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1. assassinate / ə’sæsineɪt /
[transitive] to murder an important person: a plot to assassinate the President
2. bliss / blɪs /
[uncountable] perfect happiness or enjoyment; domestic/wedded/marital bliss: I didn't have to get up till 11 - it was sheer bliss.
3. channel
1 to control and direct something such as money or energy towards a particular purpose // synonym direct / channel something into something: Most of his energy was channeled into writing and lecturing. / channel something to somebody: Profits are channelled to conservation groups.
2 to control or direct people or things to a particular place, work, situation etc // channel somebody/something into something: Women were likely to be channeled into jobs as teachers or nurses.
4. cuddle /’kʌdl /
[intransitive and transitive] to hold someone or something very close to you with your arms around them, especially to show that you love them: Dawn and her boyfriend were cuddling on the sofa.
cuddle up phrasal verb to lie or sit very close to someone or something
cuddle up to/together: The children cuddled up to each other for warmth.
5. dagger /’dægə $ -ər /
1 a short pointed knife used as a weapon
2 look daggers at somebody informal to look at someone angrily
3 be at daggers drawn if two people are at daggers drawn, they are extremely angry with each other
6. dribble /’drɪbl /
1 to let liquid come out of your mouth onto your face: Watch out, the baby is dribbling on your shirt!
2 if a liquid dribbles somewhere, it flows in a thin irregular stream: Blood from the wound dribbled down the side of his face.
7. gritty /’grɪti /
1 showing determination and courage: Henin gave a typically gritty performance, coming back from 4-0 down. // her gritty determination
2 showing a difficult or unpleasant situation as it really is: Billingham's pictures have a gritty realism which can be almost upsetting.
8. hatch
1 a hole in a ship or aircraft, usually used for loading goods, or the door that covers it // escape hatch (=a hole in an aircraft etc through which you can escape)
2 also hatchway a small hole in the wall or floor between two rooms, or the door that covers it
9. hubris /’hjuːbris /
[uncountable] literary too much pride
10. infinitesimal /ɪnfɪnɪ’tesɪmel/
extremely small: infinitesimal changes in temperature // ￚinfinitesimally adverb: infinitesimally small
11. lullaby /’lʌləbaɪ /
[countable] a slow, quiet song sung to children to make them go to sleep
12. nurture /’nɜːtʆə /
[uncountable] formal the education and care that you are given as a child, and the way it affects your later development and attitudes
13. ordain / ɔː’deɪn $ ɔːr- /
1 to officially make someone a priest or religious leader Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960.
ordain somebody (as) something: The church voted to allow women to be ordained as priests.
2 formal to order that something should happen
ordain that: The King ordained that deer should not be hunted without a royal licence.
14. rife / raɪf /
1 [not before noun] if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common
Violent crime is rife in our inner cities.
2 rife with something full of something bad or unpleasant: The crowded factories are rife with disease.
3 run rife to spread quickly in an uncontrolled way: No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife.
15. sustain / sə’steɪn /
 ▶MAKE SOMETHING CONTINUE◀ to make something continue to exist or happen for a period of time: She found it difficult to sustain the children's interest.
16. swift / swɪft /
1 happening or done quickly and immediately: My letter received a swift reply.
swift to do something:They were swift to deny the accusations.
2 [only before noun] moving, or able to move, very fast: a swift runner
17. teeter /’tiːtə $ -ər /
1 to stand or walk moving from side to side, as if you are going to fall: She teetered along in her high-heeled shoes.
2 be teetering on the brink/edge of something to be very close to being in an unpleasant or dangerous situation: The country teetered on the brink of war.

18. tomboy /’tɒmbɔɪ $ ‘tɑːm- /
[countable] a girl who likes playing the same games as boys

19. wrath / rɒθ $ ræθ /
[uncountable] formal extreme anger: He was scared of incurring his father's wrath .