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Paucity 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 3

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Paucity 1100 Words You Need Paucity 1100 Words You Need /ˈpɔː.sɪ.ti/ (noun) a lack of something, less than is needed for something, insufficiency, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, fewness, rareness, scantiness, rarity, scarceness: There is a paucity of information on the ingredients of many cosmetics. antonym: plenty, plethora, abundance, copiousness, bounty, profusion, prosperity Fre: manque Fa: کمبود

Acrimonious 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 3

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Acrimonious 1100 Words You Need Acrimonious 1100 Words You Need /ˌæk.rɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/ (adj) full of anger, arguments and bad feeling, caustic, spiteful, rancorous, discordant, hostile, unfriendly, harsh, coarse, resentful: an acrimonious dispute Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce. antonym: amicable Fre: acrimonieuse Fa: تند و شدید

Duplicity 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 3

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Duplicity 1100 Words You Need Duplicity 1100 Words You Need /djʊˈplɪs.ɪ.ti/ (noun) lack of honesty, especially by saying different things to two people, dishonesty, deceit, deception, disloyalty, unfaithfulness, treachery, fraudulence, deceitfulness, betrayal: They were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides. antonym: honesty, truthfulness, integrity Fre: duplicité Fa: دوگانگی، دورویی

Distraught 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 3

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Distraught 1100 Words You Need Distraught 1100 Words You Need /dɪˈstrɔːt/ (adj) extremely worried, anxious or upset, crazed, mentally confused, perplexed, baffled, distressed, out of your mind, hysterical, troubled, agitated, disturbed, panic-stricken: The missing child’s distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on TV. antonym: calm Fre: éperdue Fa: پریشان

Egregious 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 3

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Egregious 1100 Words You Need Egregious 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈgriː.dʒəs/ (adj) often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad, foul, blatant, flagrant, conspicuously bad, offensive, appalling, outrageous: It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance. antonym: pardonable, forgivable, negligible Fre: odieux Fa: عظیم، فاحش

Take Down a Peg 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

Take Down a Peg

Take down a peg Take down a peg to make an arrogant and conceited person realize that they are not as important and influential as they think they are, to take the conceit out of a braggart, discourage, humiliate, damage one’s reputation, humble, disparage, demean, put down: That debacle in her presentation was enough to…

Culprit 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

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Culprit 1100 Words You Need Culprit 1100 Words You Need /ˈkʌl.prɪt/ (noun) someone who has done something wrong, outlaw, lawbreaker, wrongdoer, delinquent, offender, criminal, guilty party, perpetrator, felon, malefactor, a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening, the origin of a problem: Police hope the public will help them to find…

Duress 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

Duress 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

Duress 1100 Words You Need Duress 1100 Words You Need /djʊˈres/ (noun) the use of force or threats to make someone do something against their will, illegal coercion, menace, pressure, compulsion, constraint: He abjured his own confession due to being forced to sign it under duress. antonym: persuasion Fre: contrainte Fa: به زور، با فشار

Admonish 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

Admonish 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

Admonish 1100 Words You Need Admonish 1100 Words You Need /ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/ (verb) Admonish definition to tell someone seriously that they have done something wrong, warn, advise, reprove, criticize, reproach, rebuke, caution, reprimand, tell off, scold, chide, chew out, lecture: Example The pedagogue admonished his pupil for postponing his studies until the last night. Antonyms praise…

Flagrant 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 2

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Flagrant 1100 Words You Need Flagrant 1100 Words You Need /ˈfleɪ.grənt/ (adj) (of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious, blatant, barefaced, scandalous, obvious, deliberate, open, unashamed, overt, patent, manifest, relentless, bald-faced, shameless, immodest, glaring: a flagrant misuse of funds/privilege a flagrant breach of trust a flagrant disregard for the…