Unit 1-2 Flashcards

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Edification

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Improvement or enlightenment.

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Discomfit

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To embarrass and confuse.

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Malfeasance

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Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

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Feasible

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Capable of being accomplished.

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Surfeit

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Condition of being too full; over abundance.

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Magnum Opus

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The greatest work of an artist.

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Modus Operadi

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Manner of working.

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Opulent

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Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent

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Synergy

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The power that results from the combination of two or more forces.

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Liturgy

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A pattern of prayer or worship.

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Lethargy

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A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy.

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Laborious

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Requiring mental or physical effort.

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Belabor

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  1. To discuss in too much detail

2. To attack

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Elaborate

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To explain in greater detail.

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Stanch

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To stop the flow of.

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Staunch

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Firm and steadfast.

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Extant

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Still in existence; not destroyed.

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Restive

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  1. Resisting authority; difficult to control.

2. Restless; fidgety.

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Apropos

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With regard to.

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Depose

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To remove from office or power.

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Static

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Having no motion or change.

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Ecstasy

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Intense joy or delight.

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Stasis

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Condition in which there is no change.

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Entity

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A being.

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Essence

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The most important ingredient; the crucial element.

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Quintessential

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The most typical, ideal, or important.