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v. Syn. weaken
(подорвать) weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath


Spelling Word: undermine
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v.
(развернуть) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen


Spelling Word: unfold
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v. Syn. disappear
(исчезают) disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out


Spelling Word: vanish
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n. Syn. factor
(переменная) factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant


Spelling Word: variable
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n. Syn. change; selection; deviation
(вариант) act of changing or altering


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v.
(меняться) change aspect of; alter in form, appearance, substance, position; make different by a partial change; modify


Spelling Word: vary
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n.
(вены) blood vessel that carries blood


Spelling Word: vein
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a. Syn. changeable; explosive; fickle
(летучие) tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence


Spelling Word: volatile
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n.
(вулкан) fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt


Spelling Word: volcano
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n.
(клин) a piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks


Spelling Word: wedge