2012 words

scorn	revise	ritual	inflexible	mandate
be popular with	across the country	with the exception of	academic grade	address
impoverished	chaotic	contradictory	essentially	pass
implication	be meant to	give a pass to	skip	report card
empower	flat	across-the-board	be allowed to do sth.	no more than
empower sb. to do sth.	thorny	conversely	portion	at the same time
thorny questions	academic achievement	significant portion of	put on hold	hearing
school board	be responsible for	look into	conduct public hearings
pervasive	intrinsically	celebrate	fuse	singular
pretty in pink	be obsessed with.. .	be pervasive in..		a tiny slice of..
fuse... to...	singular lack of imagination	encode	associate	nursery
pastel	amplify	encoded in one's DNA	associate professor	domestic washing machine
as a practical matter	gender-neutral dress	marketing strategy	come into its own	dictate
toddler	consumerism	marketing trend	core belief	psychological development
turn out	marl	rketing trick	clothing manufacture	counsel
split	segment	magnify	trade publication	department store
increase sales	stepping stone	shopper's term	sure-fire way to...	boost profits
segment a market
patent	isolate	violently	agitated	preliminary
federal judge	biotech industry	shake.. . to its core	win patents for. ..	some 20%
be violently agitated	federal appeals court	overturn	prior	rule
blessing	alike	at least temporarily	overturned the prior decision	hold patents to...
a blessing to...	personalised	suppress	reward	monopoly
file	molecule :	one's attempt at	make arguments against	suppress innovation
restrict access to		file a brief	no less than	separate... from...
genome	violate	the Supreme Court	big questions	It's unclear whether
violate the patents of	may yet	advance	suit :
domain	interact	correlation	As... advances,	have an even greater impact
file a patent for.. .	in the public domain	drug's efficacy	be eager to win..。	convention
session	shifting	landscape	packed	be determined by. ..
hold a convention	coach sb. on sth.	the shifting landscape for	Each meeting was packed.	resentment
discern	lean	poll	social fabric	lean times
national polls	mixed result	all the more so