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Unit 4 Flashcards

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Lackluster

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(adj) not shiny; dull, mediocre, lacking brilliance or vitality

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Quandary

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(n) uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma

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Meticulous

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(adj) taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy

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Paucity

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(n) scarcity, the state of being small in number

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daunt

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(v) discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

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Elevate

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(v) raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane

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Inconsequential

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(adj) insignificant, unimportant; illogical

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Mercurial

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(adj) quickly unpredictably changing moods; fickle, flighty

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Quibble

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(v) make trivial arguments or criticisms, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important

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cosmopolitan

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(adj) belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments

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Pristine

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(adj) in an original, pure state; uncorrupted

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Qualified

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(adj) modified, limited, conditional on something else

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Languid

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(adj) drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow; lacking in spirit

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Paradox

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(n) contradiction, or seeming contradiction that is actually true

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apocryphal

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(adj) of questionable authenticity; false

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discredit

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(v) injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in

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Embellish

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(v) decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details

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Pariah

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(n) social outcast, untouchable

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Trifling

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(adj) trivial, not very important; so small as to be unimportant; frivolous, shallow

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Emulate

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(v) copy in an attempt to equal or be better than

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Exponent

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(n) person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative

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Glib

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(adj) fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity

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capricious

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(adj) acting on impulse, erratic

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commensurate

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(adj) the same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional

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Inform

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(v) inspire, animate; give substance, essence, or context to; be the characteristic quality of

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clinch

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(v) make final or settle conclusively; to fasten or hold together

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Status Quo

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(n) existing state or condition

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censure

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(n, v) strong disapproval or official reprimand (noun); to issue such disapproval or reprimand (verb)

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Plastic

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(adj) able to be shaped or formed; easily influenced

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arcane

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(adj) known or understood by only a few; obscure, secret

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counterpoint

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(n) contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art

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Ubiquitous

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(adj) existing everywhere at the same time

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Erudite

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(adj) scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing a deep, often systematic, knowledge

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Futile

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(adj) producing no useful result, ineffective; trivial unimportant

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Spearhead

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(v) be the leader of

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Slight

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(adj, v, n) small, not very important, slender or delicate (adj); treat as though not very important; snub, ignore (verb); an act of treating in this way, a discourtesy (noun)

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advocate

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(v, n) speak or argue in favor of (verb); a person who pleads for a cause or on behalf of another person (noun)

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Intrinsic

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(adj) belonging to the essential nature of a thing

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Unprecedented

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(adj) never before known or seen, without having happened previously

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Virtual

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(adj) existing only in the mind or by means of a computer network; existing in results or in essence but not officially or in name

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Erroneous

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(adj) mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect

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Modest

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(adj) humble; simple rather than showy; decent (esp. “covering up” in terms of dress); small, limited

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Pervasive

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(adj) tending to spread throughout

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Gregarious

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(adj) sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd

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activism

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(n) the practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations

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Potentate

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(n) ruler, person of great power

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alienate

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(v) cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distant

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Timely

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(adj) well-timed, happening at a suitable time

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Tenuous

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(adj) long and thin, slender; flimsy, having little substance

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Intractable

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(adj) difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure; stubborn

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Lavish

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(adj, v) abundant or giving in abundance; marked by excess (adj); give very generously (verb)

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Prohibitive

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(adj) tending to forbid something, or serving to prevent something

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Underscore

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(v) emphasize (or, literally, to underline text)

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Table

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(v) lay aside to discuss later, often as a way to postpone discussion indefinitely

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Scant

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(adj) not enough or barely enough

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Pragmatic

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(adj) practical; dealing with actual facts and reality

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clamor

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(v) noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud, continuous noise

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deleterious

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(adj) harmful, unhealthy

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Placate

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(v) satisfy or calm down (angry or dissatisfied person), esp. by conciliatory gestures

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Profound

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(adj) very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive intense, “down to the very bottom;” at the very bottom

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Enigma

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(n) puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person

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Moreover

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(adv) besides; in addition to what was just stated

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Whimsical

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(adj) marked or motivated by whims (odd, fanciful ideas); erratic, unpredictable

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counterproductive

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(adj) defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal

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Extrapolate

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(v) conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience

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appease (v.)

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pacify, satisfy, relieve; concede to be belligerent demands, sometimes at the expense of principles

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Exculpate

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(v) clear from guilt or blame

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Hearken

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(v) listen, pay attention to

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Permeate

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(v) spread or penetrate throughout

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Solicitous

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(adj) concerned or anxious (about another person), expressing care; eager or desirous; very careful

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Warranted

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(adj) justified, authorized (warrant can mean to justify or a justification, but can also mean to vouch for or guarantee)

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cacophony

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(n) harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

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disjointed

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(adj) disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated

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Kudos

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(n) praise, honor, congratulations

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Heterogeneous

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(adj) different in type, incongruous; composed of different types of elements

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Homogeneous

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(adj) of the same kind; uniform throughout

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ascetic

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(adj, n) abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple like without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons

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cartography

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(n) mapmaking

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dispatch

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(n, v) speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way

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Laudable

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(adj) worthy of praise

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Dormant

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(adj) asleep, inactive, on a break

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Vituperate

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(v) verbally abuse, rebuke or criticize harshly

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Novel

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(adj) new, fresh, original

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Patronizing

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(adj) condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior

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Naive

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(adj) simple and unsophisticated, unsuspecting, lacking worldly experience and critical judgment

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Ranks

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(n) personnel; a group of people considered all together

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Succeeding

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(adj) coming after or following

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Obsolete

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(adj) out of date, no longer in use

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Synchronous

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(adj) happening at the same time; occurring at the same rate and thus happening together repeatedly

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Torpor

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(n) sluggishness, lethargy, or apathy; a period of inactivity

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Mores

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(n) customs, manners, or morals of a particular group

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Sedulous

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(adj) persevering, persistent, diligent in one’s efforts

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Juncture

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(n) critical point in time, such as a crisis or a time when a decision is necessary; a place where two things are joined together

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Partial

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(adj) biased, prejudiced, favoring one over the others; having a special liking for something or someone (usually partial to)

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contextualize

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(v) place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

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Obviate

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(v) prevent, eliminate, or make unnecessary

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eccentric

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(adj) peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm esp. in a whimsical way

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Eulogy

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(n) speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at a funeral

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Pathological

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(adj) relating to or caused by disease; relating to compulsive bad behavior

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Levity

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(n) lightness (of mind, spirit, or mood) or lack of seriousness, sometimes in an inappropriate way

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