Question 1

tenure

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the right to stay permanently in a teaching job

Question 2

marginalized

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to make a person or a group of people unimportant and powerless in an unfair way

Question 3

polemic

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a written or spoken statement that strongly criticizes or defends a particular idea, opinion, or person

Question 4

consequential

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happening as a direct result of a particular event or situation

Question 5

cryptic

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having a meaning that is mysterious or not easily understood

Question 6

negligible

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too slight or unimportant to have any effect

Question 7

champion of

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someone who publicly fights for and defends an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people

Question 8

byproduct of

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something additional that is produced during a natural or industrial process

Question 9

spectator to

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someone who is watching an event or game

Question 10

deviation from

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a noticeable difference from what is expected or acceptable

Question 11

supercontinent

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each of several large land masses (notably Pangaea, Gondwana, and Laurasia) thought to have divided to form the present continents in the geological past.

Question 12

serendipitous

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when interesting or valuable discoveries are made by accident

Question 13

cataclysmic

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causing a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change

Question 14

ephemeral

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lasting for only a short time

Question 15

fortuitous

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(of something that is to your advantage) not planned, happening by chance

Question 16

hinder

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to make it difficult for something to develop or succeed

Question 17

bolster

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to help someone to feel better and more positive

Question 18

obfuscate

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to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand

Question 19

impair

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to damage something or make it not as good as it should be

Question 20

allegiances

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loyalty to a leader, country, belief etc

Question 21

enumerate

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to name a list of things one by one

Question 22

assimilate

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to completely understand and begin to use new ideas, information etc

Question 23

consolidate

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to strengthen the position of power or success that you have, so that it becomes more effective or continues for longer

Question 24

relinquish

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to let someone else have your position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly

Question 25

fanciful

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imagined rather than based on facts – often used to show disapproval

Question 26

corroborate

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to provide information that supports or helps to prove someone else’s statement, idea etc

Question 27

undermine

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to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective

Question 28

postulate

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to suggest that something might have happened or be true

Question 29

surmise

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to guess that something is true, using the information you know already

Question 30

ambiguous

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to be unclear, confusing, or not certain, especially because it can be understood in more than one way

Question 31

dismissive

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refusing to consider someone or something seriously

Question 32

seafaring

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working or travelling on ships and the sea

Question 33

raiding

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a short attack on a place by soldiers, planes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control

Question 34

fertile

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being able to produce good crops

Question 35

profession

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a job that needs a high level of education and training

Question 36

transient

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continuing only for a short time

Question 37

aberrant

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not usual or normal

Question 38

lucrative

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a job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money

Question 39

monotonous

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boring because of always being the same

Question 40

vastness

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extremely large

Question 41

formulating

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to develop something such as a plan or a set of rules, and decide all the details of how it will be done

Question 42

probing

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designed to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know

Question 43

reproduce

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if an animal or plant reproduces, or reproduces itself, it produces young plants or animals

Question 44

constraints

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something that limits your freedom to do what you wan

Question 45

cluttered

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to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy

Question 46

migration

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when large numbers of people go to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work

Question 47

pollinators

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something, such as an insect, that carries pollen from one plant or part of a plant to another

Question 48

linguistic

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connected with language or the study of language

Question 49

wavelengths

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the size of a radio wave used to broadcast a radio signal

Question 50

norms

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an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with

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