List 11 words Flashcards

(25 cards)

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Transact

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to carry out or conduct business or negotiations;

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Agency

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a business or organization established to provide a particular service;

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Androgens

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hormones that regulate the development of male characteristics;

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Annuity

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a fixed sum of money paid to someone each year typically for the rest of their life;

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Apotheosis

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the highest point in the development of something a culmination or climax;

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Abase

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to lower in rank office prestige or esteem;

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Incantation

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a series of words said as a magic spell or charm;

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Soporific

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tending to induce drowsiness or sleep;

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Grammar

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the whole system and structure of a language;

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Misogynist

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a person who dislikes despises or is strongly prejudiced against women;

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Literati

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well educated people who are interested in literature;

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Judiciary

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the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state;

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Monologue

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a long speech by one actor in a play or movie or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program;

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Superluminous

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emitting or reflecting much more light than usual extremely bright;

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Demobilize

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to disband troops or military forces especially after a war;

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Denounce

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to publicly declare to be wrong or evil;

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Parliament

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the highest legislature consisting of the sovereign the House of Lords and the House of Commons;

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Omnipotent

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having unlimited power able to do anything;

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Pronounce

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to make the sound of a word or part of a word typically in the correct way;

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Regicide

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the act of killing a king;

21
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Interrogation

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the action of questioning someone closely aggressively or formally;

22
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Senile

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having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age especially a loss of mental faculties;

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Insessorial

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adapted for perching or relating to birds that perch;

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Solipsism

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the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist;

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Resurgence
an increase or revival after a period of little activity popularity or occurrence.