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Iran, Islamic Republic Of

August 20, 2008

 

  

Word Power

 

Whould you abdicate or advocate?

 

Absolve(v):  to forgive  or  free from blame

 As part of the king's historic decision , he decided to  absolve  all those villains who  languished in the tower.

Abysmal(adj) : extremely wretched, bottomless

The prisoners had been living in an abysmal  situation.

Acquiesce(v): to comply passively , to give in

The king's cabinet did not easily acquiesce to the pardons.

Amnesty(n): an official pardon for a group of people who violate a law

In fact, the king himself had granted amnesty five years before to a ring of conspirators who had been planning to rob a bank.

Anomalous(adj): irregular ,abnormal,unusual

The price secretly plans to hang all criminals once he is crowned,as he considers his father's decision regarding amnesty as anomalous one.

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