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Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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Intractable

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Difficult to deal with

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2
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Empirical analysis

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Deals with testing observable, measurable phenomena

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3
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Staid

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Very serious

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4
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Deluge

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Overwhelm, swamp

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5
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Eschew

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Deliberately avoid using, abstain from

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6
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Glibness

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The quality of being confident but too simple and lacking in careful thought

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Pat

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Said quickly and without any real thought

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Platitudes

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The quality of being dull or insipid

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Succor

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Aid

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10
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Took exception to

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To object to something

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11
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Harangue

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A long pompous speech, a tirade

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12
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Amalgam

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A mixture of multiple things

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13
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Parsimonious

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Extremely frugal, miserly

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14
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Wanting

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Lacking

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15
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Mercurial

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(of a person) prone to unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood

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Chastise

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To reprimand harshly
Castigate

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17
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Anomalous

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Not normal

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Reticent

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Disinclined to talk, not revealing one’s thoughts

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Conspicuous

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Without any attempt at concealment
Completely obvious

20
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Perfidy

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An act of deliberate betrayal
A breach of trust

21
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Exacerbate

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Make worse

22
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Gall

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The trait of being rude and impertinent
Feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
To strongly bother, vex, annoy, exasperate

23
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Estranged

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Distant to

24
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Enigmatic

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Confounding (cause surprise or confusion in especially by not according with their expectations)

25
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Stigmatized

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Denounced (describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval)

26
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Lax

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Lenient, not strict

27
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Fanciful

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Over imaginative and unrealistic

28
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Irresolute

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Hesitant, uncertain

29
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Resolute

30
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Zealot

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A person who has strong opinions about something and tries to make other people have them too

31
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Zealous

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Excited, interested and enthusiastic

32
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Imperious

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Commanding
High-handed

33
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Weary

34
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Plodding

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Lumbering
Slow

35
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Subvert

36
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Diminutive

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Extremely or unusually small

37
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Prosaic

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Humdrum, boringly monotonous

38
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Droll

39
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Clangor

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Excessive noise

40
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Panache

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Flamboyance

41
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Culminate

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Reach the highest or most decisive point

42
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Fortuitous

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Occuring by happy chance
Having no cause or apparent cause

43
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Cryptic

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Mysterious or vague, usually intentionally

44
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Gossamer

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Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

45
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Entrenched

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Fixed firmly or securely

46
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Germane

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Relevant and appropriate

47
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Preclude

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Keep from happening or arising, make impossible

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