Vocabulary List #2

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advocate

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(v.) publicly recommend or support or (n.) a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

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calamity

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(n.) an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

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hapless

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(adj.) (especially of a person) unfortunate

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impinge

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(v.) have an effect or impact, especially a negative one

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interminable

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(adj.) having or seeming to have no end; especially wearisomely protracted

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juxtaposition

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(n.) the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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negligent

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(adj.) failing to take proper care in doing something.

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palatable

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(adj.) (of food or drink) pleasant to taste

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resolve

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(v.) settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter)

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utopia

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(n.) an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.