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Session 1
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AVER
AVER ~ To affirm, Declare to be true ASSERT, AVOW, SWEAR, ALLEGE, ASSEVERATE
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CATEGORICAL
CATEGORICAL ~ Absolute, Without exception Unconditional
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APPOSITE
APPOSITE ~ Strikingly appropriate and relevant APT, PERTINENT, GERMANE
APROPOS ~ Relevant
By the bye, By the way, Incidentally
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LITIGATION
LITIGATION ~ Legal proceedings
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FIAT
FIAT ~ Authorization DECREE, EDICT, ORDER
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DOCUMENT
DOCUMENT ~ Written evidence to support b) Record in detail; Writing that provides information
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SUBPOENA
SUBPOENA ~ Notice ordering to appear in court
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QUASH
QUASH ~ Declare invalid b) Put down by force or intimidation
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COVENANT
COVENANT ~ Formal agreement
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STIPULATE
STIPULATE ~ To specify as essential
The contract stipulates that Ram pay a penalty,
if he quits his job within one year
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CAUCUS
CAUCUS ~ Group of like-minded people Assemble, Gather, Meet
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GERRYMANDER
GERRYMANDER Divide unfairly to ones advantage, of voting districts
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QUORUM
QUORUM Minimum number needed to conduct a meeting
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FILIBUSTER
FILIBUSTER Delay/obstruct legislation by giving long speeches
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DENIZEN
DENIZEN ~ An inhabitant, A regular visitor DWELLER, CITIZEN
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SUFFRAGE
SUFFRAGE ~ Right to vote
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DEMOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC ~ Related to human population DEMOTIC ~ Pertaining to common people
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CENSUS
CENSUS ~ Periodic count of people
CONSENSUS ~ UNANIMOUS
Agreement reached by a group as a whole
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JIBE
JIBE ~ To be in agreement b) Aggressive remark, Dig, Shot
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AUTOCRACY
AUTOCRACY ~ Governed by single individual AUTARCHY, MONARCHY
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PLUTOCRACY
PLUTOCRACY ~ Governed by wealthy people
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OLIGARCHY
OLIGARCHY ~ Governed by few people Power belongs to only a few leaders
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TYRANNY
TYRANNY ~ Ruler is an absolute dictator ABSOLUTISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, TOTALITARIANISM DESPOTISM, DICTATORSHIP
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PROLETARIAT
PROLETARIAT ~ Working Class
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BOURGEOIS
BOURGEOIS ~ Middle Class
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APOTHEGM
APOTHEGM ~ Short, Instructive saying APHORISM, MAXIM, AXIOM, PRECEPT, PRINCIPLE, CANON
AXIOMATIC ~ Evident without proof
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PRECEPT
PRECEPT ~ Rule of personal conduct, Canon Principle, Law, Doctrine, Maxim, Commandment, Teaching
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CANON
CANON ~ Established principles b) CANYON, A deep, narrow valley formed by a river
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TENET
TENET ~ Belief, Doctrine, Dogma
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CARDINAL
CARDINAL ~ Foremost, Central, Fundamental Most important, Key, Primal, Essential, Pith
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PURPORT
PURPORT ~ Intended meaning, Spirit, Drift b) Suppose, Claim, Often a specious appearance
Many great philosophers have purported their own meaning of life
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SUBSTANTIVE
SUBSTANTIVE ~ Essential, Substantial
All the substantive requirements while filling
an application form are provided as a checklist
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INCONSEQUENTIAL
INCONSEQUENTIAL ~ Insignificant, Unimportant
Dilberts work is inconsequential
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TENUOUS
TENUOUS ~ Weak, Insubstantial b) Very thin in gauge or diameter
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INADVERTENTLY
INADVERTENTLY ~ Carelessly, Unintentionally UNKNOWINGLY, UNWITTINGLY
Inadvertently sexist
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SIDEREAL
SIDEREAL ~ Related to stars or constellations
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HIEROGLYPHICS
HIEROGLYPHICS Writing system using pictorial symbols (Ancient Egypt)
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CARTOGRAPHY
CARTOGRAPHY ~ Science of map-making
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ITINERANT
ITINERANT ~ Wandering from place to place to work Unsettled, Gypsy
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ODYSSEY
ODYSSEY ~ Long, adventurous voyage, Quest
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PEREGRINATION
PEREGRINATION ~ Wandering from place to place PERIPATETIC ~ A person who walks from place to place
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IGNEOUS
IGNEOUS ~ Produced by fire, Volcanic PYROGENIC, PYROGENOUS
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STRATIFIED
STRATIFIED ~ Arranged in layers, Graded
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STRIATED
STRIATED Marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
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STRICTURE
STRICTURE ~ Abnormal narrowing b) Severe criticism
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ACCLIMATE
ACCLIMATE ~ Get used to a certain climate
Before trekking high mountains, mountaineers get
acclimatized in the base camp
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LEVEE
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LEVEE
LEVEE ~ Embankment to prevent a river from overflowing
Formal reception of guests
RAMPART
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RAMPART
RAMPART ~ Embankment built for defense
Bulwark
QUAY
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QUAY
QUAY ~Wharf built parallel to shoreline
WHARF ~ Platform built from shore into water, PIER, DOCK
EMPIRICAL
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EMPIRICAL
EMPIRICAL Derived from observation or experiment
SYLLOGISM
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SYLLOGISM
SYLLOGISM ~ Deductive reasoning
Reasoning derived from two premises
SOPHISTRY
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SOPHISTRY
SOPHISTRY ~ Invalid argument cleverly put
SOPHISM
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SUPPOSITION
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SUPPOSITION
SUPPOSITION ~ Assumption, Conjecture, Putative Assume to be true, Based on incomplete evidence, Acknowledged
Is it true? It is a supposition based on incomplete evidence!
EXTRAPOLATION
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EXTRAPOLATION
EXTRAPOLATION Estimation by projecting known information
INTERPOLATION
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INTERPOLATION
INTERPOLATION ~ Insertion, Alteration b) Estimation of the value of a function (Mathematics)
TAUTOLOGY
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TAUTOLOGY
TAUTOLOGY ~ Unnecessary repetition b) A statement that is necessarily true
QUERY
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QUERY
QUERY ~ Question
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PRECURSOR
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PRECURSOR
PRECURSOR ~ Forerunner, Predecessor
HARBINGER, HERALD
CAUSAL
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CAUSAL
CAUSAL ~ Involving a cause
CASUAL ~ Informal
CAUSAL CASUAL
CONCOMITANT
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CONCOMITANT
CONCOMITANT ~ Existing concurrently
Accompanying as a consequence
Fire and smoke are concomitant
RAMIFICATION
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RAMIFICATION
RAMIFICATION ~ Implication, Consequence
b) Outgrowth, Branching out, Forking
COMMENSURATE
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COMMENSURATE
COMMENSURATE ~ Proportional CORRESPONDING in size
CATALYST
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CATALYST
CATALYST ~ Something causing change
ACCELERATOR
EFFICACY
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EFFICACY
EFFICACY ~ Efficiency, Effectiveness
CODIFY
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CODIFY
CODIFY ~ Systematize, Systemize, Arrange
INTANGIBLE
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INTANGIBLE
INTANGIBLE ~ Not material
IMPALPABLE, Nonphysical
Human capital and relationships are intangible assets
PRAGMATIC
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PRAGMATIC
PRAGMATIC ~ Practical
FEASIBLE, VIABLE
QUIXOTIC
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QUIXOTIC
QUIXOTIC ~ Romantic, Unrealistic
IDEALISTIC, UTOPIAN
FOUNDER
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FOUNDER
FOUNDER ~ Person who establishes something
b) Fail utterly, Collapse, Sink, Flop; Stumble and fall
SANCTION
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SANCTION
SANCTION ~ To approve, Ratify, Permit
b) Impose a penalty, Punish
AVOCATION
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AVOCATION
AVOCATION ~ Secondary occupation
HOBBY, Auxiliary activity
For Hollywood actor John Travolta flying is an avocation
INCORPORATE
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INCORPORATE
INCORPORATE ~ Introduce into something
INTEGRATE, MERGE
SUBSUME
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SUBSUME
SUBSUME ~ To include, Incorporate
A is subsumed in B
SUPERSEDE
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SUPERSEDE
SUPERSEDE ~ Replace, SUPPLANT Take the place of, Move into the position of
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RELEGATE
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RELEGATE
RELEGATE ~ Consign to an inferior position
DEMOTE
DISMISS
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DISMISS
DISMISS ~ Reject, Ignore Put away from consideration, CULL
SEVERANCE
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SEVERANCE
SEVERANCE ~ Personal or social separation Rupture, Falling out
b) Dismissal, Discharge, Sacking, Firing
DIVEST
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DIVEST
DIVEST ~ To strip, Deprive, Rid
DISINVEST, Take away possessions
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