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130-185 Flashcards

1
Q

Despotism

A

Rule by cruel king

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2
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exemplary

A

Severe punishment as a warning for others

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3
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Herculean

A

Needing a lot of strenght determination effort

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4
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Grandiose

A

Complicated expensive

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5
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Aphasia

A

Loss of speech due to brain damage

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6
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epicurean

Hedonist

A

One who gives importance to pleasure

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7
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Celestial

A

Sky or heaven

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8
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Nursery

A

Place where young plants or trees are grown

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9
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Bagpipe

A

Musical instrument

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10
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Panthesim

A

Belief that god is everything and everything is god

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11
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Animism

A

Belief that every thing in this world ilke plants have a living soul

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12
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Caricature

A

Funny drawings

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13
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Cartoon

A

Drawing about politics and news

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14
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Bereft

A

Lacking

Lonely

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15
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Destitute

A

Bereft ( lacking ) food money

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16
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Irrevocable

A

One that cannot be called back

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17
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Irredeemable

A

Hopeless

That which cannot be corrected

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18
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Itinerant

A

One who travels from place to place to find work

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19
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Quack

A

One who claims to have medical knowledge

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20
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Cannibal

A

One who eats human flesh

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21
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Miserly

A

Hates to spend money

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22
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Verbatim

A

Verbatim

Synonyms

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23
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Impregnable

A

Strong impossible to defeat

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24
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Transgressor

A

One who breaks law

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25
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Manoeuvre

A

Clever plan that is giving some advantage

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26
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Subterfuge

A

Dishonest

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27
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Strategem

A

To trick an opponent

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28
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Complicity

A

Act of taking part with another person in crime

29
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Ineffable

A

Impossible to discuss

30
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Appalling

A

Shocking

31
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Stupendous

A

Impressive or extremly large

32
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Interment

A

Act of burying

33
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Ethnology

A

Study of races of human

34
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Genealogy

A

Study of family history

35
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Stowaway

A

A person who hides in a ship or plane to go freely

36
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Stoker

A

Person to add coal or fuel in ships or steam engine

37
Q

Compositor

A

Person who arranges text before printing

38
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Shipwright

A

Ship builder or ship carpenter who builds ship

39
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Circumstantial

A

Clues in crime to suggest but not enough to prove

40
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Windfall

A

Windfall

An amount of money recieved unexpectedly

41
Q

Turnstile

A

Park la lam iruka suthura gate

42
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Perquisite

A

Bonus like

43
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Honorarium

A

Amount given for a free service

44
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Sinecure

A

Job u are paid for even though little or no work

45
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Prerogative

A

Advantage of belonging to a group

46
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Flux

A

Continuous change or movement

47
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Dynamism

A

Energy or enthusiasm to make a thing succed

48
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Rotunda

A

Circular building with dome

Dome - circular roof

49
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Edifice

Spire

A

Large impressive building

Sign or pointed structure at the top of a building especially on church

50
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Cosmopolitan

A

World citizenship

51
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Internationalist

A

One who believes all country must together

52
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Elope

A

Run away with lover

53
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Hereditary

A

Given to a child before it is born

54
Q

Science of heridity

A

Genetics

55
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Pedant

A

Pedant

Person concerned with small rules while learning or teaching

56
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Lost hope

A

Despair

57
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Debauchery

A

Immoral in sex alcohol drugs

58
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Jauntily

A

Lively

Cheerfully

59
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Lousily

A

Bad or dirty

60
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Jocular

Zealously

A

Humorous

61
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Barometer

A

Atmospheric pressure measurement

62
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Metronome

A

Used by musicians to maintain the rythem

63
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Magnate

A

Rich person

64
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Pseudonym

A

Fictious name instead of real name

65
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Protocol

A

System with fixed rules

66
Q

Abdicate

A

To quit

67
Q

Abduct

Abort

A

To kidnap

To end

68
Q

Despotic

A

Cruel ruler

69
Q

Referendum

A

Occasion when all people can vote on important issue

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