Unit One Vocab Flashcards

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Edification

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Improvement or enlightenment

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Discomfit

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To embarrass and confuse

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Malfeasance

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Misconduct or wrongdoing; especially by a public official

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Feasible

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Capable of being accomplished

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Surfeit

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Condition of being too full; overabundance

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Magnum opus

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The greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer

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Modus operandi

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Manner of working

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Opulent

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Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent

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Synergy

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The power that results from the combination of two or more forces

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Liturgy

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A pattern of prayer or worship

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Lethargy

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A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy

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Laborious

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Requiring mental or physical effort

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Belabor

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  1. To discuss in too much detail

2. To attack

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Elaborate

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To explain in greater detail

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Fac

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To make, do

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Opus

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Work; or wealth, power, resource

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Erg

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Work

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Labor

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Work