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1 society
plural - societies; noun1) (mankind considered as a whole: He was a danger to society.) mannlegt samfélag2) (a particular group or part of mankind considered as a whole: middle-class society; modern western societies.) samfélag3) (an association or club: a model railway society.) félag, samtök4) (the class of people who are wealthy, fashionable or of high rank in any area: high society.) efri stéttir þjóðfélagsins; fína fólkið5) (company or companionship: I enjoy the society of young people.) félagsskapur -
2 building society
(a business firm that lends money for building or buying houses.) -
3 initial
[i'niʃəl] 1. adjective(of, or at, the beginning: There were difficulties during the initial stages of building the house.) fyrstur, byrjunar-2. noun(the letter that begins a word, especially a name: The picture was signed with the initials JJB, standing for John James Brown.) upphafsstafur3. verb(to mark or sign with initials of one's name: Any alteration on a cheque should be initialled.) merkja upphafsstöfum[-ʃieit]
1) (to start (eg a plan, scheme, changes, reforms etc): He initiated a scheme for helping old people with their shopping.)
2) (to take (a person) into a society etc, especially with secret ceremonies: No-one who had been initiated into the society ever revealed the details of the ceremony.)
[-ʃiət]
- initiation(a person who has been initiated (into a society etc).)
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4 recruit
[rə'kru:t] 1. noun1) (a person who has (just) joined the army, air force etc.) nÿliði2) (a person who has (just) joined a society, group etc: Our party needs new recruits before the next election.) nÿr meðlimur2. verb(to cause to join the army, a society etc: We must recruit more troops; Can't you recruit more members to the music society?) fá nÿja meðlimi -
5 matriarchal
adjective (of, like, ruled by etc a matriarch or matriarchs: a matriarchal society (= a society dominated by women).) mæðraveldis- -
6 membership
1) (the state of being a member: membership of the Communist Party.) félagsaðild2) (a group of members: a society with a large membership.) félagar, félagahópur3) (the amount of money paid to a society etc in order to become a member: The membership has increased to $5 this year.) félagsgjald -
7 academy
[ə'kædəmi] 1. plural - academies; noun1) (a higher school for special study: Academy of Music.) háskóli; æðri menntastofnun2) (a society to encourage science, art etc: The Royal Academy.) heiðurstofnun vísinda- og listamanna3) (a type of senior school.) framhaldsskóli (einkaskóli)•- academic2. noun(a university or college teacher.) háskólakennari- academically -
8 acting
adjective (temporarily carrying out the duties of: He is acting president of the society.) starfandi, verandi -
9 anthropology
[ænƟrə'polə‹i](the study of human society, customs, beliefs etc.) mannfræði- anthropologist -
10 association
1) (a club, society etc.) félag, samtök2) (a friendship or partnership.) félagsskapur3) (a connection in the mind: The house had associations with her dead husband.) hugrenningatengsl -
11 badge
[bæ‹](a mark, emblem or ornament showing rank, occupation, or membership of a society, team etc: a school badge on a blazer.) merki, einkennismerki -
12 build
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13 civilise
(to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society: The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.)- civilisation -
14 civilize
(to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society: The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.)- civilisation -
15 dominant
['dominənt](ruling; most important; strongest: the dominant group in society; Green was the dominant colour in the room.) ríkjandi, ráðandi, mest áberandi- dominate
- domination -
16 dregs
[dreɡz]1) (the solid matter which is left at the bottom of a container when the liquid is all used up: the dregs of the wine.) dreggjar, botnfall2) (anything worthless: the dregs of society.) sori, úrhrak -
17 drop out
( often with of) (to withdraw from a group, from a course at university, or from the normal life of society: There are only two of us going to the theatre now Mary has dropped out; She's dropped out of college.) hætta í skóla; hætta venjulegum lifnaðarháttum -
18 drop-out
noun (a person who withdraws, especially from a course at a university etc or the normal life of society.) sá sem hættir í skóla eða segir skilið við venjulegt líferni -
19 élite
[ei'li:t, ]( American[) i-]((with the) the best or most important people especially within society.) úrval; heldra fólk -
20 Fascism
['fæʃizəm](a nationalistic and anti-Communist system of government like that of Italy 1922-43, where all aspects of society are controlled by the state and all criticism or opposition is suppressed.) fasismi- fascist
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