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WORD LIST
Amour
Arcade Component

Head
Jurisdiction Minute

Critique
Diffusion Equity

Precise
Relevant Significant Termination Valid

Exposure
Faculty Forte

AMOUR
NOUN: someone involved in a secretive or illicit sexual relationship Leaving her amour with strict instructions on how to find her, she retired to bed and waited.

ARCADE
NOUN: a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side Opposite Marks and Spencers bazaar was an arcade providing a short cut through to The Market although it was always closed on Sundays, with locked gates at either end.

COMPONENT
NOUN: something determined in relation to something that includes it SYNONYMS: part, portion, component part, constituent The decomposition process is the function of a whole myriad of microscopically small living creatures, bacteria, which must have access to the fifth component, air.

CRITIQUE
NOUN: a serious examination and judgment of something SYNONYM: criticism

To change tack slightly, I am not equipped to comment on Dr. Olivers critique of conductive educations theoretical base.

DIFFUSION
NOUN: the act of dispersing or diffusing something

SYNONYMS: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination Central to this process was the formulation and diffusion of a unique ideology based on the concept of service as a moral imperative.

EQUITY
NOUN: the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation Mr. Govind said the finance minister had announced that 100% equity would be allowed on some developments if they utilised advanced technology and were in the countrys interest.

EXPOSURE
NOUN: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience It was fun to watch these grown-up men behaving like happy children on their first exposure to the American way of life.

FACULTY
NOUN: the body of teachers and administrators at a school SYNONYM: staff The faculty could not think that a young man of 35 years, who had written one book which not everyone thought wonderful, could hold a candle to his predecessor.

FORTE
NOUN: an asset of special worth or utility

SYNONYMS: strong suit, specialty, strong point, strength


The Russians forte is pageantry, yet somehow, on these rare sightings in the West, the gaudiness seemed to set off and magnified the melancholy and finesse of their leading dancers.

HEAD
VERB: to go or travel towards They decided to cut across the coastal plain and head for a wadi that would provide a route back to the top of the escarpment.

JURISDICTION
NOUN: the right and power to interpret and apply the law SYNONYM: legal power

If an action is begun in the wrong court, that court may transfer it to the court with appropriate jurisdiction.

MINUTE
ADJECTIVE: infinitely or immeasurably small

SYNONYM: infinitesimal
As the patient becomes stronger, the number of machine breaths is decreased and the patients have to breathe more to maintain the minute volume.

PRECISE
ADJECTIVE: sharply exact or accurate or delimited

ANTONYM: imprecise A precise account of the quantity eaten is important: the number of chips, the number of spoonfuls of ice-cream.

RELEVANT
ADJECTIVE: having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue ANTONYM: irrelevant It is important when answering questions on relevant costing to identify all future cash flows affected by a particular decision.

SIGNIFICANT
ADJECTIVE: important in effect or meaning

SYNONYM: important
So our achievements are significant, but they are fragile, and I want to conclude by outlining what I think are the principal features of our work that have brought some success.

TERMINATION
NOUN: the act of ending something

SYNONYMS: ending, conclusion Three years after the termination of war in 1945 a friendly nation, France, was fighting a desperate and apparently losing struggle in Indo-China.

VALID
ADJECTIVE: well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force ANTONYM: invalid

A petition for divorce, however, postulates the existence of a valid marriage, which the court is asked to terminate.

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