PHRASE |
ONE WORD |
An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne |
Abdication |
An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables |
Almanac |
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills |
Amphibian |
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one |
Allegory |
A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based |
Axiom |
A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law |
Belligerent |
An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease |
Biopsy |
The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk |
Blasphemy |
The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence |
Chronology |
A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change |
Crusade |
Lasting for a very short time |
Ephemeral |
Spoken or done without preparation |
Extempore |
Release someone from a duty or obligation |
Exonerate |
Fond of company |
Gregarious |
Making marks that cannot be removed |
Indelible |
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong |
Infallible |
Certain to happen |
Inevitable |
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past |
Nostalgia |
A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases |
Panacea |
A doctrine which identifies God with the universe |
Pantheism |
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules |
Pedantic |
The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own |
Plagiarism |
Safe to drink |
Potable |
The emblems or insignia of royalty |
Regalia |
Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred |
Sacrilege |
A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit |
Sinecure |
A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event |
Souvenir |
An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering |
Utopia |
Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace |
Venial |
In exactly the same words as were used originally |
Verbatim |
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