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MC Vocab Test #1 Flashcards

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Indicative

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Showing, signifying, or pointing out

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Exposition

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A large-scale public exhibition/show; the act of explaining; writing or speech primarily intended to convey info or to explain

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Ambiguous

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Open to or having several meanings or interpretations; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify

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Cynicism

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Distrusting, disparaging, or contemptuous disposition

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Interpolation

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The act of introducing between other things or parts

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Extraneous

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Introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign

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Solemnity

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The character of being grave, sober, or mirthless

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Fallacious

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Logically unsound

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Derivation

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The act or fact of receiving or obtaining from a source or origin; the act of reaching or obtaining by reasoning

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Conspicuous

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Easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable

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Faulty

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Having a defect or imperfection

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Ascertain

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To find out definitively; learn with certainty or assurance; determine

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Definitively

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Most reliable or complete; serving to define

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Assertion

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A positive statement or declaration often without support or reason

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Nostalgia

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A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life

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Discursive

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Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition

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Abstractions

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An abstract or general idea or term; an impractical idea

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Merits

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Claim to respect and praise; something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation

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Nomenclature

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A set or system or names of terms, as those used in a particular science or art; the names or terms comprising a set or system

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Blatant

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Brazenly obvious; flagrant

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Disparate

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Distinct in kind; essentially different

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Fluted

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Fine, clear, and mellow; having grooves or the like

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Caduceus

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The staff carried by Mercury as messenger of the gods; a representation of this staff used as an emblem of the medical profession

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Cornucopia

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A horn containing food, drink, etc.; an abundant, overflowing supply

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Grotesque

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Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance; or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms

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Emulation

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Effort or desire to equal or excel others; jealous rivalry

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Aesthetics

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The branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, the etc.; the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty

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Abstract

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Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances

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Innate

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Existing in one from birth; inborn; inherent in the essential character of something

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Ornamentation

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The act of adding an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something it which it is added or of which it is a part

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Footnote

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An explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page

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Appropriate

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Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.

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Bounded

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Having bounds or limits

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Empirical

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Derived from or guided by experience or experiment

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Satiety

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The state of being satisfied

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Treatise

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A formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay

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Disillusion

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To free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant

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Digression

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A passage or section that deviates from the central them in speech or writing; the act of deviating from the main topic or purpose

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Contemptuous

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Showing or expressing disdain; scornful; disrespectful

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Aberration

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The act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course

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Jeremiads

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A prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

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Degeneration

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The process of falling below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deterioration

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Ineluctable

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Incapable of being evaded; inescapable

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Tirade

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A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation

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Prattle

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To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

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Compunction

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A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action

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Homiletic

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Of or pertaining to a sermon, usually on a biblical topic; pertaining to an inspirational saying or cliche

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Prose

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The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure; matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression

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Berate

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To scold: rebuke

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Admonition

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Counsel, advice, or caution

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Facetiously

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Not meant to be taken seriously or literally

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Enumerate

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To mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list

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Allude

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To refer casually or indirectly

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Enunciate

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To utter or pronounce, especially in an articulate or particular manner; to state or declare definitely, as a theory; to announce or proclaim

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Futility

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the quality of being ineffective or useless; a trifle or frivolity

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