List 11 words Flashcards
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Transact
to carry out or conduct business or negotiations;
Agency
a business or organization established to provide a particular service;
Androgens
hormones that regulate the development of male characteristics;
Annuity
a fixed sum of money paid to someone each year typically for the rest of their life;
Apotheosis
the highest point in the development of something a culmination or climax;
Abase
to lower in rank office prestige or esteem;
Incantation
a series of words said as a magic spell or charm;
Soporific
tending to induce drowsiness or sleep;
Grammar
the whole system and structure of a language;
Misogynist
a person who dislikes despises or is strongly prejudiced against women;
Literati
well educated people who are interested in literature;
Judiciary
the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state;
Monologue
a long speech by one actor in a play or movie or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program;
Superluminous
emitting or reflecting much more light than usual extremely bright;
Demobilize
to disband troops or military forces especially after a war;
Denounce
to publicly declare to be wrong or evil;
Parliament
the highest legislature consisting of the sovereign the House of Lords and the House of Commons;
Omnipotent
having unlimited power able to do anything;
Pronounce
to make the sound of a word or part of a word typically in the correct way;
Regicide
the act of killing a king;
Interrogation
the action of questioning someone closely aggressively or formally;
Senile
having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age especially a loss of mental faculties;
Insessorial
adapted for perching or relating to birds that perch;
Solipsism
the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist;