Chapter 2 Flashcards by Shehu Abdulqudus | Brainscape

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Rapier

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Quick and incisive

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Sordid

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Ignoble actions

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Altercation

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A noisy argument or disagreement

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Precis

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A summary or abstract

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Manifesto

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A Public declaration

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Retraction

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The act of withdrawing something

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Pedagogy

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Method and practice of teaching

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Virtuous

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High moral standards

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Divergent

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To be different

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Inverse

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Opposite or contradicting

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Acolyte

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An assistant of follower

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Outlandish

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Looking or sounding bizarre

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Muse

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Be absorbed in thought

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Strictures

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A restriction on a person or activity

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Subsidy

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A money granted by the government to assist a business

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Persnickety

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Placing too much emphasis on trivial details

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Crony

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A close friend or companion

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Chum

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A close friend

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Adversary

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A persons opponent

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Ascetic

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Practicing self discipline or religious

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Nonpartisan

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Not biased

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Partisan

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A strong supporter

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Martyr

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A person who is called cause of religious fate

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Libertine

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A person without moral principles

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Salvation

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Deliverance from harm

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Benightedness

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A state of moral ignorance

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Insularity

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Ignorance or lack of interest in cultures

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Forthwith

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Immediately without delay

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Innate

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Inborn natural

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Rarefy

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Make or become solid

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Sensationalize

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Present information in a way that provokes public interest

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Quaint

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Attractively unusual or old fashioned

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Effigy

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A sculptor or model of a person