Unit 14 Flashcards

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bombast

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impressive but meaningless language

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orthography

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correct spelling

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paleontology

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a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils

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recoil

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to retreat, to draw back

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panache

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self confidence, a showy manner

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saturnine

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gloomy, sluggish

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endemic

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confined to a particular country or area

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mendacious

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lying, false, deceitful

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obviate

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to prevent, to get around

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paroxysm

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a sudden outburst, a fit

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aggrandize

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to increase the range of, to expand, to make appear larger

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deign

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to lower oneself before an inferior

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flaunt

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to show off

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14
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shibboleth

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a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group

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elicit

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to draw forth, to call forth

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