AT Word List 10 #4 Flashcards

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Diorama

A

miniature scene in three dimensions

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Disburse

A

to pay out money

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Disdain

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to look down upon

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Disparity

A

difference

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Dissension

A

act of disagreeing

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Disten

A

to stretch; to extend

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Docile

A

gentle; obedient

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Domineer

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to boss around

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Downplay

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to reduce in importance

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Dross

A

useless material

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Edifice

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a large building

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Effrontery

A

open rudeness

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13
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Elegy

A

song or poem for the dead

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Elusive

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hard to cath; evasive

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15
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Embellishment

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decoration

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Empiricism

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practice of relying on observation and experience

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Encompass

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to include

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Entail

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to involve

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Enumeration

A

numbered list

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Epochal

A

important; pertaining to a particular period of history

21
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Erudition

A

knowledge acquired from books

22
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Ethereal

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not physical; spiritual

23
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Evocative

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bringing out a reaction; stimulation

24
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Execrable

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very bad