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unprecedented

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never having happened before, or never having happened so much

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affordable

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cheap enough for most people to provide something or allow something to happen

Question 3

nascent

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coming into existence or starting to develop

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chimerical

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imaginary or not really possible

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venerated

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to honour or respect someone or something because they are old, holy, or connected with the past

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irrefutable

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an irrefutable statement, argument etc cannot be proved to be wrong, and must be accepted

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encompassing

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to include a wide range of ideas, subjects, etc

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avant-garde

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is extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking

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weaponry

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weapons of a particular type or belonging to a particular country or group

Question 10

interpolate

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to put additional words into a piece of writing

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acquiesce

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to do what someone else wants, or allow something to happen, even though you do not really agree with it

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repudiate

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to refuse to accept or continue with something

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perpetuate

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to make a situation, attitude etc, especially a bad one, continue to exist for a long time

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culinary

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relating to cooking

Question 15

synonymous

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something else is considered to be very closely connected with it

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intrigue

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if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it seems strange or mysterious

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treacherous

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cannot be trusted because they are not loyal and secretly intend to harm you

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acumen

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the ability to think quickly and make good judgments

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hubris

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too much pride

Question 20

profligacy

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wasting money or other things in a careless way

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indolence

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lazy

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Cardiologists

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a doctor who studies or treats heart diseases

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repolarization

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restoration of the difference in charge between the inside and outside of the cell membrane following depolarization

Question 24

boulders

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a large round piece of rock

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abreast

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used to say that two or more people are next to each other and moving in the same direction

Question 26

anomie

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a state of no moral or social principles in a person or in society

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unfathomable

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too strange or mysterious to be understood

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desecrated

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to spoil or damage something holy or respected

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overshadowed

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to make someone or something else seem less important

Question 30

adorned

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to decorate something

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fostered

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to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time

Question 32

superseded

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if a new idea, product, or method supersedes another one, it becomes used instead because it is more modern or effective

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unfazed

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not confused or shocked by a difficult situation or by something bad that has happened

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ornate

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covered with a lot of decoration

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ostentatious

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too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you

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baroque

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relating to the very decorated style of art, music, buildings etc, that was common in Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries

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unadorned

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without unnecessary or special features or decorations

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eclectic

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including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of them

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rudimentary

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basic

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fleeting

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lasting for only a short time

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disjointed

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(especially of words or ideas) not well connected or well ordered

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enthalpy

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a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume

Question 43

recession

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a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc in a country than usual

Question 44

chronic

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(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time

Question 45

fictional

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imaginary

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aversion

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(a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to do something

Question 47

dismissed

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to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Question 48

compendium

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a short but complete account of a particular subject, especially in the form of a book

Question 49

folklore

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the traditional stories and culture of a group of people

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dissemination

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the act of spreading news, information, ideas, etc. to a lot of people

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