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Random Deck 5 Flashcards

1
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Allusion

A

an indirect reference

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Aloof

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uninvolved; standing off

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3
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Altruism

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selflessness; generosity

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Ambience

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atmosphere; mood; feeling

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5
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Ambiguous

A

unclear in meaning; confusing

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6
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Ambivalent

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undecided; neutral

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Bequest

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something left for someone in a will

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Bereft

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deprived or left desolate, especially through death

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Beset

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to harass; to surround

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Blasphemy

A

irreverence, an insult to something held scared; profanity

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11
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Blatant

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unpleasantly or offensive noisy; glaring

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12
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Coalesce

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to come together as on; to fuse

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13
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Coerce

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to force someone to door not to do something

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14
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Cogent

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powerfully convincing

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Cognitive

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dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental

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Cognizant

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aware; conscious

17
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Coherent

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holding together; making sense

18
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Colloquial

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conversational; informal in language

19
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Collusion

A

conspiracy; secret cooperation

20
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Commensurate

A

equal; proportionate

21
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Compelling

A

forceful; causing to yield

22
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Compendium

A

a summary; an abridgement

23
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Disparate

A

different; incompatible; unequal

24
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Disseminate

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to spread the seeds of something

25
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Dissipate

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to thin out, drift away

26
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Dissolution

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the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts

27
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Distend

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to swell; to extend a great deal

28
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Distinguish

A

to tell apart; to cause to stand out

29
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Docile

A

easily taught; obedient

30
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Doctrinaire

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inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

31
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Domestic

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having to do with the household or family; not foreign

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