Judaism Flashcards

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Ineluctable

A

Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

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2
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Amoral

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Lacking a moral sense or unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something

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3
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Denunciation

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Public condemnation of someone or something

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4
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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

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5
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Prosaic

A

Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

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6
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Precocious

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Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual

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7
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Concomitantly

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At the same time or simultaneously.

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8
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Vicarious

A

Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

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9
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Deity

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A god or goddess

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10
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Grandeur

A

Splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style.

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11
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Diaspora

A

The dispersion of any people from their homeland.

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12
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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained or accounted for.

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13
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Insuperable

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Impossible to overcome.

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14
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Lilt

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A characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking or a pleasant gentle accent.

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15
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Cataclysmic

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Relating to or denoting a violent natural event.

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16
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Obtrude

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Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

17
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Obtuse

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Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand