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Key Terms Group 3 Flashcards

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acumen

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keen, accurate judgment or insight

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adulterate

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reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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amalgamate

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combine several elements into a whole

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aver

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state as a fact

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bolster

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provide support

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bombastic

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pompous

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diatribe

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harsh deduction

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endemic

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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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evanescent

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tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing

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exacerbate

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make worse

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fervent

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greatly emotional or zealous

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fortuitous

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happening by accident or chance

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german

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relevant to the subject at hand

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grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression

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hackneyed

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renewed trite or commonplace

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halcyon

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calm and peaceful

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hedonism

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devotion to pleasurable pursuits

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hegemony

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consistent dominance of one state or group over others

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iconoclast

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one who attacks or undermines tradition conventions or institutions

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idolatrous

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given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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impassive

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revealing no emotions

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imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm

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implacable

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not capable of being appeased

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impunity

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immunity from punishment

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inchoate

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in an initial stage, not fully formed

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infelicitous

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unfortunate

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insipid

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lacking in qualities of that interest

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loquacious

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extremely talkative

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malevolent

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having or showing ill will

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mendacity

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condition of being untruthful

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misanthrope

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one who hates all other humans

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mitigate

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to moderate

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obdurate

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unyielding

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obsequious

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exhibiting a fading attentiveness

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occlude

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obstruct or block

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opprobrium

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disgrace

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pedagogy

A

profession of teaching

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pedantice

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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education

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penury

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poverty

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pervasive

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permeate

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pine

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yearn intensely

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pirate

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illegally use

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pith

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essential or central part

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pithy

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precise and brief

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placate

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appease, calm by making concession

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platitude

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superficial remark

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plummet

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plunge or drop

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polemical

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controversial

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profuse

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given or coming forth abundantly

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queries

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questions

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querulous

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prone to complaining

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rancorous

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characterized by bitter long lasting resentment

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recalcitrant

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difficult to manage

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repudiate

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to disown

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rescind

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retract, repeal, invalidate

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reverent

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marked by feeling or expressing a felling of profound awe

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rhetoric

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study of active use of language for use of persuasion

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salubrious

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promoting health or well being

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solvent

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able to meet financial obligations

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specious

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seeming true but actually being false

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spurious

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lacking authenticity

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subpoena

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court order requiring appearance

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succinct

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brief, concise

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superfluous

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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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surfeit

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overabundant supply

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tenacity

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quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

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tenuous

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having little substance, weak

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tirade

A

long and extremely critical speech

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transient

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fleeting

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zealous

A

impassioned, devout to a cause

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