The superb way of learning new words is to repeat them and finding associations to these words, and also by making up sentences

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Include	to contain something as a part of something else, or to make something part of something else
306	Legislate	If a government legislates, it makes a new law Eg:They promised to legislate against cigarette advertising.
307	Estimate	to guess the cost, size, value, etc. of something
308	Debate	to discuss a subject in a formal way
309	Inform	to tell someone about particular facts
310	Philosophy	the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of reality and existence, the use and limits of knowledge and the principles that govern and influence moral judgment
311	Originate from	to come from a particular place, time, situation, etc
312	Evolve from	to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
313	Simplify	to make something less complicated and therefore easier to do or understand
314	Stagnate	to stay the same and not grow or develop eg:The electronics industry is showing signs of stagnating after 15 years of tremendous growth.
315	Pursue	1)to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch or kill them 2)If you pursue a plan, activity or situation, you try to do it or achieve it, usually over a long period of time
316	Vanish	to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way
317	Adjust to	to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable
318	Correct	right and not wrong; in agreement with the true facts or with what is generally accepted
319	Defined as	to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is eg:In this dictionary 'reality' is defined as 'the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be'.
320	Focus on	to give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject or thing
321	Unique	being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual or special in some way
322	Amount to	to become a particular amount eg: The annual cost of income support to unmarried mothers amounted to £700 million in that year.
323	Confine	to limit an activity, person or problem in some way
324	Transition	a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens
325	Unacceptable	too bad to be accepted, approved of or allowed to continue
326	Rarely	not often
327	Place emphasis on	to give something emphasis, importance, etc eg:He placed importance on a comfortable lifestyle (= It was important to him) .
328	Short-term	lasting a short time
329	Long- term	continuing a long time into the future
330	Precisely	exactly
331	Advocate	to publicly support or suggest an idea, development or way of doing something
332	Suspect	to not trust; to doubt to think or believe something to be true or probable 3)to think that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong
333	Destined to	controlled by a force which some people believe controls what happens, and which cannot be influenced by people eg:These plans are destined to fail.
334	Dismiss as	to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering eg: I think he'd dismissed me as an idiot within five minutes of meeting me.
335	In retrospect	thinking now about something in the past eg: In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
336	Instruct on	1)to order or tell someone to do something, especially in a formal way 2) to teach someone how to do something
337	Boost	to improve or increase something
338	Soar	to rise very quickly to a high level eg: All night long fireworks soared into the sky
339	Phenomenon	something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something which is unusual or interesting
340	Culprit	1)someone who has done something wrong eg:Police hope the public will help them to find the culprits. 2)a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening Eg:Children in this country are getting much too fat, and sugar and sweets are the main culprits.
341	Pivotal	central and important
342	Overall	in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group or situation
343	Address	to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem eg: The issue of funding has yet to be addressed.
344	Strategy	a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations
345	Obsolete	not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable
346	On the verge of	If you are on the verge of something or come to the verge of something, you are very near to experiencing it Eg:Her husband's violent and abusive behaviour drove her to the verge of despair.
347	Shortage	when there is not enough of something
348	Transform	to change completely the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that they are improved
349	Secure	to make certain something is protected from danger or risk
350	Reinforce	to make something stronger
351	Range from …to	to have an upper and a lower limit in amount, number, etc Prices range between $50 and $250.
352	Devise	to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually cleverly or using imagination
353	Assemble	to come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group
354	On average	the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts eg:My income's rather variable, but I earn £73 a day on average
355	Inconsequential	not important
	Divide	to (cause to) separate into parts or groups eg:At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups.
356	Locally	in the particular small area which you are talking about
357	Preferably	if possible eg:Water the plants twice a week, preferably in the morning.
358	Arise	to get out of bed to happen Eg: If the opportunity arises, I'd love to go to China.
359	Voluntarily	done, made or given willingly , without being forced or paid to do it
360	Tend to	to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic Eg: We tend to get cold winters and warm, dry summers in this part of the country.
361	Scarce	not easy to find or get
362	Adhere to smth	to continue to obey a rule or have a belief eg: She adhered to her principles/ideals throughout her life.
363	Satisfactory	good or good enough for a particular need or purpose
364	Disruptive	causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual
365	Obligation	when you are obliged to do something eg:You have a legal obligation to (= The law says you must) ensure your child receives a proper education.
366	Omit	to fail to include or do something
367	Remote	far away in distance, time or relation
368	Obsessed with	unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something eg: Why are people so obsessed with money?
369	Discriminate against	to treat a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin colour, religion, sex, etc. eg: She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.
370	Negotiate with	to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them eg:The government has refused to negotiate with the strikers.
371	Status	an accepted or official position, especially in a social group
372	Feature	a typical quality or an important part of something
373	Eject	to force someone to leave a particular place
374	Era	a period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical
375	Eligible	having the necessary qualities or satisfying the necessary conditions
376	Assert	to say that something is certainly true
377	Opponent	a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to change it
378	Be apt to do smth	to be likely to do something or to often do something
379	Invade	to enter a country by force with large numbers of soldiers in order to take possession of it
380	Imbalance	when two things which should be equal or are normally equal are not
381	Thrive	to grow, develop or be successful eg:His business thrived in the years before the war.
382	By contrast	Their economy has expanded enormously, while ours, by/in contrast, has declined.
383	Refrain from	to avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something eg:We refrained from talk ing until we knew that it was safe.
384	Discount	a reduction in the usual price
385	Aspiration	something that you hope to achieve
386	Intervene	to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
387	Hamper	to prevent someone doing something easily eg: Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.
388	Inadvertently	not intentionally
389	Condone	to accept or allow behaviour that is wrong
390	Despondent about	unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm because you feel you are in a difficult situation
391	Deplore	to say or think that something is very bad
392	Hypocritical	saying that you have particular moral beliefs but behaving in a way that shows these are not sincere
393	Materialism	the belief that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life
394	Proliferate	to increase a lot and suddenly in number
395	Prudent	avoiding risks and uncertainties; careful
396	Elated	extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved
397	Exhaust	to make someone extremely tired
398	Superficial	1)(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important not complete and involving only the most obvious things
399	Resemble	to look like or be like someone or something
400	Squander	to spend or use money or supplies in a wasteful way, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage
401	Formerly	in the past
402	Indifferent	not thinking about or interested in someone or something
403	Surpass	to do or be better than
404	Facilitate	to make possible or easier
405	Lethargic	having little energy; feeling unwilling and unable to do anything
406	Lenient	not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
407	Occupy	to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time
408	Perpetuate	to cause something to continue
409	Threshold	the floor of an entrance to a building or room
410	Prevalent	existing very commonly or happening often
411	Combination	the mixture you get when two or more things are combined
412	Myth	an ancient story or set of stories, especially explaining in a literary way the early history of a group of people or about natural events and facts
413	Resume	If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause
414	Dictate	to give orders, or state something exactly, with total authority
415	Resign	to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
416	Rectify	to correct something or make something right
417	On the horizon	likely to happen or exist soon eg:There is no new drug on the horizon that will make this disease easier to treat.
418	Preserve	to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed; to conserve
419	Reluctant	not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
420	Sever	to break or separate, especially by cutting
421	Thorough	detailed and careful They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
422	Exhibit	to show something publicly
423	Deteriorate	to become worse
424	Distort	to change something from its usual, original, natural or intended meaning, condition or shape
425	Gradually	slowly over a period of time or a distance
426	Existing	describes something that exists now
427	Upgrade	to improve the quality or usefulness of something, such as a machine or a computer program, or give a person a more important job or state that their job is more important than it was in the past
428	Select	to choose a small number of things, or to choose by making careful decisions
429	Irrational	not using reason or clear thinking
430	Halt	to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening
431	Contemplate	to spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way
432	Brief	lasting only a short time or containing few words
433	Advance	to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something
434	Namely	used when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just said
435	Seek	to try to find or get something, especially something which is not a physical object
436	Resort to	to do something that you do not want to do because you cannot find any other way of achieving something eg:I had to resort to violence/threats to get my money.
437	Compensate for	to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem eg:Victims of the crash will be compensated for their injuries.
438	Remedy	to do something to correct or improve something that is wrong
439	Astonishing	very surprising
440	For the sake of	in order to help or bring advantage to someone eg:Their parents only stayed together for the sake of the children.
441	Upheaval	great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity or troubl
442	Liberate	to help someone or something to be free
443	Harness	1)a piece of equipment, with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal or object 2)to control something, usually in order to use its power
444	Tangible	real or not imaginary; able to be shown, touched or experienced
445	Subsequent	happening after something else eg: The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from the government.
446	Incredible	1)impossible, or very difficult, to believe 2)extremely good
447	Unthinkable	too shocking or unlikely to be imagined as possible
448	Halve	to reduce something by half or divide something into two equal pieces eg:In the past eight years, the elephant population in Africa has been halved.
449	Double	to become twice as much or as many, or to make something twice as much or many eg:The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years.
450	Treble	to increase three times in size or amount, or to make something do this Eg:The price of property has almost trebled in the last ten years.
451	Quadruple	to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four
452	Fortify	to strengthen something, especially in order to protect it
453	Precious	of great value because of being rare, expensive or important
454	Beyond	further away in the distance (than something)
455	Trivial	having little value or importance
456	Discernible	able to be seen or understood
457	Afterwards	after the time mentioned; later
458	Beforehand	earlier (than a particular time) eg:I knew she was coming that afternoon because she had phoned beforehand to say so.
459	Resent	to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like
460	Urgent	needing attention very soon, especially before anything else, because important
461	Foresee	to know about something before it happens
462	Overwhelm	to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion eg:They were overwhelmed with/by grief when their baby died.
463	State-of-the-art	very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods
464	Chaos	a state of total confusion with no order
465	Dilemma	a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do
466	Absolutely	completely
467	Extraordinary	very unusual, special, unexpected or strange
468	Delight	(something or someone that gives) great pleasure, satisfaction or happiness
469	Exclusive	limited to only one person or group of people not including something eg:Is the total exclusive of service charges?
470	Thus	1)in this way 2)as a result
471	Mention	to speak about something quickly, giving little detail or using few words
471	Unexpectedly	not expectedly
472	Furthermore	in addition; more importantly
473	Remarkable	unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning
474	Evaporate	to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating
475	Irreparable	impossible to repair or make right again
476	Somewhat	slightly
477	Vie for	to compete with other people to achieve or get something eg:Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
478	Incapable of	unable to do something
479	Altogether	completely or in total
480	Alarm	1)a warning of danger, typically a loud noise or flashing light 2)to make someone worried or frightened
481	Modify	to change something such as a plan, opinion, law or way of behaviour slightly, usually to improve it or make it more acceptable
482	Visible	able to be seen
483	On condition that	If
484	Oblivious to	not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you Eg: The government seems oblivious to the likely effects of the new legislation.
485	Resist	to fight against something or someone that is attacking you to refuse to accept or be changed by something 3)to stop yourself from doing something that you want to do
486	Succeed in	If you succeed, you achieve something that you have been aiming for, and if a plan or piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted
487	Receive	to get or be given something
488	Surrender	to stop fighting and admit defeat
489	Sympathize	to understand and care about someone's problems
490	Abundant	more than enough
491	Epidemic	the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time
492	Inquisitive	wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
493	Accordingly	in a way that is suitable or right for the situation eg: When we receive your instructions we shall act accordingly.
494	Authorize	to give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something
495	Routine	a usual or fixed way of doing things
496	Envisage	to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good eg: It's envisaged that the building will start at the end of this year
497	Mindful of	careful not to forget about something Eg:Mindful of the poor road conditions, she reduced her speed to 30 mph.
498	Dire	very serious or extreme eg:These people are in dire need of help.
499	Intend to	to have as a plan or purpose eg:We intend to go to Australia next year.
500	Genuine	If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be If people or emotions are genuine, they are honest and sincere
501	Interfere with	to prevent something from working effectively or from developing successfully
502	Substitute for	to perform the same job as another thing or to take its place Eg: Gas-fired power stations will substitute for less efficient coal-fired equipment.
503	Issue	a subject or problem which people are thinking and talking about
504	Compulsory	If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule or law
505	Surround	to be everywhere around something
506	Be subjected to do smth	to have or experience a particular thing, especially something unpleasant Eg:Cars are subject to a high domestic tax.
507	Monitor	to watch and check a situation carefully for a period of time in order to discover something about it
508	Drastic	(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very noticeable effects
509	Object to	to feel or express opposition to or dislike of something or someone No-one objected when the boss said it was time to go home.
510	Challenge	1)(the situation of being faced with) something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and which therefore tests a person's ability 2)to invite someone to compete or take part, especially in a game or argument 3)to test someone's ability or determination
511	Climate	the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place
512	Microscopic	very small and only able to be seen with a microscope
513	Ideal	without fault; perfect, or the best possible
514	Hostile	unfriendly and not liking or agreeing with something
515	Susceptible	easily influenced or harmed by something
516	Examine	to test someone's knowledge or skill in a particular subject
517	Query	to ask questions, especially in order to check if something is true
518	Modest	1)not large in size or amount, or not expensive 2)not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements
519	Recipient	a person who receives something
520	Take heed of	attention Eg: The company took no heed of (= did not consider) public opposition to the plans.
521	Employ	1)to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it 2)to use something Eg: Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results.
522	supposed to	to have to; to have a duty or a responsibility to Eg:The children are supposed to be at school by 8.45 a.m.
523	Pointless	Something that is pointless has no purpose and it is a waste of time doing it eg:It seemed pointless to continue.
524	Condemn	to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons
525	Divert	to cause something or someone to change direction Eg:Our flight had to be diverted to Stansted because of the storm.
526	Decade	a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1860 to 1869, or 1990 to 1999
527	Discard	to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it
528	Statistically	relating to statistics
529	Infinite	without limits; extremely large or great
530	Incompatible with	not able to exist or work with another person or thing because of basic differences
531	Respectively	relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned
532	Understandable	easy to understand
533	Immature	not yet completely grown or developed
534	Increasingly	more and more
535	In agony	extreme physical or mental pain or suffering Eg:She lay there screaming in agony.
536	Rapport	a good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them
537	And vice versa	used to state that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order Eg:He doesn't trust her, and vice versa (= she also doesn't trust him) .
538	Marked	describes a change or difference in behaviour or a situation that is very obvious or noticeable Eg:There was a marked improvement in my health when I gave up smoking.
539	Apparently	used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true Eg: Apparently it's going to rain today.
540	Contented	happy and satisfied
541	Purchase	To buy
542	Reside	to live, have your home or stay in a place
543	Detrimental	causing harm or damage
544	Satisfied	pleased because you have got what you wanted, or because something has happened in the way that you wanted
545	Divorce	when a marriage is ended by an official or legal process
546	Convinced	certain
547	Suppress	1)to end something by force 2)to prevent something from being seen or expressed or from operating
548	Fluctuate	to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another
549	Erratic	not regular, uncertain or without organization in movement or behaviour
550	Discrepancy	difference between two things that should be the same
551	Minute	1)to make a written record of what is said at a meeting 2)extremely small
552	Loathe	to hate someone or something
553	Locate	to find or discover the exact position of something
554	Disintegrate	to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces Eg:The Ottoman Empire disintegrated into lots of small states.
555	Accompany	to go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something Eg: The course books are accompanied by four cassettes.
556	In effect	in fact, or in practice Eg: So in effect the government have lowered taxes for the rich and raised them for the poor.
557	Prolong	to make something last a longer time
558	Indispensable	Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without them
559	Shelter	(a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger or attack
560	Intact	complete and in the original state . not damaged
561	Channel	1)a television station 2)a passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water which is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along
562	Fear	to be frightened of something or someone unpleasan
563	Cease	to stop something
564	Govern	to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people
565	Elite	the richest, most powerful, best educated or best trained group in a society
566	Uniform	a particular set of clothes which has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people
567	Emphasize	to show or state that something is very important or worth giving attention to
568	Cope with	to deal successfully with a difficult situation eg:It must be difficult to cope with three small children and a job.
569	Grant	1)a sum of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose 2)to give or allow someone something, usually in an official way Eg: They granted her an entry visa.
570	Enjoy	to get pleasure from something
571	Immediately	1)now or without waiting or thinking 2)as soon as eg:I'll call you immediately I hear anything.
572	Unwise	stupid and likely to cause problems
573	Prominent	very well known and important
574	Suffer	Suffocate, to experience physical or mental pain
575	Graphic	1)very clear and powerful 2)relating to, using or consisting of a graph or graphs
576	Gather	1)Accumulate, to collect several things, often from different places or people 2to understand or believe something as a result of something that has been said or done Eg: From the look on their faces, she gathered (that) they were annoyed with her.
577	Promote	1)to encourage the popularity, sale, development or existence of something 2)to raise someone to a higher or more important position or rank
578	Volatile	likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly or suddenly become violent or angry eg: Food and fuel prices are very volatile in a war situation.
579	Fraction	a number that results from dividing one whole number by another, or a small part of something ¼ and 0.25 are different ways of representing the same fraction.
580	Neutral	not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument or war
581