List 2 Flashcards

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Threshold

A

The place or point of beginning something

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2
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Ultimatum

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A final condition or demand for something

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3
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Neutrality

A

Not taking a side

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4
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Nationalism

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The feeling that one’s country is the best and more deserving than any other country

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5
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Patronism

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A feeling of love and devotion for one’s country

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6
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Confer

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To consult; to talk in order to figure something out

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7
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Indifferent

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Not caring; not having a strong opinion about something

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8
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Unendurable

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Too painful or difficult to accept or to experience

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9
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Coerce

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To force or threaten

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10
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Decorum

A

Polite behavior

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11
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Superficial

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Affecting or using only the surface level; not deep

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12
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Abyss

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Bottomless pit or great depth

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13
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Ostracized

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To exclude from a group

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14
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Melancholy

A

Deep sadness

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15
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Embittered

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Angry resentful

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16
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Punctual

A

On time

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17
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Brazen

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Bold, without shame

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18
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Concede

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To admit something is true after denying it

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19
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Credibility

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Ability to be believed

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20
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Dismissive

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Trading something as unworthy of attention

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21
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Embedded

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Built into something instead of being separated

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22
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Immersion

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Being completely surrounded by something (e.g, water)

23
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Integrity

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The following of a strict moral code

24
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Integration

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Combining different groups into one group

25
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Languish

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To become weak and depressed or neglected

26
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Prominent

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Easily noticeable

27
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Reforms

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Attempts to correct what is wrong

28
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Segregation

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The separation of some groups from other groups

29
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Shrewd

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Very sharp or clever

30
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Squeamish

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Easily Nauseated or disgusted

31
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Sustain

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To keep up or keep going

32
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Unflappable

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Self controlled, not easily upset

33
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Veneer

A

A surface level

34
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Contagious

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Easily spread from person to person

35
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Bewitched

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Acting as if under a magic spell

36
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Chide

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To scold (to express unhappiness with someone’s behavior)

37
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Dissent

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to have or express a different opinion

38
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Destiny

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The future events that are meant to happen to a person

39
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Devise

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to plan or create something

40
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Disdain

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Dislike or disrespect for something or someone

41
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Dote (on)

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To give a huge amount of attention and affection to

42
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Enthralled

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Giving one’s full attention as if spellbound

43
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Entice

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To tempt or lure

44
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Filch

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To steal secretly or casually

45
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Guise

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In a manner that hides one’s true identity

46
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Marvel

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To be filled with amazement

47
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Perjure

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To lie under oath

48
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Universal

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Happening or felt everywhere

49
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Vex

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To trouble or irritate

50
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Virtuous

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Shop g high moral values

51
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Woo

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To try to get someone to date or fall in love with you

52
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Yield

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To give up possession of something

53
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Yield

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To produce (maple trees yield sap)