newsvocab3
Terms
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a person whom you know but do not know well and who is therefore not exactly a friend
- acquaintance
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to cause repeated suffering or anxiety
Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would ------ him for the rest of his life.
- haunt
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great danger, or something that is very dangerous
I never felt that my life was in -----.
- peril
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very bad or (of something very bad or unpleasant) very great or extreme
The team's ------ record consists of six defeats in seven matches.
- woeful
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to prevent something from happening or someone from achieving a purpose
In our search for evidence, we were -----------ed by the absence of any recent documents.
- stymie
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very interesting and needing all your attention
an -------- book/story
- engrossing
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to produce money or information unwillingly
I've just had to ----- -- £10 for a parking fine.
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cough up
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the man to whom a woman is engaged to be married
Have you met Christina's ------?
- fiancé
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expressing a strong desire to punish someone who has harmed you or your family or friends
She sprayed red paint all over his car in one last ------- act before leaving him for good.<
- vengeful
- someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them; a detective
- sleuth
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(especially of a place) attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way
the ---------- narrow streets of the old city
- picturesque
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able to bend easily without breaking
These toys are made of ------ rubber, so they won't break.
- pliant
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an injury or mark where the skin has not been broken but is darker in colour, often as a result of being hit by something
She had a few cuts and -------s but nothing
- bruise
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saying what you think without trying to be polite or caring about other people's feelings
I'll be ------ - that last piece of work you did was terrible.
- blunt
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extremely useful
The new job will provide you with --------- experience.
- invaluable
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a long deep cut, especially in the skin
She slipped on a rock and -----ed her knee.
- gash
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an injury to a person's body or to an organ inside their body
skin/brain ------s
- lesion
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to get rid of something or someone unwanted
He seemed to want to ------- --- all his old acquaintances.
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slough off
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to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people
One of the organization's aims is to -------- information about the disease.
- disseminate
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having a lot of small parts or details that are arranged in a complicated way and are therefore sometimes difficult to understand, solve or produce
The watch mechanism is extremely -
- intricate
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a piece of a broken glass, cup, container or similar object
-----s of glass have been cemented into the top of the wall to stop people climbing over.
- shard
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to make a hole in something in a rough or violent way
He drove into some railings and ------d a hole in the back of his car.
- gouge
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to give something or someone a particular name, especially describing what you think of them
She was ----ed by the newspapers 'The Angel of Death'.
- dub
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an illness
Treat minor -------s yourself.
- ailments
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the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened
In ------, it would have been better to wait.
- hindsight
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pain in the lower part of the back and the back of the legs
- sciatica
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to produce or encourage especially an emotion or support
She managed to ------ the courage to ask him to the cinema.
- muster
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to cause difficulty and problems for
The government seems to have no understanding of what ---s the country.
- ail
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proudly refusing to obey authority
The protesters blocking the entrance to the offices remained ------- this morning.
- defiant
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You ------- something by acting in order to make it happen sooner
There is little doubt that poor medical treatment -------ed her death.
- hasten
- a hospital for people who are dying, especially from cancer
- hospice
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making someone or something physically weak
a ---------- condition/disease
- debilitating
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a failure to develop social abilities, language and other communication skills to the usual level
------ is four times more common in boys than in girls.
- autism