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Part 2 Flashcards

1
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Specialist of kidney

A

Nephrologist

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2
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The words with opposite meanings used together

A

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

A

Pachyderm

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9
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Study of birds

A

Ornithology

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10
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Please where money is coined

A

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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12
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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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13
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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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14
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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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15
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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

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Autocracy

22
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A self governing country or region

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Autonomy

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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Democracy

25
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State society or group governed by old people

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Gerontocracy

26
Q

Gradual recovery from illness

A

Convalescence

27
Q

Commencement of words with the same letter

A

Alliteration

28
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A person who believes that pleasure is a chief good

A

Hedonist

29
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Determined to exact full vengeance for wrong done to him

A

Vindictive

30
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One who despises persons of lower social position

A

Aristocrat

31
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A person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or knowledge

A

Quack

32
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A person who relies solely upon practical experience rather than on scientific principles

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Empiric

33
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An adjective of phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

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Epithet

34
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A short question or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter intended to suggest its theme

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Epigraph

35
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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

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Epitaph

36
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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

A

Epilogue

37
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A small fleet of ships or boats

A

Flotilla

38
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Struggle of stagger clumsily in mud or water

A

Flounder

39
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The profession of teaching or the approach or style of teaching

A

Pedagogy

40
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(Especially of a process or organisation) just coming into existence and believing to display signs of future potential

A

Nascent

41
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System of methods used in a particular area of study or activity

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Methodology

42
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Particular form of a language which is Peculiar to a specific region or a social group

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Dialect

43
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Type of language consisting of world and phrases that are regarded as very informal

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Slang

44
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The one who loves good food and know a lot about it

A

Gourmet

45
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The one who does not believe in God

A

Atheist

46
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The act or custom of talking to one self or talking when alone

A

Soliloquist

47
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Someone who talks while asleep

A

Somniloquist

48
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A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation

A

Interlocutor

49
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A person who travels a lot

A

Pandestrian

50
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A person who lives in city town cave etc

A

Dweller

51
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A person who spends their time travelling from place to place

A

Rover

One Word Substitution (2 decks)

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