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10 Feb Flashcards

1
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Invidious

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Causing envy or anger

Eg. Invidious lifestyle / position

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Insidious

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Harming indirectly

Eg. Insidious energy / pollution

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Disingenuous 2

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1) appearing to be simple and honest but actually not
Eg. Disingenuous classmate

2) indirect and dishonest
Eg. Disingenuous person/ activity

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Artless 4

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1) plain or simple
Eg. Artless furniture

2) true or genuine
Eg. Artless report

3) natural
Eg. Artless beauty

4) honest and simple
Eg. Artless villagers

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Contrive 4

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1) to plan
Eg. I contrived a meeting

2) to plan with much time and effort
Eg. The prisoner contrived to escape

3) invent
Eg. The contrived weapons out of stone

4) to make fake / to invent fake
Eg. The report was contrived
Contrived report

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Clandestine

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Secret ( from destiny)

Eg. Clandestine marriage/ meeting

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Devious 2

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1) long and indirect
Eg. Devious route

2) indirect and dishonest
Eg. Devious person / activity

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8
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Portend

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( usually - ve )

To indicate what will happen in the future

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Repudiate 2

[ syn ] refute

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1) to reject

2) to prove something as false

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Authorize

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To permit legally

Eg. The vaccine was authorized

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Forsee

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To predict ( groundless)

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12
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Hypothesize

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1) to make a guesswork
2) to claim based on available or incomplete evidence
3) to claim based on suggested ideas not based on proven ideas

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13
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Question

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Doubt

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14
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Contend 2

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1) to compete
Eg. They are contending for power

2) to claim

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15
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Savor

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To enjoy

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16
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Revitalize

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To energize

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17
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Extol

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To highly praise

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Deprecate

[ syn ] derogate, disparage, pejorate

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To consider others of little value or importance

Eg. We shouldn’t deprecate other’s achievements

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19
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Deprecation

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Insult

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Deprecatory

[ syn ] disparaging, derogatory, pejorative

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Intended to belittle

Eg. Deprecatory remarks

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21
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Depredate

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To attack violently ( it may cause killing or destruction)

Eg. The settlement was depredated by wild elephants

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22
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Depredation

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Violent attack ( it may cause killing or destruction)

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23
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Renounce

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To give up / abandon

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24
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Denounce

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Strongly criticize

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25
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Spurn

[ syn ] flout

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To reject

Eg. The country spurned foreign aids

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26
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Discountenance

[ ant ] countenance

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Disapprove / disapproval

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27
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Countenance /n/

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Face

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28
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Eulogy

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Speech of praise generally of a person who has recently died

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29
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Eulogistic

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Praising usually of a person who has recently died

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30
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Eulogize

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To praise usually of a person who has recently died

Eg. The eulogized city Of Troy

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Stalwart 2

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1) very loyal
Eg. Stalwart supporter

2) physically strong
Eg. Stalwart supporter

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32
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Precarious

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Risky or dangerous

Eg. Precarious journey

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33
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Stout

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Strong

Eg. Stout body

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34
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Irrefragable

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Inviolable

Eg. Irrefragable rule / law

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35
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Tottering 2

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1) to walk or move unsteadily

2) to make unsteady movement before being collapsed
Eg. Tottering airplane

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36
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Fecund 2

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1) fertile

2) creative
Eg. Fecund imagination

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37
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Fecund /n/

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1 ) Fertility

2) creativity

38
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Distinctive

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1) different from others

2) of superior quality

39
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Dictate 3

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1) to state with authority
2) to speak slowly and clearly so that you can write or record

  • 3) to determine
    Eg. Your salary dictates your lifestyle
40
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Incur 2

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1) to pay under obligation

2) to receive

41
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Reputation

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General opinion about something or somebody

Eg. The company has bad reputation

42
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Kudos

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Praise or prestige earned through your own effort

Eg. He received kudos for his contribution to the society

43
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Recompense

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Compensation for loss or damage

44
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Obloquy

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Ob = -ve, loc = talk

Vilification ( defamation )

45
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Vilify

46
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Giant

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Very powerful and impressive person

47
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To throw the spotlight

48
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Amateur 2

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1 ) non-professional

2) fig.m- unskilled
Eg. Amateur cook

49
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Stigma 2

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1) token of disgrace
Eg. Stigma in character

2) unfair attitude of something or somebody
Eg. Social stigma about race

50
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Stigmatization

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Strong / harsh criticism

51
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Stigmatize

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Harshly criticize

Eg. The PM was stigmatized in the parliament

52
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Lionize 2

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1) to declare celebrity

2) fig.m - to treat somebody as a very important person / to make somebody famous
Eg. The social workers were lionized.

53
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Lion-hearted

[ syn ] leonine

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Very courageous

54
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Lion’s share

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The majority

Eg. The Lion’s share of the students

55
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Marginalize

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To keep aside

56
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Foreground /v/

57
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  • Transcend
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To rise above
Eg. The PM transcended party politics
The ascetic transcended worldly pleasures

58
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Latitude

59
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Materialism

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Love for the material world rather than the spiritual world

60
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Impetuous

[ headlong ]

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Hasty or unplanned

Eg. Impetuous decision

61
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Plod 2

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1) to walk slowly with difficulty

2) to move ahead slowly with difficulty
Eg. I am progressing ploddingly

62
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Sporadic

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Intermittent / occasional

Eg. Sporadic monsoon

63
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Routine / adj /

64
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Apogee

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Highest point

Eg. Apogee of success

65
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Epiphany

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Epi - upon, phany - transparent

Sudden realization that everything becomes transparent
Eg. This meditation culminated in epiphany

66
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Culminate

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To end after a process / to reach highest point after a process
Eg. Their dispute culminated in a fight

67
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Diaphanous

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Thin, light and transparent

Eg. Diaphanous curtain

68
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Impasse

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Deadlock / stalemate

Eg. Political impasse

69
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Capitulate

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To decline or surrender

Eg. The revenge capitulated

70
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Recapitulate

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Recap - to summarize

To include important matters
Eg. The movie recapitulates the history of Nepal

71
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Regress

[ ant ] progress

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To go back to worst condition

72
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Impugn

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To criticize ( suggesting that somebody is not honest and shouldn't be trusted )
Eg. He impugned his opponent's characters
73
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Acrimony

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Bitterness ( relationship / taste / remark)

74
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Cacophony

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Harsh or unpleasant sound

75
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Sinecure

figure-head person

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Position without responsibility and power but well paid

76
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Strain

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Tense ( relationship)

77
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Dissolution 2

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1) dissolving or collapse

2) immoral behavior ( in terms of drinks, drugs, sex )

78
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Melding

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Combination

79
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Collision

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Fig. m- conflict

80
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Clerical 2

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1) relating to clergy ( of church )
Eg. Clerical duty

2) relating to clerk
Eg. Clerical responsibilities

81
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Civil

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Polite ( rather unfriendly )

82
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Cerebral 2

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1 ) relating to brain
Eg. Cerebral power

2) intellectual rather than emotional
Eg. Cerebral documentary

83
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Cerabration

84
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cerebrate /v/

85
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Antinomian 2

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1) relating to church

2) paradoxical

86
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Inevitable

[ sym ] ineluctable

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Unavoidable ( sure to happen)

Eg. Ineluctable consequence

87
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Radical 4

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1) revolutionary
Eg. A radical communist

2) complete
Eg. Radical change

3) fundamental
Eg. radical theory

  • 4) demanding reform ( low degree communist)
    Eg. a radical political party
88
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Piety

[ ant ] impiety

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Deep respect to god

89
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Secular

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Not religious
Eg. Secular political party
Secular state

90
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Secularise

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To isolate from religion

Eg. The hospital has been secularised

91
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Secular priest

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The priest who doesn’t remain in church but remains in the community.

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