verbs Flashcards

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To fund

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To finance

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To incentivise

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To spur
To extrinsically motivate

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To reuse

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To repurpose

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To resist

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To refuse
To be hesitant

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*To retreat

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To withdraw
To pull back
To retire
To escape from
To run away from

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To care

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To be concerned

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To personalise

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To customise
To meet preferences

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To hide

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To shy away
To avoid

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*To seek

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To look for

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To incentivise

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To reward
To encourage

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To consume

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To take
To draw

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To ignore

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To (intentionally) disregard/not acknowledge

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To normalise

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To make acceptable

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To remind

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To cue
To prompt

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To surprise

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To astonish
To amaze (synonym for wonder too)

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To weaken

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To erode
To diminish (e.g. the strength of the statement)
To debilitate

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To inherit

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To be bequeathed to
To be an heir to

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  • To bequeath
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To hand down
To leave as inheritance

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  • Lagging behind
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Not keeping up

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To chase

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To pursue

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To move

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To shift

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To measure

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To benchmark
To calculate
To assess

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  • To reequilibrate
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To regain balance/stability

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To neutralise

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To offset
To counteract

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To emulate
To imitate To copy To follow To model after To be like
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To humanise
To make mortal To make more ordinary/more like us To make less like Gods
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To take risks
To take chances in life
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To embody
To personify To symbolise To exemplify To represent
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* To endow
To invest To put in/devote more effort into
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* To sideline
To deem unimportant Unheeded Overlooked Ignored
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* Turn the spotlight on
Draw attention to Highlight Pinpoint
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* To give special treatment
To positively discriminate To favour To discriminate positively
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To cosset care for and protect in an overindulgent way.
To indulge To spoil To coddle To mollycoddle
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* To shower (affection)
To lavish
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To compel
To be obliged to
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* To take less seriously
To take lightly To see as trifling/slight Easily set aside/shelved/written off lightly
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* To (condescendingly) dismiss
To scorn To mock To patronise To sneer
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To accelerate
To hasten
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To appreciate
To cherish To treasure To value
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At risk
In threat greatest exposure to… susceptibility
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* To mitigate
To alleviate
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* To found
To pioneer
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To collaborate
To work synergistically To cooperate
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To monetise
To earn revenue from To profit
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* To share (on social media)
To display To exhibit To present
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To amass
To gather To acquire To accumulate To hoard
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To abreast of
To be updated about To follow
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To threaten
To endanger To make vulnerable/exposed
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To threaten
To intimate
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To suppress (opinions)
To censor To contain To quash
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To proliferate
To burgeon To spread quickly and widely
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To duplicate (e.g. a book)
To reproduce
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To enjoy
To relish in
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To encourage
To hearten To raise the spirits of
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To rescue
To bail out To save
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* To ban
To prohibit
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To take on the mantle
To become responsible for To be obligated to
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* To support
To substantiate To justify To legitimze To recognise To affirm
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Meaningfully decide
make/formulate informed/careful/thoughtful judgments/conclusions/choices
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To combine
To incorporate To integrate To merge
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?? from summary To disregard lawful practices
To ignore/break rules To behave corruptly
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To contravene
To break rules To defy
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To play on
To capitalise on To leverage on
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* To see through
To discern To judge To tell To perceive To realise
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* To be responsible for
To be accountable To be liable In our hands Within our power
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To choose
To elect To select To pick
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* To understand
To realize To comprehend To grasp To be cognisant of To be aware that
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* To develop
To groom To nurture To train
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To stay ahead
To be at the forefront of To show the way To be more forward-thinking
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To adapt and renew
To improve/develop (??) To modify To adjust To tailor
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* To heighten
To increase To boost To strengthen
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To learn
To acquire/to be taught
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To describe
To delineate To specify To identify To stipulate (but usually in a contract terms kind of way)
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* To misunderstand
To misread Misinterpreted Misconceived Misconstrued
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* To repay
To return To reciprocate In return for?
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* To spring up
Tp emerge To develop
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* To store
To stockpile
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To raise (children)
To nurture To bring up
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* To survive
To endure To persist
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grab
To seize
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* To assume
To presuppose To presume To suppose To take _____ as granted
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* To instigate
To bring on To set into motion To get off the ground To start To begin To initiate
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* To induce
To bring about To cause To prompt To produce To create To effect To generate
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* To designate
To assign To appoint
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To induct (into a position or an organisation)
To appoint
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* To promote
To foster To encourage
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To learn and grow
To develop/progress
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To underestimate
To underrate To rate too lowly
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To view
To consider To look at To perceive
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* To notice
To recognise To be aware of To acknowledge
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* To accept
To embrace To welcome
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To accept
To tolerate To put up with
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Navigate (setbacks)
Get around manage/negotiate optimally Overcome
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* To predict
To foresee To anticipate
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* To declare
To make clear
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* To endorse
To support To authorise To approve
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To involve
To engage
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To recognise
To approve To acknowledge
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* To define
To set/outline
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To make promises
To make commitments
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To celebrate anniversaries
To mark milestones
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To support
To provide for
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To live together
To cohabit
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* To adhere
To observe, to stay true
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To skate over the surface
Superficial _______
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(IDK) * To look in the eye
To be physically attentive to someone
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* To offer
To initiate To propose To suggest
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To make amends
To offer compensation/restitution
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* To focus
To center
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* To avoid
To evade To dismiss To eschew To abstain from
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To implement
Execute Apply
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To suit
To benefit To fit the agenda of
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To be owned
To be subjugated To be regarded as belongings/possessions
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To constraint
To restrict To limit For movements To confine
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To impede
To hinder To become an obstacle To restrict
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To entrap
To ensnare To lure
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To empower
To enable To encourage To equip To give tools to people have agency / a part
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* To justify
To give the grounds for To vindicate To rationalize To substantiate To corroborate
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To feel
To sense To perceive
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* To police
To govern To control To limit (?)
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To protect
To defend/guard To shield To safeguard To insulate (from)
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* To bond
To connect Social glue
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* To support (a belief/cause/view)
To adopt To espouse
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To spread
To dispense Share
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To admit
Concede Grant
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* To whinge
Gripe Complain
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To face (a challenge)
Surmount Deal
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To surmount - overcome (a difficulty or obstacle).
To overcome To conquer
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vent
express
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* To express
Communicate
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To be energised
Revitalise Rejuvenate Reinvigorate Recharge Become animated
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To achieve
To attain To reach
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To activate
To light To stimulate
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* To reframe
Consider View Reevaluate Reassess
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To cocoon
To protect To insulate To shelter
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To scold/criticize + warn
Admonish (to warn, strongly criticize) Berate (to criticize hatefully, to scold) Chide (to criticize, lecture) Reprimand Exhort (to urge, warn or caution)
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* To beg
Beseech (to beg) Implore (to beg) Plead Pray
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* To lessen
Abate Decrease Diminish Dwindle Dull Ebb (decline or decay) Recede Slacken Subside Wane Taper off (diminish or lessen gradually)
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To look down, to belittle
Abase (to behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)) Belittle Criticize Decry (to express strong disapproval of) Deride (express contempt for, ridicule) Discredit Disparage (regard or represent as being of little worth) Downplay Scorn Underestimate
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* To transfer a title to someone else - abalienate
Capitulate (give in) Concede Give up/in Grant Hand over Relinquish Renounce (formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession) Sign over transfer
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Aberration - malformation a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one. Or a characteristic that deviates from the normal type.
Abnormality Disfigurement Mutation Defect Injury
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TO reinforce
Endorse Strengthen Corroborate Reiterate Add to Bolster (help) Boost Buttress (support, bolster) Emphasize Enlarge Fortify Increase Shore up (to support or help (sth)) Support Underline Strengthen Back Substantiate Justify Legitimize
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* To exploit
Suppress Abuse Take advantage of Manipulate Victimising Treating us unfairly Mistreating us
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To remove
Discard Eliminate
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To retain
Keep Remain Maintain Preserve
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Enhance
Boost Cultivate Improve Build on Grow Extend Strengthen Enrich
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* Ensure
Guarantee make sure assure (abilities/intelligence)
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Believe
Regard understand Admit Conclude Deem have faith in Accept Trust
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sacrifice
Give up Surrender Relinquish let go of
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To learn
To acquire knowledge/information Gain/grasp knowledge Pick up Master Self-development
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* To care
To look after
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To care
To be concern for
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To pass down
To impart To transmit To transfer To communicate To convey
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To save time
Better time management Manage time more efficiently
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To exist
To survive
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To err
To be wrong To be inaccurate To transgress
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To seem
To appear
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* To trump
To transcend To supercede To surpass To overtake
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To transcend
To go beyond
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* To enslave
To subjugate To control (?)
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* To dominate
To command To control To dictate To influence To monopolize To regimented (more of strictly organised)
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* To control
To manage
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To harm
To abuse To damage To disservice To impair To hurt To manhandle
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* To validate
To affirm to endorse
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To eradicate
To remove To eliminate
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* To amplify
To intensify to increase magnitude of
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To evade
To shun To avoid To shy away To avert
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* To worsen
To aggravate To exacerbate
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* To acknowledge
To accept to regard to credit
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To take on the mantle
To take responsibility
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* To protect
To safeguard To safekeep
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* To challenge
To object To protest To question
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To preserve
To conserve To maintain To protect
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identity
Character Self Uniqueness Individuality Personality A distinguishing quality Defines who people are Important part of people’s personhood
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Demand
seek
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To presage be a sign or warning (about an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one)
To foreshadow To foretell To prophesy To aurgur To portend - be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. To aurgur - (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome. To forebode - (of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad). To foresee To signify
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* To disaffect - make (someone) dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control; alienate.
To alienate To antagonise To repel
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* To resist
To withstand To combat To survive To rebel?
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* To fix
To rectify To resolve
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* To drive
To compel To push To pressure
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To challenge
To question
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* To relegate
To reduce To downgrade To lower
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To follow
To keep abreast To keep track
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To filter
To process To take away/sieve out ________
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* To process
To take in To consider
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Idk if correct but Improving quality of life
Making people feel happier/more satisfied/more fulfilled.
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To minimise
To reduce To mitigate To be less affected by
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to distinguish
to differentiate to tell apart
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to divert attention
to redirect focus avert criticisms (if its bad)
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harming (env)
contaminate env
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to make a statement
to assert to proclaim to send a mssg
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to overthink
to overanalyze
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putting ___ against
pitting ____
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consider
think about analyse