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Week 6 words Flashcards

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Aggregate

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(v) To gather together
(n) Formed by the collection of smaller parts

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Didactic

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(adj) Designed to teach or instruct
(adj) Intended for moral education
(adj) Excessively given to lecturing or moralizing

A boring, didactic speaker

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Censure

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(v) To criticize or express disapproval, often formally

The newspaper were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.

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Anarchy

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(n) A state of lawlessness, without government oversight or authority

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Incipient

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(adj) Coming into existence or beginning to appear; in an initial stage

An incipient cold

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Incursion

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(n) An invasion, raid, or hostile entrance of another’s territory
(n) The act of entering

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Engender

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(v) To give rise to, create, or cause
(v) To beget or propagate - reproduce/cause to multiply

Hatred engenders violence

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Autonomous

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(adj) Independent, self-governing
(adj) Existing or capable of functioning independently, without reliance on others

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Equanimity

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(n) Calmness; mental or emotional stability under stress; balance

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Indeterminate

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(adj) Vague or uncertain; not precisely fixed or established
(adj) Having an infinite number of solutions

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Corrugated

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(adj) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated** cardboard)
(adj) Wrinkled, as in the skin or face

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Unseemly

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(adj) Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste; inappropriate for time and place

an unseemly hour

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Indigence

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(n) utter poverty, without comfort

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Indigenous

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(adj) Native to or naturally occurring in a region or environment
(adj) Innate or natural

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Sentient

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(adj) Conscious, experiencing feeling or sensation

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Esoteric

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(adj) Understood by or inteded for only a select group, often of poeple with specialized knowledge
(adj) Confidential

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Chicanery

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(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery

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Estimable

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(adj) Worthy of esteem or admiration
(adj) Capable of being estimated

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Aberrant

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(adj) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior
(adj) Deviaating from the normal or expected type, atypical

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Crass

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(adj) Crude, gross, and unrefined, lacking in discrimination
(adj) Excessively materialistic or base

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Ingrate

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(n) An ungrateful person

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Craven

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(adj) Cowardly or contemptibly fearful

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Anomaly

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(n) Deviation from the norm; irregularity
(n) Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm

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Avid

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(adj) Urgently, keenly desirous, the point of greed
(adj) Marked by enthusiam or voracious interest

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Coalesce

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(v) To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse

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Summaritly

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(adv) Immediately, in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice

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Insularity

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(n) The state or quality of being insular, especially the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community

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Extenuating

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(adj) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something

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Cryptic

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(adj) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying
(adj) Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher

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Tirade

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(n) An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant

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Damp

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(v) To deaden - make less energetic; hold back or retard the energy of; stifle, suffocate, restrain

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Tout

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(v) To solicit business, votes, etc., in a persistent or annoying way
(v) To describe or advertise boastfully; promote or praise excessively

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Fallacious

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(adj) Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy; Misleading or delusive

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Pragmatic

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(adj) Practical; dealing in facts or real-world occurrences rather than theory or ideals

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Debacle

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(n) An utter disaster, collapse, or failure
(n) A rout or violent downfall

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Tribute

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(n) A gift, service, or other demonstration of gratitude, admiration, or affection
(n) Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic
(n) Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange

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Inundate

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(v) To cover in water, as in a flood or torrential rain
(v) To overwhelm

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Turbulence

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(n) Violent commotion or disorder

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Inveigle

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(v) To lure, induce, or win over by using flatter

(V) To obtain by flattery or coaxing

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Ferment

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(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation (to age food)
2. To excite or agitate; to foment
(n) A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult (“The political ferment may lead to revolt”)

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Alacrity

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(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness

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Fetid

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(adj) Offensive-smelling

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Decorous

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(adj) Dignified, correct, or proper in manner or conduct

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Jabber

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(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsesically

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Jibe

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(v) To be in harmony, agree

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Gibe

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(v) To jeer, taunt, deride; (n) A mocking or sarcastic remark

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Jocular

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(adj) Characterized by or given to playful jesting; jolly

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Vituperative

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(adj) Characterized by tendency to censure, condemn, or verbally abuse

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Labile

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(adj) Apt or likely to change

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