Quiz 2 Flashcards

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Animosity

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Noun - hostility or hatred

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Animus

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Noun - hostility or hatred

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Annals

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Noun - historical records

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Anthology

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Noun - collection of poems or other sources of writing

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Apprise

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Vb - to inform or tell or notify

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Approbation

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Noun - approval or praise

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Apt

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Noun - appropriate circumstances
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likely to do something

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Arbiter

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Noun - someone who settles a dispute

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Archetype

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Noun - a typical example of something

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Arid

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Adj - having little or no rain
OR
lacking interest

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Aristocracy

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Noun - highest class in certain societies

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Armistice

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Noun - agreement made by opposing sides in a war; truce

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Artful

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Adj - clever or skillful

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Artisan

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Noun- worker in a skilled trade especially one that involves making things by hand

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Askance

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Adv - with an attitude or look of suspicion/disapproval

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Asseverate

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Vb - to affirm positively

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Asylum

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Noun - protection or refuge

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Anecdote

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Noun - a short or interesting story about something that actually happened

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Antidote

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Noun - medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison

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Anachronism

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Noun - something belonging to a different time period in which it exists