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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deputy | A person who is given the power to do something instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organization. |
| Intelligence | Secret information about the governments of other countries. |
| Slain | Kill in a violent way. |
| Assassinate | To kill someone famous or important. |
| Wage | A fixed amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength. |
| Salary | A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month |
| routine | A fixed program. |
| comprehensive | Complete and including everything that is necessary. |
| Violation | An action that breaks or acts against the law. |
| Prevalent | Existing very commonly or happening often. |
| Sociology | The study of the relationships between people living in groups. |
| Professor | A teacher of the highest rank in a department in a university. |
| Foundation | An organization that has been established in order to provide money for a particular group of people in need of help of for a particular type of study. |
| Apparel | Clothes of a particular type when they are being sold in a shop. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote in an election, especially for representatives in a parliament or similar organization. |
| Constitution | The set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people it governs. |
| Urge | To strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing. |
| Pillar | A strong column made of stone, metal or wood which supports part of a building. |
| Allocate | To give something to someone as their share of a total amount, for them use in a particular way. |
| Peel | When Separate vehicles, people or animals peel away/off, they leave the group or structure they were part of and move away in a different direction. |
| Scam | An illegal plan for making money. |
| Harassed | Worried, annoyed and tired, especially because you have too many things to deal with. |
| Tout | To repeatedly try to persuade people to buy your goods or services. |
| Unscrupulous | Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want. |
| Tactic | A planned way of doing something |
| Reluctance | An unwillingness to do something. |
| Curfew | A rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political troubles. |
| Slap | When someone in authority slaps and unpleasant, difficult or extra thing on someone or something, they suddenly make them provide or accept it. |
| Remorseful | Feeling sad and guilty. |
| Rehabilitation | To return someone or something to a good or healthy condition, state or way of living. |
| Psychotropic | Drugs. |
| Ecstasy | A powerful drug which makes you feel very active and can cause you to hallucinate. |