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accept to agree to except not including


receive or do
adverse unfavorable, averse strongly disliking;
harmful opposed
advice recommendations advise to recommend
about what to do something
affect to change or effect a result; to bring
make a difference about a result
to
aisle a passage isle an island
between rows of
seats
all together all in one place, altogether completely; on the
all at once whole
along moving or a long referring to
extending something of great
horizontally on length
aloud out loud allowed permitted
altar a sacred table in a alter to change
church
amoral not concerned immoral not following
with right or wrong accepted moral
standards
appraise to assess apprise to inform someone
assent agreement, ascent the action of rising or
approval climbing up
aural relating to the oral relating to the
ears or hearing mouth; spoken
balmy pleasantly warm barmy foolish, crazy
bare naked; to uncover bear to carry; to put up
with
bated in phrase baited with bait attached or
'with bated inserted
breath', i.e. in
great suspense
bazaar a Middle Eastern bizarre strange
market
berth a bunk in a ship, birth the emergence of a
train, etc. baby from the womb
born having started life borne carried
bough a branch of a tree bow to bend the head;
the front of a ship
brake a device for break to separate into
stopping a pieces; a pause
vehicle; to stop a
vehicle
breach to break through, breech the back part of a
or break a rule; a gun barrel
gap
broach to raise a subject brooch a piece of jewellery
for discussion
canvas a type of strong canvass to seek people¶s
cloth votes
censure to criticize censor to ban parts of a
strongly book or film; a
person who does
this
cereal a grass producing serial happening in a
an edible grain; a series
breakfast food
made from grains
chord a group of musical cord a length of string; a
notes cord-like body part
climactic forming a climax climatic relating to climate
coarse rough course a direction; a school
subject; part of a
meal
complacent smug and self- complaisant willing to please
satisfied
complement to add to so as to compliment to praise or express
improve; an approval; an
addition that admiring remark
improves
something
council a group of people counsel advice; to advise
who manage or
advise
cue a signal for action; queue a line of people or
a wooden rod vehicles
curb to keep something kerb (in British English)
in check; a control the stone edge of a
or limit pavement
currant a dried grape current happening now; a
flow of water, air, or
electricity
defuse to make a diffuse to spread over a
situation less wide area
tense
desert a waterless, dessert the sweet course of
empty area; to a meal
abandon
someone
discreet careful not to discrete separate and distinct
attract attention
disinterested impartial uninterested not interested
draught a current of air draft a first version of a
piece of writing
draw an even score at drawer a sliding storage
the end of a game compartment
dual having two parts duel a fight or contest
between two people
elicit to draw out a illicit not allowed by law or
reply or reaction rules
ensure to make certain insure to provide
that something compensation if a
will happen person dies or
property is damaged
envelop to cover or envelope a paper container for
surround a letter
exercise physical activity; exorcise to drive out an evil
to do physical spirit
activity
fawn a young deer; faun a mythical being,
light brown part man, part goat
flaunt to display flout to disregard a rule
ostentatiously
flounder to move clumsily; founder to fail
to have difficulty
doing something
forbear to refrain forebear an ancestor
foreword an introduction to forward onwards, ahead
a book
freeze to turn to ice frieze a decoration along a
wall
grisly gruesome, grizzly a type of bear
revolting
hoard a store horde a large crowd of
people
imply to suggest infer to draw a conclusion
indirectly
loath reluctant, loathe to hate
unwilling
loose to unfasten; to set lose to be deprived of; to
free be unable to find
meter a measuring metre a metric unit; rhythm
device in verse
militate to be a powerful mitigate to make less severe
factor against
palate the roof of the palette a board for mixing
mouth colors
pedal a foot-operated peddle to sell goods
lever
pole a long, slender poll voting in an election
piece of wood
pour to flow or cause to pore a tiny opening; to
flow study something
closely
practice the use of an idea practise to do something
or method; the repeatedly to gain
work or business skill; to do something
of a doctor, regularly
dentist, etc.
prescribe to authorize use proscribe to officially forbid
of medicine; to something
order
authoritatively
principal most important; principle a fundamental rule
the head of a or belief
school
sceptic a person inclined septic infected with
to doubt bacteria
sight the ability to see site a location
stationary not moving stationery writing materials
storey a level of a story a tale or account
building
titillate to arouse interest titivate to make more
attractive
tortuous full of twists; torturous full of pain or
complex suffering
wreath a ring-shaped wreathe to surround or
arrangement of encircle
flowers etc.


Miracle on the Han River, refers to South Korea's highly accelerated export-
fueled economic growth, including rapid industrialization, technological
achievement, education boom, exponential rise in living standards,
rapid urbanization, skyscraper boom, modernization, successful hosting of the 1988
Summer Olympics and 2002 FIFA World Cup, fast
democratization and globalization that miraculously transformed the country from the
ashes of the Korean war to a wealthy and highly developed country today with a
globally influential trillion dollar economy and well-known multi national conglomerates
such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai-Kia. The South Korean economy grew almost non-
stop from near zero to over a trillion dollars in less than half a century.

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