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Vocab Week 7 Flashcards

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Annex (n)

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A building which is in addition to an existing building

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Censure

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Blame

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Didactic

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Intended to teach, instructive

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Extrinsic

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Irrelevant; on the outside

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant; insignificant; negligible

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Malediction

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A curse

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Panacea

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A remedy for ills

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Prevaricate

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A remedy for ills

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Scuttle

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Sink

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Unfrock

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To remove a priest from his position

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Annex (v)

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Take possession of; seize; capture

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Cerebral

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Intellectual

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Diffident

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Lacking confidence

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Fallacious

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False

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Inconspicuous

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Not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable

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Malefactor

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A wrong-doer

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Paradigm

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  1. Example; 2. Model; 3. Way of looking at things
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Seminary

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An institution in which priests are trained

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Unprecedented

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Never having happened before

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Geocentric

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Having or relating to the Earth as a center

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Anthropomorphic

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Having human characteristics

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Genetics

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Study of genes

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Cryptic

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Having a meaning that is mysterious

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Anthropoid

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Resembling a human being in form

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Geriatrics

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The branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people

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Pyrotechnics

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The art of making or displaying fireworks

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence as opposed to God or animals

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Asteroids

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Any of the small planets between Mars and Jupiter

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Exotic

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Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country

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Dyspeptic

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Of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression

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Archaic

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Very old or old-fashioned

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Chronic

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An illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

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Demoniac

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Of, like or characteristic of a demon or demons

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Eupeptic

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Having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits

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Catholic

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A person’s taste including a wide variety of things; all embracing

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Eugenic

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The science of improving human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics

38
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Anesthetic

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A substance that induces insensitivity to pain

39
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Cyclic

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Occurring in circles; regularly repeated

40
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Amnesia

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Loss of memory

41
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Anamnesis

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The remembering of things

42
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Anesthesia

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Without feeling

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Paresthesia

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An abnormal sensation, tingling or prickling

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Anti-Christian

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Against Christianity

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Ante-Christian

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Before Christianity

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Antiseptic

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Substances that prevent the growth of disease causing micro organisms

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Aseptic

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Without disease causing micro organisms

48
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Hypocritical

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Less critical

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Hypercritical

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Over critical

50
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Immoral

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Against morals when you know what they are

51
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Amoral

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Without morals because you don’t know what morals are

52
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Supersonic

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A speed greater than sound

53
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Hypersonic

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A speed five times greater than sound

54
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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Embolism

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Obstruction of an artery

56
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Sympathy

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Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune

57
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Empathy

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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another

58
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Synonym

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A word with the same or near same meaning as another

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Homonym

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A word with the same spelling but different meaning as another

60
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Angst

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A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or state of the world in general

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