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Red Reading 14-15 Flashcards

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apathetic

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Feeling or showing little emotion

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forerunners

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One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.

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ascribed

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assigned to a person by society without regard for the person’s unique talents or characteristics

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unorthodox

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Breaking with convention or tradition

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garbled

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Confused, mixed up

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archaic

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ancient; old-fashioned

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congratulatory

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expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone’s success or good fortune

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melancholic

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characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

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contemptuous

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Scornful

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impartial

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Having no bias or favor

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lamented

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mourned or grieved for

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pretentious

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(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one’s skill or abilities, ambitious

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jovial

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Happy

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precocious

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Exceptionally early in development or occurrence

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avaricious

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Greedy

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divests

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reduce or dispose of

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augments

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expand

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treachery

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Perfidy, Betrayal of trust

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extrication

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The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

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construed

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interpreted

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portent

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Ominous

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translucency

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varying degrees of light passing through and being absorbed by an object

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variance

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A measure of difference

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predilection

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a predisposition in favor of something

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qualms

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Feelings of doubt

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inferiority

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A pattern of avoiding feelings of inadequacy rather than trying to overcome their source.

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reticent

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silent; reserved

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garrulous

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talkative

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noncommittal

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(adj.) Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no

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effusive

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gushing; excessively demonstrative

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forbode

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to predict or foretell

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quagmires

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soft, muddy areas that are easy to sink into

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deteriorate

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(v.) to lower in quality or value; to wear away

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ameliorate

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To improve

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lull

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Soothe or cause to fall asleep (as in lullaby); quite down; make to feel secure, sometimes falsely (v); a period of calm o quite (n)

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anticlimax

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A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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abhorrent

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Very repugnant; hateful.

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meticulous

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extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking

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disheveled

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Messy

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idiosyncracy

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an odd, unusual, or peculiar behavior

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envisage

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To form a mental picture

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requisite

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(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensabl

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causation

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A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable.

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desultory

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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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pragmatic

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practical, as opposed to idealistic

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inoculating

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the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity

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intangibles

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things that cannot be realized or defined

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indiscernible

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Difficult or impossible to discern or perceive

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indigant

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filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

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perplexity

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innate

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figurative

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cannot be taken literally

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flops

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debilitated

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erudtion

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deep, extensive learning

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voluble

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talkative; speaking easily; glib

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disparage

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credulous

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too trusting; gullible

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mawkish

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excessively sentimental

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mutable

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Changeable

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incongruities

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things or ideas that are not in agreement with each other or are not compatible

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contemptuous

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demure

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Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

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subverts

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undermines the power and authority of (an established system or institution)

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repudiated

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denigrated

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Belittled, degraded, decried

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ennui

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(n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

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affable

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(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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resilient

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(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

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seclusion

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(n.) the state of being private and away from other people

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fraudulence

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n. Deceitfulness

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reiteration

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repetition of an idea using different words, often for emphasis or other effect

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intricacy

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complexity

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miniscule

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Extremely small

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middling

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illusory

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(adj.) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality

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denigrations

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a belittling comment

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edifying

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enlightening

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resolute

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(adj.) bold, determined; firm

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deprecate

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To express disapproval of

81
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divulge

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to disclose something secret

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affront

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conundrum

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A difficult problem

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arduous

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coalesces

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to unite; to come together

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disperses

87
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obtrudes

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to force oneself or one’s ideas upon another; to thrust forward, to eject

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dissipates

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disperse or scatter

89
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simile

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A comparison using like or as

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predilections

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preference

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pseudonym

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(n.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer

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bogus

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(adj.) false, counterfeit

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duplicitous

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Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech

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parable

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A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life and told in a simple story or riddle; it uses comparisons to teach

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derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule

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deity

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A god or goddess

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scanty

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Meager; insufficient

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preeminently

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above all; most importantly

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disdain

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Intense dislike

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resolute

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(adj.) bold, determined; firm

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menagerie

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collection of animals

102
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enmity

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