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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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fallow

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plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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mesmerize

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to hypnotize

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minatory

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threatening; menacing

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piquant

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pleasantly pungent; attractive

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froward

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stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

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grouse

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to complain

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inherent

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firmly established by nature or habit

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officious

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too helpful; meddlesome

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errant

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mistaken; straying from the proper course

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impede

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to hinder; block

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undulating

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moving in waves

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beneficent

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kindly; doing good

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enunciate

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to pronounce clearly

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vivisection

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dissection; surgery or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research

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amalgamate

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to combine into a unified whole

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idolatry

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idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

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propriety

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correct conduct, fitness

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lambaste

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to trash verbally or physically

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exhort

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to urge by strong appeals

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flag

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to droop; grow weak

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hieroglyphics

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a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meanings or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher

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monolithic

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solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

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machinations

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plots or schemes

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salutary

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expecting an improvement; favorable to health

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extirpate

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to root up; to destroy

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qualm

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sudden feeling of faintness or nausea

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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simian

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apelike; relation to apes

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caucus

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smaller group within an organization

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microcosm

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a small system having analogies to a larger system

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perigee

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point in an orbit that is closest to the earth

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avocation

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secondary occupation

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convivial

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sociable

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evocative

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tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

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debauchery

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corruption

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plethora

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excess; overabundance

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carping

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to find fault; complain

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categorical

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absolute; without exception

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gauche

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coarse and uncouth; clumsy

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inadvertently

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carelessly; unintentionally

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gambol

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to frolic; leap playfully

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relegate

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to consign to an inferior position

43
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taxonomy

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science of classification

44
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elixir

A

a substance believed to have the power to cure ills

45
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vitiate

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to impair the quality of; corrupt morally

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ostentatious

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showy; pretentious

47
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fervor

A

warmth and intensity of emotion

48
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impervious

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incapable of being affected; impossible to penetrate

49
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default

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to fail to act

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distend

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to expand; swell out

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prattle

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meaningless, foolish talk

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truculence

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aggressiveness, ferocity

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amenable

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agreeable; cooperative; suited

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invective

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verbal abuse

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credo

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statement of belief or principle; creed

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singular

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unique, extraordinary, odd

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vexation

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irritation; annoyance

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discomfit

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to make uneasy; disconcert

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supersede

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to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated

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archeology

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the study of material evidence of past human life

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engender

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to cause; produce

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tenuous

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weak, insubstantial

63
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anarchy

A

absence of government; state of disorder

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striated

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marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels

65
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concoct

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to invent

66
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mettlesome

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full of courage and fortitude

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apogee

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the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point

68
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deride

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to mock

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inveigle

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to win over by flattering or coaxing

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sidereal

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relating to the stars

71
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intimate

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marked by close acquaintance

72
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conscript

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a person compulsorily enrolled for military service

73
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lustrous

A

shining

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neologism

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new word or expression

75
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incarnate

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having bodily form

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guile

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deception or trickery

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aggregate

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amounting to a whole; total

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churlish

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rude; boorish

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gerrymander

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to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

80
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fiat

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arbitrary order; authorization

81
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inveterate

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confirmed; long standing

82
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placid

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calm

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insouciant

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indifferent; lacking concern or care (nonchalant)

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petulant

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rude; peevish

85
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clairvoyant

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one who can predict the future; psychic

86
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celestial

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concerned with sky or heavens; sublime

87
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minutia

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petty details

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miscellany

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mixture of writings on various subjects

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phlegmatic

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unemotional; calm in temperament

90
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diaphanous

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transparent; vague; insubstantial

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gullible

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easily deceived

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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continence

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self-control; abstention from sexual activity

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indigence

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poverty

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partisan

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one-sided; committed to a party

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propensity

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inclination, tendency

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dissident

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person who disagrees about beliefs

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discrepancy

A

difference between

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rubric

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protocol, title or heading

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codify

A

to systematize

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