UniversityRepresentation

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concerned with or relating to work in an office, especially routine documentation and administrative tasks

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clerical

Question 2

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

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superfluous

Question 3

free from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty

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acquit

Question 4

absorb all the attention or interest of

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engross

Question 5

a performance of a piece of music or drama

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rendering

Question 6

a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

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prerogative

Question 7

irritating

annoying

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irksome

Question 8

a group of advisers, assistants or others accompanying an important person

Answer 8

retinue

Question 9

relating to the christian church or its clergy

Answer 9

ecclesiastical

Question 10

heated disagreement

an assertion, especially one maintained in an argument

Answer 10

contention

Question 11

an inhabitant of a borough or a town with full rights citizenship
A Member of parliament for a borough

Answer 11

burgess

Question 12

a person or thing from which a person animal or plant is descended or originates

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progenitor

Question 13

assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters

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officious

Question 14

in exactly the same words as were used originally

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verbatim

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reserved modest and shy

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demure

Question 16

find out for certain

make sure of

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ascertain

Question 17

one tenth of annual produce or earnings,

formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy

Answer 17

tith

Question 18

the action of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others

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exemption

Question 19

a slight knowledge or suspicion

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inkling

Question 20

the action or fact of reducing or restricting something

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curtailment