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Draw (v.) - attract

Economy - thrift (e.g. a writer who has an economical style is one who uses few words)

Embroider - falsify, make up stories about Establish - demonstrate, confirm

Exchange (n.) - conversation

Execute - carry out

Exploit - make use of, take advantage of (does not carry a negative connotation)

Facility - talent for

Fair - equitable (e.g. the jury reached a fair decision)

Favor - promote (eg. the laws of economics favor companies with the best products)

Fierce - intense

Fine - (1) keen, perceptive; (2) well-developed

Foil - to put a stop to (eg. to foil a robbery)

Foundation - basis, underpinning

General - common (e.g. a general pattern of behavior)

Grand - imposing

Grave/Gravity - seriousness)

Great - large

Handle - survive in (eg. able to handle adverse conditions)

Harbor - To possess, hold (e.g. to harbor a belief in UFOs)

Hold - claim

Hold out - resist

Host - contain

Impression - appearance (e.g. an impression of great success)

Independent - separate (e.g. an independent variable)

Issue - outcome (eg. superior organization led to a happy issue)

Magnitude - strength (e.g. the magnitude of a correlation between two

variables)

Maintained - retained (e.g. the painting maintained its vibrant colors)

Manners - behaviors (eg. when good manners promote good conduct)

Matter - issue (e.g. the decision came down to a matter of cost)

Modest - small, limited (e.g. a modest amount = a small amount)

Natural - inherent (eg. the exile lacked a natural connection with his

adopted country)

Nature - personality (eg. a good-natured fellow)

Observe - follow (e.g. a law)

Open - accessible

Passion - enthusiasm (e.g. to have a great passion for one's hometown)

Peculiar (to) - unique, distinctive

Plastic/ plasticity - able to be changed

Poor - weak (e.g. a performance)

Prescribed - given, ordered (e.g. a prescribed set of rules)

Provoke - elicit (e.g. a reaction)

Put (v.) - state, say

Qualify - provide more information or detail about Raise (v.) - (1) rear (e.g. an animal); (2) elevate/ uplift

Range - scope, series (e.g. a range of options)

Raw - unfiltered, original (e.g. raw materials were not available when the project began)

Realize - achieve (a goal)

Reconcile - bring together

Regular - even

Relate/Relay - pass on information, give an account of (a story)

Represent - constitute (e.g. the new weapons represented a significant threat)

Reservations - misgivings

Reserve - hold off on (eg. to reserve judgment)

Ripple (v.) - spread

Ruffled - flustered, anxious (unruffled - calm)

Sap (v.) - drain (e.g. of energy)

Scour - search

Scrap (v.) - eliminate

Set - determine

Sheer - pure, simple

Shelve - reject or discard (e.g. an idea or proposal)

Simple - straightforward

Simply - merely (eg. the planet was simply the largest yet discovered outside our solar system)

Sober - serious, modest

Sound - firm, stable, reliable, valid (e.g. a sound argument)

Spare, Severe - plain, unadorned

State - condition

Static - unchanging (i.e. in a state of stasis)

Station - rank

Scale - level

Spotting - identifying (eg. spotting lies)

Steep - high (eg. pay a steep price for fossil fuels)

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Store (n.) - reserve

Styled - called (e.g. his home might be styled post-modern)

Sustain (v.) - withstand

System - method (e.g. a streamlined system for taking attendance)

Temper (v.) - moderate, make less harsh

Tied (to) - connected to

Track - follow

Train (v.) - fixate on (eg. train one's eyes on something)

Trace - tiny amount (e.g. the miners failed to discover even a trace of gold)

True - genuine •

Uniform - constant, unvarying

Unqualified - absolute

Upset (v.) - interfere with an expected outcome

Urge - advocate, be in favor of Values - principles

Wake - aftermath

Want - lack

Weight - importance, merit (e.g. people attach weight to honorable behavior)

Yield - reveal (e.g. an experiment yields results)

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