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Fjord |
Def.-a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley. Sentence-From the Varanger-fjord it turns southwards. |
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Geyser |
Def.-a gas-fired water heater through which water flows as it is rapidly heated. Sentene-A " Geyser " is a very convenient form of apparatus for heating a quantity of water in a short time. |
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Welfare state |
Def.-a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the US were laid by the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Sentence- |
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industrial reviolution |
Def.-The rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It was characterized by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods. Sentence-Many machines were used in the industrial revolution |
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industiral capitalism |
Def.-Industrial capitalism refers to an economic and social system in which trade, industry and capital are privately controlled and operated for a profit. This is the dominate economic system in the United States and the developed world. Sentence-industrial capitalism used diffent trades |
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communism |
Def.--a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Sentence-They aimed at communism in all things |
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cold war |
Def.-a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990. Sentence- Russia was in the cold war |
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city state |
Def.-a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. Sentence- |
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rennaiisance |
Def.-The cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries, based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome. ... Renaissance means “rebirth” or “reawakening.” Sentence- The Renaissance had little or no influence on Sardinian architecture and culture.Read more at http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/renaissance#StfFOMjyXmxLdcg4.99 |
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shatter belt |
Def.- a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals (e.g., Israel or Kashmir today; Eastern Europe during the Cold War Sentence- |
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ethnic cleansing |
Def.-the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society. Sentence-An of ethnic cleansing is the holocaust |
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czar |
Def.-an emperor of Russia before 1917. Sentence- Czar led russia in battle. |
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russtification |
Def.-Russification or Russianization is a form of cultural assimilation process during which non-Russian communities, voluntarily or not, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian one. ... Sentence-The major areas of Russification are politics and culture. |
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black market |
Def.-an illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities. Sentence-Illegal things were sold in the black market |
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privatixation |
Def.-the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control. Sentence- |
