Part 2 Flashcards

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Specialist of kidney

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Nephrologist

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2
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The words with opposite meanings used together

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Oxymoron

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3
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A man who hates marriage

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Misogamist

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4
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A professional rider in horse races

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Jockey

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5
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Hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

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Sanatorium

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6
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A person who is talkative

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Garrulous

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7
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A person who enters without any invitation

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Intruder

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8
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Thick skined animal

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Pachyderm

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9
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Study of birds

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Ornithology

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10
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Please where money is coined

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Mint

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11
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Act of abdicating or renouncing The Throne

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Abdication

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An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and type tables

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Almanac

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A cold blooded vertebrates animal that is born in water and breath with gills

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Amphibians

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I story poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal hidden meaning typically a moral or political one

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Allegory

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A statement or preposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based

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Axiom

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16
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A nation of person engage in a war or conflict as recognised by international law

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Belligerent

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17
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The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

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Chronology

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18
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Spoken or done without preparation

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Extempore

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19
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A state of disorder due to absence a non recognition of authority or other controlling system

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Anarchy

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20
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A form of government in which power is held by the nobility

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Aristocracy

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21
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System of government by one person with absolute power

22
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A self governing country or region

23
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System of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by the state official rather than by elected representative

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Bureaucracy

24
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System of government by the whole population or all The Eligible members of a state typically through elected representatives

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State society or group governed by old people
Gerontocracy
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Gradual recovery from illness
Convalescence
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Commencement of words with the same letter
Alliteration
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A person who believes that pleasure is a chief good
Hedonist
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Determined to exact full vengeance for wrong done to him
Vindictive
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One who despises persons of lower social position
Aristocrat
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A person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or knowledge
Quack
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A person who relies solely upon practical experience rather than on scientific principles
Empiric
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An adjective of phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
Epithet
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A short question or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter intended to suggest its theme
Epigraph
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A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died especially as an inscription on a tomstone
Epitaph
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A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serve as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened
Epilogue
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A small fleet of ships or boats
Flotilla
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Struggle of stagger clumsily in mud or water
Flounder
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The profession of teaching or the approach or style of teaching
Pedagogy
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(Especially of a process or organisation) just coming into existence and believing to display signs of future potential
Nascent
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System of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
Methodology
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Particular form of a language which is Peculiar to a specific region or a social group
Dialect
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Type of language consisting of world and phrases that are regarded as very informal
Slang
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The one who loves good food and know a lot about it
Gourmet
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The one who does not believe in God
Atheist
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The act or custom of talking to one self or talking when alone
Soliloquist
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Someone who talks while asleep
Somniloquist
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A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation
Interlocutor
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A person who travels a lot
Pandestrian
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A person who lives in city town cave etc
Dweller
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A person who spends their time travelling from place to place
Rover