Week 10 Flashcards

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Juxtaposition

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The act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison (a obvious difference between two things)

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Kudos

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Praise for an archivemet

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Languid

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Sluggish from fatigue or weakness

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Libertarian

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Advocating principles of liberty and free will

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Magnanimous

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Noble, generous

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or transformed

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Modicum

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Small amount of something

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Nadir

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The lowest point of something

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Nefarious

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Heinously, villainous

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Obdurate

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Unyielding to persuasions or moral influences

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Oblivious

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Lacking consciousness or awareness of something

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Pacific

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Soothing

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Palatable

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Agreeable to taste or sensibilities

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Quagmire

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A difficult situation

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Quandary

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A perplexed, unresolvable state

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Querulous

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Whiny, complaining

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Rancid

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Having a terrible state or smell

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Rapport

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Mutual understanding and harmony

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Saccharine

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Sickeningly sweet

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Salient

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Significant, conspicuous