Vocab day 8 part 1 Flashcards

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impute

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syn : assign, attribute, ascribe, accredit, chalk up, credit, lay, put down.
: to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
“primatologist generally impute relatively high intelligence to chimpanzees based on their ability to recognize themselves in a mirror.”

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imprecations

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a spoken curse.

“I pushed my way through, screaming imprecations”

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implode

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to burst inwards, extreme contraction, extreme suppression.
: to break down or fall apart from within : SELF-DESTRUCT

Explode -> burst outwards.

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implicit

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understood but not explicitly implied
syn : tacit
“ Imply is a synonym for insinuate, but insinuate has more of a negative connotation than imply.”

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plausible

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superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
“That plausible but the whole story is eomthing else”

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implausible

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unlikely, unbelievable

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7
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implacable

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impossible to please

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8
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impinge

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to strike

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impervious

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impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected

Syn : impermeable, impenetrable, resistant

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impermeable

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impossible to penetrate

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imperturbable

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unable to be upset or excited; calm. not easily disturbed

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12
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idolatry

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idol worship

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13
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hyperbole

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purposeful exaggeration

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14
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ideologies

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ideas and beliefs

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15
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iconoclast

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attacking beliefs and tranditions

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impecunious

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poor, having little to no money

Syn : penury, penurious, indigent, destitute, insolvent, impoverished.

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impede

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to hinder, block

“If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult”

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impassive

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showing no emotion

19
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immutability

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unchangeable

20
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igneous

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like the rock, volcanic rock are called igneuos rocks,

: produced with fire.

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imbroglio

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complicated situation

22
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homogeneous

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uniform in composition, composed of identical parts

23
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homily

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: a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme,short sermon

Syn : sermon, lecture,lesson, preachment, harangue, oration.

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homeostasis

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automatic maintainence

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histrionic
exaggerated emotions in a controlled manner for stage or performance. Syn : theatrical, melodrama, thespian
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hirsute
covered in hairs, | chimps and human are almost similar except former is hirsute
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hieroglyphics
: written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters. like carving on the old archeological sites.
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heterodox
unorthodox
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herbivorous
plant eating animal
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harrowing
terrifying
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harangue
long speech, triade
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hallowed
holy, sacred
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halcyon
calm
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gullible
easily deceived
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gustatory
affecting the sense of taste
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guise
like the word "disguise" , outwards appearence,
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guileless
artless, ingenious, naive, truthful, free from cunning, credulous,
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grouse
to complain
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grandiloquent
pompous, bombastic language / words
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gregarious
sociable
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gainsay
to deny , contradict. Oppose "There is no doubt that their work makes a useful contribution, but it does not provide enough evidence to gainsay the conclusions of earlier scholars."
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garrulous
very talkitive
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glib
fluent in an insincere way