Stark

Adj.
General Meaning: bare, obvious, very extreme, extremely simple
1. Describing an unpleasant fact or situation that is very obvious and unavoidable
From Text: The numbers are stark. Cancer claimed the lives of 8.8m people in 2015.
Sentence: Most of us are still struggling to face the stark reality that it is extremely
difficult to buy a flat in Hong Kong.

Implacable
/mplk..bl/
Adj.
1. Sb/Sth that shows very strong feelings of hostility or disapproval which nobody

can change ()

2. Comes from the word placate

From Text: But the statistics do not begin to capture the fear inspired by cancers
silent and implacable cellular mutiny.
Sample Sentence 1: Jennings knew that Stringer was a vital ally and suspected too
that he might be an implacable enemy

Mutiny
/mjutni/
N or Intr. V
1. Open rebellion against a constituted authority
2. Refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority
From Text: But the statistics do not begin to capture the fear inspired by cancers
silent and implacable cellular mutiny.
Sample Sentence 1: In these two officers cases, we dont see an attempted mutiny
nor do we see a direct challenge to the war effort.
Sample Sentence 2: Meanwhile, units of the army mutinied, civil war broke out,
cities and villages rose in revolt and Afghanistan began to slip away from Moscows
control and influence.

Misplace
Tr. V
1. To put sth in a wrong place
2. (Usually passive) To bestow (trust, confidence, affection, etc) unadvisedly
From Text: Their hope that scientific breakthroughs can be made to cure cancer is
not misplaced. Cancer has become more and more survivable over recent decades.

A host of
1. A large number of people or things
Sentence from Text: Cancer has become more and more survivable over recent
decades owing to a host of advances, from genetic sequencing to targeted therapies.
Sample Sentence: The World Toilet Summit in Beijing will feature a host of guest
speakers from across the globe discussing the latest toilet technology.
Sentence: The chief executive proposed a host of new policies in her maiden Policy
Address.

Dispatch
As a countable noun
/dspt/
1. A special report that is sent to a newspaper of broadcasting organization by a
journalist who is in a different town or country
2. A message or report that is sent, for example, by army officers or government
officials to their headquarters
3. A report that a military officer sends from a battlefield or a government official
sends from a foreign country
Sentence in Text: But cancer is not fought only in the lab. It is also fought in doctors
surgeries, in schools, in public-health systems and in government departments. The
dispatches from these battlefields are much less encouraging.
Sample Sentence 1: The Associated Press sent a dispatch out of Bangkok that they
considered news.
Sample Sentence 2: It is building up a new squad of highly-trained birds able to
handle confidential military dispatches.