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Part 4 Flashcards

1
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Exacerbate

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to make a bad situation worse

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2
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Exasperate

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to annoy extremely

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3
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Martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

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4
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Menagerie

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Diverse or Different Group of People

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5
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Sycophant

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Flatters rich or influential people

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Dilettante

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A person who cultivates or engages in an area of interest without real commitment

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7
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Tyro

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amateur, someone who is inexperienced

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8
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Virtuoso

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On who developed excellent skill in an artistic field, generally allied to music; ex. Maestro

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Virago

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A loud mouthed, bad tempered woman, bossy, harridan

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Chauvinist

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Exaggeratedly devoted to one’s own affiliation like country, gender etc;

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Patrimony

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An inheritance from one’s father

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12
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Patriarch

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The male head of the family

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13
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Patricide

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Killing of one’s father

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14
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Alma Mater

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School or College

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15
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Matricide

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Killing of one’s mother

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16
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Parricide

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Killing of either father or mother

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17
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Fatricide

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Killing of one’s brother

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18
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Regicide

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Killing of king

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19
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Uxoricide

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Killing of one’s wife

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20
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Fraternize

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To associate on close terms with members who belong to an opposite army team or different social positions

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21
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Fraternal

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Brotherly

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22
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Fraternity

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Botherhood

23
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Sorority

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A women’s organization

24
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Uxorious

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Used for man who excessively even absurdly worships and submits to all of his wife’s outrageous demands; biwi ka paalu pakdne wala

25
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Uxorial

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Pertaining to or characteristics of a wife

26
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Henpecked

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Husband under the dominance of wife does worship

27
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Monomania

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Abnormal obsession with one particular thing

28
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Dipsomania

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A person who obsessed with alcohol

29
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Morbid

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Unpleasant, abnormal

30
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Kleptomania

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A morbid(abnormal) compulsion to steal

31
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Pyromania

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Morbid(abnormal) compulsion to start fires

32
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Megalomania

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Morbid delusion of power and godliness

33
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Incendiarism

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To set fire for revenge

34
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Arson

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To set fire maliciously for economic or monetary gain

35
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Arduous

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Passionate, Strenuous

36
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Iconoclast

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Person who is violently against cherished established, beliefs, institutions, etc;

37
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Atheist

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who doesn’t believe in god

38
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Unswerving

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who doesn’t change

39
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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

40
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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

41
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Pantheism

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Belief that god is not in man’s image but is a combination of all forces of the universe

42
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Theology

A

study of god and religion

43
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Gnostic

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Knowledge

44
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Agnostic

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A person who claims that god is unknowable, they may or may not exist

45
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Prognosis

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Knowing beforehand, a prediction (generally related to a medical term)

46
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Diagnosis

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Knowing through examination or test

47
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Lecher

A

A womanizer

48
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Lewd

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Vulgar

49
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Hypochondriac

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A person who abnormally anxious about one’s health

50
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Convivial

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Cheerful, happy, sociable

51
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Vivacious

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full of joy of living

52
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Viviparous

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Producing live babies; not eggs (Mammals)

53
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Underscore

A

to support

Norman Lewis 1-47 (6 decks)

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