| someone who makes wildly dark and exaggerated statements (as on an internet forum) with the intent of shocking others | Edgelord |
| If you say that something happened by ________, you mean that it happened because of certain circumstances, although it was not planned by anyone | Happenstance |
| to do something without anyone else telling you or asking you to do it | To do sth off your own bat |
| a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualitie | Trade-off |
| to interpret an event to make it seem favorable or beneficial to oneself or one´s cause | To put a spin on sth |
| out of control | Runaway (adj) |
| to rely on someone or someone of something for success | To hitch one's wagon to sb or sth |
| an area that looks extremely unpleasant, especially because everything there has been destroyed | Hellscape |
| something or someone that causes great suffering of a lot of trouble | Scourge |
| unwilling, reluctant | Grudging |
| the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment | Bias |
| to give someone too much care or protection | Mollycoddle |
| websites and internet discussion groups that are concerned with men's interests and rights as opposed to women's, often connected with opposition to feminism or dislike of women | The manosphere |
| a false appearance that makes someone or something seem more pleasant or better than they really are. | Façade |
| a bad situation or habit that, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse | A slippery slope |
| no longer supporting or being satisfied with an organization or idea | Disaffected |
| a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority | Fringe group |
| To break into small, sharp pieces | Splinter |
| to attack or criticize someone in a less powerful position | To punch down on sb |
| If you are _______, you are unhappy, bored, or tired of something, especially something that you have been experiencing for a long time | To get fed up |
| It means that the conclusion being described as “__________” is not warranted based on the currently known information | For sth to be a stretch |
| A specific online community, and the posts associated with it, on the social media website Reddit. | Subreddit |
| A contribution to public moral discourse that is significantly motivated by the desire that others think one is morally respectable. | Moral grandstanding |
| A synonym for 'on the other hand'. Basically, it's a way to describe the other side of something: situation, experience, offer. | On the flip side |
| to reach a particular level and then stay the same. | Plateau |
| to make a close examination of all the parts of something in order to find something or to separate what is useful from what is not. | Sift |
| encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Furtherance |
| not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial | Dispassionate |
| somebody who is objective, not biased | Impartial |
| without any sudden changes, interruptions, or problems | Seamlessly |
| to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is | Downplay |
| a very big change in something | A sea change |
| If you describe someone as a ___________, you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering, without doing anything practical to help | A bleeding heart |
| the practice of considering only the immediate advantages of particular actions | Short-termism |
| empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary | Stark |
| to be very upset and not know what to do, because you have tried everything possible to solve a problem | To be at your wit's end |
| If someone is _______ of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime | To Acquit |
| certain to succeed | Sure-fire |
| to change something slightly, especially in order to make it more correct, effective, or suitable | Tweak |
| permission that is given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of their sentence on condition that they behave well. | Parole |
| the state of having lost a relative or close friend because they have died. | Bereavement |
| to prevent someone from doing something or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something by making it difficult for that person to do it or by threatening bad results if they do it. | Deter |
| Smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony | To anoint |
| a warning to consider something before doing anything more | Caveat |
| an occasion when something stops moving or happening | To halt |
| to show or experience great surprise or admiration. | To marvel |
| a small group of people standing close together | Knot of people |
| an actor (often humorous) | Thespian |
| the quality of being attractive and exciting (sexual ______) | Allure |
| very hot, very exciting | Sizzling |
| to reply to somebody by trying to prove that what they said is not true. | To counter |
| the point at which a decision has been taken which can no longer be changed. “Cross the _______” means go over a point of no return. | Rubicon |
| a type of contract in the past that forced a servant or apprentice to work for their employer for a particular period of time. | Indenture |
| something that must exist or happen before something else can happen or be done. | Prerequisite |
| the science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy. | Thermodynamics |
| too great or beautiful to describe in words. | Ineffable |
| an extremely dense, compact star composed primarily of neutrons, esp. the collapsed core of a supernova. | Neutron star |
| an extremely small particle that has no electrical charge, and which rarely reacts with other matter. | Neutrino |
| a person who does not like to spend money. | A cheapskate |
| generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence | Winsome |
| a weak or imaginary opposition (such as an argument or adversary) set up only to be easily confuted | Strawman |
| a fact or situation that influences the result of something. | Factor |
| the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party. | Grassroot |
| make small adjustments to (something) in order to achieve the best or a desired performance | Finetune |
| In physics, ______is a mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum. | Spacetime |
| intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of | Enhance |
| the phenomenon of the interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields | Electromagnetism |
| the quantity of matter which a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field. | Mass |
| in astronomy, a _________ (or simply ______) is a tightly packed group of stars within a larger star formation. The term almost exclusively refers to the central group of stars found in most spiral galaxies (see galactic spheroid). | Central / galactic bulge |
| _________ are a defining feature of spiral galaxies. They manifest as spiral-shaped regions of enhanced brightness within the galactic disc. Typically, spiral galaxies exhibit two or more spiral arms. The collective configuration of these arms is referred to as the spiral pattern or spiral structure of the galaxy | Spiral arms |
| a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust | Gaseous nebulae |
| The ______ principle, also known as the "observation selection effect",[1] is the hypothesis, first proposed in 1957 by Robert Dicke, that the range of possible observations that could be made about the universe is limited by the fact that observations could happen only in a universe capable of developing intelligent life. | Anthropic principle |
| denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it. | Median |
| a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number. | Average |
| a home providing care for the sick or terminally ill. | Hospice |
| a nonspecific, potentially preventable, and often reversible disorder of impaired cognition, which results from various causes in ICU patients. | Intensive care unit delirium |
| specialist hospital ward that provides treatment and monitoring for people who are very ill. | Intensive care unit |
| relating to different cultures or comparison between them. | Cross-cultural |
| not important or serious; not worth considering (trivial percentage) | Trivial |
| the quality of listening or watching carefully and with interest | Attentiveness |
| having a balanced and sensible outlook on life | A grounded person |
| a member of the group of people who were the original people living in a country | Aborigine |
| extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine | Mind-boggling |
| The practice of registering a trade mark as a domain name with the intention of later selling it to the rightful owner | Cybersquatting |
| Property without physical existance, like patents, trade names, copyrights, etc | Intangible property rights |
| Refers to the intellectual property of a business which does not want others to know about | Trade secret |
| Exclusive right granted to authors of creative works to control the use of their original works | Copyright |
| Exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor which provides others from making, using or selling his/her invention | Patent |
| Distincitve register mark used by a business to identify itself and is products/services to consumers | Trade mark |
| A general principle of law that states that 'he who hath not cannot give" | Nemo dat |
| A loan raised by a company which paids a fixed rate of interest and which is secured on the asssets of a company in the UK | Debenture |
| A negotiable bank instrument which is payable on demand and which instructs a bank to pay the sum indicated to the party named on the instrument from funds held on deposit | Cheque//check |
| A party to whom a negotiable instrument is transferred by the acts of endorsement | Endorsee |
| A note which unconditionally promises in writing to pay a sum of money to a party either on demand or at a time in the future | Promissory note |
| If you say sth clearly without any doubt you state it this way | Unequivocally |
| If sth is freely available to all and not protected by intellectual property | To be within the public the public domain |
| The term used when a company illegally trades on the reputation of another company by misrepresenting its goods or services as being those of that company | Passing off |
| Right which prohibits the copying of an original non-commonplace design of the shape or configuration of a product | Design right |
| Intellectual property right which lacks physical existance | Intangible rights |
| A privilege which is afforded to third parties to use a copyrighted work without the consent of the copyright holder | Right of fair use |
| The use of an intellectual propertty right without authorization from the holder of the right | Infringement of rights |
| A person having ordinary skill in the art is a legal fiction. Such a person has normal technical knowledge and skill in a particular technical field but is not a genius | PHOSITA |
| When a company lands a new client | To catch a client |
| Ownership rights | Proprietary rights |
| A form of collective investment where several people pull their money to invest in | Mutual fund |
| To put your rights at risk | Jeopardise |
| A signature which serves to transfer ownership of the instrument to another party | Endorsement |
| The person who holds a document | Bearer |
| Legal justification for avoiding payment | Defences to payment |
| Instead of | In lieu of |
| A record of a deposit with a fixed time period in a fixed rate of interest | Certificate of deposit |
| A written order which directs one party to pay a certain sum of money to a third party (most often referred to as a draft in the USA) | Bill of exchange |
| Party issues or signs a bill of exchange as a party ordering payment | Drawer |
| A party on whom a bill of exchange is drawn and thus who is required to make payment | Drawee |
| Party who has acquired possession of a negotiable instrument through proper negotiation for value, in good faith, and without of any defences to it | Holder in due course |
| Party who signs s note | Maker |
| that you want something that you do not have and, often, can never have | "yearn to do / yearn for / have a yearning for |
| [make a dangerous or tense situation calmer] | defuse |
| stop someone feeling angry | placate |
| end a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides; formal | conciliate |
| end a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are demanding (normally used in a disapproving way); formal | appease |
| feeling great pleasure and happiness, usually because of a success (more formal than ecstatic) | exultant |
| expressing great happiness, especially at at victory | jubilant |
| to be very happy | full of the joys of spring |
| a feeling of strong, often active, dislike or opposition towards something or someone, | antipathy |
| feeling of intense dislike or an unwillingness to do something. | aversion |
| intense disgust | abhorrence / abhor |
| [showed a rude lack of interest in others] | offhand |
| [too eager to tell others what to do] | officious |
| [displaying wealth or possessions in a vulgar way] | ostentatious |
| [too formal and showing that youthink that you are more important than other people] | pompous |
| [silly and childish] | puerile |
| [not taking care in the way you work; informal] | sloppy |
| [changes her feelings suddenly without reason] | fickle |
| [too concerned about unimportant details; informal] | nit-picking |
| [unpleasant and rude] | obnoxious |
| [unhappy and disappointed] | dejected |
| [sad, alone and not cared for] | forlorn |
| [extremely worried and upset] | distraught |
| made to start developing a new life | fertilised |
| also uterus | womb |
| In vitro fertilization | IVF |
| Developing bby | foetus |
| To be helped medically to start the process of labor | to be induced (induction) |
| operation in which the mother's.... | caesarean section |
| elderly person receiveng an old age pension from the state | pensioner |
| special housing, usually for old people, where care staff also live | sheltered accommodation |
| weak and unable to walk well, usually because of old age; informal | doddery |
| To be able to think on your own | to have one's wits about one self |
| gathering after a funeral | wake |
| expressing sadness | mourning |
| spread around | scattered |
| to be close to death | to be on your last legs |
| To leave sth on a will | to bequeath |
| To die without having made a will | to die intestate |
| To die | to pass away/ on/ over |
| cold weather - informal | chilly / nippy |
| hot weather - informal | roasting / sweltering |
| windy weather - informal | breezy |
| oppresive weather | heavy / close / sultry / stifling |
| downpour | deluge / chucking it down |
| humid weather | sticky / muggy / clammy |
| places where animals live and breed decreasing in size | shrinking habitats |
| animals in danger xD | endangered species |
| people who don't believe in climate change | climate change sceptics |
| umbrella term (coal, oil, etc) | fossil fuels |
| resources that are reducing | depleting resources |
| getting rid of waste | waste disposal |
| reputation for positive support of the environment and for making policies that reflect this | green credentials |
| pessimistic people | prophets of doom and gloom |
| a period during which there is little business activity | Dry spell (n) |
