Vocab/Roots English Flashcards
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Deference
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Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
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Adherent
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Follower of a person or idea
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Impervious
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Unable to be affected
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Purported
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Claimed as true, but probably false
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Introspective
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Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings
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Incredulous
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Unable to believe something, amazed
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Sacrilege
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An act against a holy person or place
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Epiphany
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A moment of great insight, revelation
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Inference
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A conclusion not directly proved by evidence, but able to be drawn from facts at hand
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Phenomenon
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A fact or event which can be observed or documented
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Sycophant
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A person who flatters: yes-man
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Infinitesimal
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Extremely small
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Retrospective
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Looking backwards over time
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Confer
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1) to discuss something with somebody else
2) to bestow
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Expound
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To explain or discuss in detail
