Deck 26 Flashcards

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SOLICITOUS

A

showing great care; attentive

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DISINGENUOUS

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insincere

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VENERATE; REVERE

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to greatly respect

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CONTENTIOUS; DISPUTATIOUS

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argumentative

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PRECLUDE

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to make impossible; to rule out

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COMPUNCTION; CONTRITION; REMORSE

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sincere and deep regret

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DEMOGRAPHY

A

the study of the characteristics of human populations

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APHORISM; AXIOM

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a statement or principle universally accepted as true;

[think of axioms in geometry]

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Reconciliation

A

getting two things togethe

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Forgo

A

go back or lose the right of

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Relish

A

vigorous

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Obtuse

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slow at learning

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Rectify

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set straight

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Venal

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capable of being corrupted

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Perquisite

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exclusive right

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Fallow

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undeveloped but potentially useful

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Chimerical

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imaginative

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Truculent

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aggressive

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Requisite

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required

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Defoliated

A

lose of leaves

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Matriculation

A

admission to a group

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Perfidious

A

tending to betray, treacherous

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Pontificate

A

papacy or talk in a pompous manner

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Phlegmatic

A

showing little emotion

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Subsidy

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grant paid by the govt

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Endowment

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provides income or natural qualities

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Emanation

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something that it emitted

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Polemicist

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opposes

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Indolent

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lazy

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Sycophant, toady, lackey

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one who tries to please someone in order to gain something (Kiss up)

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Fawning

A

flattering someone

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Aggregation

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collection

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Mirth

A

extreme happiness

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Bemoaned

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regret strongly

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Conglomeration

A

collection

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Recalcitrant

A

stubborn resistance

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Habituating

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regularly use

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Iconoclastic

A

attack beliefs