English 366-380 Flashcards by Urim Sllamniku | Brainscape

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Deism

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Belief in an impersonal or uncaring god

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Deify

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To turn into a god; to make a god

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Admonish

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To warn or “scold” beforehand

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Verisimilitude

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Accuracy; correspondence with the truth

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Laconic

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Brief or terse; concise; using few words

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Accolade

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Award; recognition; honors

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Naïve

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Simple innocent unknowing

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Dormant

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Lying unused; Latent; “sleeping”

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Ambrosia

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Food of the gods; any delicious food

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Adamant

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Stubborn, hard, unyielding

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Iconolatry

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Worship of icons or religious pictures and images

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Idolatry

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Worship of idols

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Gynaeolatry

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Worship of women

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Demonolatry

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Worship of the devil

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Abrogate

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To cancel or revoke (a rule or law)

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Gamut

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An entire range or serious

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Ambiguous

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Have more than one meaning

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Debutante

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A girl making her social debut

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Neophyte

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A beginner; an initiate

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Analogous

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Similar to

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Éclat

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Brilliance or Achievement

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Cliché

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An overused metaphor

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Acme

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High point

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Narcissistic

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Excessively in love with oneself

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Anthropology

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The study of mankind

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Anthropophagous

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Man-eating; cannibalistic

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anthropomorphous

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Man-shaped; resembling human characteristics

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Malapropism

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A humorous misuse of words

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Nouveaux riches

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The newly rich

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Banal

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Commonplace, trite

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Advent

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The impinge or arrival

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Malaise

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A general feeling of being unwell

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Abridge

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to shorten

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Vacillation

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Hesitation; an inability to decide

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Analgesia

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An insensitivity to pain.