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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Cognizable

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/ˈkɒ(ɡ)nɪzəb(ə)l/
adjective

1.FORMAL
perceptible; clearly identifiable.

2.LAW
within the jurisdiction of a court.
“a cognizable claim”

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Touting

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/taʊt/

verb
gerund or present participle: touting

1.Attempt to persuade people of the merits of.
“she was touted as a potential Prime Minister”

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Connivance

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/kəˈnʌɪv(ə)ns/
noun

willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
“this infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials”

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Erring

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/ˈəːrɪŋ/
adjective

having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong.
“the strictest possible action should be taken against the erring officials”

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Indigenously

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/ĭn-dĭj′ə-nəs’/
adjective

  1. Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region.
  2. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place
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Envisage

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/ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ,ɛnˈvɪzɪdʒ/
verb

contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
“the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers”

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Tranche

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/trɑːnʃ/
noun

a portion of something, especially money.
“they released the first tranche of the loan”

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Multilateralism

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/ˌmʌltɪˈlat(ə)r(ə)lɪz(ə)m/
noun

the principle of participation by three or more parties, especially by the governments of different countries.

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Hegemonic

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/ˌhɛdʒɪˈmɒnɪk,ˌhɛɡɪˈmɒnɪk/
adjective

ruling or dominant in a political or social context.
“the bourgeoisie constituted the hegemonic class”

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Hiatus

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/hʌɪˈeɪtəs/
noun

a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.
“there was a brief hiatus in the war with France”

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Albeit

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Though, Although.

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Conscription

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is the mandatory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.

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Buttressed

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increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce.

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Irreverence

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/ɪˈrɛv(ə)r(ə)ns/

a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.
“an attitude of irreverence towards politicians”

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Myopic

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lacking foresight or intellectual insight.

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Vouchsafe

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Reveal or disclose

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Trove

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A store of valuable or delightful things

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Feudatories

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A person who owns land under the feudal system

A feudal system (also known as feudalism) is a type of social and political system in which landholders provide land to tenants in exchange for their loyalty and service

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Erstwhile

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Formerly, former

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Public impetus

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A driving force, Incentive/stimulus

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Bifurcation

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the division of something into two branches or parts.

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Agitated

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Upset

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Suo Moto

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relating to an action taken by a court of its own accord, without any request by the parties involved.

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Flouted

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Mock, openly disregard a law

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Millennium

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A thousand years

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BCE

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Before the common era

27
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In-situ

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(Situated) In the original place

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Le corbusier

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Swiss-French architect

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Evangelisation

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to preach the Christian gospel to. 2. to convert to Christianity. 3. to preach the gospel; act as an evangelist

30
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Nalanda

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Buddhist monastic university in Magada

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Manichaeism

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dualistic religious movement founded in Persia in the 3rd century ce by Mani, who was known as the “Apostle of Light” and supreme “Illuminator.”

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Nestorianism

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Nestorianism is a polysemic term, used in Christian theology and Church history as a designation for several mutually related but doctrinarily distinctive sets of teachings.

Nestorianism is the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, or Logos, rather than as a unified person. This doctrine is identified with Nestorius (386–451), patriarch of Constantinople.

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Virulent

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(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.

Bitterly hostile -
“his involvement with the temperance movement led to his virulent attack on the drink trade”

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Nomenclature

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the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

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Taxonomic

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the practice and science of categorization or classification

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Reuters

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News agency company

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Wistfully

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With a feeling of vague or regretful longing

- “he smiled wistfully as he spoke of her”

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Ruggedised

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designed or improved to be hard-wearing or shock-resistant.

“ruggedized computers suitable for use on the battlefield”

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Reconnaissance

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military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
“an excellent aircraft for low-level reconnaissance”

preliminary surveying or research.
“conducting client reconnaissance”

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modularity

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the quality of consisting of separate parts that, when combined, form a complete whole:

A system lacks modularity when a tweak to one of its components affects the functioning of others.

41
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Plethora

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a large or excessive amount of something.
“a plethora of committees and subcommittees”

MEDICINE
an excess of a bodily fluid, particularly blood.

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Relaxado en persona

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Relaxado en persona (modern spelling: relajado en persona was a Spanish legal phrase, literally meaning “relaxed in person”, meaning “transferred to the secular authorities”,[1] an euphemism for “burnt at the stake” in the records of the Spanish Inquisition

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modal

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relating to mode or form as opposed to substance.

GRAMMAR
of or denoting the mood of a verb.
relating to a modal verb.

STATISTICS
relating to a value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data.

MUSIC
of or denoting music using melodies or harmonies based on modes other than the ordinary major and minor scales.

LOGIC
(of a proposition) in which the predicate is affirmed of the subject with some qualification, or which involves the affirmation of possibility, impossibility, necessity, or contingency.

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Truncated

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shortened in duration or extent.
“his truncated career”

without its top or end section.
“a truncated pyramid”

45
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Fallacy

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a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments.
“the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy”

Failure in reasoning

46
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proliferation

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rapid increase in the number or amount of something.
“a continuing threat of nuclear proliferation”

growth/multiplication

47
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Dissent

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the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
- “two members dissented from the majority”

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Unbridled

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uncontrolled; unconstrained.

“a moment of unbridled ambition”

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Repealed

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revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament).

“the legislation was repealed five months later”

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Promulgate

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promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).
“these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization”

put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation.
“in January 1852 the new Constitution was promulgated”

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Trawled

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search thoroughly.

“the Home Office trawled through twenty-five-year-old confidential files”

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concurrence

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the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time.
“the incidental concurrence of two separate tumours”

agreement or consistency.
“delays can be avoided by arriving at political concurrence at the start”

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echelon

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a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
“the upper echelons of the business world”

54
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catalyst

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a person or thing that precipitates an event.

“the prime minister’s speech acted as a catalyst for debate”

55
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bestiality

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1.
savagely cruel or depraved behaviour.
“there seems no end to the bestiality of men”
2.
sexual intercourse between a person and an animal.

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atrophy

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gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect.
“the imagination can atrophy from lack of use”

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intrinsic

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belonging naturally; essential.

“access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life”

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Gastronomy

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the practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food.

the cooking of a particular area.
“traditional American gastronomy”

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cohesion

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the action or fact of forming a united whole.

“the work at present lacks cohesion”

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ethos

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the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.

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Embarking

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go on board a ship or aircraft.
“he embarked for India in 1817”

begin (a course of action).
“she embarked on a new career”

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Thaw

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make or become friendlier or more cordial.
“she thawed out sufficiently to allow a smile to appear”

become liquid or soft as a result of warming up.
“the river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital”

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