Unit 3 Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Root:

Sang

A

Blood

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Root:

Plac

A

Make calm

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Root:

Froid

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Cold

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Placid

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Calm, composed

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Sangfroid

A

Calm

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Equanimity

Equanimous

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Composure

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Sanguine

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Cheerful, optimistic

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Sanguinary

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Blood-thirsty

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Propitiate

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Appease, concede, concession

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Propitious

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Favorable

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Auspicious

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Opportune, favorable

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Placate

A

Pacify

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Complacent

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To be so calm as to be self satisfied

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Peremptory

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Imperative
Or
Domineering, high handed

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Dogmatic

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Opinionated

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Smug cluster

A
Smug
Supercilious(contemptuous)
Imperious
Overbearing
Overweening
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Implacable

A

Relentless

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Root:

Chron

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Time

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Chronological

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Arranged in order of occurrence

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Raconteur

A

Witty story teller

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Synchronize

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Occur together, simultaneously

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Chronological

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(N.) record of event
Or
(V.) record in a chronicle

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Chronic

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Habit or condition that lasts for a long time

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Anachronism

A

Something that is not happening in ur s people over time

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Root:

Spec, spic

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See, observe

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Root:

Retro

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Back

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Root:

Intro

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Within

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Retrospect

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Look back

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Introspection

A

Look within

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Perspective

A

A point of view

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Perceptive

A

Very keen, very discerning

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Conspicuous

A

Very easy to see, thus impossible to miss, obvious

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Palpable

A

Conspicuous
Or
Tangible, be able to feel, touch

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Root:

Tact

A

Touch

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Tactile

A

Tangible

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Conspicuous cluster

A
Palpable
Manifest
Ostensible
Blatant
Overt
Patent
Prominent
Salient
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Ostensible

A

Apparent, evident, conspicuous

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Patent

A

Obvious

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Salient

A

Protruding, eye catching

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Circumspect

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Cautious, careful

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Circumspect cluster

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Gingerly
Prudent
Chary 
Wary
Discreet, discretion, discretionary
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Discrete

A

Separate, distinct

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Chary

A

Wary

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Specious

A

Pleasing to the eye but deceptive
Ex:
Specious argument

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Spurious

A

Unauthentic

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Sophistry

A

False argument

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Sophistry

A

Subtlety deceptive reasoning

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Perspicacity

Perspicacious

A

Keenness of mental perception and understanding

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Root:

Per

A

Through

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Perspicacious

A

Lucid, clear, easy to understand

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Root:

Pug

A

Fist

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Pugilist

A

Professional boxer

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Repugnant

A

Repulsive

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Impugn

A

Criticizing accuracy of something

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Root:

Im

A

With

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Probity

A

Honesty, uprightness

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Pugnacious

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Combative

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Combative cluster

A
Contentious
Belligerent
Bellicose
Truculent
Truculence 
Ferocious
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Root:

Bel

A

War

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Truculent

A

Savage, fierce

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Ineluctable

A

Inevitable

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Indelible

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Unforgettable

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Inevitable cluster

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Inescapable
Ineluctable
Indelible