April 2023 Flashcards
1
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Arduous
A
Drøj - Though or hard
2
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Solipsism
A
noun
1.
the quality of being very self-centred or selfish.
“she herself elicits scant sympathy, such is her solipsism and lack of self-awareness”
2.
PHILOSOPHY
the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
“solipsism is an idealist thesis because ‘Only my mind exists’ entails ‘Only minds exist’”
3
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Ostracized
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verb
past tense: ostracized; past participle: ostracized
1.
exclude from a society or group.
“she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers”
2.
(From Greek) banished