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bureaucracy (N.) : the system of pesky (Adj.) : annoying well-educated and are interest-
official rules and ways of doing purloin (V.) : to steal something ed in culture, politics, literature
things that a government or an or use it without permission etc.
organization has, especially 79. (2) impunity parasol (N.) : a large umbrella
when these seem to be too com- that is used on beaches/outside
impunity (N.) : exemption from
plicated restaurants to protect people
punishment or loss
nepotism (N.) : giving unfair ad- impudent (Adj.) : rude; not from the hot sun
vantages to your own family if showing respect for other peo- 84. (1) misanthrope
you are in a position of power, ple; impertinent misanthrope (N.) : a person who
especially by giving them jobs hates and avoids other people
inexorable (Adj.) : that cannot
formalism (N.) : a style or meth- be stopped or changed; relentless misogynist (N.) : a man who
od in art, music, literature, sci- hates women
imperturbable (Adj.) : not easily
ence, etc. that pays more atten- philanthropist (N.) : a rich per-
upset or worried by a difficult
tion to the rules and the correct son who helps the poor and
situation
arrangement and appearance of those in need
things than to inner meanings 80. (1) hypochondria
hypochondria (N.) : a state in misogamist (N.) : a person who
and feelings
which somebody worries all the hates marriage
75. (3) drought
time about his health and be- 85. (2) dipsomania
drought (N.) : a long period of
lieves that he is ill/sick when dipsomania (N.) : an intense per-
time when there is little or no
there is nothing wrong with him sistent desire to drink alcoholic
rain
malaise (N.) : a general feeling beverages to excess; alcoholism
draught (N.) : a flow of cool air
of being ill/sick, unhappy or not megalomania (N.) : a mental ill-
in a room or other confined
satisfied, without signs of any ness/condition in which one has
space
particular problem; unease an exaggerated belief in one’s
draft (N.) : a rough written ver- own importance/power
disaffected (Adj.) : no longer sat-
sion of something that is not got
isfied with your situation, organ- kleptomania (N.) : a mental ill-
in its final form
isation, belief, etc. and therefore ness in which one has a strong
desert (N.) : large area of land not loyal to it desire, which one cannot control,
that has very little water and very to steal things
malinger (V.) : to pretend to be
few plants growing
ill/sick in order to avoid work pyromania (N.) : a mental illness
76. (1) leer that causes a strong desire to set
81. (3) idolatry
leer (N.) : an unpleasant look or fire to things
idolatry (N.) : the practice of
smile at somebody that shows an 86. (3) renegade
worshipping statues as gods
evil/sexual interest in him
atheism (N.) : the belief that God renegade (N.) : a person who
lore (N.) : knowledge and infor- leaves one political, religious,
does not exist
mation related to a particular etc. group to join another that
subject, especially when this is theism (N.) : belief in the exist-
ence of God has very different views
not written down
iconoclasm (N.) : the act of crit- apostle (N.) : a person who
lark (N.) : a thing that you do for strongly believes in a policy or
icizing popular belief or estab-
fun or as a job an idea and tries to make other
lished customs/ideas
littoral (N.) : the part of a coun- people believe in it
82. (2) toxic
try that is near the coast proselyte (N.) : a person who
77. (3) wag toxic (Adj.) : containing poison;
poisonous has been converted to another
wag (N.) : a person who enjoys religious or political belief
making jokes; joker trivial (Adj.) : not important/se-
rious; not worth considering critic (N.) : a person who ex-
wile (N.) : the use of tricks to presses disapproval of some-
deceive/cheat someone (usually torpid (Adj.) : not active; with
body/something and talks about
no energy/enthusiasm; lethargic
to extract money from him) his bad qualities, especially pub-
yokel (N.) : not very intelligent tragic (Adj.) : making you feel licly
very sad because somebody has
or interested in culture 87. (2) intermediary
died/suffered a lot
aeon (N.) : a major division of intermediary (N) : a person or
83. (2) panacea
time, divided into Eras organisation that helps other
78. (2) pensive panacea (N.) : something that people/organisations to make an
will solve all the problems of a
pensive (Adj.) : thinking deeply agreement by a means of com-
particular situation munication between them; me-
about something because you are
amnesia (N.) : a medical condi- diator
sad/worried
tion in which somebody partly/ neutral (Adj.) : not supporting/
meditation (N.) : the practice of
completely loses his memory
thinking deeply in silence, for helping either side in a disagree-
religious reasons or to make your intelligentsia (N.) : the people ment, competition, etc.; impar-
in a country/society who are tial; unbiased
mind calm
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