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Pretext

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Disguise

Noun for pretend

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Ensued

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Followed

"Chaos ensued"

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Lackadaisical

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Lackadaisical attitude

Lazy, no enthusiasm

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Insidious

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Harmful

"Insidious effects on health"

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Heinous

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Evil and horrible

"Heinous crime"

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Aggrieved

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Very distressed

"Aggrieved parents"

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Replete

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Filled

"Local media replete with reports pf snatch theft"

"The harbor is replete with boats"

Full

"Replete, the guests can retire to the modern conservatory for coffee"

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Perpetrator

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Person who commits crime

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Crux

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Most important/difficult part

"The crux of the problem"

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Change

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Winds of change

Metamorphosis

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Envisage

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Imagine

"I envisage an era of great scientific discoveries"

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Misdemeanour

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Less serious crime

Misbehaviour, misdeed

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Ailment

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Illness (not so serious)

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Tantamount to

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Equal to (a bad thing)

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Aggravate

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Worsen

"Lack of sleep aggravates the sickness"

Annoy

"How aggravating is this person?"

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Trepidation

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Fear/anxiety about something youre about to experience

"It was with some trepidation that I viewed the prospect of cycling across Uganda"

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Eradicate

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Get rid of

Remove

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Glean

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Collect/obtain knowledge/info slowly/indirectly

"This information was gleaned from a survey"

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Tenacious

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坚毅

Strong "Tenacious of memory"

Tightly "held on tenaciously"

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Sordid

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Immoral "sordid business/deal"

Depressing, unpleasant "sordid sight"

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Adamant

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Unyielding, determined

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Perfidy

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Act of betrayal

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Frugal

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Thrifty

节约

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niggardly

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吝啬

Stingy

Miserly

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Intrepid

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Dauntless

Very brave, not afraid of dangers and difficulties

"Intrepid explorer, intrepid mountaineer"

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Insipid

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Boring, dull

"Insipid coffee"

"Insipid conversation/speech"

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Invariable

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Always happens "they almost invariably get it wrong"

Something that never changes

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Docile

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Quiet, easy to control

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Inherent

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Something that is necessary and a natural part

"Violence is inherent in our society"

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Intrinsic

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Intrinsic value: something of value because of its basic nature

Belonging to a thing by its nature

"Diamond has little intrinsic value and their price depends almost entirely on society"

"Are people intrinsically evil?"

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Superfluous

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Extra, unnecessary

"Omit the superfluous words"

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Ubiquitous

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Omnipresent

"Ubiquitous fog/ants"

"Ubiquity of mass media"

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Repercussion

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Bad kesan

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Myriad

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Many

/"myriad mind of Shakespeare"

Great variety

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Avenue

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Ways

"Avenues of escape"

途径 "an avenue of research" "an avenue to prosperity"

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Derelict

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Abandoned

"Derelict building"

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Emanate

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"Revolting smell emanating from trash"

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Decrepit

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Bad condition, worn out

"Decrepit building/stove"

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Entail

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Involve

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City

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Concrete jungle

Metropolis

Megalopolis

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Buzzword

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Popular word/phase

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Reiterate

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Emphasise

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Very large

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Mammoth

Gargantuan

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Inception

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Beginning

Commencement

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Perennial

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Exists all the time

"The perennial urban problem of drugs"

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Encompass

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Include

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Vexatious

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Troublesome

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Bona fide

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Genuine

"We're happy to donate to bona fide charitable causes"