1. Hes always careful to do things ______ the book.

2. I cannot for the ______ of me remember her name.

3. _______ of a miracle, were certain to lose now.
4. Alex lost his job because he didnt measure ___UP______
___TO______ the standard expected of him.
5. I am ___IN_____ doubt about where I will stay in Chicago. Please
write to me ________ care ________ my brother.
2. IN CARE OF : used when writing to somebody at another persons
address
6. I want you kids to be ________ your best behavior tonight.
7. I dont think Ill ever be rich, but you live ______ hope, dont you?
8. If you treat peopl well, they usually respond __IN_____ kind.
IN KIND: with the same thing
9. The rebel group in the north of the country have laid ______ their
arms and agreed to discuss the situation.

SALUTE somebody/something (formal) to express respect and admiration

for somebody/something
STOPGAP: something that you use or do for a short time while you are
looking for something better
BELEAGUERED (formal) experiencing a lot of criticism and difficulties\
surrounded by enemy
apostate : a person who has rejected their religious or political beliefs
ramp something up to make something increase in amount
THUG : a violent person, especially a criminal
EPISODIC :happening occasionally and not at regular intervals

WANTONLY: in a way that causes harm or damage deliberately and for no

acceptable reason
PEREMPTORY : expecting to be obeyed immediately and without question
or refusa
INFINITESIMAL : extremely small
de facto : in a way that exists as a fact although it may not be legally
accepted
DEPOT: a place where large amounts of food, goods or equipment are
stored
PULL/DRAG YOURSELF UP BY YOUR (OWN) BOOTSTRAPS
(informal) to improve your situation yourself, without help from other
people
consequential: happening as a result or an effect of something
important; that will have important results
LYNCH SOMEBODY if a crowd of people lynch somebody whom they
consider guilty of a crime, they capture them, do not allow them to have a
trial in court, and kill them illegally, usually by hanging
INCENDIARY
designed to cause firesan incendiary
device/bomb/attack
(formal) causing strong feelings or
violenceSYNONYM inflammatoryincendiary remarks
existential : connected with human existence
METATASTIC : involving the development of tumours in different parts of
the body as a result of cancer that has started in another part of the body -- metastasis
CARNAGE : the violent killing of a large number of people
PEDDLE SOMETHING to spread an idea or story in order to get people
to accept it

frontally: in a very strong or direct way

EVANGELICAL wanting very much to persuade people to accept your
views and opinions
VENGEANCE ON/UPON SOMEBODY to take vengeance on
somebody
dissonance: lack of agreement >< consonance
SLEW OF SOMETHING (informal, especially North American
English) a large number or amount of something
BICAMERAL : (of a parliament) having two main parts, such as the Senate
and the House of Representatives in the US, and the House of Commons
and the House of Lords in Britaina bicameral
assembly/legislature/congress
NON-THREATENING
STRANGULATION : the act of preventing something from growing or
developing
the strangulation of the human spirit
OUTAGE : a period of time when the supply of electricity, etc. is not
working
feministic
TENURE:
the period of time when somebody holds an important job,
especially a political one; the act of holding an important jobhis four-year
tenure as PresidentShe knew that tenure of high political office was
beyond her.
the right to stay permanently in your job, especially as a teacher at a
universityIt's still extremely difficult to get tenure.SEE RELATED
ENTRIES: University life
the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of landWhen you rent a
house here, you dont have security of tenure.

SWATHE: a long strip of land, especially one on which the plants or crops
have been cut
cut a swathe through something
(of a person, fire, etc.) to pass through a particular area destroying a large
part of it
INCENTIVIZE
to encourage somebody to behave in a particular way by offering them a
reward
INCENTIVIZE SOMETHING ways to incentivize innovation
incentivize somebody to do something You need to incentivize your
existing customers to stay with you
GLITCH: a small problem or fault that stops something working
successfully
VACUITY: lack of serious thought or purpose
SEQUESTRATION: the act of taking control of somebody's property
or assets until a debt has been paid
SHORE STH UP: to help to support something that is weak or going to fail
OUTLINER: a program that allows you to create a structure for a document
MOVE THE NEEDLE
1. To shift the situation in some area, activity, sphere etc. to a noticeable
degree.

To PLAY FAVORITES means to treat some individuals better or to

prefer them, as when a teacher gives more attention to certain students or
gives them better grades/marks than other students who have done the
same quality work.
EGREGIUOS: extremely bad

QUAGMIRE: a difficult or dangerous situation

RENDEZVOUS: rendezvous (with somebody) an arrangement to meet
somebody at a particular time and place
SACRAMENT: an important religious ceremony such as marriage
HABEAS CORPUS: a law that states that a person who has been arrested
should not be kept in prison longer than a particular period of time unless a
judge in court has decided that it is right