400-450 Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Repatriate

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To send or bring a person back to his own country

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Fastidious

Meticulous

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Being very careful

Expecting 100 percentage

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3
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precarious

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Not safe
Not certain
Dangerous

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4
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Intestate

Intaglio

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Die without making a legal will

Engravings on precious stone

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Inveterate

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Bad habbit always doing it

Unlikely to stop

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Masochist

Sadist

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Hurts himself

Hurts others

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Nihilist

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A person who believes nothing has value especially religion

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Physiology

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Scientific study of normal function of living

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trilogy

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Study of three related works of a same author

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Topology

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Way something is arranged or related

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trichology

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Study of hair and scalp

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12
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Epigraphy

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Study of ancient inscriptions

Like words written in a stone

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Succulent

Dissident

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Juicy and having thick tissues

Person who critices government in a country where it is dangerous

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14
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Thespian

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An actor (humorous)

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15
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Fascimile

FAX

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Exact copy of something

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Semantics

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Study of meanings and words

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17
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Null
Lull or soothe or placate
Cull

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To reduce to nothing
To make somebody relaxed and calm
To kill certain number of animals in group to prevent over population

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18
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Annul

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To officially ban or state something is no longer legal

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19
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Hackneyed

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Overused therefore boring

Unoriginal and trite( lacking originality)

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Syllogism

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A way of arguing in which two statements are used to prove the third statement is true

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21
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Epitome

Epistle

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Perfect example

Long serious letter on important subject

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22
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Hieroglyphics

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Written iN pictorial symbols

23
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Acronym

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A word formed from the first letters of words

CAD , WHO

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Abridgement

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Short veraion of a written work

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Almanac
A book published every year that gives information about the subject in that particular year
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Anachronism
A person or custom that is old fashioned
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Parvenu
A person from low social or economic position who suddenly became rich and powerful
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Promiscuous
Having many sexual partners Taken from Wide range of sources Without careful thought
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Sumptuary
Regulating / controling expenditure/ personal behaviour(kind of law that restricts freedom like male should not wear gold and only samurai can have sword like tat)
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Paleontology
Study of fossils ( the remains of plants and animals in rocks )
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Statute
A law passed by parliment
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Stature
A persons height | Respect or importance given to a person based on his ability
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Prop
A piece of wood or metal used for supporting something or keeping something
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scaffold
Plateform used for execution of criminals by cutting of their heads or hanging them
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Lean to
A small building with its roof leaning against the side of building
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Rafter
Sloping piece of wood tat supports the roof
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Aquaphobia
Fear of drowning in water
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horizon
Longest distant at which land and sky joins
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waybill
List of goods or passengers carried
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Wagon
Railway or railroad truck carrying goods
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Wirepuller
A person who is able to control or influnece events without realizing it
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Whist
Card game
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Callous
Cruel not caring about others
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Hagiography
A book about life of person that praises him too much(oruthanoda pugal padura book)
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Invincible Infalliable Invulnerable
Cannot be defeated Never wrong no mistakes Safe cannot be harmed
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Hanger
Large building where aircrafts are kept
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granary | Dockyard
Place where grains are stored | Area where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired
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Usurer
Person who lends money for high interests
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Inadmissible
That cannot be allowed or accepted
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Janitor
One who is appointed to maintain and clean the building
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Beadle(verger)
One who hold decorum in prayer meeting in church
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Congregation
Group of people gather in church for prayer excluding priest and choir
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Confrontation
Angry dispute
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Conflageration
excessive fire that destroys lot of buildings and land