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feature | characteristic
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famine | severe hunger, a drastic food shortage
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recede | to move back or away from
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inflation | a situation in which prices for many items rise quite fast
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paternal | relating to a father
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vanish | to disappear suddenly
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incompetent | unskilled; lacking the ability to perform a task
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violate | to break in upon or disturb rudely; to break (a rule)
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integrity | personal honesty and good character
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vein | any of the tubes that form a branching systems, especially those that carry blood to the heart
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fluctuate | to change often, from one condition to another
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intensify | to increase in power
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fringe | edge; in social contexts, parts of society that look or act very different from most people
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impair | to make something less effective than usual
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sacrifice | giving up something in order to have something more valuable
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jointly | together with one or more other parties
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inject | to insert a liquid by means of a syringe
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fortify | to strengthen
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source | the point of origin or creation
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witness | to see something, especially a crime, happen
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phantom | a dimly visible form, usually thought to be the spirit of a dead person, a sunken ship, etc.
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scheme | a plan, design, or program of action to be followed
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gut | to empty or hollow out
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suspect | someone who, in the opinion of the police, might have committed a certain crime
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bitterly | strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
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seep | to pass slowly for a long time, as a liquid or gas might
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haunt | to continually appear (in the form of a ghost) in the same place or to the same person
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tolerate | to let something happen or exist without getting upset about it
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implicate | to suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
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hypothesize | to make a guess that will eventually be investigated systematically
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juxtapose | place next to one another
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involve | to include something in a larger process; to engage someone as a participant
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tangible | obviously real because it can be seen, touched, or otherwise observed
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obese | excessively overweight
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notion | an idea or belief
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simulation | an imitation or unreal representation of something, usually for the sake of practice
capacity | the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained
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shrink | to become smaller in size, amount, or value
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infinitesimal | immeasurably small
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fraction | a part or portion of something larger
