FANCIFUL adj.
🔹 imaginative or unreal
📌 The girl had fanciful ideas about doing well in school without studying.
📌My niece is always quite fanciful, especially when she brings over her imaginary friends.
📌 The movie was a fanciful cinematic piece about fairies and mermaids. 🧜♀️
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🔹 imaginative or unreal
📌 The girl had fanciful ideas about doing well in school without studying.
📌My niece is always quite fanciful, especially when she brings over her imaginary friends.
📌 The movie was a fanciful cinematic piece about fairies and mermaids. 🧜♀️
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OPT v.
🔹 to choose one thing or do one thing instead of another
📌My brother likes chocolate ice cream, but I always opt for vanilla.🍦
📌 Fewer students than ever are opting to study maths at a higher level.
📌 Employees may opt out of the company's pension plan.
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🔹 to choose one thing or do one thing instead of another
📌My brother likes chocolate ice cream, but I always opt for vanilla.🍦
📌 Fewer students than ever are opting to study maths at a higher level.
📌 Employees may opt out of the company's pension plan.
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plunge v.To go down suddenly; to decrease by a great amount in a
short time
He jumped off the diving board and plunged into the pool.
The value of the company’s stock plunged after its chief executive
was arrested.
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short time
He jumped off the diving board and plunged into the pool.
The value of the company’s stock plunged after its chief executive
was arrested.
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NUMEROUS adj.
🔹 many
📌 It was hard to drive fast since there were numerous holes in the road.
📌 There are numerous train connections among those three cities. 🚞
📌 Rainforests are home to numerous species.
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🔹 many
📌 It was hard to drive fast since there were numerous holes in the road.
📌 There are numerous train connections among those three cities. 🚞
📌 Rainforests are home to numerous species.
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REFRAIN v.
🔹stop yourself from doing something
📌 The doctor asked Mary to refrain from eating fast food as part of her diet.
📌 Please refrain from talking during the performance.
📌 I was going to make a joke but I refrained.🙊
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🔹stop yourself from doing something
📌 The doctor asked Mary to refrain from eating fast food as part of her diet.
📌 Please refrain from talking during the performance.
📌 I was going to make a joke but I refrained.🙊
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ALLEVIATE
🔹to make something less painful or serious
📌 She needed something to alleviate the pain in her back.
📌 The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain.
📌 The UN’s most important goal is to alleviate world poverty.
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🔹to make something less painful or serious
📌 She needed something to alleviate the pain in her back.
📌 The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain.
📌 The UN’s most important goal is to alleviate world poverty.
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WORTHWHILE adj.
🔹 good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
📌 On his visit to Canada, he realized studying English was worthwhile.
📌 The teacher recommended some really worthwhile novels to his students.
📌 The smile on her face made it all worthwhile. 👧
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🔹 good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
📌 On his visit to Canada, he realized studying English was worthwhile.
📌 The teacher recommended some really worthwhile novels to his students.
📌 The smile on her face made it all worthwhile. 👧
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EDIBLE adj.
🔹something that is edible can be eaten
📌 We learn about edible plants when we go camping.
📌Are these mushrooms edible, or are they poisonous? 🍄
📌 There are many edible fruits growing wild in the coastal forest.
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🔹something that is edible can be eaten
📌 We learn about edible plants when we go camping.
📌Are these mushrooms edible, or are they poisonous? 🍄
📌 There are many edible fruits growing wild in the coastal forest.
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PUNGENT adj.
🔹 having a strong taste or smell
📌 The garlic made the soup taste so pungent that the chef wouldn’t serve it.
📌 Snails might also be edible, particularly in a pungent garlic sauce.
📌 The pungent smell of burned rubber fills the chilly night air.🏎
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🔹 having a strong taste or smell
📌 The garlic made the soup taste so pungent that the chef wouldn’t serve it.
📌 Snails might also be edible, particularly in a pungent garlic sauce.
📌 The pungent smell of burned rubber fills the chilly night air.🏎
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OPT v.
🔹 to choose one thing or do one thing instead of another
📌My brother likes chocolate ice cream, but I always opt for vanilla.🍦
📌 Fewer students than ever are opting to study maths at a higher level.
📌 Employees may opt out of the company's pension plan.
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🔹 to choose one thing or do one thing instead of another
📌My brother likes chocolate ice cream, but I always opt for vanilla.🍦
📌 Fewer students than ever are opting to study maths at a higher level.
📌 Employees may opt out of the company's pension plan.
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WORTHWHILE adj.
🔹 good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
📌 On his visit to Canada, he realized studying English was worthwhile.
📌 The teacher recommended some really worthwhile novels to his students.
📌 The smile on her face made it all worthwhile. 👧
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🔹 good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
📌 On his visit to Canada, he realized studying English was worthwhile.
📌 The teacher recommended some really worthwhile novels to his students.
📌 The smile on her face made it all worthwhile. 👧
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SOPHISTICATED adj.
🔹[B2] having a lot of experience of life, and good judgment about socially important things such as art, fashion etc
📌Jake is one of the most sophisticated persons I’ve ever met.
📌 She was a highly sophisticated and elegant woman.
📌 When Jackie reads books, she prefers to read sophisticated novels and not trashy romance books.
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🔹[B2] having a lot of experience of life, and good judgment about socially important things such as art, fashion etc
📌Jake is one of the most sophisticated persons I’ve ever met.
📌 She was a highly sophisticated and elegant woman.
📌 When Jackie reads books, she prefers to read sophisticated novels and not trashy romance books.
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REPLENISH
🔹to fill something up again
📌 We planted nearly one hundred seeds to replenish the garden after the fire.
📌 Drink this—you need to replenish your fluids after your hike.
📌 He replenished his supply of wood in preparation for the winter.
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🔹to fill something up again
📌 We planted nearly one hundred seeds to replenish the garden after the fire.
📌 Drink this—you need to replenish your fluids after your hike.
📌 He replenished his supply of wood in preparation for the winter.
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ACCOMPLISH
🔹achieve or complete successfully
📌 He accomplished his goal of running ten miles.
📌 What exactly do you hope to accomplish this year?
📌 As you accomplish tasks, cross them off your list.
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🔹achieve or complete successfully
📌 He accomplished his goal of running ten miles.
📌 What exactly do you hope to accomplish this year?
📌 As you accomplish tasks, cross them off your list.
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Ensure
🔹to make (something) certain, to guarantee
📌Eating good food ensures that we stay healthy.
📌Careful preparations ensure success.
📌We must ensure that tourism develops in harmony with the environment
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🔹to make (something) certain, to guarantee
📌Eating good food ensures that we stay healthy.
📌Careful preparations ensure success.
📌We must ensure that tourism develops in harmony with the environment
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GOURMET
🔹 producing or relating to very good food and drink
📌 In order to get a gourmet meal, you have to eat at an expensive restaurant.
📌 Flavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops.
📌 In short, it was everything a gourmet dish should be.🥗
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🔹 producing or relating to very good food and drink
📌 In order to get a gourmet meal, you have to eat at an expensive restaurant.
📌 Flavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops.
📌 In short, it was everything a gourmet dish should be.🥗
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DEPRIVE
🔹 to take something away from
📌 Because the child was bad, she was deprived of her dessert after dinner.
📌 A toothache deprived me of sleep.
📌 No one can deprive of your human rights.
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🔹 to take something away from
📌 Because the child was bad, she was deprived of her dessert after dinner.
📌 A toothache deprived me of sleep.
📌 No one can deprive of your human rights.
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RESTATE v.
🔹 to say something again or in a different way
📌 Mrs. Jones restated the test question to the class.
📌 Ask the interviewer to restate a question if you are confused.
📌 I'm sorry , but I did not understand your question. Could you please restate it?
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🔹 to say something again or in a different way
📌 Mrs. Jones restated the test question to the class.
📌 Ask the interviewer to restate a question if you are confused.
📌 I'm sorry , but I did not understand your question. Could you please restate it?
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RELUCTANCE n.
🔹 a feeling of not wanting to do something.
📌🎧 Jesse took out the trash with great reluctance.
📌 Smaller companies also notice a reluctance among employees to take vacation.
📌 I can quite understand your reluctance to talk about what happened to you.
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🔹 a feeling of not wanting to do something.
📌🎧 Jesse took out the trash with great reluctance.
📌 Smaller companies also notice a reluctance among employees to take vacation.
📌 I can quite understand your reluctance to talk about what happened to you.
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INTRINSIC adj.
🔹 being part of the nature or character of someone or something
📌 Paper money has no intrinsic value. It is useful simply because society says it is.
📌 The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.
📌 Focus on companies that have a stock price below intrinsic value.📉
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🔹 being part of the nature or character of someone or something
📌 Paper money has no intrinsic value. It is useful simply because society says it is.
📌 The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.
📌 Focus on companies that have a stock price below intrinsic value.📉
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