Time for Science 2

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to treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs:
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subjugate
She subjugated herself to her mother's needs.
(of eyes) tired, red, or watery:
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bleary
After studying all night, his eyes were bleary.
harmful
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deleterious
These drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system
best; most likely to bring success or advantage:
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optimum
A mixture of selected funds is an optimum choice for future security and return on investment.
to gradually reduce the size of something or the number of people in a group:
p. verb
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whittle down
We had 80 applicants for the job, but we've whittled them down to six.
the quality of changing your moods suddenly and becoming angry or unhappy easily:
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moodiness
It's just normal teenage moodiness.
to get rid of something you do not need or want:
(often used in newspapers)
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shed
900 jobs will be shed over the next few months.
to develop to a suitable condition for something to happen:
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ripen
My plans are ripening - now all I need is official approval
easily influenced, trained, or controlled:
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malleable
He had an actor's typically malleable features.
impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision:
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adamant
Synonym intransigent formal disapproving
I've told her she should stay at home and rest but she's adamant that she's coming.
the process of taking something into another substance:
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absorption
Some poisonous gases can enter the body by absorption through the skin
able to be dissolved to form a solution:
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soluble
soluble aspirins
a drink of any type:
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beverage
We do not sell alcoholic beverages.
the quality of being humid:
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humidity
I don't like the humidity of this climate.
to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc.:
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deplete
If we continue to deplete the earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.
to be in a better situation, if or after something happens:
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better off
He'd be better off working for a bigger company.
to gradually relax after doing something that has made you tired or worried:
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wind down
When he goes on holiday, it takes him the first couple of days just to wind down
to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone:
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deprive
He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.
to gradually relax after doing something that has made you tired or worried:
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wind down
When he goes on holiday, it takes him the first couple of days just to wind down
to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone:
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deprive
He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.

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