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1 : Solve, deal with, cope with, handle, resolve, address, tackle

2 Damage, hurt, injure, harm, impair, undermine, jeopardize

3
Give, offer, render, impart, provide,supply, afford

4 0Develop, cultivate, foster

5 'Advantage, merit, virtue, benefit, upside, strength

6 Disadvantage, demerit, drawback, downside, weakness

7 Puzzle, bewilder, perplex, baffle

8 Key,
crucial, critical, important, significant, vital, substantial,
indispensable, imperative

9 Think, believe, insist, maintain, assert, conclude, deem, hold, argue, be

convinced, be firmly convinced, be fully convinced

10 Protect, conserve, preserve

11 Assure, ensure, guarantee, pledge

12 /Bad, baneful evil, harmful, detrimental

13 Request, demand, needs, requisition

14 f Eliminate, clear, remove, clear up, take away, smooth away

Lead to, bring about, result in, cause, spark off, conduce to,
15
procure, induce, generate

16 So, therefore, thus, hence, consequently, as a consequence,

accordingly, as a result, because of this, as a result of this

17 Grow torise toincrease togo up toclimb toascend tojump toshoot

to

18 Dip tofall todecline todecrease todrop togo down toreduce

toslump todescend tosink toslide to

19 d /Level outdo not changeremain stableremain stillremain steadybe

stablemaintain the same levelremain unchangedbe stillremain the same
levelstay constantkeep at the same levellevel offstabilizekeep its
stabilityeven out
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Dramaticallydrasticallysharplyhugelyenormouslysteeplysubstantiall
yconsiderablysignificantlymarkedlysurprisinglystrikinglyradicallyrema
rkablyvastlynoticeably

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Steadilysmoothlyslightlyslowlymarginallygraduallymoderatelymi
ldly

22 Allege, assert, declare, claim

23 Happen, occur, take place

24 /Reason, factor, cause

25 Development, advance, progress

26 /Useful, helpful, beneficial, profitable, rewardingadvantageous

27 Influence, impact, effect

28 Clear, obvious, evident, self-evident, manifest, apparent, crystal-clear

29 Comprise, take up, account for, constitute, consist of, make up,
occupy, hold, compose

30 ~ Compared withcompared toin comparison within comparison toby

comparison withby comparison to

31 By contrastin contraston the other handon the

contrary=conversely

32 Show, reveal, illustrate, demonstrate, depict, present, represent,

describe

33 Approximatelyalmostaboutaroundnearlyroughly

34 Fluctuatego ups and downsdisplay a fluctuationdemonstrate a

fluctuation

35 Practicallyin practiceessentiallyin essencein realityin effectin

factas a matter of factit is a fact that

36 Namelythat is to sayin other wordsto put it like thisto

put it differentlyto put it from another wayto put it from another angle