update words.md.

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+ the writing is on the wall
> mean that there are clear signs that something will fail or no longer exist
- The writing is on the wall for the local football club: bankruptcy seems certain.s
- The writing is on the wall for the local football club: bankruptcy seems certain.
+ monarch
> (n)a king or queen
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ Some Words
- They found the television cameras too intrusive.
+ embodiment
> (n)someone of sth that represents or is very typical of an idea of quality.
> (n)someone or sth that represents or is very typical of an idea of quality.
- He is the embodiment of evil.
- A baby is the embodiment of vulnerability.
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- the corruption of public morals
+ ethical
> (adj)relating to principles of what is right and wrong, moral.
> (adj)relating to principles of what is right and wrong, moral.</br>
> (adj)morally good or correct
- The use of animals in scientific tests raised difficult ethical questions.
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> (n)a formal statement by a government about its future plans
- traditional doctrine of divine power
- Marxist doctrine
- the announcement of the Truman Doctrine.
- the Marxist doctrine about perpetual revolution
- the announcement of the Truman Doctrine
## 11th, Sep
+ cockroach
> (n)(also roach)a large black or brown insect that lives in dirty houses, especially if they are warm and there is food to eat.
+ idiom
> (n)a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate words. For example, 'under the weather' is an idiom meaning 'ill'.
- familiar idioms and metaphors, such as 'turning over a new leaf'
+ ethnicity
> (n)the state or fact of belonging to a particular ethnic group.
- He said his ethnicity had not been important to him.
+ discourse
> (n)a serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject</br>
> (n)serious conversation or discussion between people
- a discourse on art
- Candidates should engage in serious political discourse.
- "I do not know."And thus ended their discourse.
+ assimilation
> (n)the process of understanding and using new ideas.
> (n)the process of becoming a accepted part of a country or group.
- The assimilation of ethnic Germans in the US was accelerated by the two world wars.
- Poor assimilation of vitamins and nutrients can cause health problems.
+ mouthpiece
> (n)the part of a musical instrument, telephone etc that you put in your mouth or next to your mouth.
> (n)a person, newspaper etc that expresses the opinions of a government or a political organization.
- He shouted into the mouthpiece.
- This newspaper is just a Republican mouthpiece.
+ literacy
> (n)the state of being able to read and write
- a new adult literacy campaign
- Many adults have problems with literacy and numeracy.
+ ascribe
> (v)to claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc.</br>
> (v)to claim that something has been written, said, made etc by a particular person
- The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution.
- a quotation that's often been ascribed to Marilyn Monroe