SEM 2 vocab 1-3 Flashcards by Carmela Mussari

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the hero of the story

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archetype

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pride

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hubris

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describing something that becomes popular on the internet

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meme

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cheerful personaility

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sanguine

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fearfulness/anxiety

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trepidation

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successful/lucky

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auspicious

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vanishing in water

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evanescent

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vocab/dictonary, list of words

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lexicon

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mournful/melodramatically awful

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lugubrious

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under/ bring under control

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subjugate

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a bunch of noise at the same time

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cacophony

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lazy/ineffective

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feckless

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a slight difference

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nuance

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weather people

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tempestuous

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fear of the unknown

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xenophobe

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trying new things

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avant-garde

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with one’s identify disguised

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incognito

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oath of silence

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omerta

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annoying others by correcting small errors

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pedantic

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fake flattering

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unctuous

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absolute insanity

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bedlam

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general population

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hoi polloi

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way of viewing reality

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paradigm

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fierce/savage in anger

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truculent

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live through someone else

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vicarious

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something out of place in the current time

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anachronism

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churlish,grumpy, ill tempered person

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curmudegon

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grainy/describes fine level of detail

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granular

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someone who hates people

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misanthrope

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