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      <title>English words and definitions by GUADALUPE FIGUEROA</title>
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      <description>By Hannah Kluger, Federico Urribarri, Juana Sztarkman  and Guadalupe Figueroa</description>
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      <pubDate>2021-04-19 13:24:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Shambolically</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Confused and badly organized</strong></p><p>E.G: " the museum tells, somewhat shambolically, the story of his life."</p><p>MEmory idea: The way my room looks</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:07:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Sheer</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Used to </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/emphasize"><strong>emphasize</strong></a><strong> how very </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/great"><strong>great</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/important"><strong>important</strong></a><strong>, or </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/powerful"><strong>powerful</strong></a><strong> a </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quality"><strong>quality</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/feeling"><strong>feeling</strong></a><strong> is; nothing except</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>E.G: <em>It was sheer </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/coincidence"><em>coincidence</em></a><em> that we </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/met"><em>met</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><strong>Memory idea: Give something more importance. </strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:07:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Slur</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>To pronounce the sound of a word in a way that it wrong or not clear.</strong></p><p>E.G: "Her speech was slurred but she still denied she was drunk."</p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:07:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Smear campaign</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>A plan to </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="rMNQNe" href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&amp;sca_esv=fd720482c30bdadb&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enAR1153&amp;q=discredit&amp;si=APYL9bvtFLj-ISwFDyvbg6-m4pTqJdzvVpR4LSlzaxNaSDdOmTj1B7RKefmV69F2b3Dj4g-8Io4K1hvrRcvSq2Yv1MnB9pg-yyoNIztS0l3RNsFhBQGx82c%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWkYfq6oKMAxXBK7kGHS7ILWQQyecJegQINxAP"><strong>discredit</strong></a><strong> a public figure by making false </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="rMNQNe" href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&amp;sca_esv=fd720482c30bdadb&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enAR1153&amp;q=accusations&amp;si=APYL9btTB54oNzRD0c75DM-v-cL-9_MYh1bc0HobljB3O8iMltDTVsZLxothXiXqjcK-Ngg5Q16b8hbTv8EuCJ_m4gNZ1C6OXLKYPWHpCW2MlnIbyyzwqHc%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWkYfq6oKMAxXBK7kGHS7ILWQQyecJegQINxAQ"><strong>accusations</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>E.G<sup>: </sup><em>They </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accused"><em>accused</em></a><em> </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/competitor"><em>competitors</em></a><em> of </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mounting"><strong><em>mounting</em></strong></a><strong><em> a </em></strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/smear"><strong><em>smear</em></strong></a><strong><em> </em></strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/campaign"><strong><em>campaign</em></strong></a><em> to </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/drive"><em>drive</em></a><em> them out of the </em><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="query" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/market"><em>market</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>memory idea: </em>Rumors spread quickly.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:07:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Specter</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Something widely </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="rMNQNe" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=3cbb991dc4cf362e&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enAR1153AR1153&amp;q=feared&amp;si=APYL9btfm7lNLuo1yW1KZRdWc6yL8-Ur5WtFPcJibpL_MuKq1GKU3U5YJggAJLqQ-UCvpNTdcM4ZYFv86Q-1K5vbTwFKtn32Eg%3D%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjsspyc_ISMAxXwHbkGHZBaIsEQyecJegQIPBAy"><strong>feared</strong></a><strong> as a possible </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="rMNQNe" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=3cbb991dc4cf362e&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enAR1153AR1153&amp;q=unpleasant&amp;si=APYL9btdBQdUL5bhtCFrP2114FKavdIzSqcsnuuquwsgno9tEd0YJKPPPha62KLnzRn1SFc166mzI9z1GSJWBEUKn2rYnmelDzJEKVRlh_-bB19mieqmpK0%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjsspyc_ISMAxXwHbkGHZBaIsEQyecJegQIPBAz"><strong>unpleasant</strong></a><strong> or dangerous occurrence or a ghost.</strong></p><p>E.G:"<strong>The spectre of</strong> nuclear holocaust" "a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life"</p><p>Memory idea: Harvey Specter</p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:08:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Spoor</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Follow the track or </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="rMNQNe" href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&amp;sca_esv=fd720482c30bdadb&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enAR1153&amp;q=scent&amp;si=APYL9bseOkRtPplmiFwUxbDEwT9f6UEw9Si99gnrNY7ekQcZV0TfScr0yLBsJXupqMVIfW2QPdCJIUtZp7VZg3TkLF7blzmqfA%3D%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjov7vL7IKMAxUjJLkGHa4AG5MQyecJegQINhAT"><strong>scent</strong></a><strong> of (an animal or person).</strong></p><p>E.G: "We followed the spoor of the fox into the deep woods."</p><p>memory idea: Dog detective skills</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:08:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>stand in</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>To do the job that another person was going to do or usually does, or to take that persons place at an event, because they cannot be there.</strong></p><p>e.g: "Paula stood in for Julia while she was on holiday."</p><p>memory idea: Fill in for someone else. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:08:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Stop-and-frisk</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>A brief non-intrusive police stop of an individual</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>E.G: "He believes that stop-and-frisk is being misused as an anti-gun tactic"</p><p>memory idea : Hands up where I can see them!</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:08:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tattletales</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>A person, especially a child, who reveals secrets or </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="rMNQNe" href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&amp;sca_esv=fd720482c30bdadb&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enAR1153&amp;q=informs&amp;si=APYL9btR06w9iCpfOKePDdxJ7dfzWm0WtdaeC_AhEgCa-vL2j-mByt5loGJmjdZxzxYMntCXjq-TtekQOQjYlsTV9H3dGqKVOA%3D%3D&amp;expnd=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFnseP64KMAxWbF7kGHcI0PTEQyecJegQIJRAQ"><strong>informs</strong></a><strong> on others;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>E.G: She has good manners, yet tends to be a bit of a <em>tattletale</em> at times.</p><p>memory idea: Whispered playground secrets.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:08:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>To attune</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>To make someone able to understand or recognize something.</strong></p><p>E.G: "My ears are beginning to attune to the subtle differences in intonation".</p><p>memory idea: Getting used to something. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-11 20:09:03 UTC</pubDate>
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