Question 1

Creativity

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the ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas

Question 2

efficiency

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the quality of achieving the largest amount of useful work using as little energy, fuel, effort, etc. as possible

Question 3

integrity

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the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change

Question 4

technology

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(the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of scientific discoveries

Question 5

indelible

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impossible to remove by washing or in any other way

Question 6

ephemeral

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lasting for only a short time

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arcane

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mysterious and known only by a few people

Question 8

monumental

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very big

Question 9

equity

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the value of a company, divided into many equal parts owned by the shareholders, or one of the equal parts into which the value of a company is divided

Question 10

Austerity

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the condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort, with limited money or goods, or a practice, habit, or experience that is typical of this

Question 11

impartiality

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the fact of not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument

Question 12

alacrity

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speed and eagerness

Question 13

diversity

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the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people

Question 14

complexity

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the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an answer to

Question 15

dichotomy

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a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things

Question 16

commercial

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related to making money by buying and selling things

Question 17

tapestry

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a piece of cloth with a pattern or picture that is created by sewing or weaving different coloured threads onto a special type of strong cloth

Question 18

cacophony

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an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds

Question 19

paucity

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the fact that there is too little of something

Question 20

monotony

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a situation in which something stays the same and is therefore boring

Question 21

outrageous

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shocking and morally unacceptable

Question 22

cascades

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a small waterfall, often one of a group

Question 23

metaphor

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an expression, often found in literature, that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person or object

Question 24

standardized

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to make things of the same type all have the same basic features

Question 25

contemporary

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existing or happening now, and therefore seeming modern

Question 26

homogeneity

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the quality of consisting of parts or people that are similar to each other or are of the same type

Question 27

hegemony

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(especially of countries) the position of being the strongest and most powerful and therefore able to control others

Question 28

heterogeneity

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the fact of consisting of parts or things that are very different from each other

Question 29

quirk

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an unusual habit or part of someone's personality, or something that is strange and unexpected

Question 30

cursory

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quick and probably not detailed

Question 31

peripheral

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not as important as something else

Question 32

profound

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felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way

Question 33

urban

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the ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas

Question 34

ossified

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of or in a city or town

Question 35

malleable

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easily changed into a new shape

Question 36

insular

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interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas

Question 37

soporific

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causing sleep or making a person want to sleep

Question 38

trite

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expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere

Question 39

jejune

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very simple or childish

Question 40

sybaritic

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loving or involving expensive things and pleasure

Question 41

tantalizing

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the ability to produce or use original and unusual ideasSomething that is tantalizing causes desire and excitement in you, but is unlikely to provide a way of satisfying that desire

Question 42

paradigm

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a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something

Question 43

jargon

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special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work

Question 44

archetypes

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a typical example of something, or the original model of something from which others are copied

Question 45

symbol

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a sign, shape, or object that is used to represent something else

Question 46

acknowledge

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to accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something

Question 47

marginalize

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to treat someone or something as if they are not important

Question 48

spontaneous

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happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced

Question 49

implication

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an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly

Question 50

optimize

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to make something as good as possible

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