General Vocabs

Question 0

Effusive

Answer 0

(Of igneous rock) pouring out when molten and later solidified

Question 1

Robust

Answer 1

Sturdy in construction

Question 2

Degreased

Answer 2

Remove excess fat or grease

Question 3

Transgression

Answer 3

An act that goes against the law, an offense

Question 4

Depressed

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Push or pull sth down into a lower position Ex depressed arches

Question 5

Conventionalize

Answer 5

Using conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous

Question 6

Figurative style of the period

Answer 6

Metaphorical; symbolic; representative

Question 7

Neoliberalism

Answer 7

Modified form of liberalism tending to favour free-market capitalism

Question 8

Blot

Answer 8

To dry/ to stain

Question 9

Fable

Answer 9

A short story common with animals as character to tell moral

Question 10

Opuscule

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A small or minor literary or musical work

Question 11

Untether

Answer 11

Release or free from tether ( tie with a rope)

Question 12

Dispassionate

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Not influenced by strong emotion and so able to be rational and impartial

Question 13

Premia

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A reward or recompense for a particular act

Question 14

Surrogate

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A substitute

Question 15

Unfathomable

Answer 15

Incapable of fully explored or understood

Question 17

Referendum

Answer 17

General vote by electorate on a single political question that have been referred for direct decision

Question 18

Ballot

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The process of voting, in writing and typically in secrete

Question 19

Physique

Answer 19

The form, size, and development of a person’s body

Question 20

Fissure

Answer 20

Deep crack/ disagreement

Question 21

Errand

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Job / task

Question 22

Tax credit

Answer 22

General term for various types of tax that takes a portion of earning for the state; ex income tax, property tax

Question 27

Devolution

Answer 27

The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, ESP by central government to local or regional administration

Question 28

Populism

Answer 28

Political doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as fear) of the general people, contrast to those interests with the elites

Question 29

Tea Party movement

Answer 29

American political movement known for its conservative position and role in the Republican Party (GOP); it demands reduction in US national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing gov. spending and taxes; mix of libertarian, populist, and conservatives

Question 30

Libertarian

Answer 30

Support maximum liberty in both personal(civil) and economic matter; advocate much smaller government limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence; much like the student perspective

Question 31

Philanthropy

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"Love of human"; ie involved in giving, volunteering, etc

Question 32

Pension

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A fixed sum paid regularly to a person following retirement from service

Question 34

Vista

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A pleasing view/ a mental view of succession of remembered or anticipated events

Question 35

Commendation

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Praise

Question 36

Stewardship

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Ethics that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources

Question 37

Cartel

Answer 37

The agreement between large companies on price; and exclusion of new companies

Question 38

Despotic

Answer 38

Tyrinical

Question 39

Alleged

Answer 39

To suppose without proof

Question 41

Leverage

Answer 41

Use borrowed capital for (an investment), except the profits made to be greater than the interest payable