401-450 Flashcards
1
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Penance
A
Atonement for sin
2
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Ascetic
A
One who practices self denial
3
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Desultory
A
Disconnected
4
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Disciples
A
Followers
5
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Metamorphosis
A
Change
6
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Bona Fife
A
Genuine
7
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Salvation
A
Deliverance from ruin
8
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Materialism
A
Attention to worldly things
9
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Nurture
A
To nourish
10
Q
Nirvana
A
Freedom from care and pain
11
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Juxtapose
A
To place side by side
12
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Plight
A
Dangerous situation
13
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Covert
A
Secret, hidden
14
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Cope
A
To be able to handle
15
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Incompatibility
A
Lack of harmony
16
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Incapacitated
A
Made unfit
17
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Fabricate
A
To lie, to construct a story
18
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Connubial
A
Related to marriage
19
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Demur
A
To object
20
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Appellation
A
A name
21
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Escalation
A
Increase
22
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Indifference
A
Lack of concern
23
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Potential
A
Possible
24
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Cumulative
A
Accumulated
25
Recondite
Hidden
26
Heterogenous
Dissimilar
27
Gamut
Range
28
Perspicacious
Acutely perceptive, shrewd
29
Analogous
Comparable, similar
30
Maladjusted
Poorly adjusted
31
Phenomenon
Unusual occurrence
32
Mortality
Death
33
Decade
Ten years
34
Susceptible
Easily affected
35
Neurotic
Suffering from a nervous disorder
36
Pedagogue
Teacher
37
Enunciate
To utter
38
Inordinate
Excessive
39
Irascible
Irritable
40
Introspective
Looking into one’s own feelings
41
Perpetuate
To cause to continue
42
Mandate
An authoritative order
43
Compensatory
Serving to pay back
44
Neutralise
To counter act
45
Catastrophic
Disastrous
46
Anthropologists
An expert in the study of races and cultures
47
Artifact
An object made by hand
48
Bizarre
Odd, peculiar
49
Fetish
An object that is thought to have magical powers
50
Inanimate
Lifeless
