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MC Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Incongruous

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Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

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Sordid

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Morally degraded; filthy or wretched

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Vanities

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Excessive pride in one’s appearance or accomplishments;conceit
2. Worthless or pointless

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Retarding

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To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede

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Pre-eminence

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The fact of surpassing all others; superiority

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Stalwart

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Loyal, reliable, and hardworking

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Assiduous

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Showing or characterized by persistent attention or untiring application

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Fawning

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  1. To exhibit affection or attempt to please

2. To seek favor by flattery and obsequious behavior

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Demagogues

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  1. A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
  2. leader of the common people in ancient times
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eschewal

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  1. to avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of
  2. to refrain from
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ponderous

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having great weight; slow and labored because of great bulk or weight. difficult to maneuver or control

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anomolous

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deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected

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ephemeral

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  1. lasting for a markedly brief time

2. having a short lifespan or a short annual period of above ground growth (plants)

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sagacious

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having or showing keen discernment, sound judgement, and farsightedness

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Idiosyncratic

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  1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
  2. a physiological or temperamental peculiarity
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idiosycracies

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modes of behavior or ways of thought peculiar to an individual

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voluble

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marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.
turning easily on an axis, rotating
twining or twisting (botany)

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pompous

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  1. characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious
  2. full of high-sounding phrases
  3. characterized by pomp or stately display
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enervated

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deprived of strength; debilitated

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discomfited

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to make uneasy or perplexed. to defeat in battle

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introspective

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contemplation of one’s own thoughts, feelings, and sensations; self-examination

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litany

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  1. a liturgical prayer consisting of a series of petitions recited by a leader alternating with fixed responses by congregation.
  2. a repetitive recital, series, or list
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elliptical

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  1. expressed with extreme or excessive economy

2. tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure

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conjugal

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of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses

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chagrin

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a keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event

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capriciousness

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characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable

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misognistic

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one who hates or mistrusts women

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progressive

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moving forward, advancing. open to or favoring new ideas

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patronizing

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condescending, often showing false interest or kindness

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apathetic

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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern. unresponsive

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clandestine

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kept or done in secret, often to conceal an illicit or improper purpose

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whimsical

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playful or fanciful

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coddled

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to cook in water just below the boiling point

treated indulgently; baby

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emulation

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  1. the act of striving to equal or excel through imitation
  2. to compete with successfully
  3. to imitate the function of
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abject

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  1. extremely contemptible or degrading
  2. being of the most miserable kind, wretched
  3. complete
  4. extremely submissive
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renumeration

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the act of recounting

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calumniating

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a false statement, slander

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hectoring

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to intimidate or dominate in a blustering way. to behave like a bully

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deferential

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submissive or respectful to authority

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imperatives

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  1. a rule or principle that requires certain action.

2. a command or order

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pedantic

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  1. ostentatious in one’s learning

2. overly concerned with minute details

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didactic

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  1. intended to instruct
  2. morally instructive
  3. inclined to teach or moralize excessively
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sardonic

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scornfully or cynically mocking

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empathetic

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identifies with the feelings, thoughts, and actions of others

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replete

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abounding; gorged

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laurels

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  1. an evergreen tree/shrub

2. honor and glory won for achievement

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portly

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  1. having a round, stout, body

2. stately or dignified

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profusion

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  1. abundance
  2. extravagance
  3. profuse outpouring or quantity
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pseudointellectual

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unscholarly

pretends to be an intellectual for reasons of status

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delineate

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  1. to draw or depict
  2. to describe or characterize in words
  3. to mark, form, or show the outline of
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proficiency

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competence

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satirize

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to ridicule or attack by means of irony or sarcasm

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loitering

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to idly stand about

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fortitude

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strength of mind that allow a person to endure pain or adversity with courage

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despondency

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depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage. dejection

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estrangement

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alienation or hostility. isolated from an accustomed place

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hubris

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overbearing pride or presumption, arrogance

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stalwart

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loyal and resolute

strong and imposing

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certitude

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  1. state of being certain or convinced of something. complete assurance or confidence.
  2. something that is assured or believed to be true
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abated

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  1. to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity

2. to put an end to, make void, or reduce for a period of time (law)

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feckless

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  1. careless and irresponsible

2. feeble or ineffective

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apostrophe

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calling out to a dead, imaginary, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. if a character is calling out to a god or goddess, it is called an invocation

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allusion

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reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, sports, etc. An indirect reference to something

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conceit

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an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. often an extended metaphor

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couplet

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two consecutive, rhyming lines of poetry

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diction

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a speaker or writers choice of words

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hyperbole

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a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement for effect

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inversion

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the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase

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iambic tetrameter

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a type of poetic meter with 8 syllables per line that can be divided into 4 feet. each foot includes an unstressed and stressed syllable. iambic pentameter, by contrast, includes 10 syllables broken into 5 feet

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metonymy

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a figure of speech in which something is referred to by something closely associated with it

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oxymoron

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a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

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1st person point of view

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one of the characters tells the story

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personification

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a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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rhetorical question

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a question asked for effect, not actually requiring an answer

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simile

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a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison of 2 unlike things using words such as like, as, than, or resembles

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synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole

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