PD_30/07/20(Manhattan 8 --> SE --> Drill Medium) Flashcards
syncretism
noun [ U or C ] RELIGION, SOCIAL SCIENCES specialized
the combining of different religions, cultures, or ideas; an instance of this:
We are seeing a new syncretism that is uniting parts of different religions.
commingle
to mix or be mixed; blend
exclusion
- VARIABLE NOUN
The exclusion of something is the act of deliberately not using, allowing, or considering it.
This paves the way for the exclusion of all but emergency care. [+ of]
Certain exclusions and limitations apply. - UNCOUNTABLE NOUN [usually with poss]
Exclusion is the act of preventing someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity.
…women’s exclusion from political power. [+ from]
commutation
noun [ U ] LAW specialized
the act of changing a punishment to one that is less severe:
His execution became certain when the state board refused his request for commutation.
the act of travelling regularly between your home and the place where you work:
They have developed an electric car for safe and sustainable commutation on city roads.
Join our Mail & Ride program to receive your monthly commutation ticket automatically by mail.
the act of changing a financial agreement so that someone receives the whole of an amount of money immediately instead of receiving it at a later time in a series of smaller payments:
Unless the policyholders are in need of short-term cash, there is no benefit to them in these commutations.
tyrannical
adjective
using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country, group, etc.:
a tyrannical leader/regime/political system
In the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical rule of her mother.
plenary
adjective BUSINESS, POLITICS specialized
A plenary meeting is one at which all the members of a group or organization are present, especially at a conference:
a plenary session of the UN Security Council
invoke
- VERB
If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: apply, use, implement, call in More Synonyms of invoke - VERB
If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.
He invoked memories of Britain’s near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s. [VERB noun] - VERB
If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
[literary]
The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: call upon, appeal to, pray to, petition
adduce
VERB
If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument.
[formal]
We can adduce evidence to support the claim. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: mention, offer, name, present
trumpet
- VERB
If someone trumpets something that they are proud of or that they think is important, they speak about it publicly in a very forceful way.
The government has been trumpeting tourism as a growth industry. [VERB noun + as]
…Mark Morris, who is trumpeted as the dance talent of his generation. [VERB noun as noun]
Nobody should be trumpeting about chemical weapons. [VERB + about]
It was trumpeted that the nation’s health was improving. [be VERB-ed that]
…the much trumpeted ‘tax cuts’ in the 1980s. [VERB-ed] - VERB
When an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud sound.
The elephants trumpeted and stamped their feet at their approach. [VERB] - VARIABLE NOUN
A trumpet is a musical instrument of the brass family which plays quite high notes. You play the trumpet by blowing into it.
declaim
VERB
If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
[written]
He raised his right fist and declaimed: ‘Liar and cheat!’. [VERB with quote]
He used to declaim French verse to us. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: speak, lecture, proclaim, recite
exclaim
VERB
Writers sometimes use exclaim to show that someone is speaking suddenly, loudly, or emphatically, often because they are excited, shocked, or angry.
‘He went back to the lab,’ Iris exclaimed impatiently. [VERB with quote]
He exclaims that it must be a typing error. [VERB that]
Synonyms: cry out, call, declare, cry
proclaim
VERB
If people proclaim something, they formally make it known to the public.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives. [VERB noun]
Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers. [VERB that]
He still proclaims himself a believer in the Revolution. [V pron-refl n]
[Also V n n, V n as n]
parrot
VERB
If you disapprove of the fact that someone is just repeating what someone else has said, often without really understanding it, you can say that they are parroting it.
[disapproval]
Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: repeat, echo, imitate, copy
cloister
COUNTABLE NOUN
A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
The thirteenth-century cloisters are amongst the most beautiful in central Italy.
A cloister is an enclosed garden, usually surrounded by covered walkways. Because such spaces are often featured in buildings that house religious orders, cloister can be used to mean “monastery” or “convent.”
cloistered
If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
…the cloistered world of royalty.
Synonyms: sheltered, protected, restricted, shielded
