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QEA
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Consecutive [adj] | Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption. This is the fifth consecutive weekend that I've spent working. |
Concrete [adj] | Clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen or felt. They think she killed her husband, but they have no concrete evidence. |
Heap [verb] | To put things into a large, untidy pile. He heaped more food onto his plate. |
Shiver [verb] | When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill, or frightened. The poor dog - it's shivering! He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt. |
Tame [adj] | Not wild or dangerous (especially of animals), either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans. After a few months' contact the monkeys become very tame. |
Snatch [verb] | To take hold of something suddenly and roughly. He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them. . |
Appreciable [adj] | If an amount or change is appreciable, it is large or noticeable enough to have an important effect. There has been an appreciable drop in the number of unemployed since the new government came to power. |
Convalescent [noun] | someone who is getting better after a serious illness or injury: |
Ghettoize [verb] | To treat a particular group in society are as if they are different from the other parts of society. Feminist writers, she claimed, had been ghettoized, their books placed on separate shelves in the shops. |
Traceability [noun] | The ability to discover information about where and how a product was made. Labelling and traceability of food are key issues. |
Harangue [verb] | To speak to someone or a group of people, often for a long time, in a forceful and sometimes angry way, especially to persuade them. A drunk in the station was haranguing passers-by. |