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Chapter1 : Introduction Flashcards

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Dispute

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A disagreement , argument or debate

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It is to be sold with a proviso that the public can visit it one month a year.

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A condition attached to an agreement

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Narrowly

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By only a small margin , barely

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Overlap

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Extend over so as to cover partly

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Escalate

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Increase rapidly

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Resort

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To use it as nothing else will work

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Adhere

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Stick fast to or by

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Fervently

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Having or showing a passionate intensity

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Notion

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A conception of or a belief of something

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Far-fetched

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Unlikely or u convincing

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Quo

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Archaic

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Portrayed

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To make a like by drawing

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Compel

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Force pr oblige

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Propels

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Drive or push

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Whereby

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By which

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Implementing

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A Tool

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Emerge

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Move out or away from something and come into view

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Comprising laws

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To include or contain

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Curtailed

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Reduce in extent or quantity

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Leeway

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extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate

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The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.

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to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.

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Periphery

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The external boundary of any surface or area

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Whereas

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In which contrary

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Disintegration

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The process of losing cohesion or strength

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Underpinning

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A sold foundation laid under the ground level to increase the strength

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Adamant

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Refuse to be persuaded or change its mind

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Subvert

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Undermine the power of an authority

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Amenable

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Open to advice and suggestion

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Strand

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Drive or leave

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Contingent

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dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon ): Our plans are contingent on the weather.

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Pedigree

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an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.

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Purport

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to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.

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Subordination

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the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society’s subordination of women to men.

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Intertwine

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—verb (used with object), verb (used without object), in·ter·twined, in·ter·twin·ing.
to twine together.
يلتف

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Flux

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continuous change, passage, or movement: His political views are in a state of flux.

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Constituted

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Be apart of : single parents are constitute of the poor

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Hierarchical

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any system of persons or things ranked one above another.

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