable

n. calculation of size or extent; assessment of

capacity or dimension

v. to gauge; to quantify; to assess; to evaluate; to

estimate

n. art and science of disease treatment and health

maintenance; remedy; drug

adj. regular; ordinary; low-grade; poor

n. person who belongs to an organization or

group; part; organ

n. means of expression; channel of

communication; middle man; intermediary; broker

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n. state of belonging to an organization or group;

n. reminder; internal document

fellowship

n. reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing

or improvement

v. to repair; to improve; to be improved

n. direct or incidental reference; recognition of an

achievement

adj. of or relating to the mind; intellectual;

psychosocial

n. adviser; counselor; person who guides and

teaches; spiritual instructor

v. to remind of; to state; to refer to; to hint at; to

indicate

n. list of choices; list of commands or options

which may be selected

n. goods; ware; stock; articles or items to be sold

v. to blend; to be blended; to combine or unite into

a single body; to be assimilated

v. to trade; to plan for and promote for sales of; to

market goods

n. communication; information; announcement;

note; memo; intimation

n. fusion; agglomeration

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n. instrument that automatically measures

n. person employed to deliver official dispatches

quantities of substances (gas, water or electricity)

or go on special errands

adj. pedantic; cautious concerning minute details;

scrupulous

n. procedure; plan of action; way; manner in

which one conducts business; technique

n. resident of a capital city; sophisticated big-city

person

adj. characteristic of a capital city; sophisticated

n. pertaining to a value that is approximately in

the middle of a series of values

n. noon; 12 a.m.

n. strength; power; force; bravery

n. before noon

n. unit of time equal to one thousand years;

thousandth year anniversary

v. can; to allow; to be possible; to wish

v. to pay attention to; to supervise; to regret; to

oppose; to remember; to notice

n. brain; memory; recollection; opinion; intention;

desire

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n. least possible amount; smallest possible size;

adj. pertaining to the smallest; indicating the least

lowest degree

n. unit of time equal to 60 seconds; 1/60 of an

hour; memo; protocol; memorandum

n. part of a population differing in some

characteristic; state of being under legal age

v. to record the proceedings of a meeting; to

make a memorandum

adj. tiny; extremely small; trivial; petty; accurate

adv. without pleasure or happiness; wretchedly;

poorly

adv. meticulously; exactingly; scrupulously;

diligently; thoroughly

n. task; assignment; delegation; errand; religious

delegation

n. apprehension; worry; doubt; hesitation;

reservation

v. to make an error; to be wrong; to confuse

n. blunder; fault; error

v. to interpret incorrectly; to comprehend

incorrectly

n. abuse; molestation

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v. to soften in force or severity; to lessen the

n. incorrect interpretation

impact or intensity of; to appease

adv. mildly; deliberatively; in a temperate manner;

not excessively; reasonably

v. to move; to circulate; to draft; to assemble for

action (especially armed reserves)

n. change; adjustment, agreement; adaptation;

restriction

adj. humble; unpretentious; unassuming; simple;

limited

n. force of movement; strength or motivation

derived from an initial effort

v. to calm; to soften; to pacify; to relieve

n. coins and paper notes which have value;

currency; medium of trade; wealth

v. to turn into profit; to generate revenue

n. the total amount of funds in circulation in a

given country's economy

n. supervisor; device for regulating; screen

v. to supervise; to observe; to follow up on; to

check up on

n. state of mind; predominant emotion

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adj. ethical; virtuous; righteous; principled; having

n. ethic; lesson; principle

integrity

v. to sign over property to a creditor as security for

money that is owed; to obligate

n. conditional conveyance of property as for

security on a loan; pledging; lien

n. incentive; drive; inspiration; state of being

stirred to action

v. to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir

to action; to induce

n. something that causes a person to act; cause;

incentive; purpose; intention

adj. of reason or cause; inspiring to action

v. to act on; to transfer from one place to another;

to change residence

n. change of residence; action; turn in a game;

formal request or proposition

abbr. period of about 30 days or 4 weeks; 1/12 of

a year

n. thin muslin fabric (Hindi); beach cliff (Scottish)

n. necessity; obligation; new wine; grape juice that

has not yet fermented

v. to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to heat

and spice for drinking

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n. great number of persons or things; many; a lot;

v. to have to; to be obligated; to be likely or

composed of a countless number of items

probable

n. word or phrase by which someone or

something is called or identified; moniker

abbr. describing something that can be left out

isn't required

adj. reputed; famous

v. to appoint; to specify; to identify; to designate

v. to limit; to restrict; to contract; to lessen in

width; to taper

adj. tight; strait; reduced; not wide

adj. close at hand

n. citizenship; patriotism

adv. as a logical result; unavoidably

adv. next to; alongside

n. something that is essential or imperative;

essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)

adj. vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable

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n. requirement; shortage of an indispensable item;

n. obligation; need; requirement

distress; hardship

n. disregard; inattention; forgetfulness;

abandonment

v. to require; to be in distress; to be under

hardship; to be obligated

n. neglect; disregard; carelessness; failure to

provide the necessary provision for (Law)

v. to disregard; to ignore; to forget to perform (a

duty); to shirk; to abandon

v. to bargain; to deal; to work out; to compromise;

to clear or pass an obstacle

adj. describing an asset or item which can easily

be sold or transferred

adv. anyway; anyhow; still; all the same

n. person who participates in a bargaining session

n. short informational periodical that is usually

distributed to the members of an interest group

n. report of recent events; information about

previously unknown facts

abbr. numeral; mathematical value or its symbol;

unit in a series; part

n. means of connection; link; joint; connected

group

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n. appointment; proposal of a candidate (for an

v. to appoint someone (for a position, office, or

office or an honor)

honor); to designate; to select

n. short written reminder; memo; brief informal

letter; official message

n. person who has been appointed; candidate

v. not intended to earn profits; to observe; to

remark on; to make a comment; to record

n. portable personal computer; laptop computer

v. to discern; to perceive; to pay attention; to

observe; to remark

n. announcement; poster, sign; warning; attention;

consideration

n. piece of long fiction with a plot and characters;

story

adj. new; strange

n. slight difference; subtle distinction

n. innovation; something new; discovery

n. mathematical value or its symbol; indefinite

amount; quantity of; sum

v. to count; to equal in amount; to limit; to allot

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n. medical caretaker (especially in a hospital

adj. anesthetized; lacking sensitivity (to pain); in

under the supervision of a doctor)

shock; senseless

v. to breast-feed; to suckle; to provide medical

care; to take care of

n. article, thing; goal; focus of a thought or action

n. opposition; appeal; denial; protest

v. to oppose; to protest

adj. impartial; unbiased; existing outside of the

mind

n. aim; purpose, goal

adj. binding; compelling; must be done; necessary

n. duty responsibility; indebtedness; agreement

adj. ancient; archaic; no longer in use; outdated;

useless

v. to watch; to study; to monitor; to supervise; to

discern

v. to acquire; to procure; to secure; to earn; to

achieve

adj. clear; unmistakable; apparent; evident; plain

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n. opportunity; occurrence, event; incident;

adv. clearly; unmistakably; plainly; apparently

reason; cause

n. period of residence; act of taking possession

v. to cause; to incite; to bring to pass

(Law); right of possession

n. act of forcefully taking possession of an area;

seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of

land

adj. conquered; seized; filled; taken up; inhabited;

populated

v. to happen; to take place; to transpire; to come

to mind; to suggest itself

n. happening; event; incident

n. transgressor; person who breaks the law; one

who insults

n. attack; misdeed; insult; transgression

n. suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid

n. attack; act of aggression; position of pursuit or

aggression

v. to suggest; to tender; to bid; to propose a price;

to present

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n. chamber; bureau; incumbency; agency;

n. person who holds public position; authority

authority

n. distant part of the sea visible from the shore;

remote place far from the shore; high seas

n. outcome; compensation; counterbalance

n. deletion; negligence; failure; default

v. to compensate; to balance

n. responsibility; duty; burden; impediment; blame

v. to delete; to skip over; to neglect

n. working, performance, handling; venture,

undertaking; series of actions

v. to act; to function; to manage; to use; to

activate; to perform surgery

n. one who activates; worker of a telephone

switchboard; operation symbol

adj. working; functional; ready for use

adj. appropriate; fitting; well-timed; timely; proper;

expedient

n. attitude; outlook; formal judgment or estimation

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n. contrast; something contrary

n. chance; occasion; favorable time to act

adj. facing; across from; contrary; reverse;

different; antithetical

adv. contrarily

n. choice; alternative; possibility; selection;

election

prep. across from; facing

v. to command; to request something; to arrange;

to manage

n. arrangement; instruction; command; request for

something

adj. regular; common

n. ecclesiastical judge; priest

v. to arrange; to order; to systematize; to set up;

to unite; to structure

n. source; beginning; birth; parentage; nationality

n. source from which something arises; prototype;

model

adj. first; primary; innovative; creative; novel

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adv. at first; in the first place; in a unique manner

n. state of not being a derivative of anything else

v. to begin; to be created; to result from; to

develop; to be produced

adv. apparently; seemingly; to all appearances

v. to need to; must; to be obligated

adj. of nature

adj. showy; pretentious; bombastic; pompous;

garish

adj. leaving; sailing; traveling to another country

n. yield; product; manufacture; information sent

out from a computer

n. exit; electrical source for connecting

appliances; store; shop; joint

adj. external; of the outdoors; from the outdoors;

maximal

n. external part or surface of something

prep. besides; aside from

adv. out of doors

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n. work clothing consisting of denim trousers

usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

adj. excellent; conspicuous; prominent; due

(

n. limit to which money may be withdrawn from

the bank on credit

v. to subdue; to solve

n. general expenses; manufacturing and business

expenses

adj. of general expenses; general

n. something that is superimposed

adv. from above; above; in the sky

v. to inspect; to supervise; to miss; to omit; to

ignore; to excuse

v. to cover a part of; to have something in

common

adv. in a place across an ocean

adj. foreign; abroad

adj. plain; clear; visible; public; intentional;

undisguised (Law)

v. to supervise; to manage; to inspect

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n. work beyond regular working hours; pay for

adv. exceeding regular working hours

such work

v. to defeat; to master; to crush; to stagger; to

stun; to daze

n. synopsis; general survey; introduction

v. to be indebted to; to be under obligation to pay

or repay

v. to be in possession of; to belong to; to confess

adj. belonging to oneself or itself (mine, yours, his,

etc.); self; by oneself

n. proprietor

abbr. between noon and midnight; in the

afternoon; after the hour of 12:00 noon

n. legal right of possession

v. to wrap; to combine things together as one

inseparable unit

n. bundle; parcel; container for storage or

transportation; inseparable combination of items

n. piece of soft material which cushions; block of

pages stacked together and connected on one

side

v. to cushion; to fill; to fill out; to walk; to go by foot

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v. to call; to summon (e.g. to the telephone); to

n. piece of paper; attendant; servant

number sheets of paper in a collection

v. to apply color to a surface; to put makeup on; to

describe something in words

n. colored substance applied to surfaces; layer of

dried pigment on a surface

v. to couple; to be part one of a match; to mate

n. group of judges; board; band; strip; crew; staff

n. model; ideal; mold; form; example; pattern

n. match; whole consisting of two parts; couple

n. straw-filled mattress; hard and simple bed;

platform used to stack items during moving or

storage

n. thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on;

article; essay; questionnaire

n. variable which determines the form of a

function

n. passage; distinct portion of text (usually begins

with an indented line); section; clause

adj. superior; supreme; above all; of the highest

rank; most important

n. grouping symbols ()

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n. section; piece; region; role; function; side in an

v. to divide; to separate; to be divided; to allocate

agreement

n. period; era; hour; rate

adj. somewhat

n. detail; individual characteristic; item; article;

specific proposition

v. to be involved; to join in

adj. special; unusual; detailed; precise; pedantic;

strict

adv. especially; specifically

n. political group; social gathering; side of an

agreement; group; gang

v. to celebrate

n. alleyway; narrow road between mountains;

successful grade on a test

adj. of a political group; of social gatherings

n. way; route; course; section; piece

v. to cross; to transport; to approve

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n. a document issued by a country to a citizen

allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter

the home country

n. traveler; fare; person who rides or travels

v. to cover a hole with a piece of material; to use

to cover a hole

n. area of fabric used to repair a hole; stain;

bandage; lot

n. tolerance; forbearance

n. track; lane; route; search route

n. sample; model; form; mold; decorative design

n. salary; wages

v. to decorate; to imitate; to mimic; to copy an

example

v. to give money for goods or to cancel debts; to

settle; to be worthwhile; to be profitable

n. wage; salary; compensation; bonus;

punishment

adj. may be settled

n. financial sheet listing salaries; list of workers

who receive wages and salaries

abbr. given money that was owed

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n. state of not being at war; silence; quietness;

adj. exceptional; special; strange; odd; curious

tranquility

n. cosmetic foot treatment

v. to hawk; to vend; to deal; to distribute; to sell

n. punishment; fine; punishment in the form of a

financial payment

v. to punish

v. to feel; to sense; to distinguish; to discern; to

see

n. one part of a hundred

adj. lasting throughout the whole year; continuing

for many years; perpetual; everlasting

n. something that continues for many years

v. to refine; to improve; to complete; to make

faultless

adj. flawless; complete; undamaged

v. to do; to carry out; to execute; to present; to

arrange; to manage

n. show; presentation; execution; act; deed

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n. punctuation mark; end; pause at end of a

adv. maybe; possibly; could be

phrase; full sentence; age; season

adj. occurring at regular intervals; recurrent;

cyclic; seasonal

n. magazine; journal

adj. expendable; spoils rapidly; likely to spoil;

mortal

n. product which can rot or spoil (fruit, food etc.)

adj. lasting; enduring; perpetual; regular; fixed;

invariable

v. to enter; to penetrate; to infiltrate; to suffuse

v. to let; to enable; to allow; to authorize; to

sanction

n. license; authorization

v. to eternalize; to make everlasting; to preserve

from extinction

n. diligence; tenacity; stubbornness; continuation

adj. tenacious; stubborn; constant; continual;

diligent

n. staff; work force; team; crew

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v. to convince; to induce; to sway

n. viewpoint; outlook; vista; view

v. to belong to; to be connected to; to relate; to

refer

n. inducement; act of convincing

adj. penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending;

permeating

adj. relevant; related; appropriate; fitting

abbr. graduate with a doctorate; graduate of a

doctoral program; university degree; title

n. type of fuel; gasoline

v. to make a call; to ring

n. druggist; apothecary

pref. of light

n. picture; snapshot

v. to take a picture

n. picture; snapshot; image

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n. hoe; tool used to spread soil; choice; selection

n. cameraman; person who takes pictures

n. photograph; drawing; painting; film;

embodiment

v. to choose; to select; to pull out; to tear out; to

peck

n. type of dessert; cake; baked dish consisting of

a crust and filling

v. to photograph; to paint; to draw; to describe; to

depict

v. to join parts together; to attach segments

n. slice; part; segment; creation; work

n. heap; mound; wealth; fortune; group of

buildings; dike; levee

abbr. set of numbers which identifies a person

v. to pave the way; to create a path; to guide; to

initiate; to originate

n. pathfinder; forerunner; person who paves the

way; member of a military engineering corps

v. to convey a fluid; to transport a liquid; to make

a high-pitched sound

n. tube; trachea; flute; toot

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n. relative highness or lowness of a sound; tar;

v. to establish; to erect; to throw; to toss

asphalt; throw

v. to put; to lay; to lodge; to nominate; to appoint

n. location; position; standing; role; function

n. colorful fabric with a pattern of square s and

crossbars

adj. serene; quiet; peaceful; tranquil; relaxed;

calm

adj. clear; evident; simple; flat; smooth

n. plateau; area of level ground; prairie; savanna

n. program; scheme; agenda; timetable; schedule

adv. simply; in an unembellished manner; clearly

n. type of aircraft; two-dimensional surface; rank;

level

v. to make a scheme; to plot; to design; to

contrive; to think up

v. to smooth wood; to make smooth; to remove

rough areas

adj. flat, level; even

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v. to sow; to place seeds or vegetation into soil; to

n. small vegetable growth; factory; equipment

establish; to set

v. to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with

metal

n. flat dish for serving food; portion; covering,

coating; board

adj. content; satiated; having one's desires

satisfied

abbr. public limited liability company in Britain

n. enjoyment; amusement; entertainment; delight;

joy

v. to cause someone enjoyment

n. cork; stopper; electrical connector; block;

v. to cap; to cork; to stop up; to block; to advertise

n. pouch used to carry objects; sac; underground

deposit of oil

n. person who works with pipe and water systems

adj. small; of a pouch

v. to profit; to roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

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v. to indicate; to emphasize; to sharpen; to direct

n. spot; tip; essence; gist; matter

n. course or method of action; guidelines;

position; standpoint; insurance contract

n. indicator; something used to point; hand on a

clock; clue; advice

n. voting, electing; counting of votes; number of

votes; referendum

adj. courteous; having good manners; gentle;

genial; kind

n. contamination; dirtying; soiling; spoiling;

destruction

v. to vote; to elect; to count votes; to make a

survey

n. total number of people living in an area

v. to reflect; to think; to consider; to meditate

n. briefcase; attache case; list of securities and

stocks

adj. mobile; movable; can be transported from

one place to another

v. to stance

n. stance

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n. viewpoint, opinion; siting; locus; location; place;

v. to erect; to set; to put; to place

job

v. to control; to dominate; to hold; to own; to have

as property

n. custody; property; asset; control; ownership

adj. could be; might be; may be

n. probability; feasibility; chance; likelihood

v. to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to

advertise

n. mail; column; opinion; role; job placement

n. fee for sending letters or packages by mail

pref. after; later; subsequent to

n. mail manager, person responsible for

managing electronic mail on a network

n. message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list

(Internet)

(Computers)

n. viewpoint; stance; condition; state; mood;

attitude

v. to put off to a later time; to delay; to defer; to

put off until later; to stay

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n. power; strength; force; capacity to be

v. to pretend; to feign

adj. possible; capable of becoming; able to be

n. possibility; ability; capability of being

v. to fall on; to storm; to invade; to attack; to seize;

to assault

n. act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing;

sudden assault or attack

abbr. actions of promoting goodwill and

distributing information for a company or

organization

adj. exerting great force; effective; potent;

producing the desired effect; influential

adj. feasible; workable; applicable; useful;

efficacious

n. customary action; habit; drill; training exercise

v. to go before; to be in front; to be ahead of; to

predate

v. to exercise; to train; to drill

adv. exactly; accurately; definitely; certainly;

surely

adj. exact; not more and not less; meticulous;

strict

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v. to train in advance

n. advance stipulation; preliminary terms

adj. can be prophesied; can be foretold

v. to control to rule over; to be superior

n. introduction; foreword; opening statement

v. to prophesy; to foretell; to announce in advance

n. sensitivity; susceptibility (to disease, etc.)

v. to occupy a place; to take a place; to obtain at

an advance opportunity

v. to hold superior; to appoint; to nominate; to like

better

v. to use as an introduction; to use as a foreword

n. bias; sentence passed before proper

examination of the circumstances

n. favor; liking; fondness; priority; superior status

n. property; site; area; grounds; building with the

grounds belonging to it

v. to express a preconceived opinion; to express

one's biases

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adj. remunerated ahead of time; settled

beforehand via payment

n. supplementary charge; additional charge;

amount paid for insurance; reward

v. to make ready; to get oneself ready; to put into

the proper condition

n. right; special privilege

n. gift; offering; something that is given to another

person without compensation

n. written order for a medication; instruction;

directive; order; command

adj. existent; in attendance; on hand; of the

current times; pertaining to the current times

v. to display; to demonstrate; to bestow; to grant

n. area of land set aside to protect natural

resources and wildlife

v. to guard; to keep safe; to keep; to defend; to

protect

n. journals and newspapers collectively; act or

process of printing

n. head; leader; chairman; chief

n. exertion of force; application of weight; weight;

burden; encumbrance

v. to push; to iron; to remove creases or wrinkles;

to confiscate for public or government use

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v. to take for granted; to dare; to venture; to take

v. to apply force or weight; to push; to stress

liberties; to permit oneself

v. to impersonate; to act in a role; to claim; to

assert

adj. simulated; feigned; make-believe

n. feigning; impersonation; false show; claim;

assertion

v. to feign; to impersonate; to put on a false show

adv. moderately; quite; rather; to some extent

adj. common; widespread; current

adj. impersonating; putting on a false appearance;

feigning; arrogant; haughty

v. to win; to succeed; to overcome; to surpass; to

prove superior

v. to cause not to happen; to avert; to delay; to

impede; to hinder

adj. averting; avoiding; delaying; inhibiting

n. safeguard; something used to avert an

unwanted situation

adj. earlier; antecedent; hasty; premature

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adv. before; at an earlier time; in the past;

v. to give a cost to something

antecedently

adj. invaluable; beyond any expressible value;

very expensive

n. cost; value; worth; rate; measure

n. state of perfection; state of highest quality

adv. chiefly; principally; mainly; initially

n. school director; school master; capital sum

Finance)

adj. major; chief; select; of the highest quality;

excellent

(

n. doctrine; tenet; precept; fundamental law;

primary law on which other laws are based

adj. chief; head; leading; primary; main

n. officer of a monastery; high-ranking member of

a religious order

n. computer peripheral used for exporting

documents to paper

v. to organize according to importance

adj. earlier; antecedent; former

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n. seclusion; solitude; reclusion; secrecy;

n. preference; precedence; higher rank; privileged

confidentiality

position; seniority

adj. intimate; for or pertaining to a small group of

people; personal; of an individual

n. soldier of the three lowest military ranks

n. special individual right not enjoyed by others;

benefit; advantage

v. to transfer control from governmental to

individual powers

v. to grant special rights; to give special

advantages or benefits

adj. valuable; unique; outstanding; award-winning

adv. almost certainly; very likely; apparently; in all

likelihood

v. to appreciate; to esteem; to respect; to

appraise; to assess worth

v. to continue; to carry on; to advance; to

progress; to move forward

n. routine; protocol; course of action; subroutine;

sequence of instructions (Computers)

n. routine; course of action; advance; summons to

court

v. to treat; to adapt; to prepare; to make ready

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n. purchase; sale; acquisition

v. to obtain; to acquire; to get; to buy; to purchase

n. manufacture; assembly; output; yield

n. result of manufacturing; goods; merchandise

n. vocation; skilled occupation; declaration;

proclamation

n. a measurement of output per hours worked;

creativeness; fruitfulness; prolificness

adj. of a skilled occupation; working in one of the

skilled occupations

n. person who works in a skilled occupation;

specialist

n. earnings; financial gain; benefit; advantage;

privilege

n. expertise; state of having expert skills;

skillfulness; adeptness; masterfulness

adj. lucrative; paying; rewarding; beneficial;

producing income

v. to earn income; to make financial gains; to be

of service; to be beneficial

n. plentifulness; abundance; numerousness;

plurality

adj. plentiful; abundant; generous; extravagant;

wasteful

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v. to schedule; to plan; to write a system of

n. schedule; agenda; written order of events

operating instructions for a computer

n. headway; forward movement; development;

advancement

n. person who creates sets of instructions for a

computer or other device

v. to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to

prevent

v. to advance; to move forward; to gain

v. to plan; to scheme; to send; to dispatch; to

throw

n. plan; scheme; program; task; assignment;

activity

n. rapid multiplication; rapid reproduction;

prosperity

v. to reproduce quickly; to multiply rapidly; to

thrive; to grow quickly

adj. fruitful; productive; abundant; plentiful;

multiplying; producing fruit

v. to extend; to lengthen

v. to pledge; to give one's word; to vow; to commit

oneself to a certain course of action

n. pledge; vow; declaration of intention; source of

hope; basis for expectations

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adj. of publicizing; of advancement; of

v. to further; to encourage sales; to aid; to help; to

encouragement; of fostering; of an enterprise

assist

adj. resistant; invulnerable; impervious; sealed;

durable

v. to make resistant; to make impervious; to edit

adj. correct; suitable; just; complete

n. suggestion; tender; plan; offer of marriage

n. offer; plan; theory; problem

n. inclination; tendency; disposition; aptitude

n. possessions; belongings; estate; assets;

ownership

v. to suggest; to recommend; to tender; to make

an offer of marriage

n. chance; probability of advancement or success;

hope; promise

adj. common; regular; boring; tedious; dull

n. a document giving details about an offering of

securities investment for sale to the public

v. to search for valuable materials (such as gold,

oil, etc.)

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v. to defend; to save from harm; to watch over; to

n. defense; shelter; safety

guard

n. method of dealing with a certain subject; draft

of a treaty

adj. arrogant; haughty; magnificent; impressive

v. to substantiate with evidence; to demonstrate;

to show clearly

v. to supply; to grant; to set; to offer

v. to supply with stock; to equip with supplies

n. supply; stock; measure; means; condition;

stipulation

(esp. food)

abbr. requesting to view or read the opposite side

of a page or document

n. adjacency; nearness; closeness; vicinity

v. to advertise; to bring to the attention of a large

audience

n. process of producing and distributing printed

material; act of advertising

n. person or company that produces and

distributes printed material

v. to produce and distribute printed material; to

advertise

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n. something which has been bought; act of

v. to remove; to withdraw; to abandon; to exit; to

buying

depart

v. to buy; to acquire in exchange for money; to

procure; to obtain

n. goal; aim; intention; objective

v. to chase after; to follow; to aspire to; to strive

for

v. to intend; to plan; to design; to aim

n. chase; quest; search; occupation; pastime

n. cat (Slang); feline

adj. controlling; aggressive; extremely self-

assertive; bossy

v. to make an application; to enter; to let

something or someone enter

v. to tolerate; to be patient

v. to postpone; to disgust; to repulse; to deter

v. to mystify; to baffle; to confound; to confuse; to

perplex

n. enigma; riddle; game; jigsaw

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v. to train; to certify; to meet the minimum

n. fitness; suitability; limitation; diploma or

standards; to moderate; to modify

certificate stating one's abilities

n. degree of excellence; characteristic; attribute;

character; excellence

adj. excellent; having superior characteristics; fine

n. one fourth; neighborhood; coin worth 25 cents;

period of three months; district

n. amount; extent; measure; degree; size;

magnitude

adj. occurring every three months; taking place

four times a year

adj. being one fourth; having four equal parts

adv. four times a year; once every three months

n. line; file (British); row; braid; plait

v. to stand in line; to make a row

adj. silent; noiseless; peaceful; tranquil; still;

lacking activity

n. citation; passage taken from another source;

reference; commercial offer; statement of price

n. silence; noiselessness; stillness; tranquility;

muteness; speechlessness

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n. citation; commercial offer

v. to cite; to state a price; to offer a price

abbr. department in a company that develops new

products

n. path for a train made of parallel metal tracks

n. increase in salary; wage increase

v. to transport via locomotive; to convey by train

v. to elevate; to lift; to excite; to arouse; to cause

adv. accidentally; by chance

n. farm with large pasture land for raising livestock

n. pasture; scope; extent; field; domain;

assortment

v. to determine the scope of a target; to extend; to

stretch; to vary

v. to arrange in a line; to grade; to classify

adj. giving off a foul odor; fertile; productive;

fruitful; growing vigorously

adv. quickly; fast; swiftly

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n. price; cost; speed; pace; tax

adv. infrequently; not often; seldom

adv. very quite; to a degree; somewhat; slightly; a

bit; might as well

v. to assess; to appraise; to determine value; to

grade; to classify; to sort

adj. logical; reasonable; intelligent; prudent;

expressible as a whole number (Mathematics)

n. distance that an arm can extend

n. total number of people who subscribe to a

particular publication

v. to arrive; to obtain; to procure; to extend the

arm outward

n. preparedness; willingness; promptness;

quickness

adj. prepared; set; eager; willing; quick; fast

v. to understand; to comprehend; to accomplish;

to convert into cash; to liquidate

n. accomplishment; fulfillment

n. back end; hindmost unit of an army (or fleet,

etc.)

adj. back; hind

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v. to think; to consider logically; to argue; to claim

n. cause; basis for action; intelligence; sense

adj. rational; logical; intelligent; wise; plausible;

likely; credible

n. backlash

v. to reconstruct; to erect again

v. to spring back

v. to give up; to renounce; to deny; to disavow; to

retract

v. to summarize; to review with a short summary

v. to write a statement of purchases; to make a bill

of sale

n. bill of sale; written statement of purchases

v. to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host;

to accommodate

adj. new; fresh; late; of late times

n. person who greets visitors or clients on the

telephone and upon their arrival

n. acceptance; event in which guests are formally

welcomed by their host; check-in

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n. a significant decline in general economic

n. person who accepts; person who takes or gets

activity extending over a period of time

n. acknowledgment; identification

v. to demand the return of property; to repossess

adj. identifiable; determinable; able to be

distinguished

v. to identify; to acknowledge; to know; to admit

n. endorsement; approval; letter of reference;

suggestion; advice

v. to advocate; to endorse; to speak well of; to

advise; to suggest

n. list; evidence; best result ever attained; list of

events or actions

v. to contemplate again

v. to get well; to get back; to regain; to obtain

again

adj. comprising the best result ever attained

n. new member of a group; new employee

n. recuperation; getting well; return

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v. to enlist or draft new members; to gain; to

obtain; to procure

n. act of enlisting or drafting new members

v. to fix; to repair; to correct; to calibrate; to adjust

n. parallelogram

v. to send; to direct; to ascribe to; to relate to; to

apply to; to call attention to

v. to lessen; to diminish; to decrease

v. to add a footnote; to place a note that directs

readers to another source of information (in a

book, journal, etc.)

n. comment; remark; ascription; mention; regard

n. act of casting back a mirror image; act of

sending back energy from a surface; idea;

concept

v. to mirror; to send back energy from a surface;

to cause to return; to express

v. to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to

finance again

n. return of money; repayment; reimbursement

v. to make new again; to renovate; to restore to

good condition

n. denial; rejection

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v. to decline; to deny; to reject

n. garbage; trash; waste

v. to look at; to concern; to relate to; to esteem; to

appreciate; to consider

n. esteem; respect; thought; consideration; look;

glance

adv. without consideration for possible problems;

anyway; in any case

prep. with relation to

n. area; territory; domain; field; area of activity or

interest; sphere

adj. inattentive; unmindful

v. to record; to enroll; to have an effect; to have

influence

n. list; record; regulator; gauge

v. to move backward; to go back; to return to a

previous condition

n. frequent customer; repeat customer

adv. at fixed intervals; at evenly-spaced intervals;

usually; customarily

adj. occurring at fixed intervals; normal; usual;

ordinary; common

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n. statute; law; act of controlling; management;

v. to control; to govern; to manage; to adjust to a

direction

specific level or condition

v. to drill; to practice an action repeatedly in order

to perfect it

n. practice session for a performance

n. act of paying back; repayment; compensation

for a loss; repayment for an expense

v. to repay; to refund; to compensate for a loss; to

repay for an expense

n. act of strengthening; reward or punishment

designed to encourage or discourage a particular

response

v. to strengthen; to fortify; to support; to increase

n. something or someone that does not match up

to standards; object of lower quality; outcast

v. to repeat; to say again; to restate

v. to narrate; to tell; to make a connection

between; to have a good relationship with

v. to decline; to deny; to turn down

n. narration; act of telling; family member;

connection; association

n. connection; association; closeness

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n. freedom; liberation; newly distributed film (or

v. to set free; to emancipate; to make available to

record, book, etc.); statement provided to the

media

the general public; to surrender

adj. pertinent; related; connected to the current

subject

adj. credible; trustworthy; dependable

v. to cede; to surrender; to give up; to forsake; to

abandon

n. easement; alleviation; liberation; aid;

assistance

v. to move to a different apartment; to move to a

different place

v. to depend on; to trust in

n. comment; observation; notice

v. to stay; to abide; to continue; to go on

adj. striking; noteworthy; extraordinary;

exceptional

v. to notice; to observe; to comment; to state; to

say

v. to recall to the mind; to retain in one's mind; to

have a recollection

v. to cause to remember

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v. to forgive; to absolve; to release; to discharge

n. act of forgiving; discharging; dispatching

n. act of shedding; act of taking away; elimination;

ejection; dismissal

adj. distant; located far away; secluded; isolated;

aloof

v. to take off; to shed; to take away; to eliminate;

to get rid of

n. degree of difference; promotion of a student to

a higher grade

v. to restore to good condition; to restart; to

resume; to refresh

v. to give; to submit; to transform; to represent; to

depict

n. act of repairing; renewal; act of restoring to

good condition

adj. famous; prominent

v. to let; to allow someone to use property in

return for regular payments; to hire

n. money paid for the use of property; rip; tear;

laceration

n. money paid for the use of property; property

that is leased; act of leasing

adj. available to lease or rent

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v. to fix; to mend; to correct a problem or

n. act of fixing; correction; act of mending

malfunction

adj. done over again

n. act of redoing something

n. reiteration; act of redoing something

n. substitution; substitute

v. to substitute for; to return something to a

particular position or location

n. rematch; repetition

n. answer; response

v. to rebroadcast

n. agreement in which the seller of securities

agrees to buy them back at a specified time and

price

v. to answer; to respond

v. to provide a detailed statement about an

occurrence or situation; inform

n. detailed account of an occurrence or situation

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n. delegate; agent; person who acts on behalf of

another person or organization

v. to act as an agent on behalf of a person or

organization; to symbolize

adj. typical; characteristic; acting on behalf of

another person or organization

v. to accuse; to admonish

n. petition; instance of asking for something;

something that is asked for; object of a petition

n. regard; esteem; renown

v. to demand; to claim; to need; to call for; to

order; to command

v. to ask for; to petition for

n. something that is demanded; necessity;

something that is needed

v. to set a new time and date

v. to save from harm; to deliver from danger; to

free from risk

n. deliverance; act of saving from danger or injury;

act of freeing from risk

v. to perform a thorough investigation; to study a

subject closely

n. comprehensive inquiry; extensive investigation

of a subject

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n. act of ordering in advance (hotel room, airline

v. to be similar to; to be akin to; to look like; to

ticket, etc.)

have a similar appearance to

n. headquarters of a business; dwelling place;

abode; home; domicile

n. minimum amount of money and liquid assets

set by the central banking system of the U.S.

adj. staying in a particular place; not migratory;

intrinsic; existing

n. inhabitant; one who lives in a particular location

adj. enduring; lasting; continuing; leftover;

remaining

adj. intended for inhabitation; occupied with

homes

n. act of quitting a position; letter stating that one

quits a position; relinquishment

v. to quit an office or position; to relinquish; to give

up; to abdicate

n. elasticity; cheerfulness; quality of quickly

recovering from sadness or failure; buoyancy

n. protective coating

n. opposition; act of fighting against; act of

withstanding the effects of

v. to oppose; to fight against; to challenge; to

withstand

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n. firm decision; ruling; decisiveness;

determination

adj. determined; firm; steadfast

v. to determine; to decide; to separate into

constituent parts

v. to echo

n. honor; esteem; high regard; consideration;

attention

n. supply; stock; means of accomplishing a goal;

expedient

v. to honor; to admire; to esteem; to hold in high

regard

v. to answer; to reply; to react

adj. dependable; reliable; accountable; liable

n. limitation; limit

n. reply; answer; reaction

adj. answering; reacting (esp. positively or

sympathetically)

v. to recommence; to begin again; to retake; to

take back; to continue

n. summary; synopsis; abstract; CV; curriculum

vitae

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adj. pertaining to the sale of goods to final

n. sale of products to final consumers; sale of

consumers; of the sale of merchandise to end

users

goods to end users

adj. keeping quiet; reserved; showing self-

restraint

n. person or business that sells goods to final

consumers

v. to withdraw from a position (usually due to old

age); go into seclusion; to withdraw

n. withdrawal from one's job or occupation

v. to recover; to regain; to bring back; to fetch; to

rescue

n. act of bringing back; restoration; act of finding

information and sending it to the user as output

adj. reciprocal; done in response to a previous

action; repeated; recurring

n. act of giving back; reply; answer; profit; yield;

repayment

n. income; return; gains; government income

earned through taxation

v. to show; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to

disclose

n. opposite; contrary; back side; rear; setback;

defeat

v. to respect deeply; to honor greatly

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v. to survey; to conduct a general study; to

adj. having the back side exposed to view;

inspect; to examine; to reconsider

opposite; contrary

n. act of making changes; alteration; proof sheet

made to verify changes made and check for

additional errors

n. survey; general study; examination; inspection

v. to resuscitate; to bring back to life; to put into

action again

v. to make changes in order to improve

something; to edit; to correct

n. prize; recompense; benefit received as

payment for a service

v. to rotate; to turn; to spin; to encircle; to think

about; to contemplate

adj. harsh; strict; severe; exact; precise

v. to recompense someone for a service

v. to stand up; to get into an upright position; to

climb; to ascend

n. slope; incline; increase; ascent; raise in position

or status; promotion; angry response

adj. being in competition; contending

n. competitor; opponent; contender

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adj. strong; healthy

n. competition; contention; act of competing

abbr. method of measuring the profitability of a

company (derived by dividing the net income by

total assets)

adj. decayed; decomposed; putrid; spoiled;

despicable

v. to direct along a particular path; to chart a

course

n. track; path; customary series of stops during a

trip

adj. commonplace; ordinary; usual; customary;

habitual

n. commonplace activity; everyday task; habit;

custom; practice

n. elastic material derived from of some tropical

plants; eraser

n. percentage of profits paid to an artist for each

copy of his work that is sold

n. law; custom; common practice; government;

flat tool used for measuring distances

adj. composed of elastic material; made from

caoutchouc

v. to govern; to control; to determine; to decide; to

decree

n. range; journey; track; path; series; sequence

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n. speed; haste; sudden increase in activity or

v. to operate; to activate; to manage; to direct; to

speed

carry out; to fulfill

n. freedom from danger; quality of not causing

injury or loss; any security device

v. to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly;

to cause to hurry

n. commercial transaction; instance of offering

goods at a reduced price; demand for

merchandise; auction

n. periodic wage paid to someone for work; pay

n. marketing; activities associated with selling a

product or service

n. angle that points outward

adj. conspicuous; bulging outward; protruding;

remarkable; noticeable

n. act of rescuing; rescued items

n. specimen; small part of something;

representative part of a larger group

v. to save from destruction; to rescue

v. to take a small portion of something as a

specimen

adj. hygienic; clean; healthy

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v. to fulfill; to meet a request or requirement; to

n. gratification of a need; remuneration; fulfillment

compensate; to remunerate

n. action or instance in which the ball or puck is

prevented from entering the goal

prep. except; besides; but

n. understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang)

adj. experienced; knowledgeable (Slang)

n. tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade;

saying; maxim; proverb

v. to cut with a toothed blade

v. to climb; to ascend; to weigh; to do according to

a particular ratio

n. progression of steps; table of graduated rates;

system of marks used for measuring

v. to convert an object or image into a digital

image using an optical device to browse

n. close examination; scrutinizing look

adj. unable to think in a clear and orderly manner;

giddy or frivolous

n. peripheral device used to convert objects or

images into digital images (Computers)

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n. view; vista; panorama; set; backdrop used on

n. place where an event occurs; vista; view

stage to portray a particular setting or locale

v. to create a timetable; to enter into a timetable;

to plan for a certain date

n. timetable; agenda; itinerary; plan

n. system of knowledge gained by research;

specific field of systematic knowledge; skill;

proficiency

n. range; extent; sphere; expanse

v. to gain; to obtain; to earn a point (in a game,

etc.); to tally; to grade a test

n. group of twenty items; debt; account; bill; grade

on a test

v. to jumble; to mix together confusedly; to

clamber; to climb on all fours

n. climb over rough terrain; struggle for

possession; disorderly or chaotic proceeding

v. to rub; to achieve or obtain with difficulty; to

delete; to cross out

n. abrasion; cut; score of zero; cash; money

(Slang)

v. to cover with a curtain; to filter; to sift; to hide; to

conceal; to separate

n. part of a television or computer monitor where

the picture is displayed

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v. to examine; to investigate; to check closely; to

adj. moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise;

inspect

strict; exact

n. quest; hunt; instance of looking for something;

investigation; examination

adv. smoothly; continuously; inconspicuously

n. one of the four quarters of the year (winter,

spring, summer, autumn)

v. to hunt for; to look for; to investigate; to

examine

v. to support a proposal or statement; to endorse;

to approve; to help; to assist

v. to spice; to flavor; to accustom; to acclimatize;

to become experienced

n. information that is confidential or classified;

mystery; unexplained phenomenon

adj. next after the first; alternate; other; additional;

subordinate; having a lower rank

n. part; district; paragraph; passage; department;

unit

adj. classified; confidential; clandestine; covert;

hidden; latent

v. to obtain; to protect; to defend; to strengthen

v. to divide; to split

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n. safety; pledge; guarantee; stock; bond

adj. safe; protected; strong; stable; confident

v. to appear to be; to look like; to give the

impression of; to have the appearance of

v. to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to

request

v. to partition; to be partitioned

n. part; portion; slice; piece

adj. chosen; picked out; choice; superior; prime;

picky

v. to choose; to pick out

adj. independent; independent contractor;

n. choice; assortment; collection of items available

to choose

business owner; person who is not a hired laborer

n. one of the two periods of an academic year

n. educational meeting; training session

(usually 15-18 weeks)

adj. older; elder; having a higher rank; aged

n. person of higher rank; older person; elder

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v. to feel; to perceive; to apprehend; to

n. any of the five faculties of perception;

understand

perception; recognition; awareness

adj. having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to

external influences or agents

adj. rational; reasonable; wise; judicious;

cognizant; aware

v. to segregate; to set apart; to split; to divide; to

disconnect

adj. detached; disconnected; distinct; set apart

n. sequence; succession; television program

broadcast in installments

n. progression; succession; order; arrangement

adj. solemn; acute; critical; requiring much

consideration; humorless; grim

n. opening stroke or hit of the ball (Sports)

n. act of providing; act of offering; work; labor;

function; role; offer

v. to tend to; to attend; to work; to perform a duty

or task

adj. useful; providing assistance; repairing;

performing maintenance tasks

n. meeting; assembly; term; semester

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adj. fixed; arranged; prepared; resolute; firmly

n. system; group of items; collection; posture;

resolved; determined in advance

carriage; series; sequence

v. to display; to undertake; to attempt; to begin a

journey; to arrange

v. to establish; to start; to found; to being; to raise

n. arrangement; structure; organization; hoax;

configuration of hardware or software

n. obstacle; misfortune; something which hinders

progress

(Computers)

adj. serious; grave; acute; difficult; rigorous;

harsh; strict

adj. some; few; separate; distinct; individual;

various

n. form; model; image; condition; fitness; mold

adv. seriously; gravely; acutely; critically

v. to design; to mold; to form; to direct; to be

formed

n. part; portion; quota; allocation; issue of stock

n. person or organization that owns part of a

company

v. to divide; to apportion; to receive a portion; to

participate

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adj. having a thin edge intended for cutting;

n. sewing needle; swindler; cheater; professional

sudden; clear; smart

gambler

n. a support that consists of a horizontal surface

for holding objects; projection; rock ledge;

sandbank

n. large vessel made for sailing on the sea;

aircraft; spacecraft

v. to send; to dispatch; to transport (by airplane,

truck, etc.); to embark

n. sending of cargo or freight

n. business of sending or transporting cargo; sea

voyage (Archaic)

n. place where vessels are built and repaired

v. to visit a store and purchase goods; to browse

in a store; to inform on; to betray (British Slang)

n. small retail store; studio; business; office; outlet

v. must (indicating duty or obligation); would

n. lack; scarcity; deficit; deficiency

(softening the statement)

n. device used to destroy documents by cutting

them into small strips or pieces

n. intelligence; ability to think in a clever manner

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adj. ill; nauseous; feeling the need to vomit;

n. vision; ability to see; look; glimpse; spectacle

disgusted; fed up

n. mark; symbol; indication; hint; trace; notice;

v. to see with the eyes; to view; to notice; to

discern; to observe

n. meaning; sense; quality of having meaning

v. to mark; to indicate; to write one's name

n. meaning; sense; importance; consequence; act

of pointing out

adj. important; consequential; meaningful; having

meaning; of a considerable amount

v. to represent; to indicate; to communicate; to

express; to convey

adj. alike; having common qualities; comparable

n. stupid person substance unmixed with other

substances; commoner

adj. easy; uncomplicated; modest; ordinary; plain

n. act of pretending; counterfeit; imitation of the

operation or features of one system using an

other system

v. to copy; to pretend; to fake

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adj. honest; truthful; frank; straightforward;

adv. honestly; genuinely; earnestly; faithfully

genuine; earnest

v. to submerge; to fall down below the surface

especially in water)

n. wash basin; sewer; drain; cesspool; place

where criminals gather

(

v. to locate

n. place; location; area

n. spatial dimension; measurement; extent;

degree

n. condition; circumstance; location; position; job;

place of employment

n. ability; aptitude; proficiency; expertise; craft or

trade that requires special training

v. to arrange according to dimension

v. read superficially; to cause an object to skip

across the surface of a liquid

n. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; film;

thin layer

n. false and injurious statements made about

another; defamation; calumny

n. act of going around; avoidance; evasion

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v. to make false and injurious statements about

adj. sloping; inclined

another; to defame; to vilify; to malign

n. punctuation mark in the form of a diagonal line

/); reduction; decrease

adv. at an angle; obliquely; in a slanting direction

(

n. thin piece cut from a larger object; portion;

share

v. to cut with a sharp quick stroke; to reduce; to

lower; to criticize strongly

n. slide; stumble; mistake; blunder; error

v. to cut into portions; to cleave

n. motto; catchword; attention getting phrase used

in advertising

v. to glide; to sneak; to slide; to decline; to

deteriorate; to make a mistake

n. side of a hill; incline; upward or downward

slant; degree to which a surface deviates from the

vertical

v. to incline; to slant upward or downward; to

cause to tilt

v. to notch; to groove; to assign to a place or

position (in an organization, system, etc.)

n. notch; narrow opening; place; position (within a

system, etc.)

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v. to collapse; to decline; to decrease; to

n. recession; sudden decrease; drooping posture;

deteriorate; to settle

slouch; collapse

adv. softly; in a low voice; without strength or

force; weakly; into little pieces

adj. little; few in number; trivial; unimportant;

modest

adj. intelligent; clever; shrewd; lively; fashionable;

stylish

n. sharp stinging pain

n. sports shoe; one who moves about stealthily;

one who acts furtively

adv. gently; without roughness or projections;

evenly; calmly

n. association; organization; community; rich

upper class; fellowship; companionship

v. to glide; to fly upward; to ascend; to increase; to

rise

n. programs which control the functions of a

computer's hardware

adj. of or pertaining to the upper class

v. to comfort; to console; to encourage; to relieve;

to appease

n. consolation; relief from distress; source of

comfort

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v. to try and obtain something through persuasion

adv. only; exclusively; merely

or earnest requests

adj. gloomy; dark; depressing; sad; mournful

v. to find the answer to; to explain

adj. refined; cultured; complex; intricate;

complicated

n. type; kind; character; manner; quality

n. vibrations that can be detected by the human

ear; noise; vocal utterance

v. to classify; to organize; to separate from others;

to clarify

adj. whole; healthy; in good condition; sane; firm;

valid

n. origin; starting point

v. to originate from; to reveal the origin of

n. universe; empty area; gap; area; interval

something; to obtain from a particular supplier

n. length; distance; duration; period of time

v. to set some distance apart

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n. reduced price; sale on particular items; extra

v. to extend across; to stretch from one point

newspaper edition

another; to bridge

v. to devote oneself to a particular profession or

field of study; to limit

adj. unusual; exceptional; unique; particular;

highly valued

n. item or detail included in a description of

requirements or plans

n. distinguishing mark; unique ability; area of

expertise

n. speaking ability; something that is

communicated orally

v. to indicate; to itemize; to mark; to designate; to

stipulate

v. to accelerate; to cause to move quickly; to

expedite; to further; to hurry

n. quickness; velocity; transmission gear in a

motor vehicle

adj. wonderful; excellent; marvelous; grand;

elegant; magnificent

v. to expend; to disburse; to put out (money,

resources, etc.)

n. one who donates money; person or

organization that promotes or supports (an event,

program, candidate, etc.)

v. to back; to support; to finance; to subsidize; to

promote

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n. roundish stain; speck; place; awkward or

adj. irregular; fitful; occasional; infrequent

difficult situation; predicament

n. expansion; growth; range; story or

advertisement that covers two pages

adj. made or done immediately; paid at once;

performed randomly

n. secret agent; person who secretly investigates

and gathers information about other people

v. to open; to extend; to apply a layer on; to

scatter; to distribute

v. to provide secret information about another

country; to examine

n. geometric figure having four equal sides; plaza

n. structure in which horses and other animals are

housed

adj. having four equal sides enclosing four equal

angles

n. heap; tall bookshelf; chimney

adj. steady; firm; lasting; dependable; faithful

n. employees working in an organization;

personnel; crew; team

v. to place one thing on top of another in a heap;

to pile

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n. raised platform; resting place on a journey;

v. to employ a group of workers; to provide with

phase

employees; to man

n. wager; bet; investment; share

v. to perform; to present; to carry out; to execute

n. stand; booth; pen; pretext to delay

v. to risk; to gamble; to finance; to underwrite

v. to put into a stable; to delay; to check the

progress of

n. physical position or bearing; opinion; attitude

n. model; criterion; norm; average; commodity

which backs a monetary system

v. to be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to project;

to protrude

adj. serving as a model; normal; regular; typical;

widely accepted

n. outlook; perspective; view; opinion; attitude

adj. essential; regularly used; primary; principal;

main (of goods or products)

n. metal clip for binding papers; essential element

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adj. governmental; bureaucratic; majestic;

n. condition; phase; mood; splendor; nation

dignified

n. position; place where a person or thing is

n. declaration; allegation; official account

usually found; headquarters; broadcast frequency

adj. still; fixed in place; static; settled; tending to

stay in one place

v. to assign to a particular post or position; to

appoint

n. organization and interpretation of numerical

data

n. paper used for writing letters

n. act of halting; visit; temporary residence;

suspension of a legal proceeding

n. individual's social or professional standing;

position; rank; present situation

v. to visit; to spend time in a place; to remain

temporarily; to lodge

adj. loyal; faithful; unchanging

v. to arise; to come from; to originate; to stop; to

check

n. central stalk of a plant; petiole

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pref. related to by the remarriage of a parent and

n. movement made by lifting the foot and setting it

down in another place; stair; stage in a process

not by blood

n. silence; quiet; photograph

adv. strictly; firmly

adj. receiving of a regular or fixed payment

adj. quiet; tranquil; calm; motionless

n. supply of goods; inventory; share; company's

capital divided into shares

v. to require that certain conditions be met before

the signing of a contract; to specify; to require

adj. available on a regular basis; employed to

handle merchandise or goods

n. cessation; end; visit; obstacle; hindrance

n. shop; place where merchandise is sold; supply

of goods or materials set aside for future use

v. to halt; to cease; to quit; to close; to block; to

impede

n. true or fictional account of some occurrence;

short work of fiction; plot; news report

v. to amass; to accumulate; to supply; to equip

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adj. having no curves or bends; frank; continuous;

n. line that is not curved; section that is not curved

honest; consistent

adj. frank; candid; sincere; honest; simple;

uncomplicated

v. to tie with a narrow piece of leather; to lash

n. path along which a fluid flows; direction in

which a particle flows; aerodynamic shape

n. plans or methods created for the purpose of

achieving a goal

n. durability; determination; resolve; power;

intensity; force

v. to make more efficient; to organize; to simplify

n. emphasis; importance; accent; strain; tension;

pressure

v. to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to

toughen

v. to extend; to elongate; to reach out; to pull; to

strain

v. to emphasize; to accentuate

v. to temporarily cease working as a protest; to

impress

n. temporary work stoppage; good luck; discovery

of natural resources

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v. to endeavor; to try hard; to compete; to

adj. marked with narrow bands of contrasting

struggle; to resist

color or texture

n. building; something created from a number of

interconnecting parts

v. to organize; to arrange; to give form to

v. to learn; to ponder; to examine; to investigate;

to memorize

n. learning; field of learning; thorough

investigation; report; analysis

v. to plan; to design; to name; to call

n. manner; way; fashion; chic; vogue

adj. under the rule of; subordinate; exposed to;

liable to; conditional

n. topic; branch of studies; major; citizen; motive

v. to give in; to surrender; to yield; to present; to

propose

adv. based on individual thoughts and feelings

adj. inferior; of secondary importance; under the

authority of another

n. one who is subservient; someone under the

authority of another

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n. payment given for regularly scheduled

v. to endorse; to donate; to contribute; to pledge;

performances or publications

to support; to approve

n. company that is owned or controlled by another

company

v. to descend; to decline; to abate; to lessen

adj. supplementary; auxiliary; secondary; lesser in

importance

v. to provide financial assistance

adj. firm; wealthy; influential; important;

considerable

n. financial assistance

n. word or phrase functioning as a noun

v. to prove; to verify; to confirm; to actualize

adj. existing independently; real; tangible

adj. acting as a replacement

n. replacement; person or thing that takes the

place of another

v. to take away part of a whole; to remove; to

deduct

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n. attainment of something desired or attempted;

accomplishment; prosperity

v. to prosper; to achieve; to attain; to follow; to

inherit

adj. stated briefly but clearly; clear and concise;

short and to the point

adj. enough; adequate

v. to propose; to mention; to imply; to hint; to

evoke

n. proposal; recommendation; insinuation; hint

n. matching outfit consisting of a jacket and

trousers or a skirt; request; courtship

v. to fit; to match; to satisfy; to please; to clothe

n. group of things that together form a set; group

of attendants

n. rectangular traveling bag; valise

v. to add

n. whole amount; entire quantity; essence; gist

v. to present in a condensed form; to list the main

points in a brief and comprehensive manner

adj. excellent; wonderful; splendid; magnificent

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n. one who is higher than another in rank or

adj. being more than is needed; excessive;

position

unnecessary

v. to oversee; to administer; to direct; to manage;

to watch over

adj. higher in rank or position; above average;

exceptional

adj. managerial; overseeing

v. to make up for a deficiency; to add on to

n. provider

n. overseer; director; manager

n. something which makes up for a deficiency;

addition; extra added part

adj. additional; extra

v. to furnish; to equip; to make up for; to

n. act of providing; provision; reserve; stock

compensate for; to substitute for temporarily

v. to carry; to encourage; to assist financially; to

substantiate

n. prop; brace; economic assistance; upkeep;

encouragement; aid

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v. to presume to be true; to hypothesize; to

adj. providing assistance

believe

n. exterior or upper boundary of a thing; external

part or layer; outward appearance

adv. confidently; certainly; without a doubt; yes; of

course

v. to infer; to conjecture; to guess; to presume

adj. external

n. astonishment; something which startles or

astonishes; unexpected event

n. profit; amount of assets that is higher than

liabilities

n. careful observation of a person or group

v. to startle; to astonish; to ambush

v. to look over; to observe; to examine carefully;

to study

n. review; overview; statistical study

v. to outlive; to remain in use; to outlast; to

endure; to withstand

adj. vulnerable; prone; impressionable

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v. to hang; to postpone; to defer; to expel

adj. doubtful; dubious

v. to support; to provide for; to finance; to assist;

to encourage

n. exchange; trade

n. moving back and forth; influence; control;

authority

v. to exchange one thing for another; to trade; to

barter

n. pullover; employer who underpays his

employees

v. to move back and forth; to lean in a certain

direction; to be sympathetic to; to hesitate

n. financial industry owned cooperative supplying

secure, standardized messaging services to

financial institutions

adj. fast; immediate; prompt; smart

v. to change; to shift; to exchange; to trade; to

turn on or off

n. exchange; transfer; device

n. panel containing buttons for connecting and

disconnecting telephone or electrical circuits

n. affinity; compassion; pity; concern; empathy

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n. combining of separate elements into a

n. meeting or conference at which a specific topic

complete whole

is discussed

n. combination of related things or parts that form

a complex whole

adv. methodically; in an organized fashion

v. to enter information into a chart; to postpone; to

set aside for future consideration

n. list of information arranged in columns and

rows; chart; flat surface

n. equipment; device for lifting and lowering

objects

v. to deal with; to stop; to undertake; to set about

v. to create or adapt for a particular need or desire

v. to seize; to capture; to possess; to contract

n. one who makes or alters garments

n. amount collected at one time; income;

proceeds; profits (Informal)

n. act of assuming control of something (as in a

government or business)

v. to capture; to assume control

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v. to converse; to speak; to spread rumors; to

n. conversation; speech; lecture; meeting

lecture; to reveal secret information

adj. having a specified height; difficult to believe;

exaggerated; challenging

adj. chatty; loquacious

v. to tempt or tease by presenting something as

available and then withholding it

adj. equivalent to; equal to

v. to aim at something

n. mark; objective; aim; object; goal

n. job; assignment; obligation; role

n. perception of flavor; sense; reason

n. levy; fee

v. to give assignments; to overburden; to strain

v. to check flavor by eating; to attempt; to try

v. to impose a tariff; to impose a levy; to burden;

to demand too much

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n. specialist in repairs of machinery and

n. method of performance

appliances

n. disposition; mood

n. sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences

v. to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to

toughen; to harden

adj. passing; brief

v. to rent; to inhabit; to occupy

n. lodger; occupant; resident; renter; landlord

n. bid; offer; overseer; supervisor

n. inflection; verbal 'time'

adj. gentle; soft; delicate

adj. strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful

n. tautness; strain; nervousness; agitation;

apprehension

adj. experimental; trial; temporary; hesitant

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n. word; expression; idiom; condition; stipulation

n. strength; period; permanence

n. either end of a passenger line; bus or train

station

v. to name; to call; to designate

n. nomenclature; specific vocabulary

n. region; district; zone; area; domain

n. letter of recommendation

n. diligence; neatness

adj. end; closing; concluding; final; mortal

adj. awful

v. to bear witness; to declare under oath; to attest

adj. comprehensive; complete; finished

conj. despite; in spite of

adv. anyway

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n. string; thin cord; Internet discussion

n. idea; concept; product of the mind

n. expression of intent to damage or injure;

intimidation; danger

v. to pass something through an opening

v. to prosper; to flourish; to succeed

adv. in every; during

prep. in every part; at every point or moment

adv. therefore; so

v. to label; to fine

n. certificate; entry pass; tag

n. rope; cord; link; connection; equal score in a

game

v. to bind; to fasten with a rope or cord

adv. in a close-fitting manner; firmly

adj. close-fitting; tense; narrow

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n. punctuality

n. period; era; hour; rate

n. heading; caption; right; ownership;

championship

v. to furnish with a caption or heading

adj. nominal; symbolic; perfunctory

n. apparatus; device

n. symbol; sign; mark; remembrance

n. tax; charge; levy; grievous price

n. summit; peak; head

adj. highest; prime; leading

n. sum; whole

n. theme; subject of conversation; issue

n. voyage; sightseeing excursion; trip; route

adj. entire; complete; absolute

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n. act of dragging or pulling with a rope or chain

v. to sightsee; to voyage; to travel

n. city

v. to pull; to drag

n. lane; path; signs; trails; channel

n. business; commerce; barter; occupation

n. custom; practice; convention

adj. of a city; local

v. to follow

adj. commercial; of commerce

n. movement of vehicles or persons; trade;

commerce; load of messages in a

communications network

adj. customary

n. track; footprints; path; way

v. to deal in; to sell

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v. to carry out; to conduct; to perform

v. to follow; to drag; to tow

v. to excel; to rise above

n. negotiation; settlement; business deal

n. exchange; conveying something from one

person to another

adj. sublime; exalted; superior

n. something discarded; rubbish; garbage; refuse;

nonsense

v. to convey; to relocate; to hand over; to pass on

v. to throw away; to discard; to destroy; to

damage

n. movement; journeying

n. one who makes a journey

v. to put away for future use

v. to go on a journey; to move; to go from one

place to another

n. flat receptacle used to hold other items; platter

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n. delight; refreshment or entertainment given to

v. to relate to; to deal with; to process; to pay for

its recipient without cost

n. formal agreement between two states;

compact; covenant; contract

n. therapy; care; relation; attitude; behavior

n. one who damages a person or his property or

rights

adj. very great in numbers; huge; powerful

adj. experimental; exploratory; test; used as a

sample

n. test; attempt; experiment; annoyance

n. shape having three sides and three corners;

group of three

adj. trifling; unimportant; insignificant; minor

v. to worry; to cause concern; to annoy; to bother;

to disturb

n. problem; misfortune; annoyance; cause of

worry

n. confidence; faith; credit; monopoly; several

companies banded together in order to reduce

competition

adv. really; genuinely

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n. person granted legal custodianship over

v. to rely on; to extend business credit

property not belonging to him

n. gross revenues; total business done; rate of

selling or producing

v. to grant a person or persons legal

custodianship over property not belonging to them

adv. in the end; eventually

adv. doubly

adj. unlicensed; forbidden; unlawful

adj. doubtful; not reliable; ambiguous

adj. not standard; not ordinary

adj. not capable

adj. impartial; equitable

n. doubtfulness

v. to offer at lower prices than the competition; to

weaken; to undermine

n. type of beef tenderloin; type of cavity with a

broad base

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n. caption beneath an illustration

v. to assign too low a value to

n. representing something less strongly than what

the facts would justify

v. to emphasize

adj. having begun a journey (especially of a sea

vessel); initiated; in progress; under construction

adj. biased; dishonest

adv. regrettably

adj. not anticipated; not expected

v. to join; to cause to become one

adj. singular; matchless; rare

n. workers' association; federation; amalgamation

n. singularity; individuality; incomparability

adj. objective

n. specific quantity regarded as a standard;

combination which acts a whole; piece

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conj. not before; precluding; barring; except; aside

adj. infinite; boundless

from

adj. excessive; redundant; superfluous

adj. inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

conj. up to the time which

v. to open; to free from restraints; to release

adj. not healthful; not clean

prep. up to

adj. about to happen; imminent

v. to reveal; to uncover; to disclose

v. to modernize; to make current

n. more current version of something

n. the process of installing a newer and more

powerful version of a software package or a piece

of hardware

v. to improve; to raise the quality of

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n. materials that are used to cushion and cover

prep. on; atop

furniture (i.e. fabric, lining, padding, etc.)

adj. pertaining to a city; municipal

adv. to a higher level; more than; higher than

adj. pressing; compelling; immediate; prompt

v. to make into a city

v. to practice; to employ; to exploit; to treat; to

consume

n. function; utilization; benefit; advantage;

consumption

adj. not functional; not practical

adj. functional; practical; applicable

adv. commonly; generally; regularly

adj. common; regular; ordinary

n. the proportion of available time that an item of

equipment is operating

v. to put to practical use; to take advantage of

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adj. empty; unfilled; unoccupied; lacking

n. emptiness; available position; job opening

expression

v. to go on holiday

n. holiday

n. act or instance of rendering insusceptible to

disease by inoculating

v. to render insusceptible to a disease by

inoculating

adj. legitimate; legally acceptable; not expired;

logical; well-founded

v. to fluctuate; to hesitate; to waver

n. something of great worth

v. to confirm; to sanction; to legalize

adj. of great worth; costly; cherished; dear;

important

n. monetary or material worth; importance; merit

n. large closed vehicle used for transporting

goods or people

v. to esteem; to cherish; to assess; to estimate

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n. degree of diversity; change; modified version;

n. assortment; kind; sort

deviation

v. to alter; to change; to fluctuate

adj. assorted; different; individual; several

n. large container; tank; tub

adj. large; enormous; huge

n. one who does not eat meat; herbivore

n. netting attached to a woman's hat

n. automated device used for selling items

n. plant; edible fruit of a plant

n. means of transport (car, bus, etc.); instrument;

means; medium

v. to cover; to hide

n. an undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of

uncertain outcome

n. salesman; supplier; automatic machine for

selling goods

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n. truthfulness; something that is a truth

v. to take a risk in order to achieve a goal

adj. fulfilling many functions; multi-purpose; skilled

to do many things

v. to confirm the truth of something

n. large craft made for navigation on water; boat;

ship; container

n. particular form of something; variant; rendering;

translation

n. person who falls prey (to an attack, deception,

etc.)

adj. capable of living; having a reasonable chance

of succeeding; practical

v. to slander; to defame

n. attitude; stance; opinion

n. transgression; desecration; attack or disruption;

rape

adj. imaginary; hypothetical; computer simulated

n. quality of being clearly seen

n. computerized representation of an actual object

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n. temporary stay somewhere; instance of

spending time with a person or group of people;

inspection

adj. in view; observable; obvious; apparent

v. to stay somewhere temporarily; to make an

official inspection

n. guest; migrating bird

adj. lively; bright; dazzling; clear; graphic

adj. lively; vigorous; crucial; critical; necessary

n. sound produced in the throat; expression;

language

n. lexicon; list of words and their definitions in

alphabetical order

n. one who offers his services of his own free will

or without pay

v. to raise an opinion; to adjust the tone of

n. certificate that bears monetary value; coupon;

receipt; authorizer; endorser

v. to offer to do or give something for free; to

propose

v. to take a cruise; to travel; to make a journey

n. trip; journey; travel; cruise

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v. to be ready or available; to work as an

n. staying where one is; expectation; ambush

attendant; to postpone

n. woman who serves tables in a restaurant or

pub

n. one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub

n. picture or design used as a background for the

other images in a graphical user interface

n. small purse used to carry money and personal

documents; billfold; handbag

v. to store in a large building

n. depot; wholesale store; large retail store

n. caution; advice about danger; advance notice

n. guarantee; authority; justification

adj. cautioning; giving advice about danger

n. misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage

n. small clock that is usually worn on the wrist;

guarding; observation

adj. leftover; unused; desolate; desert; destroyed

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v. to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate

v. to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise

n. drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible

adj. frail; feeble; faint; dilute; watery

n. instrument for use in attack or defense in

combat

n. richness; prosperity; capital; fortune;

abundance

n. heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance;

influence

v. to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to

burden

n. this being the case; since (used in formal

documents)

v. to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to

esteem

conj. since; inasmuch as; while; while on the

contrary

conj. if

adj. complete; full; entire; healthy

n. totality; completeness; entirety

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n. breadth; thickness

adj. common; popular; extensive; prevalent

n. last testament listing inheritors of a dying

person's property

v. to want; to command; to determine; to decide

n. cord; line; string; telegraph cable

n. readiness; agreeableness

v. to take money from the bank; to retire; to

remove

adj. made of a thin flexible cord of metal

v. to bear; to endure

prep. during

v. to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to

vouch for

n. testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony

n. labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation;

effort

n. fleece from some animals; frizzy hair

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n. seminar; brief intensive educational program;

v. to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to

discussion group

process

v. to be concerned; to harass; to advance through

great effort

n. concern; fear; misfortune; distress

n. violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or

turning bolts

v. helping verb for use in a question; request or

expression of desire

v. to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a

customer)

v. to pull by force; to twist; to cut off; to distort; to

pervert

v. to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward

n. injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression

adj. distorted; crooked; twisted; askew

adv. annually

adj. occurring once within 12 months

adv. still; already; but; in spite of; although

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n. harvest; return; produce; income; profit

conj. but; in spite of; despite

n. extension of an archived file compressed with a

special program; type of drive using removable

disks

v. to produce; to supply; to bear (profit, harvest,

fruit, etc.)

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