Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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An act against a holy persons or place
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Sacrilege
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A follower of a person or idea
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Adherent
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Looking back over a period of time
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Retrospective
3
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To turn aside or away
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Deflect
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Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
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Deference
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A moment of great insight; revelation
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Epiphany
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To discuss something with someone else; consult
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Confer
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To fall back into an old condition
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Revert
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Unable to be affected
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Impervious
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A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
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Inference
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Explain or discuss in detail
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Expound
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A dishonest or immoral person; a scoundrel
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Reprobate
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Claimed as true but probably false
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Purported
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A fact or event which can be observed or documented
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Phenomenon
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Not ale to be understood; nonsensical
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Incoherent
