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Meaning of parody, eminence, charlatan, tycoon, skeptic, incompetence, altruism, mandate, duress, surmise
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Meaning of parody (noun)
piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation

Example
The play was a parody of the Prince and Princess's marital difficulties.
Ugh! This is a parody of a fashionable dress!

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Meaning of eminence (noun)
lofty place; superiority; height; elevated rank

Example
After toiling in the shadows for years, at last she achieved eminence.
The eminence of the institution can be seen in the impact of its research.

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Meaning of charlatan (noun)
person who pretends to have knowledge; impostor; fake; quack; fraud

Example
The charlatan deceived the townspeople.
It was finally discovered that the charlatan sitting on the throne was not the real king.

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Meaning of tycoon (noun)
wealthy leader

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The business tycoon prepared to buy his fifteenth company.

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Meaning of skeptic (noun)
doubter

Example
Even after seeing evidence that his competitor's new engine worked, the engineer remained a skeptic that it was marketable.

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Meaning of incompetence (noun)
failing to meet necessary requirements; lack of ability; inadequacy

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The alleged incompetence of the construction crew would later become the subject of a class-action suit.

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Meaning of altruism (noun)
unselfish devotion to the welfare of others; philanthropy

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After the organization aided the catastrophe victims, it was given an award for altruism.
She displayed such altruism by giving up all of her belongings and joining a peace corps in Africa.

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Meaning of mandate (noun)
order; charge; authorization; command

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The new manager wrote a mandate declaring that smoking was now prohibited in the office.

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Meaning of duress (noun)
imprisonment; the use of threats; pressure; coercion; intimidation

Example
His duress was supposed to last 10-15 years.
The policewoman put the man under duress in order to get a confession.
The Labor Department inspector needed to establish whether the plant workers had been held under duress.

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Meaning of surmise (noun)
guess; assumption; supposition

Example
Was my surmise correct?

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