Chp. 17-20 Vocab Flashcards by Angelo Borges

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v. To disagree with. n. A disagreement or argument

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Dispute

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To assign blame or responsibility for

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Impute

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Not respectable; having a bad reputation

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Disreputable

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An image or idea associated with a word

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Connotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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To explain or discuss through a note

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Annotate

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Not based on reason or logic

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Irrational

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A reason for doing something; explanation

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Rationale

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Justify; give reason for

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Rationalize

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Diligent and careful

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Conscientious

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Not obeying moral laws; unscrupulous

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Unconscionable

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Showing knowledge of events before they happen

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Prescient

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Aesthetic

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A substance which causes loss of feeling

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Anesthetic

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Not interested; having no strong emotion towards

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Apathetic

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Sharing of another’s emotions

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Empathy

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Power of evoking great sadness or sympathy

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Pathos

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Hostility or hatred

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Antipathy

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Conscious; aware

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Sentient

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One who watches or guards

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Sentinel

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A feeling about something

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Sentiment

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A feeling about something before it happens

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Presentiment

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Able to be grasped or perceived

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Tangible

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Pertaining to touch

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Tactile

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Unbroken; whole

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Intact

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Curious; asking many questions

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Inquisitive

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Seeking to get things; greedy

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Acquisitive

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Act of ordering or demanding something. To make a request or demand.

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Requisition

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To support; pledge support to

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Espouse

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To be similar to; compare to

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Correspond

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Lacking all hope

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Despondent

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To formally question

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Interrogate

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Insulting; degrading

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Derogatory

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Excessively proud; haughty

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Arrogant

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To cancel; to repeal

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Abrogate

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Threatened or unsafe

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Precarious

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A curse

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Imprecation

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To show disapproval of

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Deprecate

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Gentle scolding

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Admonition

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A vision; a warning of something before it happens

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Premonition

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To advise; make a suggestion to. Advice.

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Counsel

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Intended to lessen another’s anger

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Conciliatory

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To bring back into agreement

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Reconcile

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An action taken against danger ahead of time

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Precaution

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Careful not to get into danger

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Cautious

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Intended to serve as a warning

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Cautionary

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To convince one not to do something

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Dissuade

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Habit or type

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Persuasion