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  • the smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different from another word
    phoneme
  • a strong excitement or desire, usually felt by many people for the same thing at the same time
    mania
  • use a certain power for your needs
    harness
  • a range of different people, things, or ideas
    diversity
  • actions are done publicly, without trying to hide anything
    overt
  • a very large wave in the sea, often caused by a natural disaster, that can destroy buildings
    tsunami
  • a language used between people whose main languages are different
    lingua franca
  • to gain knowledge or learn a skill
    acquire
  • to let yourself do or have something that you enjoy, especially something that is considered bad for you
    indulge
  • famous or well known for something bad
    notorious
  • to take or buy only the best things from a group
    cherry-pick
  • a strong focus on a particular thing
    intensity
  • a serious argument or disagreement
    dispute
  • having a special quality, character, or appearance that is different and easy to recognize
    distinctive
  • creating a strong feeling of fear and panic
    alarming
  • to recognize or express the difference between things or people
    differentiate
  • a feeling of complete happiness and pleasure
    rapture
  • to give someone or something a less important position than before
    relegate
  • someone who is good at foreign languages, especially someone who speaks several languages, studies and teaches them
    linguist
  • very strange and unusual, and difficult to understand or explain
    weird
  • including a wide variety of people, things etc
    inclusive
  • extremely difficult or complicated
    fiendish
  • a situation with a lot of confusion and activity, usually caused by fear or anger
    pandemonium
  • people or things have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else
    indigenous
  • the process of calculating or the result of calculating
    computational
  • a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate word
    idiom
  • physically or mentally very difficult
    gruelling
  • common at a particular time, in a particular place, or among a particular group of people
    prevalent
  • cry with great sadness, often over a long period
    weep
  • the fact of being more powerful, more important, or more noticeable than other people or things
    dominance
  • to receive money, property etc from someone after they have died
    inherit
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