Vocabulary Builder Deck Flashcards
Congruency
the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent.
Inundated
overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
Parabolic
Parabola: a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity ideally follows a curve of this shape.
Embodiment
a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
synonyms:
personification, incarnation, realization, manifestation, avatar, expression, representation, actualization, symbol, symbolization, materialization.
Berate
scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
Ad hoc
formed, arranged, or done for a particular purpose only.
Avocation
a hobby or minor occupation.
Vehement
showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.
synonyms:
passionate, forceful, ardent, impassioned, heated, spirited, urgent, fervent, violent, fierce, fiery, strong, forcible, powerful, emphatic, vigorous, intense, earnest, keen, enthusiastic, zealous
Archetype
a very typical example of a certain person or thing.
Eg.
“the book is a perfect archetype of the genre”
Allegory
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Incessantly
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Magnificently
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Exemplary
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Countenance
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Bereft
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Pernicious
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Casuistry
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Discourse
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Solipsism
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Filial
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Epigrams
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Aphorisms
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Ballast
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Proletariat
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Prophetic
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Exegetes
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Asunder
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Obfuscating
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Foisted
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Secular
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Evangelical
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Corpus
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Audacity
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Sacerdotal
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Benevolence
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Rectitude
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Praxis
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Salient
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Promethean
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Felicity
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Pernicious
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Divergence
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Ideological
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Totalitarian
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Egalitarian
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Inculcate
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Sophistries
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Authoritarian
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Adumbration
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Idyllic
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Ineradicable
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Follies
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Propensity
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Ignominy
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Assailed
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Indictment
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Malice
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Plebeian
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Plaudits
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Autocracy
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Meagre
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Assiduously
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Propagated
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Wan
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Castigator
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Animadversion
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Hegelian Dialectic
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Vexation
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