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Missed Words 2 Flashcards

1
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Extemporaneous

A

Without prior thought or planning.

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2
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Sophist

A

A person who reasons with cleaver but falicious arguments

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3
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Speculative

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Based on conjecture rather than knowledge

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Pastiche

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An artistic work that imitates that of another work, artist, or period

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5
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Vagrant

A

A person without a settled home who wanders from place to place begging

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6
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Prolix

A

Using or containing too many words

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7
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Preturnaturally

A

Beyond what is normal or natural

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Turgid

A

Pompous or bombastic

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Temerarious

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Reckless, rash

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Paradigm

A

A typical pattern or example of something

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Subordinated

A

Treated or regarded as less importantance than something.

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12
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Soverenity

A

Supreme power and authority

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13
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Collude

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Cooperate in some secret or unlawful way in order to deceive or take advantage of someone.

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14
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Discomfiting

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To make one feel uneasy or embarrased

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Slighted

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Insulting by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention

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16
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Affectation

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Behavior, writing, or speech that is designed to impress

17
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Worldly-wise

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Prepared by experience for life’s difficulties; not easily shocked or diceieved.

18
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Blighted

A

Having a severely determental effect on

19
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Antithesis

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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

20
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Tepid

A

Only slightly warm; showing little enthusiasm

21
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Turbid

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Confused or obscure in meaning; opaque

22
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Subjective

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Based on or influenced by one’s personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

23
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Catharsis

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The process of releasing and therefore finding release from strong or repressed emotions

24
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Coda

A

Concluding event, remark, or section

25
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Homily

A

A tedious moralizing discourse

26
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Coalesced

A

Came together

27
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Agglomerated

A

Formed into a mass or group

28
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Amortized

A

Pay off with regular payments

29
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Paradigm

A

A typical idea or example of something

30
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Neoligisms

A

Newly coined word or expression

31
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Enigma

A

A person or thing that is puzzling

32
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Quagmire

A

An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation

33
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Autodidacts

A

A self taught person

34
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Recidivists

A

Convicted criminal who reoffends

35
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Libertines

A

A person who behaves without moral principals

36
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Myrmidons

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A follower or subordinate of of a powerful person. One who follows orders without morals.

37
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Alacrity

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