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Vocab lesson 26
Question | Answer |
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affectation | artificial behavior done to impress others, action for appearance's sake |
beneficiary(1) | a person or an institution receiving help or an advantage |
beneficiary(2) | A person receiving money or property from a will or an insurance policy |
de facto | real or actual |
efficacy | effectiveness, the power to produce a result |
faction | A unified group within a larger group, usually in |
factoid(2) | a piece of false information accepted as true because it has been repeated in the media |
factoid(1) | A brief, unimportant fact |
factotum | An employee who has a wide range of duties |
manufacture(2) | to make, create, produce, or turn out, usually as part of an industrial process |
manufacture(1) | the act of making something |
officiate(2) | to serve in a position of authority, or to conduct a meeting or ceremony |
officiate(1) | to referee or umpire |
prolific(1) | producing offspring or fruit |
prolific(2) | producing many works or results |