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Give single words for the phrase.

Give single word for each of the phrases given below:

1) The Unique personality of an individual - Identity

2) No longer existing - extinct

3) Loving oneself too much - narcissistic

4) concerned with right and wrong - ethical

5) Not able to have children. - sterile

6) Extremely sad - Distraught

7) thought about - Pondered

8) deep thoughts - ruminations

9) Incorrectly formed or shaped - malformed

10) Imagined Situations - Scenarios

11) on a large scales - grandiose

12) Farm animals - Livestocks

13) Government system of aid for the poor - Welfare

14) To injure by excessive pressure - strained

17) without faults/flawless - impeccable

18) the quality of being worthy, honoured or esteemed - Dignity]

19) great ease or comfort/ rich surroundings - luxury

20) give in to something or someone - indulge

21) a moral fault or falling - vice

22) Something that goes with something else - accessory

23) a thing of use or advantage - commodity

24) Bodily malformations - deformities

25) To put in danger - Jeopardize

26) Secretly looking - peeking

27) to give sufficient reasons for - justify

28) Consequences - implications

29) without a sense of right or wrong - immoral

30) Characteristics - traits

31) a class of living organisms - species

32) Cultural based - Ethnic

33) Sense of value - Pride

34) World commerce - Globalization

35) Indication if social prestige - status marker




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