It is
sometimes desirable to express the idea of a phrase or a group of words by a single
word called one word substitutions.
Sentence
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One
word
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He
is liked by the people.
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Popular
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He
arrived exactly at the time appointed.
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Punctual
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I
want you to go at this very moment.
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Immediately
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She
was careful about how she spends her money.
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Frugal
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He
died a short time ago.
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Recently
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She
is not yet fully developed.
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Immature
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He
is fair in giving judgments.
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Impartial
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A
storm is likely to come soon.
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Imminent
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Her
handwriting is difficult or impossible to read.
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Illegible
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His
mother is unable to read or write.
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Illiterate
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All
the streets were decorated with bright light as a sign of rejoicing.
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Illuminated
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Glass
if hard but easily broken
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Brittle
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He was
elected by all present, without opposition.
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Unanimously
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She
did not accept the invitation
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Declined
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The
driver increased his speed as he came to the hill.
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Accelerated
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Tortoises
pass the winter in sleep in cold countries.
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Hibernate
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The
propeller was turning round and round very rapidly
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Revolving
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Hitler
propeller forcibly into Poland in 1939
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Invaded
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Mr.
moody at last brought back to his mind the number of the house he was looking
for.
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Recalled
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Do
you know the place to which you are going
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Destination
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When
Mr. tom died, his wife and children were left without food, clothes and other
things necessary for life.
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Destitute
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He
was removed from the throne by his step-brother.
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Dethroned
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Soap
is substance that removes dirt, especially from the surface of things.
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detergent
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He
is a person whose business is to detect criminals.
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Detective
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The
applicant is one who, according to the rule, cannot be elected.
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Ineligible
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These
words are now no longer in use.
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Obsolete
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His
manners were more like those of a woman than of a man.
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Effeminate
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He
is able to perform duties well.
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Efficient
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These
measures will be able to bring about the result intended.
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Effective
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The
cow is one of those animals that suckle their young.
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Mammals
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One
who know many languages.
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Linguist
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Being
unable to pay ones debts.
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Insolvent
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Having
an evil reputation?
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Notorious
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One
who leaves his country to settle elsewhere?
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Emigrant
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A
person who lives at the same time as another.
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Contemporary
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A person
who can neither read nor write.
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Illiterate
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A person
who spends his money recklessly.
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Spendthrift
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A person
who live by himself.
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Recluse
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A woman
whose husbands are dead.
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Widow
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A man whose
wife is dead.
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widower
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A child whose
parents are dead.
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Orphan
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A minister
representing a sovereign or state in a foreign country.
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Ambassador
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A persona sent
on a mission
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Emissary
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A person who is
indifferent to pleasure or pain.
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Stoic
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One who defends
or is zealous for his country’s freedom or rights.
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Patriot
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One who makes
an eloquent public speech?
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Orator
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One who
undergoes penalty of death for sticking to his faith.
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Martyr
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One who
abandons his religious faith?
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Apostate
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One who is
given to questioning the truth of facts and the soundness of inferences?
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Sceptic
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Belonging to
all parts of the world, a person familiar with many different countries.
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Cosmopolitan
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One who reside
in a country of which he is not a citizen.
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Alien
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One who comes
as a settler into a foreign country
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Immigrant
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Being present
everywhere.
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Omnipresent
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Being all-power
full.
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Omnipotent
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One who knows everything?
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Omniscient
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Beyond making a
mistake.
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Infallible
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One who eats
human flesh?
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Cannibal
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One who looks
at the dark side of things?
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Pessimist
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One who looks
at the bright side of things?
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Optimist
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Not being able
to be elected or selected under the rules.
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Ineligible
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One who loves
and works for his fellow men.
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Philanthropist
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One who hates mankind?
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Misanthropist
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One who lives
on vegetable?
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Vegetarian
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One who has
belief in the existence of god?
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Theist
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One who has no belief
in the existence of god?
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Atheist
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One who
believes in fate?
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Fatalist
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One who plays a
game for pleasure and not professionally.
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Amateur
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One who has
grown old in or has experience of (especially military) service or
occupation.
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Veteran
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One who lends
money at exorbitant rates of interest?
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Usurer
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A person who
collects fares on a public vehicle.
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Conductor
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The practice of
having more than one wife at the same time
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Polygamy
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A general
pardon of political offenders.
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Amnesty
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Fond of
entertaining guests.
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Hospitable
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One who totally
abstains from alcoholic drinks
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teetotaler
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Taking of one’s
own life.
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Suicide
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One who walks
on foot?
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Pedestrian
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Murder of a
king.
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Regicide
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Murder of one’s
own father/mother.
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Patricide/matricide
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A child born
after the death of his father or a book published after the death of its
author.
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Posthumous
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Forbidden,
prohibited by low.
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Illicit
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A man whose
manners are more like those of a woman.
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Effeminate
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A medicine to
counteract the effect of poison
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Antidote
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A speech made
without preparation
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Extempore
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A language that
is no longer spoken
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Dead
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The word which
is no longer in use
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Obsolete
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The motive
merely to get money.
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Mercenary
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Existing forever-without
any beginning or end
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Eternal
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Subject to
death
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Mortal
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Resulting in
death
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Fatal or mortal
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Property
inherited from one’s father or ancestors.
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Patrimony
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A paper written
by hand
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Manuscript
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The result of
the match where neither party wins
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Draw
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Animals which
give suck to their young.
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Mammals
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Method of
sending messages without the help of wires.
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Wireless or radio
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A palace for
burial of dead bodies
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Cemetery
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Counterfeiting of
document
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Forgery
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Of one’s own free will
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Voluntary
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Give tit for
tat
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Retaliate
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The cessation
of warfare before a treaty is signed
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Armistice
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The science of
reasoning
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Logic
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Belonging to
all parts of the word.
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Universal
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A figure with
many angles or sides
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Polygon
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An instrument
for measuring temperature.
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Thermometer
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Compulsory enlistment
for military or other service
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Conscription
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A place where
young plants reared
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Nursery
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The absence of government
in a country
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Anarchy
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Government by
the representative of the people.
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Democracy
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Government by
officials.
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Bureaucracy
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An absolute
government.
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Autocracy
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The life
history of a person written by another
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Biography
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Conferred as an
honor, or preformed without pay.
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honorary
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The yearly
return of a date
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Anniversary
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Of unknown or unedited
authorship
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Anonymous
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Allowing the
passage of rays of light.
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Transparent
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Not allowing
the passage of light
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Opaque
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A substance
that kills insects
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Insecticide
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Occurring at
the same time
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Simultaneous
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An assembly or
worshippers
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Congregation
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All of one mind
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Unanimous
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