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commence | verb
begin; start
His design team commenced work.
A public inquiry will commence on the 16th.
The project is expected to commence construction in the Spring.
commencement (n)
embrace | verb
hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection
accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically
include or contain (something) as a constituent part
Aunt Sophie embraced her niece warmly.
Much of the population quickly embraced the new constitution.
His career embraces a number of activities—composing, playing, and acting.
embraceable (adj)
flee | verb (v2,v3 fled)
run away from a place or situation of danger
A man was shot twice as he fled from five masked youths.
The author was forced to flee the country after writing negatively about the government.
navigate | verb
plan and direct the route or course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transportation,
esp. by using instruments or maps.
Make one's way with difficulty over a route or terrain.
Ancient sailors navigated by using the stars, but now they navigate with GPS.
The drivers skilfully navigated a twisting and muddy course.
Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.
navigation (n) – navigational (adj) – navigator (n, person)
overlap | verb
extend over so as to cover partly (physically)
a common area of interest, responsibility, etc.
a period of time in which two events/activities occur together
The table edges overlap by about half an inch.
The duties of the teachers sometimes overlapped.
The physics and chemistry departments have some overlap in
their requirements.
The cinema times overlapped so we couldn’t see both movies.
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resemble | verb
have qualities or features, especially those of appearance, in
common with (someone or something); look or seem like.
Some people resemble their dogs.
Every politician resembles every other politician.
resemblance (n)
contagious | adjective
(of a disease) spreads from one organism to another by direct or indirect contact
(of a person or animal) likely to transmit a disease by contact with others
(of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others
Some diseases are very contagious, but others are not.
Susan had to stay home for a week while she was contagious with the flu.
Daniel’s enthusiasm is contagious.
contagion (n, concrete) – contagiousness (n, abstract)
ferry | noun and verb
(n) a boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, esp. over a
relatively short distance and as a regular service
(v) carry in a boat, esp. across a short stretch of water
Many people in Istanbul ride the ferries to and from work and school.
Riverboats ferried weekend picnickers to the park.
retrieve | verb
get (something) back; regain possession of
find or extract (information stored in a computer)
I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden.
We were able to retrieve the data from the backup hard disk.
retrievable (adj) – retrieval (n) – retriever (n, a type of dog)
philosopher | noun, person
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, esp. as an academic discipline.
My friend should be a philosopher because he’s always thinking deeply about
topics.
Philosophic(al) (adj) – philosophically (adj) – philosophy (n) – philosophize (v)
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