11/17 Vocab Words Flashcards

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Ethnology (noun)

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The study of cultures especially the historical aspects of cultures

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Harbinger (noun)

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A person or thing that announces the approach of another (negative)

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Misogyny (noun)

Misogynistic (adj)

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Dislike of contempt for or prejudice towards women

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Manifest (verb)

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To prove to make obvious or to bring clearly into existence

If you put full intention into making money it could manifest into your dreams

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Abject (adj)

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Brought low in position or status; degrading, unpleasant

They lived in abject poverty

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Indolent (adj)

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Habitually lazy or comitely lazy

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Fetish (noun)

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An object believed to have magical or mystical powers; held in awe

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Lackadaisical (adj)

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Lacking spirit liveliness or interest; carelessly lazy

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Ogle (verb)

Ohh-gul

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To stare at Obsessively or in an amorous way
The 8 year old boy ogled the ice cream counter
The way the guy was ogling me made me feel uncomfortable

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Ostracize (verb)

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To exclude from a group or society, to shun

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Pandemonium (noun)

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A wild uproar

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