One Word Substitution Flashcards

1
Q

the act of killing one wife

A

Uxoricide

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2
Q

a post without any compensation

A

Honorary

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3
Q

A short usually amusing story about some real person/event

A

Anecdote

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4
Q

Govt by priest

A

Theocracy

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5
Q

Of the sense of touch is

A

tactile

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6
Q

a severe deserved punishment is

A

retribution

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7
Q

putting plants and animals into various classes

A

Taxonomy

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8
Q

fear of open spaces

A

agoraphobia

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9
Q

to free a person from the charge or blame

A

exculpate

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10
Q

theocracy

A

govt. by priest

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11
Q

Fear of closed spaces

A

claustrophobia

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12
Q

a disease which spread by contact

A

contagious

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13
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incorrigible

A

(of a person or their behavior) not able to be changed or reformed.

“she’s an incorrigible flirt”

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14
Q

uncivilized person

A

barbarian

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15
Q

the art of shooting arrows

A

archery

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16
Q

those who live in trees

A

arboreal

17
Q

the part between the neck and abdomen

A

thorax

18
Q

the study of speech’s sound

A

Phonology / phonetics

19
Q

the scientific study of weather conditions

A

meteorology

20
Q

having or giving off a smell, especially an unpleasant one.

“an odoriferous pile of fish”

A

odoriferous

21
Q

the art of cutting trees into decorative shapes

A

topiary

22
Q

something that prevents the agreement

A

sticking point

23
Q

done while sitting down

A

sedentary

24
Q

a sudden secretly planned attempt to remove a govt from the force

A

Putsch

25
Q

a severe deserved punishment is

A

retribution

26
Q

one who travels around a lot and has no fixed address or responsibilities

A

rolling stone

27
Q

a great norm of art

A

magnum opus

a work of art, music, or literature that is regarded as the most important or best work that an artist, composer, or writer has produced.

28
Q

everlasting punishment after death

A

perdition

(in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death.

Similar:
damnation
eternal punishment
hell
hellfire
spiritual destruction
29
Q

taxonomy

A

the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

30
Q

the personal possessions that a woman brings when she marries

A

trousseau

31
Q

precis

A

a summary or abstract of a text or speech.

Similar:
summary
synopsis
résumé

32
Q

public condemnation

A

denouncement

33
Q

a garrulous person

A

talkative

34
Q

a bitter and violent attack on innocent people

A

assault

35
Q

a piece of land converted from forest to arable (growing crops) use.

A

assart

36
Q

abandonment from one country or cause

A

defection

the desertion of one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.
"his defection from the Labour Party"
Similar:
desertion
absconding
decamping
flight
37
Q

doulas

A

a trained companion who is not a healthcare professional and who supports another individual (the doula’s client) through a significant health-related experience, such as childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion or stillbirth, or non-reproductive experiences such as dying.

38
Q

MORATORIUM

A

a legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment.

“the debt was to be subject to a five-year moratorium”