The Student Vocab (180-189) Flashcards

Learn words from Michael Roth's *The Student*

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aberration

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(n)
something/someone that departs from what is normal, usual, or expected

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truncate

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(v)
to shorten the duration/extent of

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pedagogical

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(adj)
of/relating to teaching/education

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civic

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(adj)
relating to the duties/activities of a person/people in relation to a city or town

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itinerant

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(adj)
traveling from place to place

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rectitude

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(n)
morally correct behavior/thinking; righteousness

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punctilious

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(adj)
showing great attention to detail or proper behavior

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8
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chide

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(v)
to speak out in anger; to voice disapproval; to scold/rebuke

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tumult

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(n) great confusion; a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

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extricate

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(v)
to free/remove something from difficulty/entanglement

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