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Vocabulary #8 Flashcards

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Existential

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Of or relating to existence

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Civic

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Of or relating to a city; municipal

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Preeminent

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Surpassing of others; superior

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Acerbic

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Sour or astringent in taste; harsh or severe, as of temper or expression

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Flippant

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Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness

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Phallocentric

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Dominated by male attitudes

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Falsifiable

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Able to be altered or represented falsely; able to be proven false.

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Logocentric

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Excessive faith in the meanings of words or their specific usages.

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Tautological

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A needlessly repetitive phrase that doesn’t add information or clarity; (especially in logic) defined in terms of itself: “survival of the fittest.”

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Anthropocentric

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Regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe.

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Supercilous

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Arrogantly disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression

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Heathen

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A member of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible

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Shrill

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High-pitched and piercing

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Compunction

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A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.

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Fervent

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Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc; ardent

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Vindicate

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To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion. To afford justification for; justify

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Visceral

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Characterised by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect

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Temperance

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Moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.

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Destitution

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Lack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty.

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Idolatry

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Excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.

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Brevity

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The quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: brief

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Perspicacious

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Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning

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Tranquil

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Free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm

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Fain

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Gladly; willingly:

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Vainglory

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Boastfulness or Vanity

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Denigrate

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To speak damagingly of; criticise in a derogatory manner; sully; defame

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Stately

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Majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, dignified.

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Prepossessing

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That impresses favourably; engaging or attractive

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Countenance

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Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face:

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Affliction

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A state of pain, distress, or grief; misery

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Rambunctious

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Difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous

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Penchant

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A strong inclination, taste, or liking for something

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Archetype

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The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.

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Antipodal

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Opposite

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Inductive

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Of, relating to, or employing logical induction; serving to induce; leading or influencing

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Contemporaneous

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Living or occurring during the same period of time

36
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Burlesque

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To make ridiculous by mocking representation.

37
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Carouse

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To engage in drunken revel

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Ethnocentric

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Demonstrating a belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture; viewing other ethnic or cultural groups through the lens of one’s own.

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Diaspora

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Any group migration or flight from a country or region.

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Intersubjective

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Comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.

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Antiquated

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Continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned:
No longer used; obsolete or obsolescent:

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Kleptocracy

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In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favours from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates.

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Inculcate

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To implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly

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Rapturous

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Full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.

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Zealous

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Fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.

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Conjecture

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The formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.

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Obfuscation

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The act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

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Teleological

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The doctrine that final causes exist. The study of the evidences of design or purpose in nature.

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Brazen

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Shameless

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