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English Vocabulary
Term | Definition | Example |
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Predecessor (Precede) | a thing that has been followed or replaced by another | |
Contravention | opposing sth | hints at other deadlier contraventions within the now complex supply chains |
Exacerbate | proliferate | |
Hark | (...back to)mention or remember sth from the past | This harks back to the same root problem |
Nadir | The lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation | food industry is again at nadir |
Fizzled out | Peter out | hopes fizzled out |
Crackdown | (... on)a series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour | crackdown on car crime |
Anointed | choose formally | |
Dissent | refusal to accept | |
Repressed | subdue someone or sth by force | the uprisings were repressed |
Mandate | an official order or commission to do sth | |
Chasm | a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc | widening chasm between the government and the people |
Ailing | declining | |
Proclamation | a clear declaration of sth | proclamations of modernisation and freedom are ubiquitous |
Ubiquitous | seen everywhere; common | |
Purported | appear to be or do sth, especially falsely | |
Brunt | (bear the...) bear the worst consequences | |
Plummet | fall or drop straight down at high speeds | |
Beleaguer | put in a very difficult situation | |
Philistine | a person who is hostile and indifferent to culture and arts | |
Cement | settle or establish firmly | cements the fact that... |
Untenable | (especially of a point of view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection | untenable task of sifting out terror in our modern world |
Covert | surreptitious; clandestine; furtive | |
Orchestrate | to produce a desired outcome, esp clandestinely | |
Surreptitious | covert | |
Impunity | exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action | individuals to act with impunity |
Blatant | (of a bad behaviour) done openly and unshamely | blatant lack of transparency |
Alienate | make someone feel isolated | alienating them to extremes even more |
Perpetrate | to carry out a crime | |
Calamity | an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; disaster | |
Imminent | approaching very soon | |
Pervasive | widespread | |
Remuneration | money paid for work or service | |
Monolith | a large corporate(public/private) that is slow to change | |
Convene | assemble | convene an alliance |
Rejuvenate | make sth look better or younger | |
Oligopoly | a market condition where there are very few sellers such that any action of either one will have a great impact on the society | |
Integral | (...to)pivotal; imperative; of paramount importance | |
Nub | (the...)the central point of a matter | |
Ambivalence | mixed feelings | |
Stalemate | ||
Hamstring | severely restrict | Obama hamstrung by domestic politics |
Provision | ||
Impasse | ||
Polarise | ||
Confound | ||
Convoluted | ||
Partisan | ||
Narcissism | ||
Pathological | ||
Sartorial | ||
Xenophobic | ||
Downtrodden | ||
Grim | ||
Contigency | ||
Lapse | ||
Reign | ||
Destitute | ||
Palpable | ||
Morph | ||
Vaunt | ||
Goodwill | establish reputation of a corporation | earn consumer goodwill |