Definitions

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Cite - Definition

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To refer to specifically

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Gabelle

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A tax on salt

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Halfpace

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A platform on a staircase that turns back the other way

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Impignorate

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To pawn or mortgage something

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Oxter

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Outdated word meaning armpit

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Coddle

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To treat as a baby or invalid

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Decaliter

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A measurement of ten liquid/dry liters

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Blockade

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The shutting down of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces

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Decagram

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A weight of 10 grams

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Agastopia

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Admiration of a particular part of one’s body

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Disenfranchise

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The revocation of power/control of a particular individual, community or being through law, intimidation, etc.

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Reprehensible

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Deserving blame; recognized as bad

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Pejorative

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Expressing contempt or disapproval

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Municipalities

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A city or town that has corporate status and local government (like Chicago)

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Diametrically

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Directly; Completely (like opposite ends of a diameter)

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Revocation

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The official cancellation of a decree, decision, or a promise

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Separatism

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The advocacy of separation of a certain group of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender (from the larger group)

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Austerity

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Living without unnecessary things and without comfort; reflected in a government that makes tough budget cuts in trying times

Ex: During war times, a government and an economy will likely be in a period of austerity to make it through.

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Totalitarianism

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Principles/practices that exercise control over the freedom, will, or thought of others

Ex: North Korea is a country of pure totalitarianism.

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Labyrinth

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A complicated network of passages; a maze

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Vengeful

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Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect; especially in a gradual or subtle way

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Egalitarian

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Relating to the principal that all people are equal and deserve equal opportunity

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Recapitulating

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Summarize and state again the main points of

(Ex: He began to recapitulate his argument with care)

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Mitigate

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Make less severe, serious, or painful

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Terminus

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A final point in space or time; The end of a transportation route

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Intrinsic

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Belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing

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Rescind

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Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)

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Pathological

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Involving, caused by, or of the nature of a physical or mental disease

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Parse

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Analyze into parts and describe their syntactic roles

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Syntactic/Syntax

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Arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences

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Osmosis

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The process of unconscious assimilations of ideas, knowledge, etc.

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Lilies

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Family of flowers that grow from bulbs; The dried bulbs are used in South China to flavor soup

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Inflammatory

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Arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings; “Inflammatory slogans”

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Injunction

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An authoritative warning or order. Usually a court order.

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Ethereal

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Characterized by universal lightness and delicacy. In a good way; The ethereal beauty was too perfect for this world.

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Steadfast

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Firm and dependable - especially in loyalty; My friend Matt is a steadfast person.

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Whimsical

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Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.

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Ambiguous

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Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or intended to mislead

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Fundamentalist

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A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in religion

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Transgression

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An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct, an offense.

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Veracity

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Conformity to facts; accuracy; Officials expressed doubts concerning the veracity of the story.

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Humanism

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Feeling that humans are more important than divine or supernatural matters.

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Bray

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Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

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Abrading

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Scrape away by friction of erosion

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Evanescent

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Tending to vanish like vapor

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Callous

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Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

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Equanimity

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Evenness of mind and temper; He has a certain equanimity about him.