Set 1 Flashcards by Bernie Ochoa | Brainscape

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Recondite

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Esoteric,

Abstruse

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Ethologist

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Studies animal behavior

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Affective

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Relating to emotions, moods, etc

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Abstruse

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Recondite

Difficult to understand

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Deleterious

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Inimical

Harmful

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Solipsistic

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Self is the only reality

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Chimera

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Fanciful mental illusion

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Specter

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A ghost

Something feared as an unpleasant event

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Meretricious

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Apparently attractive but not having real value or integrity

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Attenuate

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Reduce force, effect, or value of

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Proscribe

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Forbid, especially by law

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Effulgent

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Emanating joy or goodness

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Paradigm

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Also means MODEL

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puerile

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Childishly silly

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Upbraiding

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Castigation

Scolding

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Mores

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Customs

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Enervate

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Weaken

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Denotation

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Direct literal meaning

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Didactic

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Intended to instruct

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Lassitude

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Physical or mental weariness.

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Ratiocination

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Logical reasoning