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Lecture – 4th OWS Edible Fit to be eaten. Samaritan A person who gives help and Anarchist A person who believes that sympathy to people who law and governments are not...

Lecture – 4th OWS Edible Fit to be eaten. Samaritan A person who gives help and Anarchist A person who believes that sympathy to people who law and governments are not need it necessary Fastidious one who is hard to please. Apostate a person who renounces a Cartographer someone who makes or religious or political belief or draws map principle. Amphibian Animal that lives both on Misanthrope A person who hates and land and water. avoids other people Relic Something belonging to or Mint Aplace where coins, medals, survivingfrom an earlier or tokens are made. period. Encyclopedia A book that contains Anthropology The study of evolution of information on various mankind. subjects. Firm not soft but not completely Atheist One who doesn’t believe in hard. God. Orphan One who has lost one’s Bonfire a large fire that is made parents. outside to burn unwanted Plutocracy Government governed by things, or for pleasure. wealth. Casino A place for gambling. Plagiarism Copying someone else’s Monotonous Never changing and work and trying to submit it therefore boring. as your own Mammal any animal in which the Daredevil A person who enjoys doing female gives birth to babies, dangerous things, in a way not eggs, and feeds them on that other people may think milk from her own body. is stupid. Alimony The money paid to the Waif Forsaken or neglected child former wife, husband, or who has no home and spends partner when the marriage is most of his/her time on the ended. streets. Caravan a group of travelers, animals, Convalescence Gradual recovery of health or vehicles traveling together and strength. Saga - a long story about past Aviary A place where birds are kept. events over a long period of Ductile capable of being bent or time. pulled into different shapes. Lexicographer A person who compiles a Pessimist One who looks at the dictionary. negative side of everything. Shoal A large number of fish Vacillate Waver between different swimming together. opinions or actions Nostalgia a feeling of pleasure and also Imposter One who pretends to be slight sadness when you somebody else. think about things that Assassin A person who kills happened in the past: somebody, especially for Conspiracy A secret plan, made to do political reasons. something (usually wrong) Congregation A group of worshippers. Procrastinate To put off doing something, Domicile The place that a person treats especially outof habitual as his permanent home, or carelessness or laziness. lives in and has a substantial connection with. Granary A storehouse for threshed Magnanimous kind, generous and forgiving grain. (especially towards anenemy Slouch to stand, sit, or walk with the or a competitor that you have shoulders hanging forward beaten) and the head bent slightly Invincible that can not be defeated or over so that you look tired changed. and bored: Illegible Which cannot be read Deaf One who cannot hear. Autobiography Life history written by Malevolent Causing or wanting to cause oneself. harm or evil to someone. Genocide The murder of a large Fatal - Causing or ending in death. number of people from a Fatalist One who believes in fate. particular nation or ethnic Pact A formal agreement between group. two or more nations or Wreath an arrangement of flowers persons. and leaves in a circular Septuagenarian Aperson whose age is shape, used as a decoration between 70 and 79 years. or as a sign of respect and Adventurous Willing to take risks and try remembrance for a person new ideas. who has died. Shuttle A shuttle is a plane, bus, or Teetotaller one who does not drink train which makes frequent alcohol journeys between two Hangar a place where aircraft are places. kept when not in use. Philanthropist One who loves mankind.` Cemetery a graveyard where dead Bark Outer protective layer of a bodies are buried. tree. Cosmopolitan Someone who regards the Lexicography The practice of writing world as his country. dictionaries. Oblivious Not informed about or aware Decoding Changing secret and coded of something messages in a readable form. Hysterical unable to control your Snug (of a person) feeling warm, feelings or behaviour comfortable, and protected, because you are extremely or (of a place, especially a frightened, angry, excited, small place) giving feelings etc. of warmth, comfort, and protection

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