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apprise (/ 'praiz/ The magazine has apprised its readers of an increase in rates beginning January 1.

Inform; notify (/notfa/)


Open acknowledgement; frank declaration; admission; confession ( thnh tht cng khai, th nhn) Draw forth; bring out; evoke; extract (vch trn ra, gi ra )

avowal (/va.l/ The white flag of surrender is an avowal of defeat.)


elicit (/ i'lis.it/ By questioning the witness, the attorney elicited the fact that it was raining at the time of the accident.)

instruct (/nstrkt/ All children are instructed in the use of the library.) inform (/nfrm/ Parents were informed that the school was closing early.)
enlighten (/in'lait.n / The new student was going in the wrong direction until someone enlightened him that his room is at the other end of the hall.) manifest (/ 'mn.i.fest/ My art teacher told my parents that I have failed to manifest any interest in her subject.)

to tell / teach someone to do something, especially officially or as their employer

to officially tell someone something, or to give them information about something. Shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; free from ignorance; inform; instruct (v, n) Show; reveal; display; evidence (adj) Plain; clear; evident; not obscure; obvious

overt (/ 'ou.v:t/ The teacher didn't believe that Ned was annoying me until she saw him in the overt act of pulling my hair.) proclaim (/pr klem/ When my secrets were proclaimed by her disclosure, I became an evil girl in everybody's eyes.) compromise (/'k m.pr .maiz/ At first, the union and management were far apart on wages, but they finally came to a compromise.)

Open to view; not hidden; public; manifest


to state something publicly; exposition (ekspzn); revelation (revlen)

Agree; Settlement reached by a partial yielding on both sides

conform (/kn'f:m/ When a new style in clothes appears, women usually hasten to conform)
dovetail (/'dv.teil/ Gilbert's skill as a writer dovetailed Sullivan's talent as a composer, resulting in the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas)

Be in agreement or harmony with; act in accordance with accepted standards or customs; comply

To fit together with, so as to form a harmonious whole; interlock with


a situation in which people live and work well with other people, or in a way that does not damage things around them Cause to be friendly again; bring back to harmony ( gii ha; lm cho hi ha tr li) to become less severe, strict; soften in temper; yield ( ni lng ; nhng b)

harmony (/hrm..ni/ He had to ensure that there was harmony between the different organizations.)
reconcile (/'rek.n.sail/ After our quarrel, my brother and I refused to talk to each other until Mother reconciled us.) relent ( /ri'lent/ They Mayor has banned all lawn sprinkling because of the water shortage. However, if the reservoirs fill up, he may relent somewhat.)

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