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VOCAB NOTEBOOK PT2 Flashcards

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emancipated

“sounded… emancipated statement to white people… laughter and bitterness and scorn… statement was greeted”

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to free from bondage

verb

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pretensions

“if american pretensions were based on more honest assessments of life”

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a claim or an effort to establish a claim

noun

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feeblemindedness

“how stupid do you figure? Yes… deeply annoyed… your feeblemindedness”

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impairment in intellectual ability

noun

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invariably

“text at the bottom invariably”

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ALWAYS

adverb

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admonishes

“invariably admonishes: professional driver on closed course”

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to say something as advice or a warning

verb

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litigious

“in these litigious days, it is not… judgement”

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disputatious, contentious

adj

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inconceivable

“its not inconceivable that a corpoation might wind up paying”

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unbelievable

adj

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liquefying

“he reads that warning, and instead of liquefying himself”

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reduced to a liquid state

verb

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procreate

“he survives. to procreate”

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reproduce

verb

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unsubstantiated

“showing Jonnel and me looking at one another… fond but unsubstantiated pride”

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not proven to be true

adj

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commodity

“boy or girl before twelve years old is no salable commodity”

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something useful or valued

noun

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fricassee

“equally serve in a fricassee”

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a dish of pieces of meat

noun

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excursions

“chronical of several excursions… satiric anatomy… english attitudes and values”

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deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course

noun

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peepshows

“seen… popular diversions… peepshows… enclosed boxes”

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an entertainment or object that is viewed through a small opening

noun

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spectacles

“public entertainment, shows, spectacles, and exhibitions”

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detects of vision

noun

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whereof

“twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males”

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of which

conj

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nutriment

“the charge of nutriment”

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nutrient

noun

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seldom

“that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage”

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rare

adj

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plentifully

“to let them suck plentifully in the last month”

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containing plenty

adj

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fore

“the fore or hind quarter”

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occupies a front position

noun

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detriment

“failed to… change… continue to emphasize information retention… student’s detriment”

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injury/damage

noun

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regurgitated

“names, dates and places must be regurgitated for history tests”

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become thrown or poured back

verb

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recite

“they can recite the periodic table”

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repeat from memory

verb

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adequate

“majority of students who deserve adequate preparation for their near future”

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sufficient for a need

adj

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autonomy

“gievs students autonomy over their education”

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self-governing

noun

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inadequacies

“systemic inadequacies to be solved”

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insufficient

noun

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antiquated

“allow antiquated practice to govern”

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old and no longer useful

adj

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overhaul

“school system requires a complete overhaul in order… solved”

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examine thoroughly

noun

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perpetuate

“not happen if we sit by and perpetuate… affairs”

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last indefinitely

verb

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fodder

“judgements from the fodder of misinformation”

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readily available material used to supply a heavy demand

noun

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marvels

“Eight?” kelly marvels”

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to be filled with surprise, wonder

verb

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porousness

“vaughn discuss the porousness of wool”

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capable of being penetrated

noun

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organist

“a scottish organist”

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person who plays the organ

noun

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ousted

“herning was outsed from the Guinness… by”

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to be removed

verb

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nuances

“ignores the many nuances of language learning”

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a subtle distinction of variation

noun

36
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monetize

“inclined to believe… perform or monetize their skills”

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to coin into money, source of profit

verb

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polyglot

“advanced language skills… polyglot”

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speaking or writing several languages

adj

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hyperpolyglot

“distinguishes polyglots and hyperpolyglots from the rest of us”

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speaks 6 or more languages

adj

39
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monolingual

“fundamentally different from monolingual brains like mine”

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using only one language

adj

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amassing

“in the years of vaughn spent amassing languages”

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to collect into a mass:GATHER

verb

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profound

“discrimination has a profound effect”

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intensity of feeling or quality

adj

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premise

“although outcome is the same, the premise is reversed”

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base an argument, theory or undertaking on

verb

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sixpence

“cheque for one pound ten shillings and sixpence”

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british monetary equal to six pennies

noun

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disquiet

“nothign may disturb or disquiet the mysterious nosings”

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disturb, alarm

verb

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looming

“civil servant… obstacles… looming in her way”

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to take shape as an impending occurrence

verb

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constituted

“if there was a draught… so constituted that she never had a mind… of her own”

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set up, established

verb

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deadening

“correlating… attributes to a group… results in the same deadening”

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causing a loss of force

noun

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cheque

“containing a cheque… one pound ten shillings”

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check

noun

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conciliate

“openly by women, they must charm, they must conciliate”

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appease, reconcile

verb

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despatched

“always creeping back when I thought I had despatched her”

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dispatch, british spelling

noun

51
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retrograde

“1937, 1950 and 1959 - can seem painfully retrograde”

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archaic, old

adj

52
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preliminary

“disney princess research is still in its preliminary stages”

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something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory

noun

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ample

“created over 50 years ago, they give ample opportuinity for women”

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generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement or need

adj

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linguist

“data come from linguist… analyze all the dialogue”

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one who speaks several languages

noun

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pioneered

“pioneered a new style of disney movie”

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to originate or take part in development of

verb

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ingrained

“add a guard… a man. I think thats just really ingrained in our culture”

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firmly fixed or established; difficult to change

adj

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frilly

“rennaissance-era movies being not your average frilly princess films”

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decorated with frills or similar ornamentation

adj

58
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discourse

“what the princess is going to be like, and always its a feminist discourse”

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social familiarity

noun

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ensemble

“modeled after broadway musicals, with their large ensemble casts”

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emphasizing the roles of all performers as a whole rather than a star performance

adj

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predecessors

“unlike her predecessors… who thinks and acts independently”

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ancestor

noun

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