Session 44 Flashcards

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Simulation

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Pretending to be genuine article by taking on a similar appearance
Copying the real thing

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Dissimulation

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concealmentof one’s thoughts, feelings, or character; pretence.

“an attempt at dissimulation”

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Dissemble

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concealordisguiseone’s true feelings or beliefs
“she smiled, dissembling her true emotion”

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4
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Elevate

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to move somebody/something to a higher place or more important position

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5
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Levitation

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the rising or lifting of a person or thing as if by magic.

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Levity

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behaviour or speech showing a lack of respect for something serious or treating a serious matter with humour

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Ambivalent

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having or showing a mixture of feelings or opinions about something or somebody

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8
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Oscillate

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to keep moving from one position to another and back again

to keep changing from one extreme of feeling or behaviour to another, and back again

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Levitate

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to move somebody/something up from the ground so that they stay in the air without any support by using special mental or magical powers; to rise in this way

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