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# Advanced Vocabulary List 3
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/advvoclist3.php

### arrogant
**(adjective) showing too much self-importance or self-worth; overbearing pride**
Many political and business leaders are very arrogant.
**(n) arrogance**
* Many people think Lisa is an arrogant person. In my opinion her arrogance only shows ~~behaves~~ when she is nervous.

only people can behave

### aspire
**(verb) to hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation**
Pinocchio aspired to become a real boy.
**(n) aspiration**
* Do you aspire **to** live ~~living~~ ~~in~~ at the beach? Come here to achieve your aspiration!

beach is an open area -> at

### compel
**(verb) force, constrain or coerce; sway**
The soldiers were compelled to fight in the war.

#### compel
* I force (compel) myself to work out at lest four times a week.

#### force
* The heavy rain forced the outdoor exhibition to be canceled.

#### constrain
* ~~The law constrains people to protact basic oder.~~
* ~~Her mom constrained her childhood very much, so that even today she can't socialize with people properly.~~
* You can't constrain the dogs in the cage all day, they desire to **have** ~~having~~ activities.
* ~~The competition was constrained by a drunk man who was suddenly run into the site.~~

constrain : people, animals

#### coerce
* If you don't finish your assignment spontaneously, your mom would figure out a way to coerce you **to** do that.

#### sway
* ~~Did you be~~ **Were you** sway by the waiter to oder this beverage?

compel > force
constrain : work

### concise
**(adjective) short, brief, not verbose; clear and succinct**
Please write a concise essay on the meaning of life.
* During the meeting, please express your thoughts within **a** few concise and clear **sentences** ~~sanstances~~.
**a few sentences**
a few > few

### illusion
**(noun) a false impression, something that seems to be something that it is not**
The magician seems to saw his assistant in half, but it is just an illusion.
* Yesterday she was screaming in the kitchen when she saw a cockroach. I thought it was her illusion, because I couldn't find any cockroach.

### impose
**(verb) establish or apply by authority; force something on someone; selfishly bother**
The government imposes taxes on the poor to pay for social programs for the rich.
* **The** government impose**d** **on** **the** people who was suspected of being infected **that they** must be isolated in **a** ward.

### lenient
**(adjective)easygoing, lax, tolerant of deviation, permissive, not strict**
The teacher accused Bobby's parents of being too lenient with Bobby.
* For kids' education either **being** too lenient or **being** too strict isn't ~~a~~ **an** appropriate way.

### menace
**(noun) a possible threat or danger**
Leaders with too much power can become a menace to the world.
* Simmon said that he was involved **in** a car accident yesterday, he had never thought a menace **like that** would happen in front of his house.

Q: he would bump into > can't bump into menace
bump into > people, a wall

### novice
**(noun) a person new to an activity, a beginner**
You are pretty good for a novice.
* As a novice for dancing, she did it very well.

### overt
**(adjective) open and observable; not secret or concealed**
The politician's disregard for the law was quite overt.
* ~~After I received the clothes that I bought online, I found an overt defect.~~
* The younger lady shows her overt love while gazing at that man.

overt > reffer to someone action, not object