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6 vocab Flashcards

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Sans

A

Without

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Elysium

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Ideal happiness

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Psuedo

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Fake

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Alienate

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To cause someone to feel isolated

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Tact

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To be sensitive when dealing with others (good thing)

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Extort

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To obtain by force, threats

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Apathetic

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Showing a lack of interest, concern

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Sympathy

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Feeling concern and interest

opposite of apathy

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Smug

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Excessive pride in one’s achievements

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Secular

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Not religious

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Juvenile

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Childish

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Psuedonym

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A fake name used by an author
Ex: stage name
Marshal mathers/ eminem

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Intrepid

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Brave

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Referendum

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Done at local level, general public votes on an issue ex: should marijuana be legal

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Ad hominem

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Attacking an opponents character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument

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Logical fallacy

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A flaw in reasoning

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Loaded question

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Assumes guilt within the question. Ex: have you stopped beating your wife?

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Vocational

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Occupation/job

With regards to a type of school: one that focuses on a type of occupation ands its skills

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Callous

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Cruel or insensitive

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Crescendo

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Something that gradually gets louder/intense

“the reluctant cheers began to crescendo”

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Ubiquity

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Being everywhere at once

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Facilitate

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To make easier

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Fragment

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A small broken part of something

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Subpoena

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A writ ordering someone to attend court

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Elope

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run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent.

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Inconsequential

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Not important or significant

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Bigot

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Intolerant of those that are different

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Abstract

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An idea, something u can’t touch

Ex: love

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Virtuous

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Having high moral standards

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Fidelity

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Loyal and faithful

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