9/11/15 Vocab Words Flashcards
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Palpable
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Adjective - Able to be perceived
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Picayune
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Adjective - of relatively little value or worth
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Plagiarize
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One who steals or appropriates the luck of another person and passes it off as his own
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Prestidigitation
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Noun - the act of having nimble fingers
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Scrapegoat
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Noun - one who has become the butt of another’s misdeeds or to whom some form of guilt or blame is transferred
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Sarcophagus
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Noun - a large coffin found In a tomb
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Sycophant
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Noun - a person who is willing to demean himself by being a yes-man for selfish and personal reasons
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Syndrome
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Noun - a cluster of symptoms occurring together and indicating that a patient has a particular disease
9
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Trivial
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Adjective - found everywhere, common, insignificant
10
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Nefarious
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Adjective - not right, wicked, evil
