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1. Confident

Adjective

having or showing assurance and self-reliance

e.g. Healthy people are more confident.

2. Enduring

Adjective

lasting, durable

e.g. It's the oldest, enduring electoral system in the world, and many of its traditions have been unchanged for centuries.

3. Electoral

Adjective

of or relating to an elector

e.g. It's the oldest, enduring electoral system in the world, and many of its traditions have been unchanged for centuries.

4. Secrecy

Noun

the habit or practice of keeping secrets or maintaining privacy or concealment

e.g. Enter the Sistine Chapel where each will taken an oath of secrecy.

5. Penalty

Noun

the suffering in person, rights, or property that is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime or public offense

e.g. They allowed him to pay back the money without a penalty.

6. Desert

Verb

to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return

e.g. She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.

7. Specialist

Noun

one who specializes in a particular occupation, practice, or branch of learning

e.g. She consulted a marketing specialist when she decided to go into business.
 

8. Traumatic

Adjective

an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent

e.g. She never fully recovered from the traumas she suffered during her childhood.

9. Legacy

Noun

a gift by will especially of money or other personal property

e.g. He left his children a legacy of love and respect.

10. Inherit

Verb

to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion

e.g. When my brother left for college, I inherited his old computer.

11. Patron

Noun

a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter

e.g. The wealthy philanthropist is one of the city's most generous patrons of its symphony orchestra.

12. Scold

Verb

to quarrel noisily

e.g. He scolded the kids for not cleaning up the mess they had made in the kitchen.

13. Immigrant

Noun

a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence

e.g. The son of an Italian immigrant, a railway worker.

14. Progressive

Adjective

making use of or interested in new ideas, findings, or opportunities

e.g. The progressive movements of the hands of a clock.

15. Ballot

Noun

a small ball used in secret voting

e.g. After the oath, preparations are made for the election, taken by secret ballot.

16. Supreme

Adjective

highest in rank or authority

e.g. The board has supreme authority over such issues.

17. Seniority

Noun

a privileged status attained by length of continuous service

e.g. He has worked here longer than I have, so he has seniority over me.

18. Session

Noun

a meeting or series of meetings of a body

e.g. The ballots are burned after each session in an incinerator inside the chapel.

19. Stage

Noun

one of a series of positions or stations one above the other

e.g. He has no intention of leaving the political stage.

20. Blank

Adjective

appearing or causing to appear dazed, confounded, or nonplussed

e.g. Sleep is a biological need, but your brain never really sleeps. It is never actually blank.

21. Disjoint

Verb

having no elements in common

e.g. Sometimes dreams are terrifying, but they are usually a collection of disjointed, confused thoughts.

22. Confuse

Verb

to disturb in mind or purpose

e.g. The general was trying to confuse the enemy.

23. Perspire

Verb

to emit matter through the skin; specifically : to secrete and emit perspiration
e.g. You may wake up exhausted, perspiring and with a rapid heartbeat.

24. Concentrate

Verb

to bring or direct toward a common center or objective

e.g. During a dream, the brain may concentrate on a problem and look for different solutions.

25. Period

Noun

the completion of a cycle, a series of events, or a single action

e.g. Researchers say that the normal people may have four or five REM periods of dreaming a night.