TCV The World of Security Vocab

Question 1

Zenith (n)

Answer 1

Culminating point

Question 2

Provincial (adj)

Answer 2

Lacking the polish of urban society/ unsophisticated

Question 3

Fiscal (adj)

Answer 3

Of or relating to financial matters

Question 4

Hegemony (n)

Answer 4

Influence or authority over others

Question 5

Immutability (adj)

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Not capable of or susceptible to change.

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Mite (n)

Answer 6

A small coin or sum of money

Question 7

Annuity (n)

Answer 7

A sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals

Question 8

Interment (n)

Answer 8

The burial or a corpse in a grave or tomb; typically with funeral rites

Question 9

Propriety (n)

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The quality of being proper or suitable

Question 10

Vestige (n)

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A trace, mark or visible sign left by something vanished or lost

Question 11

Goiter (n)

Answer 11

An enlargement of the thyroid gland visible as a swelling of the front of the neck.

Question 12

Benign (adj)

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Of a gentle disposition

Question 13

Conciliation (n)

Answer 13

To have been appeased

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Connote (v)

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To be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant

Question 15

Concomitant (adj)

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Naturally accompanying or associated

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Banal (adj)

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Lacking originality, freshness or novelty

Question 17

Watchword (n)

Answer 17

Guiding principle

Question 18

Tribulation (n)

Answer 18

Distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution

Question 19

Requited (v)

Answer 19

To make return for; repay