engelska kapitelprov 1

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• transition process of change
• adversary enemy, opponent
• sap weaken
• decline fall, weakening
• discord disagreement
• grievance complaint
• recriminations criticizing someone who has criticized you
• reaffirm state something again
• peril danger, risk
• charter official document describing laws and rights
• peoples nations
• sturdy strong
• emanate from come from
• forge develop, create
• waver hesitate, weaken
• precious valuable
• raw very sore, painful
• faction minority group
• stand pat remain unchanged
• wield use
• harness control and make use of
• mutual shared
• deceit dishonesty, tricking people
• dissent strong disagreement with general opinion
• pledge promise
• embody be a symbol of
• nurture take care of
• outcome final result
• as it were in a way, so to speak
• rationalism the belief in reason and logic
• horrendous terrible
• spirituality beliefs connected with the human spirit
• dogma blind/unquestioning faith in a certain (set of) principles
• exotic foreign
• renowned famous
• pamphlet very thin book, brochure
• vast very large
• visage face, facial expression
• frown moving together of the eyebrows to show worry, irritation or concentration
• stamped on imprinted on
• mock make fun of, tease
• boundless without an end
• rehydrate restore water (to the body)
• restorative making you feel strong and healthy
• pending until, awaiting
• flare make/become wider
• despot tyrant
• lunar relating to the moon
• coast move without using power
• launch set in motion; send into space
• nutritionist expert on the science of food
• accommodating helpful, easy to work with
• steer young male cow raised for beef
• derive get, obtain
• jettison throw away
• envision imagine
• enrich make better by adding something
• balk at refuse to do something
• edible can be eaten
• palatable pleasant to taste
• constituent part, component
• ominous indicating that something bad might happen
• ill advised not sensible or wise
• cache a (hidden) store of things
• seal shut, close (up)
• hull body, exterior (part)
• initially at first, in the beginning
• jarring upsetting, disturbing
• advent (of) arrival, coming into existence
• metabolism chemical process in the body that makes food become energy
• hypothermia a state in which body temperature has become dangerously low
• tissue a group of cells in the body
• replicate copy, reproduce
• conclusive final, convincing
• nutrient a substance that the body needs to live and grow
• depression low activity
• induce cause something to happen
• novel new and original
• dissect analyse in detail
• circuit network, pathway

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