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  • demanding
    needing a lot of your time, attention, or effort
  • cosmopolitan
    worldly; sophisticated
  • reappraise
    assess again; reevaluate
  • hostile
    unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive
  • pessimistic
    seeing the worst side of things; no hope
  • approximation
    (n.) the quality of coming near to identity
  • client
    customer
  • pinpoint
    locate exactly
  • rooted in
    in based on, originated from
  • implication(s)
    effect, consequence, significance, association, connection
  • on the horizon
    to seem likely to happen in the future
  • pastime
    an activity which is done for enjoyment; a hobby
  • oriented
    knowing where you are in relation to everything else
  • convention
    a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
  • stiff
    difficult to bend or move
  • distribute
    to give out
  • justify
    give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion
  • exhale
    to breathe out
  • reputation
    the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something
  • recur
    to occur again
  • corporate
    relating to a large company or group
  • dynamic
    active, energetic, forceful
  • sponsor
    sponsor
  • worldly
    experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan
  • reservation
    a doubt or reason for not accepting or agreeing with something completely
  • consult
    to seek information or advice
  • occupied
    to take up or fill
  • purifier
    something used to remove dirty or harmful substances
  • inhaler
    A spray device with a mouthpiece that contains an aerosol form of a medication that a patient can spray into his airway.
  • organism
    Any living thing
  • stream
    to transmit data over a network or internet connection without interruption
  • elicit
    (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
  • contemporary
    current, modern; from the same time
  • take precautions
    take actions to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous happening
  • asthma
    A chronic allergic disorder characterized by episodes of severe breathing difficulty, coughing, and wheezing.
  • category
    a group of people or things having something in common
  • durable
    (adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
  • advocate
    to speak in favor of
  • odor
    smell
  • shatter
    to break into many pieces
  • facet
    one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem
  • paramount
    most important
  • take measures
    do something to solve a problem
  • byproduct
    a side-effect; something produced in the making of something else
  • backfire
    (v.) come back to the originator of an action with an undesirable effect
  • off-the-wall
    shocking; very unusual
  • tenacious
    persistent, resolute
  • carpooling
    Sharing car rides with others to reduce energy use
  • strike a chord with
    seem very relevant to
  • surplus
    A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
  • boast
    (a place/object/organisation) has sth. that is good
  • perturb
    (v.) to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion
  • supplement
    something added to make up for something missing
  • accomplishment
    something that has been achieved successfully
  • conventional
    (adj.) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite
  • filter
    A device used to remove contamination from a fluid.
  • enroll
    to sign up to become a member of some group or activity; to register
  • flawed
    damaged; defective; imperfect
  • resilient
    able to recover quickly
  • acid
    any compound that forms H+ ions in solution
  • treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
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