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5. WORD LIST
Accelerate
Annals
Inevitable
Concord
Maritime
Efficacy
Pare
Finite
Selective
Coalition
Derivative
Exhaust
Hazard
Lever
Monetary
Polar
Tribune

6. ACCELERATE
VERB: cause to move faster
SYNONYM: speed up
“Without incentives, goes the argument, the drift of
talented young players towards more successful
counties, with open doors, will accelerate.”

7. ANNALS
NOUN: a chronological account of events in successive years
SYNONYM: chronological record
“She has been acclaimed as the greatest Canadian painter of
the century, while her four books are said to have reached
new heights of perception and understanding in the annals
of Canadian literature.”

8. COALITION
NOUN: an organization of people (or countries) involved
in a pact or treaty
SYNONYMS: alliance, alignment
“On the contrary, he could do nothing else without
playing into the hands of those plotting his downfall
and a return to a form of a coalition.”

9. CONCORD
NOUN: agreement of opinion
SYNONYMS: harmony, concordance
“The bishops apparently began with a meeting of
their own in which they established a place of
peace and concord.”

10. DERIVATIVE
ADJECTIVE: based on or copying something else
“It would not be reasonable to argue that
Georgian London was a pale derivative of
Georgian country houses.”

11. EFFICACY
NOUN: capacity or power to produce a desired effect
ANTONYM: inefficacy
“It was also thought that there was a very static
population in the area which would be helpful to
research related to the efficacy of the new services.”

12. EXHAUST
VERB: use up the whole supply of
“Similarly
in
Germany,
industry-wide
agreements (especially in boom periods) were
unable to exhaust the capacity to pay of
prosperous firms.”

13. FINITE
ADJECTIVE: bounded or limited in magnitude or
spatial or temporal extent
ANTONYM: infinite
“The ideas are too large and too all-embracing for
the finite mind to absorb them.”

14. HAZARD
NOUN: a source of danger
SYNONYMS: jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment
“Another hazard was that bottles sometimes fell off
the shelves because of vibration from above.”

15. INEVITABLE
ADJECTIVE: incapable of being avoided or
prevented
SYNONYMS: unavoidable, inescapable
“Given the number of groups in any organization, it
is inevitable that conflicts will develop.”

16. LEVER
NOUN: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
“There are lever and turn handles with swirls
and scrolls; fingerplates and a variety of
window fasteners, hinges and accessories.”

17. MARITIME
ADJECTIVE: bordering on the ocean, or
characteristic of things living or located near
the sea
“This is quite an energetic section of the walk
with steep slopes covered in beautiful
maritime heaths.”

18. MONETARY
ADJECTIVE: relating to or involving money
SYNONYM: pecuniary
“Agreements with the International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank, upon which Poland’s credit
depends, also envisage this starting date.”

19. PARE
VERB: strip the skin off
SYNONYMS: skin, peel
“After removing the tape, pare away any surplus
adhesive with a razor blade.”

20. POLAR
ADJECTIVE: located at or near, or coming from,
the earth’s poles
“Only a few species inhabit both polar regions,
and each region has recruited almost entirely
from its own hemisphere.”

21. SELECTIVE
ADJECTIVE: characterized by very careful or
fastidious choices
“More frequently they try to manipulate the media
to their advantage by the selective release of
carefully timed and adjusted information and by
threatening, punishing, and intimidating media
staff.”

22. TRIBUNE
NOUN: in ancient Rome, an official elected by
the plebeians to protect their interests
“Because a tribune was the anointed
representative of the people, they were
protected by strict laws.”

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