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219. Who Was the Most Powerful Woman in History? (English Vocabulary Lesson)


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Who was the most powerful woman in history? Was it the only female emperor of China? A female Egyptian Pharaoh who built great temples? Or the Iron Lady who’s economic policies are still influential today? Let’s discuss this on today’s episode of Thinking in English!

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Vocabulary


  • Diffuse (adj) - spread out and not directed in one place.
  • To relegate (v) - to put someone or something into a lower or less important rank or position.
  • Trappings (n) - all the things that are part of or typical of a particular job, situation, or event.
  • To seize (v) - to take using sudden force.
  • To solidify (v) - to become or make something become certain.
  • Feeble (adj) – weak and without energy, strength, or power.
  • Manoeuvring (n) - the action of cleverly planning something to get an advantage.
  • Sweeping (adj) - affecting many things or people; large.
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