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Group13 Flashcards

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Empirical

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Derived from observation or experiment

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Emollient

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Soothing; mollifying

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Emulate

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To imitate; copy

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Heuristic

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Relating to a speculative formulation guiding the investigation or solution of a problem

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Encomium

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A formal expression of praise

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Endemic

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Inherent, belonging to an area

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Engender

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To cause, produce

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Enunciate

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To pronounce clearly

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Efficacy

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Efficiency, effectiveness

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness, presumptuousness

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Egoism

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The tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness

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Conceited

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Excessively proud of oneself; vain

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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing lamentation

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Elicit

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To provoke, draw out

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Socratic method

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Method of seeking the truth about a subject through systematic questioning; often results in questioning of assumptions

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Ematiated

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Thin and wasted

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Doggerel

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Poetry that is irregular in rhythm or rhyme; often for burlesque or comic effect

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Dogmatic

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Stating opinions without proof

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Dogma

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A belief asserted on authority without evidence

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Dross

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Waste; worthless matter, trivial matter

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Dupe

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To deceive or trick

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated; enthusiastic

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Eclectic

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Selecting from various sources

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Emancipation

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The act or state of being freed

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Effervescence

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State of high spirits or liveliness

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Effete

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Depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

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Masochism

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The condition in which one’s gratification depends on one’s suffering physical pain or humiliation

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Dissident

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Person who disagrees about beliefs etc

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Dissolution

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Disintegration; debauchery

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Dissonance

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Discord, lack of harmony

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Distend

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To expand, swell out

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Distill

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Extract essential elements

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Distrait

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Inattentive, preoccupied

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Divest

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To strip, deprive, rid

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Divulge

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To make known something that is secret

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Doctrinaire

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Relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine, dogmatic, unyielding

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Discrete

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Constituting a separate thing, distinct

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Discretion

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Quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection, freedom to act on one’s own

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Disingenuous

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Not candid; crafty

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Disparage

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To belittle

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Dissemble

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To pretend, disguise one’s motives

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Disseminate

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To spread, scatter, disperse

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Transcendent

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Beyond the range of normal or merely physical human experience

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