Prologue Flashcards

1
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What do you need me to say? (Why was this interesting in the prologue)

A

This was interesting to me because she did this and it made me assume that it was going to be something she said, but in fact it was the opposite, they were the word of Donald Trump.

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2
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Disavows

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Deny any responsibility or support for

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3
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Confidant

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A close friend/associate to whom secrets are confided, or private matters are discussed.

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4
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There is a good Trump and a bad Trump

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Good Trump could be amazing to be around, but the bad Trump is incredibly racist and toxic; shows no remorse.

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5
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Effusive

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unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve or pouring out; overflowing.

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6
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cede

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to yield or to formally surrender to another

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7
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rive

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to tear or to split apart

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8
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enmesh

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to catch, as in a net; entangle (doesn’t have to be used literally)

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cleave

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to adhere closely, to stick; cling

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10
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conflate

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To merge

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11
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specious

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apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:

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12
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bleak

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cold and piercing;raw

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13
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chronic

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constant

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14
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ingenue

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Young innocent and appealing character

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15
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commensurate

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adequate

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16
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minuiae (mi-nooh-shuh)

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precise details

17
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contemporaneous

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living or occurring at the same time

18
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brazen

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impudent or shameless; effrontery

19
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scut work

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dirty work

20
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entailed

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involved with because it makes sense to be, or as a consequence of so.

21
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focal

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relating to a focus

22
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provocateur

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someone that provokes trouble, dissension (discord)

23
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artifice

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device to trick

24
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grovel (gruh-vel)

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To humble oneself or to lie or crawl facing downward because of fear.

25
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tenet

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Any opinion

26
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ardent (ard-int)

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passionate

27
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dovetailed

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to join or fit together in harmony.

28
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ingratiating (in-gray-she-ate)

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To establish in good grace

29
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Deride

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To laugh at in scorn

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