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  • 71rationalization — ra|tion|al|i|za|tion [ ,ræʃnəla ızeıʃn ] noun count or uncount 1. ) an attempt to rationalize behavior that does not seem reasonable or appropriate: She s always looking for rationalizations for the way she feels. 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH the process… …

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  • 72warrant — war|rant1 [ wɔrənt ] noun count * 1. ) a document written by a judge that gives the police permission to do something, for example to arrest someone or to search a house: We have a warrant to search the house for drugs. an arrest warrant The… …

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  • 73compute — verb 1》 reckon or calculate (a figure or amount). 2》 [with negative] informal seem reasonable; make sense. Derivatives computability noun computable adjective Origin C17: from Fr. computer or L. computare, from com together + putare to settle (an …

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  • 74figure — 1. noun 1) the production figure Syn: statistic, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; (figures) data, information 2) the second figure was 9 Syn: digit …

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  • 75fearful — 1 Fearful, apprehensive, afraid are comparable when they mean inspired or moved by fear. In such use they are normally followed by of, that, or lest, afraid being never and fearful and apprehensive infrequently used attributively in this sense.… …

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  • 76neurotic — I UK [njʊˈrɒtɪk] / US [nʊˈrɑtɪk] adjective 1) extremely worried about something unimportant in a way that does not seem reasonable to other people 2) suffering from neurosis Derived word: neurotically UK [njʊˈrɒtɪklɪ] / US [nʊˈrɑtɪklɪ] adverb II… …

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  • 77obdurate — UK [ˈɒbdjʊrət] / US [ˈɑbdərət] adjective very formal refusing to change your opinions or plans, in a way that does not seem reasonable Derived words: obduracy UK [ˈɒbdjʊrəsɪ] / US [ˈɑbdərəsɪ] noun uncountable obdurately adverb …

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  • 78rationalization — UK [ˌræʃ(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms rationalization : singular rationalization plural rationalizations 1) an attempt to rationalize behaviour that does not seem reasonable or suitable 2) the process of… …

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  • 79warrant — I UK [ˈwɒrənt] / US [ˈwɔrənt] noun [countable] Word forms warrant : singular warrant plural warrants * 1) a) legal a document written by a judge that gives the police permission to do something, for example to arrest someone or to search a house… …

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  • 80warrant — [ˈwɒrənt] noun [C] I a document written by a judge that gives the police permission to do something, for example to arrest someone or to search a house II verb [T] formal warrant [ˈwɒrənt] to make an action seem reasonable or necessary Syn:… …

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