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Vocab day 9 part 2 Flashcards

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emaciated

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abnormally thin and weak, especially due to some illness.

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efficacy

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efficiency

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effrontery

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shameless boldness

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egoism

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tendency to see things in relation to one self

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egotistical

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excessively self centered

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elegy

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poem expressing lamentation

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elicit

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to draw out, to provoke

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elixir

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a substance believed to have the power to cure every illness

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elysian

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blissful, delightful

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embellish

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to adorn

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emollient

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mollifying

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enervate

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to weaken

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emulate

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to imitate,to copy

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endemic

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belonging to an area

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enunciate

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to pronounce clearly

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entomology

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the scientific study of insects

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enhance

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to improve

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engender

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to cause, to give rise to,
to make happen, to bring into existence.
“learning engenders understanding, hatred engenders vengence”

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encomium

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high praise in a formal way.

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empirical

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based on experiments, something that can be measured physically not just theoretical.

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essay

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  1. short written piece of information,
  2. an attempt, effort, try
    “This was her first essay at something she didn’t worked on before”
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esoteric

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hard to understand, known to only a few

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erudite

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learned, scholarly

“Great erudition does not necessarily mean that a person is sagacious”

24
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errant

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straying from ordinary course

25
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equivocate / equivocation

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to intentionally use vague language

syn: obfuscate

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equable

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  1. not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered.
  2. not varying easily,
    calm, serene, steady
    “the president was equable throughout the crisis”
    “equable and equitable are 2 different words meaning steady and just/fair/impartial respectively”
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equaminity

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calmness, composure

“Emergency nurses and doctors are trained to maintain their equanimity when treating a patient”

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ephemeral

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short lived, fleeting

29
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epistemology

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aye-piss-taye-mology
e-piss-te-mology
1. branch of philosophy

30
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estimable

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possibleto estimate

31
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expatriate

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x-pay-tree-ate

to send into exile

32
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expatiate

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to speak/write at lengths

“every year a famous author is invited to expatiate on the novels”

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exorcise

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to expel evil spirits, to remove bad influence

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existential

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having to do with existence

35
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exigency

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exi-gency-> urgency-> urgent requirements

36
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exculpurate

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ex-culpurate-> he was an ex-culpurate-> to become clear of blame-> ex - blame.

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exact

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adjective :
not approximated in any way; precise.
verb :
demand and obtain (something) from someone.

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exacerbate

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to make worst

39
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exhort

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to strongly encourage someone to do something

40
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execrable

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extremely bad or unpleasant.

syn: atrocious, abhorrent

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eulogy

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high praise

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euphoria

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feeling of extreme happiness

43
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etymology

A

origin and history of a word

44
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ethnocentric

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based on the altitude that one’s group is superior

45
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etiology

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causes or origin

“etiology of mental illness is very difficult as it can develop due to variegated reasons”

46
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eugencies

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study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of human race and alter it.
Eugenics is the scientifically erroneous and immoral theory of “racial improvement” and “planned breeding,”
erroneous-> wrong

47
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euphemism

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use of agreeable o inoffensive language in place of offensive and unpleasant language

48
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euthanasia

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mercy killing.

Euthanasia is the act of deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering.

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evince

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reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate.

“the students answer on the teacher question evinced his ignorance for the subject”

50
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evocation

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The act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind.

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