Unit 11 Flashcards

1
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(adj) having or showing good judgment

A

judicious

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2
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(v) to settle a dispute or argument

A

adjudicate

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3
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(adj) not concerned about morality

A

amoral

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4
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(n) attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws

A

mores

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5
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(adj) gloomy; bad-tempered

A

morose

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6
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(v) to make up for doing wrong

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expiate

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7
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(adj) lacking respect for what should be worshipped

A

impious

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8
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(v) to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose

A

consecrate

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9
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(adj) very bad; hateful

A

execrable

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10
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(adj) so scared or revered as to be off-limits

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sacrosanct

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11
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(n) clever trickery; deception

A

artifice

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12
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(adj) without strategy or deceit; naive

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artless

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13
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(adj) not having power to move; slow to act

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inert

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14
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(n) an image that best represents something; a symbol

A

icon

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15
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(n) a person who attacks or mocks things most people believe in

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iconoclaust

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16
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(n) the study of a group of representative pictures and symbols

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iconography

17
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(v) to seek to be like; to admiringly mimic

A

emulate

18
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(adj) impossible to imitate or copy

A

inimitable

19
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(n) one who supplies or sells

A

purveyor

20
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(n) a clause or statement that gives instructions for a potential event or situation

A

proviso

21
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(n) range of skills or authority; capability

A

purview