130-185 Flashcards

(69 cards)

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Despotism

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Rule by cruel king

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exemplary

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Severe punishment as a warning for others

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Herculean

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Needing a lot of strenght determination effort

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Grandiose

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Complicated expensive

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Aphasia

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Loss of speech due to brain damage

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epicurean

Hedonist

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One who gives importance to pleasure

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Celestial

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Sky or heaven

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Nursery

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Place where young plants or trees are grown

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Bagpipe

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Musical instrument

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Panthesim

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Belief that god is everything and everything is god

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Animism

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Belief that every thing in this world ilke plants have a living soul

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Caricature

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Funny drawings

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Cartoon

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Drawing about politics and news

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Bereft

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Lacking

Lonely

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Destitute

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Bereft ( lacking ) food money

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Irrevocable

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One that cannot be called back

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17
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Irredeemable

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Hopeless

That which cannot be corrected

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Itinerant

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One who travels from place to place to find work

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Quack

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One who claims to have medical knowledge

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Cannibal

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One who eats human flesh

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Miserly

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Hates to spend money

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Verbatim

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Verbatim

Synonyms

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Impregnable

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Strong impossible to defeat

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Transgressor

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One who breaks law

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Manoeuvre
Clever plan that is giving some advantage
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Subterfuge
Dishonest
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Strategem
To trick an opponent
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Complicity
Act of taking part with another person in crime
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Ineffable
Impossible to discuss
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Appalling
Shocking
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Stupendous
Impressive or extremly large
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Interment
Act of burying
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Ethnology
Study of races of human
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Genealogy
Study of family history
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Stowaway
A person who hides in a ship or plane to go freely
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Stoker
Person to add coal or fuel in ships or steam engine
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Compositor
Person who arranges text before printing
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Shipwright
Ship builder or ship carpenter who builds ship
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Circumstantial
Clues in crime to suggest but not enough to prove
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Windfall
Windfall | An amount of money recieved unexpectedly
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Turnstile
Park la lam iruka suthura gate
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Perquisite
Bonus like
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Honorarium
Amount given for a free service
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Sinecure
Job u are paid for even though little or no work
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Prerogative
Advantage of belonging to a group
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Flux
Continuous change or movement
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Dynamism
Energy or enthusiasm to make a thing succed
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Rotunda
Circular building with dome | Dome - circular roof
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Edifice | Spire
Large impressive building | Sign or pointed structure at the top of a building especially on church
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Cosmopolitan
World citizenship
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Internationalist
One who believes all country must together
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Elope
Run away with lover
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Hereditary
Given to a child before it is born
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Science of heridity
Genetics
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Pedant
Pedant | Person concerned with small rules while learning or teaching
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Lost hope
Despair
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Debauchery
Immoral in sex alcohol drugs
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Jauntily
Lively | Cheerfully
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Lousily
Bad or dirty
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Jocular | Zealously
Humorous
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Barometer
Atmospheric pressure measurement
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Metronome
Used by musicians to maintain the rythem
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Magnate
Rich person
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Pseudonym
Fictious name instead of real name
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Protocol
System with fixed rules
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Abdicate
To quit
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Abduct | Abort
To kidnap | To end
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Despotic
Cruel ruler
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Referendum
Occasion when all people can vote on important issue