Vocabulary Flashcards
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polemical
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Relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech
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effleurer
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To touch lightly or brush again
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epistemic
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relating to knowledge or the degree of validity
4
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gegenschein
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a patch of very faint nebulous light sometimes seen in the night sky opposite the position of the sun. It is thought to be the image of the sun reflected from gas and dust outside the atmosphere.
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scurrilous
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slander, vulger, evil
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myopic
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narrow in perspective and without concern for broader implications
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cerulean
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resembling the blue of the sky
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carte blanche
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the permission to do something however one chooses to do it
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quale (s.), qualia (pl.)
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a quality or property as percieved or experienced by a person
