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Part 2 Flashcards

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Omniscient

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All knowing, possessing infinite knowledge

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Prescient

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Knowing about events before that occur

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Nescient

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Ignorant or not knowing of anything

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Conscience

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Knowledge with moral sense of right and wrong

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Glib

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Marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere , root word : slippery

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad

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Gregarious

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Very social person

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Congregate

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To gather in the group

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Segregate

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To pull apart

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Aggregate

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Total

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Disparage

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Lower someone’s par, regard or represent as being of little worth

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Disparate

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Different in kind, cannot be compared

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Equivocate

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use unclear message to mislead someone

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Equity

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  1. Justice, Fairness
  2. Value of shares issued by the company
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Equivocal

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Subject to two or more interpretations which usually used to mislead or to confuse someone

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Iniquity

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  1. Immoral, unfair behavior
  2. Wicked act, sin
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Equanimity

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Calmness and composure in difficult situation

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Equilibrist

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Professional tightrope walker

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Nox

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Night

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Nocturnal

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Active at night

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Equinox

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When day and night are of equal length

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Vox

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Voice

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Vocation

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A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation

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Titillate

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to tickle, thrill

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Adulate

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to show excessive admiration

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Proscribe

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forbid, prohibit, disallow

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Scribo

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to write

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Inscribe

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to write in or into

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Post Script

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something written after the main part is finished

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Obviate

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To anticipate and prevent

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Impervious

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  1. not allow fluids to pass
  2. unable to be affected by
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Devious

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Straying from the proper way; crooked

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Trivial

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Unimportant, without great significance

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Militate

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to work against

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Milites

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Soldier, fighting man

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Militant

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something that is aggressive and with determination ex. Taliban

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Militia

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A group of people who are the part of armed forces of the country but are trained like soldiers

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Malign

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Cause harm, to slander, defame

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Malus

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bad, evil

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Malignant

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One showing deep hatred or one that is cancerous

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Malediction

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Curse

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Malevolent

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Wishing harm or evil

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Maleficent

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doing harm or evil, causing harm

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Malefactor

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a wrong doer, criminal

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Maladroit

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Clumsy, awkward, unskillful

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Malaise

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Feeling of bodily discomfort or mild illness

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Benign

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Kind

48
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Benediction

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Blessing

49
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Benefactor

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one who does good things

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Benevolent

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Well meaning, kind

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Bonafide

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In good faith; valid without pretense

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness

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Infidel

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one who does not have a right faith or religion

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