General Vocab

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arrears

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unpaid debts, especially debts accumulating as a result of the debtors failure to make regular payments

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upstart

Back 2

somebody who is newly wealthy, powerful, or famous but is regarded as not deserving to be

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vexations

Back 3

something that provolves irritability or anxiety

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dutiable

Back 4

subject to tax, especially as an import

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capstone

Back 5

soemthing considered teh highest achievement or most important action in a series of actions

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conflagration

Back 6

large fire that causes great deal of damage

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oversubscribed

Back 7

apply to participate in something in numbers in excess of the available number of places

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revenue

Back 8

income of a government from all sources, used to pay for a nation's experiences

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emissary

Back 9

agent or representative sent on a particular mission

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nascent

Back 10

process of emerging, being born, or starting to develop

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envoys

Back 11

somebody acting as a diplomat on behalf of a national government or sent as its official messenger

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indefatigable

Back 12

never showing any sign of getting tired or of relaxing an effort

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partisan

Back 13

showing strong and usually biased support for a cause, especially a political one

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anglophile

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an admirer of england or english people

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truism

Back 15

statement that is so obviously true and so often repeated that people find it trite or meaningless

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mobocracy

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political control excercised by a mob

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impetuous

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acting on the spur of the moment, without considering the consequences

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depreciated

Back 18

become less valuable, or lessen the value of something

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egalitarian

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maintaining, relating to, or based on a belief that all people are in principle, equal and should enjoy equal social, political, and economical rights and opprtunities

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ballast

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anything that serves no particular purpose except to give bulk or weight to something or that provides additional stability