Unit 7 Flashcards
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unfeigned
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not false; genuine
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brazen
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bold; shameless
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cartography
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science of making maps
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Elysian
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delightful; blissful
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itinerant
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wandering from place to place; unsettled
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pellucid
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transparent; easily understood
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dross
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waste; worthless matter
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complacent
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Self-satisfied
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indeterminate
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uncertain; indefinite
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dichotomy
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division into two usually contradictory parts
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nostalgia
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sentimental longing for a past time
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pungent
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penetrating, caustic, to the point
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accrue
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to accumulate; to grow by additions
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grandiloquent
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pompous; bombastic
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welter
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wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil
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transient
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temporary; fleeting
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complement
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something that completes or makes up a whole
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transgression
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act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
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volatile
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tending to vary frequently
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dirge
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funeral hymn
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theocracy
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government by priests representing a god
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
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asperity
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severity; harshness; irritability
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facilitate
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to make less difficult
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maverick
dissenter
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timbre
voice tone color
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reductionist
attempting to explain complex phenomena by simple principles
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chasten
to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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primordial
original; existing from the beginning
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axiomatic
taken for granted; self-evident truth
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maelstrom
whirlpool; turmoil
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contrite
very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness
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renege
to go back on one's word
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anodyne
something that calms or soothes pain
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compliant
yielding
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champion
to defend or support
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contumacious
disobedient; rebellious
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ruse
trick; crafty stratagem
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contend
to assert
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proscribe
to condemn, forbid, outlaw
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suppliant
beseeching
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recalcitrant
resisting authority or control
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luminous
bright; brilliant; glowing
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gregarious
outgoing; sociable
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pedantic
showing off learning
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heuristic
relating to a speculative formulation guiding the investigator or solution of a problem; educational method in which students learn from their own investigation
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simile
comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as",
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bard
poet
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alacrity
cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
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staccato
marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds
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ethnocentric
based on the attitude that one's group is superior
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negate
to cancel out; nullify
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strident
loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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extrinsic
not inherent of essential
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eugenics
study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities
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castigation
punishment; chastisement; criticism
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query
question
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geniality
cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability
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multifarious
diverse
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bawdy
obscene
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resolve
determination, firmness of purpose
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elegy
poem or song expressing lamentation
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salubrious
healthful
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servile
submissive; obedient
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preternatural
supernatural; beyond the normal use of nature
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jaundiced
having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy
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tenet
belief, doctrine
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prohibitive
so high as to prevent the purchase or use of, forbidding
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shard
a piece of broken glass or pottery
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internecine
deadly to both sides
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spectrum
band of color; broad range of related ideas or objects
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incorporate
introduce something into another thing already in existence
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misogynist
one who hates women
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coda
concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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extemporaneous
unrehearsed
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alleviate
to relieve; improve partially
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doctrinaire
dogmatic; unyielding
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heterodox
not widely accepted
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repine
fret, complain
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desuetude
state of disuse
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disseminate
to spread; scatter; disperse
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inertia
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness
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capricious
fickle
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nexus
a means of connection; a center
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Machiavellian
crafty; double-dealing
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stricture
something that restrains, negative criticism
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mundane
worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
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forbearance
patience
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ornithologist
scientist who studies birds
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apex
the highest point
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alloy
a combination; a mixture of two or more metals
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calumny
false and malicious accusation; slander
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plutocracy
society ruled by the wealthy
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aver
to affirm; declare to be true
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litany
lengthy recitation; repetitive chant
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raiment
clothing
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impair
to damage; injure
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perfidious
faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
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supplant
to replace; substitute
