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captivating(head), capital

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affair

noun

things relating to your personal life, for example what is happening within your family or your financial situation

affable, affiliate, affirm

bring up

phrase verb

to look after a child until he or she becomes an adult

dose

noun

an amount of a drug that has been measured so that you can take it

dosage, dossier, dorm

gorgeous

adjective

very beautiful

-ous,- ious: a. having the quality of

famous, mysterious, advantageous

in exchange for

noun

if you give someone something in exchange for something else, you give them something and they give you something else of a similar type or value

exchange, pass on, trade in

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Lose track of

phrase

to no longer know where someone or something is or what is happening

To lose possession of something

mineral

noun

a natural substance in the earth, for example coal, salt, gold, or diamonds

mingle, miniature, mindset

profound

verb

very great

pro-: forward

progress, prospect, provision

recount

noun

an occasion when something is counted again, especially the votes in an election

re-: again, back, backward

regenerate, refurbish, retype

rough

adjective

with a surface that is not smooth

rotund, roulette, roghen

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settle for

phrase

to accept someone or something that is not exactly what you wanted

because you cannot have what you

to make a decision

shot

noun

an act of firing a gun

shortstop, shortfall, shortbread

trail off

phrase

if someone’s voice or words trail away or trail off, they gradually become silent

what voices can do

transplant

verb

a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone’s body. The organ is taken from the body of another person, especially someone who has just died, who is called a donor

trans-: change, move

transcode, transmigrate, transvest

uncomprehendingly

adverb

unable to understand what is being said or done

un-: no, not

unreal, uncomfortable, unwelcome

acoustic

adjective

physics relating to sound and the way people hear things

-ic, -ical: relating to, resembling

scenic, geometric, geographical

activate

verb

to create or produce something by working

actual, adagio, adaption

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beam

noun

a long thick piece of wood, metal, or concrete that supports a roof

bead, baulk, bayonet

deafening

adjective

so loud that you can hear nothing else

-ing: having the quality of

disturbing, surprising, encouraging

frequency

noun

the number of times that something happens during a period of time

fresco, fret, fretwork

high-pitched

adjective

a high-pitched voice or sound is very high

adenoidal, appealing, breathy

innovation

noun

a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc

breakthrough, coin, contrive

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lethal

adjective

very dangerous and able to kill you

dangerous, harmful, disastrous

offensive

adjective

unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed

-ive: inclined to, having the quality of

instructive, constructive, aggressive

restore

verb

to cause a particular situation to exist again, especially a positive one

re-: again, back, backward

regenerate, refurbish, retype

temporarily

adverb

existing, done, or used for only a limited period of time

-ly: used with many adjectives to make adverbs meaning in a particular way

quietly, quickly, angrily

gobble up

phrase

to use a lot of something very quickly

amalgamate, amalgamation, bros