WWW23 Flashcards by Andrea Mast | Brainscape

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tangible

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touchable

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pedagogue

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teacher

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cacaphony

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bad noise

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congenital

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at birth

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acronym

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word from initial letters

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androgynous

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masculine and feminine

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demagogue

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leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals

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preclude

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prevent

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sacrosanct

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sacred

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cryptologist

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code breaker

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prescience

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foreknowledge

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ethnocentrism

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racial or cultural prejudice

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abrogate

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to abolish, do away with

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recant

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to withdraw or disavow a statement

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loquacious

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talkative

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revoke

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cancel

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disputatious

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argumentative

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pugnacious

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combative

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intercede

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mediate

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incisive

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sharp, cutting

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circumscribed

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limited

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diatribe

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abusive criticism

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enumerate

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to list or count

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anomoly

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abnormality

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egocentric

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self-centered