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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…

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

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…

Stock-in-Trade 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

Stock-in-Trade 1100 Words

Stock-in-Trade 1100 Words Stock-in-Trade 1100 Words all the necessary equipment and tools that you need to have at work, goods and basic resources at work, all the requisites of a profession, staple, commodity, facility, means: As a professional blogger, a high-tech computer, smartphone, and stable internet access are the building blocks of my stock-in-trade. Fre:…

Clandestine 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

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Clandestine 1100 Words You Need Clandestine 1100 Words You Need /klænˈdes.tɪn/ (adj) planned or done in secret, especially describing something that is not officially allowed, furtive, surreptitious, hidden, stealthy, covert, secret, underground, concealed, undercover, illegal: The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church. He has been having a clandestine affair with his secretary for…

Concur 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

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Concur 1100 Words You Need Concur 1100 Words You Need /kənˈkɜːʳ/ (verb) to agree with someone or have the same opinion as someone else, to happen at the same time, coincide, harmonize, be in accord, see eye to eye, correspond, fall together, synchronize, coexist, go along with, acquiesce: The new report concurs with previous findings.…

Ethics 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

Ethics 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

Ethics 1100 Words You Need Ethics 1100 Words You Need /ˈeθ.ɪks/ (noun) moral principles and rules that influence how people should behave, moral code, morals, beliefs, moral principles, moral values, integrity, conscience, principles: Sometimes, it is seen that some doctors do not abide by medical ethics. antonym: philistinism Fre: éthique Fa: اخلاق

Rampant 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

Rampant 1100 Words You Need Week 5 Day 1

Rampant 1100 Words You Need Rampant 1100 Words You Need /ˈræm.pənt/ (adj) (of something bad, e.g. disease or crime) existing or occurring everywhere in a rapid and uncontrolled way, ubiquitous, widespread, occurring unchecked, going unchecked, out of control, unrestrained, threatening, raging, epidemic, lush, extensive, rambling, proliferating, flourishing, rife, multiplying, unruly: I had to submit my…

Scurrilous 1100 Words You Need Week 4 Day 4

Scurrilous 1100 Words You Need Week 4 Day 4

Scurrilous 1100 Words You Need Scurrilous 1100 Words You Need /ˈskʌr.ɪ.ləs/ US /ˈskɝː-/ (adj) containing defamatory and damaging remarks to ruin one’s reputation, scandalous, defamatory allegation, insulting, abusive, outrageous, libelous, coarse, foul-mouthed or vulgar: The victim in the car accident let out a stream of invective and scurrilous remarks addressing the reckless driver. antonym: complimentary…