Key terms & definitions

Hercules’ wife, who unknowingly sends him a poisoned shirt because she believes it will restore his love.

Language whose meaning depends on the situation, such as 'here', 'today' and 'this hall'. In a speech, it helps establish where and when the speaker is addressing listeners.

The presentation or treatment of a person as a god.

Reduced awareness of oneself as a separate individual and a reduced sense of personal responsibility, which can occur when someone is part of a crowd.

The reduction or dismantling of a country's industrial capacity.

The decline in the importance of manufacturing within an economy, particularly its share of employment.

The decline of manufacturing industry, involving factory closures and the loss of industrial jobs.

The decline of manufacturing and other industrial activity in an area, often involving factory closures and job losses.

The removal of printing ink from recovered paper during recycling.

Water from which dissolved ions have been removed.

Water from which dissolved ions have been removed, used to avoid interference in chemical analysis.

The belief that God created the world but does not continually intervene in its events.

A god or goddess, understood as a divine being or form through which the divine is encountered.

A Catholic Church document whose title means ‘Word of God’; Chapter 3 explains biblical inspiration and interpretation.

Racial separation imposed by law, rather than only by people's practices or economic circumstances.

Stalin’s campaign to eliminate kulaks as a class through confiscation, removal and repression.

The separation of layers in a laminated material.

A programmed wait before execution moves to the next instruction.

Resisting an immediate reward in order to obtain a larger reward later.

An editing pattern that shows a character’s reaction before revealing what the character is looking at.

Remembering information after an interval rather than immediately after presentation.

Withholding information until a later point in a text, often to create suspense or curiosity.

The removal of one or more levels of hierarchy from an organisation.

Entrusting tasks to another person while retaining overall responsibility and authority.

Giving a subordinate responsibility for a task and the authority needed to carry it out.

An SQL command that removes rows from a table.

A state governed by a sultan from Delhi. Babur defeated its last ruler, Ibrahim Lodi, in 1526.

An alliance led by Athens to campaign against Persia, whose treasury and meetings were originally located on Delos. Members contributed money or ships.

An alliance founded after the Persian Wars, whose members contributed ships and soldiers or money to expeditions led by Athens. It gradually became an Athenian empire.

Careful consideration of an issue, including its evidence, competing arguments and possible consequences, before reaching a decision.