NAWL part 4

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• regime a particular government or a system or method of government (The military --- has promised to restore democracy soon.)
• reinforce make something stronger (His behaviour merely --- my dislike of him.)
• render provide or give (e.g. a service, help); cause to be or become (This action would --- the agreement invalid.)
• resemble look like or be like someone or something (Whales and hippos may not --- each other much nowadays but retain some hints of kinship.)
• retrieve find and bring back something (Methods for information --- will be described in greater detail in chapter four.)
• simplify make something less complicated and therefore easier to do or understand (Through ---ing algorithms and optimising circuit architecture, hardware resource is decreased.)
• stance a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated opinion (California has adopted a tough --- on the issue.)
• subjective influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts (We know that taste in art is a --- matter.)
• superior (to) better than average or other people or things of the same type (We believe in the --- of this method over that one.)
• surplus (an amount that is) more than is needed (We are unlikely to produce any --- this year.)
• susceptible (to) easily influenced or harmed by something (Some of these plants are more --- to frost damage than others.)
• textbook (of an example of something) extremely good, or thought to be usual or typical (The advertising campaign was a --- example of how to sell a product.)
• threshold the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen (Her wages are below the income tax ---)
• trait a characteristic (Such studies try to determine whether particular ---s, are due to genes or instead reflect environmental influences.)
• trivial having little value or importance (His problems seemed --- by comparison.)
• treaty a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders (What are the terms of the peace ---?)
• undermine gradually weaken or destroy someone or something (A survey of school nurses showed that nearly two thirds felt budget cuts were ---ing their quality of care.)
• usage the way something is treated or used (This word has virtually dropped out of ---- today.)
• utilise use something in an effective way (The empty building can be --- for city storage.)
• valid based on truth or reason; able to be accepted (Scientists are becoming increasingly unsure of the --- of this technique.)
• viable able to work as intended; able to succeed (Is there a --- alternative to the present system?)
• vice moral fault or weakness in a person's character (Smoking is a harmful ---)
• virtue a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good (Adam Smith believed in the ---s of free trade.)

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