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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
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.