1-45 Flashcards

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Audacity

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Boldness or daring

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Flaunt

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Parade or display oneself boldy

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Chagrin

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Feeling of annoyance

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Wry

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Bitterly ironic

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Arbitrary

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Random choice, on a whim

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Callous

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Hardened

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Levy

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Impose, collecting

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Buttress

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To support, prop up

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Presage

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To foreshadow

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Reprehensible

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Deserving blame

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Causal

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Implying a cause

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Inductive

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Broadly applying one specific thing to something in general

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Antithetical

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Opposite

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Apprehension

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Suspicion of future trouble, anticipation

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Fortitude

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Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty

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Clandestine

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Kept secret, done secretly

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Civil

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Polite social interaction

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Juxtapose

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To place close together

20
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Ad hominem

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Attacking an opponents character

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Emancipation

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The act of freeing

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Retrospective

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Directed to the past

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Illicit

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Not legally permitted

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Allude

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To refer casually or indirectly

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Intimate
To hint
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Validate
To confirm, make valid
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Epigraph
A short quotation at the beginning of a book
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Agnostic
Belief that the existence of GOD is unknown
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Affluence
Abundance of material goods
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Sanctity
Holiness
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Divinity
The quality of being divine
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Psychoanalysis
A theory that investigates conscious and unconscious elements in the mind
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Mysticism
Becoming one with GOD
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Taboo
Improper
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Benighted
Intellectually or morally ignorant
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Subordinate
Of less importance
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Repulsive
Arousing disgust
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Irony
Intention or attitude opposite of what is intended
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Subterranean
Underground
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Penchant
A strong liking for something
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Misandry
Hatred of males
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Amalgam
A mix of different elements
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Equestrian
Horseback riding, horseback riders
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Indelible
Making marks that can't be erased
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Epitome
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a specific thing