Vocab 02 Flashcards
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English Trousers are American …..
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Pants
2
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English wardrobe are American…..
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Closet
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Letter A
Something that can be asserted
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Arguably
Your favourite teacher is arguably the best teacher in school.
4
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What does momentarily mean in British and American English
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- For a moment
- In a moment
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Clothes that are made to order, tailored especially for you
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Bespoke
A wealthy man can easily afford bespoke suits.
Bespoke tailors and bespoke suits
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Letter I
To stain
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Imbrue
The battle will only serve to imbrue their swords with blood.
Water imbrues your jeans when you walk down the street
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If you reject all moral beliefs and take the view that life has no meaning, you could be called a
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Nihilist
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A person who understands multiple languages
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Polyglot
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- Coarse
- Greedy
- Glutinous
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- Boorish
- Swinish
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Letter F
Something that boosts, energizes and promotes
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Fillip
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A sour fruit related to oranges and lemons
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Yuzu
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- Not trusted
- Dangerous
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Treacherous
* Treacherous person
* Treacherous road
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A smaller, slighlty less important embassy
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Legation
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Someone who helps another person commit a crime
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Abettor
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Small birds who congregate on beaches in groups
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Plover
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Letter D
Analyse it completely and Carefully. Examining its ideas and languages esp to expose its contradictions and hidden meanings
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Deconstruct
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A symbol that means divided by
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Obelus
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- Bored with the pleasures of life because of frequent indulgence
- Unconcerned
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Blase
* 1 Blase traveller*
2. His blase reaction to losing the match*
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Partial or a full sale of a companys division or assests
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Divestiture
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To seize and take control without authority
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Arrogate
* Shes arrogated the leadership role to herself.
* They have arrogated to themselves the power to change the rules arbitrarily.
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Letter M
- Tastelessly showy
- deceptively pleasing
- relating to a prostitue
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Meretricious
* Meretricious yet a stylish book
* Meretricious praise, meretricious argument
* Meretricious relationships
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Q
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Scupper
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An opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from the floor or flat roof
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Scupper
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To defeat or put an end to
The latest information could ——-the peace talks
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Scupper
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To rail against something with hostility and passion.
## Footnote
Picture an old man banging his fist on the dinner table, railing against the evils of teenagers being allowed to listen to music and dance.
Inveighs
Inveighed against the imperialist motives
## Footnote
Picture an old man banging his fist on the dinner table, inveighing against the evils of teenagers being allowed to listen to music and dance.
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A large waterfall. Rush of water over a large precipice
Cataract
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Steep rapids in a river
Cataract
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# Letter C
Another word for downpour
Cataract
* A cataract of rain
* A cataract of information
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# word was originally used to describe the slang of thieves and rogues,
A characteristic language of a particular group
Argot
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# Letter E
Audacious behaviour that you have no right to
Effrontery
## Footnote
When a couple stroll into a crowded restaurant, demand the best table, and threaten the staff unless they're seated right away, that's effrontery.
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# Letter H
Dramatic, overdone, emotional actions and words that are done to influence someone.
Histrionics
## Footnote
Exaggerated crying, unnecessary yelling, and overdone gestures are all examples of histrionics.
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A burning desire to have more wealth than you need.
Cupidity
## Footnote
Though it sounds like it might have something to do with the little winged figure who shoots arrows and makes folks fall in love on Valentine’s Day, cupidity is all about the love of money. It comes to us from Latin cupidus, which means "desirous." I
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The outcome of a complex sequence of event
Denouement
| Day-noo-Mon
## Footnote
Denouement is a French word that literally means the action of untying, from a verb meaning to untie.
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1.An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
2. a newspaper format that is printed on large sheets of paper and is characterized by its long vertical pages
Broadsheet
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Publications that come out on a regular basis.
Periodicals
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A newspaper, especially one that's smaller than a traditional daily paper and focuses on sensational news items.
Tabloid
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To describe someone or something that is beyond compare, an absolute model of perfection of a particular thing.
Nonpareil
*Jane Austen was a writer nonpareil, and James Bond a spy nonpareil.*
*Her performance was nonpareil*
*Our bakers cakes are nonpareil*
*A nonpareil drummer*
## Footnote
Coming from the medieval French words non, meaning "not," and pareil, meaning "equal," so quite literally it means "not equal" . the use of nonpareil is generally restricted to written form. Use with caution.
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# Letter A
Fitting or relevant.
Apposite
*It is apposite that radio stations play Christmas carols on Christmas Eve,*
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A social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
Pluralism
## Footnote
The extreme opposite of pluralism is totalitarianism, when one supreme dictator makes all the decisions and no one can contradict him.
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In the Catholic Church the practice of holding more than one office at once.
Pluralism
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# letter L
A person who supports progressive or socialist ideas is a
Leftist
## Footnote
This meaning goes back to the seating arrangement of legislators in the Estates General during the French Revolution: those seated on the left supported the revolution, and came to be called la gauche, or "the left." Leftists is just another way to describe anyone with progressive or liberal political beliefs.
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A witty statement, or a very well-chosen word
Bon Mot
## Footnote
The most popular guest at a party is probably the one who keeps everyone chuckling with his bons mots.
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when you use words that have the same sound at the beginning
Alliteration
## Footnote
"Stellar students synthesize sweet sentences."
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a word for someone (or something) unique, excellent, and superior.
eminent beyond or above comparison
Peerless
## Footnote
Picasso, Gandhi, and Shakespeare are considered peerless. The rest of us have a lot of peers.
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a fake version of something real
Simulacrum
## Footnote
A wax museum is full of simulacrums of famous people.Also, a simulacrum can be a representation that's not very good. If you say, "This video game is only a simulacrum of playing football!" that means it does a poor job of copying the game.
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an assortment of different things
Smorgasbord
## Footnote
a magazine might feature a smorgasbord of stories on a wide variety of subjects.Use the noun smorgasbord when you're talking about a selection of things, like a fabulous breakfast buffet, a long list of college classes you could take, or a motley group of camping companions. In Swedish, a smörgåsbord is a table full of different sandwich offerings.
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something abstract, you make it real.
Reify
## Footnote
You might reify your affection for Italy by hanging posters of the Italian Riviera on your wall and cooking Italian food every night.
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The complete work of a writer or an artist
Oeuvre
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someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic, or possessed by almost impossible hopes.
not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
Quixotic
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to justify or support the ideas behind something
Underpin
## Footnote
your extensive research underpins your self-published book on ice cream trucks in the United States.
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# Letter S
A nickname
Sobriquet
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something universal, or something that has a wide, general application.
Ecumenical
## Footnote
Today it most often refers to bringing people of diverse Christian religions together; however, an ecumenical service might bring Christians, Jews, and Muslims together under one roof.
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# Letter A
Openly declared as such
Avowed
*Nehru was an avowed agnostic.*
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If you intrude on people without their permission, you are an
Interloper
## Footnote
The noun interloper may also refer to something other than a person: "The new chain superstore built at the edge of town and was an interloper among the various mom-and-pop grocery stores in the area."
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# Letter A
self-evident truth
Taken for granted
Axiomatic
*It is axiomatic that good athletes have strong mental attitudes*
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serving no useful purpose
Its also an old word for Lazy
Otiose
*Largely otiose Vice Presidency.*
## Footnote
that steak knife next to your plate is otiose if you're having oatmeal for dinner. If you're already wearing suspenders, then a belt is otiose.
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The surgical removal of a body part or part of a tissue
Ablation
## Footnote
if an oncologist removes a cancerous growth, thats ablation. If a limb is being amputated, thats ablation. If a dentist pulls out a tooth that ablation
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The derivation of sexual gratification from being subject to physical pain or humiliation by onself or another person
Masochism
## Footnote
Austrian writer Leopold Von Sacher Masoch. The term was coined by psychiatrist EBING
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A wooded uninhabited area
Willowwacks
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A wooded ship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or Steel armour
Iron Clad
## Footnote
an ironclad guarantee, an ironclad promise
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# Letter S
A flighty and disorganised person
Scatterbrain
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# Think blood suckers like mosquitoes, bed bugs , leeches and vampire bats
An animal that gets its nourishment from blood.
Sanguivorous
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Right of access to water
Riparian rights
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Anything located on or on the banks of a river
Riparian
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# Letter A
How reflective and bright something is
Albedo
## Footnote
ratio of reflected light to incident light
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A practice play between two teams
Scrimmage
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A noisy riotous fight
Scrimmage
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When something is really extraordinary. it's really unusual or even unprecedented, and well worth remarking on
Doozy
## Footnote
whether you're admiring a doozy of a sunset or having another doozy of an argument with your twin sister. If it's a doozy, it's really unusual or even unprecedented
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A continual involuntary repetition of thought
Perseveration
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A personality thats bitter and even toxic
ASTRINGENT
## Footnote
You know that vinegar-like liquid teens put on their faces in order to tighten their pores and dry up their pimples? That's astringent. An astringent personality, on the other hand, is perceived as bitter and perhaps even a bit toxic.
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A minor parish official who serves in a smaller church function
Beadle
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A broad flat Italian bread thats deliciously chewy and great for Sandwiches
Ciabatta
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Someone who tells the future by examining the dead animals organs
Haruspex
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A condiment made of chopped sweet peppers, pickles and tomatoes
Picalilli
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Truly remorseful and contrite
Penitential
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Becoming the most complete version of yourself, as one possibly can
Self Actualization
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A complete group or a collection of something. any collection in its entirety
Caboodle
## Footnote
Your eccentric aunt might send you her doll collection, enclosing a note that says, "I gave you the whole caboodle!" frequently within the phrase "the whole kit and caboodle,"
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A series of things
Concatenation
“it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances”
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A short poetic form about a famous person
Clerihew
## Footnote
A clerihew must have four lines and consist of rhyming couplets. A clerihew should also be about a famous person.
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Humorous form of poetry that rhymes and has five lines
Limerick
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# Letter C
Dance around all crazy and jumping on and over anything
Cavort
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Have a complex, illogical and bizarre character
Anything that is strange and nightmarish
Kafkaesque
## Footnote
People often use this adjective for interactions that are unnecessarily bureaucratic or complicated. But some kafkaesque situations involve a feeling of oppression or danger, like a kafkaesque nightmare that leaves you feeling uneasy even after you wake up.
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The sexual fetish of attraction to shoes. Foot fetishism
Retifism
## Footnote
It's named after Nicolas-Edme Rétif de la Bretonne, a French novelist who wrote a novel about it called Fanchette's Foot.
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An organsim that thrives in sandy areas like desert and coastal area
Psammophile
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A quick sprinted Italian folk dance that involves spinning and often playing the tambourine
Tarantella
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Woodlands along the banks of a forest or a stream
Riparian Woodlands
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# Letter D
Something that can be cancelled or changed
Defeasible
## Footnote
a defeasible law or rule is subject to change.You're most likely to come across the word defeasible in legal or philosophical writing. An attorney, for example, might help a client establish a defeasible estate — this means that property or land left in a will comes with certain conditions attached.
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Anything that acts as a memorial to someone or something
Commemorative
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When it seems that you are doomed to have bad luck
Star Crossed
*camping plans are star-crossed if it rains every time you head into the woods with your sleeping bag.*
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The practice of an election winner giving government jobs to supporters , friends and family members
Spoils System
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An inclination to act purposefully
Conation
## Footnote
You might be smart enough to get a PhD, but you'll also need the conation to research and write a 200-page dissertation
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An adjective describing tortoises and turtles
Chelonian
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# Letter Q
A small argument or a fight
Quibble
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A style of painting thats so realistic that it apperas to be three dimensional
Trompe L'oeil
## Footnote
Tromp Loy
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Fear of Snakes
Lepidophobia
Ophidiophobia
Herpetophobia
## Footnote
Herpetophobia is actually fear of reptiles
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Fear of butterflies or moths
Lepidopterophobia
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In the biblical times it was a unit of money.
Ancient unit of currency or weight
Talent
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In the Roman Republic the military unit composed of 120 soldiers fighting in the formation of three long lines
Maniple
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A victory which is won but at too great a cost
Pyrrhic
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A person who is easily tricked or swindled
Piegon
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Long haired LLama
Alpaca
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A small sash worn by a catholic priest orginally carried on his hand
Maniple
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A judges decision that does not settle the whole matter
Interlocutory decree
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# Letter Q
Another word for essence or eccentricity
Quiddity
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The theory that lower taxes , less regulation of business and free trade, stimulate production and improves the countrys economy is
Supply side economics
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In Economics to cut out the middle man, simplifying a transaction by selling directly to the consummer instaed of using distributor
Disintermediate
107
Capable of being cancelled or rescinded
Defeasible
Voidable
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# Letter S
Someone who gives the smartest advise like your brilliant insightful teacher
Sapient
109
A policy aimed at recovering the nations lost territory
Revanche
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A ships discarded or lost cargo that has sunk to the sea floor. usually attached to a buoy
Lagan
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Someone who is not autistic and does not have any developmental disorder that affects the nervous system
Neurotypical
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A small gift given by the merchant to the customer
Lagniappe
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A large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Portmanteau
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1. To abolish by authoritative action
2. To fail to do what is required
Abrogate
1. Abrogate a treaty
2. The companys directors are accused of abrogating their responsibilities
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The study of Knowledge
Epistemology
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A preparation to enhance flavour
Condiment
## Footnote
Mustard and ketchup are condiments
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The spicy or savoury condiment you slather on hotdogs or hamburgers is
Relish
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Two unstresed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
Anapest
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Someone who is innovative and open to new ideas
Modern or innovative
Neoteric
*You might prefer to eat at the familair neighbourhood pub instaed of the slick neoteric restaurant.*
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An old fashioned mans hat with three points or corners
Tricorn
## Footnote
The first few US presidents wore this.The famous portrait of George washington crossing the Delaware river was with this hat
