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• Territory


  A region that is controlled by another country although officially a dependent territory
• Threshold


  The point of entering or beginning
• Withstand


  To stand up against
• Longevity


  A long duration of individual life
• Paradigm shift


  A fundamental change in approach
• Distinction


  A contrast between similar things
• Eccentric


  Grossly unconventional or unusual
• Elimination


  The process of getting rid of something
• Adjacent


  Not so distant
• Adolescent


  A young person who is developing into an adult
• Adverse


  Having a harmful effect
• Allowance


  Money that you are given regularly
• Ambiguity


  A statement that is unclear
• Analogy


  A comparison between similar things
• Anchor


  Something that gives support
• Anonymous


  Not named or identified
• Applause


  Approval publicly expressed
• Arbitrary


  Based on random choice
• Arouse


  Provoke a strong emotion
• Assemble


  Come together in a single place
• Assurance


  Being certain in the mind
• Attribute


  A word describing equality
• Avenue


  A way of access
• Backing


  Supporting for something
• Bandwagon


  An activity that has become popular
• Breed


  To produce Offspring by hatching or gestation
• Bureaucracy


  A system for managing a country
• Casualty


  A person who is killed or injured in an accident
• Frail


  Physically weak and not very healthy looking
• Catastrophe


  A bad situation
• Charisma


  A special charm or appeal
• Chronic


  Occurring again and again for a long time
• Cliche


  Highly used expressions
• Coherence


  A clear relationship between parts
• Coincide


  To happen at the same time
• Collapse


  A southern fall
• Come back


  A return to a former position
• Commemorate


  To serve as a memorial of
• Commence


  To make a beginning
• Compensate


  Support for a loss