Young Environmentalist Competition/ Extract from a novel

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only and not involving anyone or anything else:
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solely
It seems he's not solely to blame for the accident.
Your article should show proof of investigative research, rather than relying solely on information from the internet
having very strong feelings or emotions:
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passionate
The child's mother made a passionate plea for help
Your article should show you are passionate and knowledgeable about environmental issues
correct, exact, and without any mistakes:
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accurate
an accurate description
It should also be objective and accurate
based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings:
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objective
It should also be objective and accurate
to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something:
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advance
Your aim should be to advance understanding and awareness of environmental issues.
to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people:
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convey
you should be able to convey complex ideas to readers.
a set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions are formed:
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standpoint
The articles submitted must reveal the writer's standpoint.
showing that you are confident, in control, and expect to be respected and obeyed:
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authoritative
She has an authoritative manner that at times is almost arrogant.
You should be able to convey complex ideas to readers of this general interest magazine in an engaging and authoritative manner
a floor between two sets of stairs or at the top of a set of stairs:
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landing
There is another bathroom on the landing between the first and second floors.
The landing cupboard is stacked high with what Glyn calls low-use material:
following a particular order:
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sequential
The publishers claim that the book constitutes "the first sequential exposition of events and thus of the history of the revolution".
no convenient sequential order but all jumbled up.
to mix things together untidily:
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jumble
no convenient sequential order but all jumbled up.
... paper or cloth is stiff and smooth:
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crisp
a crisp new £5 note/a crisp white tablecloth.
A crisp column of Past and Present magazine is wedged against a heap of tattered files.
to put something into a very small or narrow space, so that it cannot move easily:
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wedge
Her shoe came off and got wedged between the bars.
A magazine is wedged against a heap of tattered files.
to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them:
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rummage
in/through. She rummaged in all the drawers, looking for a pen.
Forgotten students drift to his feet as he rummages,
to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction:
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drift
The talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another
Forgotten students drift to his feet as he rummages,
to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected:
expressing criticism:
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reproach
You have nothing to reproach yourself for/with
Forgotten students drift to his feet as he rummages, and lie reproachful on the floor:
done quickly and without showing that you care or have much interest:
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perfunctory
She asked a few perfunctory questions about my family and then ended the conversation.
Susan Cochrane's contributions to my seminar have been perfunctory'
of, from, or in the air: an antenna
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aerial
aerial photographs
a secret or hidden store of things, or the place where they are kept:
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cache
Authorities believe the robber was after a hidden cache of $2,500 kept in a box under the counter.
But he has glimpsed behind them a further cache which may well include what he is looking for.
the main idea, opinion, or theory of a person, group, piece of writing, or speech:
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thesis
the gold-lettered spine of his own doctoral thesis,
a mark that is not regular in shape, for example on a person's skin:
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blotch
Her face was covered in purple blotches.
its green cloth blotched brown with age.
to think or talk about something a lot of the time:
2x
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dwell on
"Let’s not dwell on the past," she said.
But he does not dwell on that
money, support, or other help:
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contribution
Susan Cochrane's contributions to my seminar have been perfunctory'
to arrange things in an ordered pile:
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stack
The landing cupboard is stacked high with what Glyn calls low-use material:

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