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Gre38 Flashcards

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Fervid

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Passionate, intense

Ex) he is known for his fervid devotion to the movement

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Fervor

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열정

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Fetid

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Having a bad smell

The fisherman didn’t like the look of the black and fetid water of the lake

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Fetter

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To bind, confine

The police fettered the suspect

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Fey

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Having a magical or fairy-like quality

The hero meets a fey girl who says nothing and smiles enigmatically

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Fiasco

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Disaster

The party was a fiasco

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Fiefdom

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Estate of a feudal lord; something over which a dominant person or group has control
The principal runs the school like his fiefdom

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Figurative

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Using figures of speech, metaphorical

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Filial

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Pertaining to ason or daughter

Mr.smith’s son took his filial duties seriously

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Finesse

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To handle with deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse that is refinement, in performance
The diplomat was able to finesse the problem

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Plight

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Unpleasant condition

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Colliery

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A coal mine

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Fission

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Splitting into two parts

The first nuclear fission was produced in 1942

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Fitful

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Starting and stopping

I had a fitful sleep last night

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Flag

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Verb) to grow tired, weak, or less enthusiastic

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Florid

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Ruddy; reddish; flowery

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Flout

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To treat scornfully

Don’t flout school regulations

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Flux

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A continuous flowing

Many people treat time as a flux

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Foible

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Minor weakness

John’s foible is his tending to want to take too long to complete tasks

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Foment

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To incite; arouse

The protesters were accused of fomenting revoliution

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Foolhardy

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Rash; heedless

We told them that the plan was foolhardy, but they went ahead with it anyway

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Foreshadow

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To suggest beforehand

The novel foreshadows certain events early in the story

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Forlorn

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Dreary; unhappy; dispairing

After the ship sank there were only three forlorn survivors

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Forswear

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To renounce; repudiate

The country forswears the use of nuclear weapons

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Fracas

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Loud dispute

There was a fracas outside the house last night

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Fractious

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Unruly, rebellious

The president tried to control fractious elements in the party

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Froward

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Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

Even the most experienced trainer has trouble handling the froward colt

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Fulminate

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To attack loudly; denounce

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Fundamentalist

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A person who believes in a literal interpretation of the bible or other holy book

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Funereal

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Mournful

The mood at the school was funereal after we lost the state championship game

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Furor

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General commotion, disorder; frenzy

The arrival of the movie star created a furor

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Furtive

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Sneaky; stealthy

Cheryl keeps stealing furtive glances at peter

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Gaffe

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Social blunder

Jim was so afraid of making a gaffe that he barely spoke to anyone at the party

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Galvanize

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To rouse or stir

The speech galvanized support for the plan

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Gambit

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A stratagem or ploy

The general decided on the risky gambit

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Gambol

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To frolic; leap playfully

We watched the dolphins gambol in the waves

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Gargantuan

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Huge, tremendous

There has been a gargantuan increase in public debt

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Garner

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To gather and store

The candidate garnered the greatest support in rural areas

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Gauche

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Coarse and uncouth; clumsy

The girls were embarrassed by the boy’s gauche behavior

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Genial

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Having a pleasant or friendly deposition

People like ted’s genial personality

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Gentry

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People of standing; class of people just below nobility
The king made sure he had the support of the gentry before~
42
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Geriatric

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Related to the aged or the aging process

As the population ages, geriatric medicine is becoming more important

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Gestalt

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Relating to a pattern of elements so unifed that properties cannot be derived from the sum of its parts

44
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Gestation

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Growth process from conception to birth

Human beings have a long gestation period

45
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Gingerly

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Very carefully

The soldier walked through the mine field gingerly

46
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Glacial

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Like a glacier; extremely cold; slow

The weather man predicts a glacial winter this year

47
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Glib

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Fluent in an insincere way; offhand

His remark sounded glib, but i don’t think he meant it

48
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Gloamng

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Twilight; dusk

In the first gloaming of the night we heard a trumpet sound

49
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Gnomic

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Expressed in short, pithy saying

Few of the guru’s followers fully understood her gnomic aphorisms

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Goad

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Urge on
The class goaded the teacher into telling them the date of her wedding
51
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Gossamer

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Sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs

Her blouseis made of a gossamer material

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Gourmet

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Connoisseur of food and drink

The gourmet decided to open a restraunt

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous language

The old senator was known for his grandiloquence

54
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Gratify

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To please

The teacher was gratified by the student’s progress

55
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Grouse

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To complain

Stop grousing about having too much work

56
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Gustatory

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Affecting the sense of taste

The restraunt is famous for its gustatory delights

57
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Hackneyed

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Worn out by overuse

The politician used the same hackneyed phase in every speech

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Hamper

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방해하다

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Hapless

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Unfortunate, having bad luck

The hapless soldiers were killed by a powerful explosion

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Harangue

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Long pompous speech; tirade

61
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Harbinger

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Precursor, sign of something to come

The fall in the stock market is a harbinger of economic decline

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Harrowing

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Extremely distressing, terrifying

We had a harrowing journey by train along the mountainside

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Headstrong

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Reckless; insisting on one’s way

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Heathen

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Pagan; uncivilized and irreligious

The missionary preaches to the heathen people

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Hector

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To bully; torment

The bully hectored the boy

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Hegemony

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Leadership, domination, usually by a country

No one challenges the country’s hegemony in the region

67
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Deferred

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연기된

68
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Fin de siecle

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시대의 끝/ 새로운 시작

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Schlocky

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Cheap, trashy

70
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Fiscal

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재정

71
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Chuffed to bits

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Be thrilled by something

72
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Prosthetic

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인공사지

73
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Tethering

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인터넷이 가능한 기기를 통하여 다른 기기로 접속이 가능하게 해줌

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Herculean

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Calling for great strength or courage

The historian started on the herculean task of writing a comprehensive history of the world

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Hermaphrodism

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A condition in animals and humans in which male and female reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics are present in the same individual

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Hermeneutic

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Explaining; interpreting

The two literary critics disagree on which of the two approaches is the best hermeneutic approach

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Hermetic

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Tightly sealed; magical

The scholar is studying the hermetic tradition associated with the egyptian pyramids

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Heuristic

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Helping to learn

The science teacher uses models of organic compounds as a heuristic device

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Hidebound

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Excessively rigid; dry and stiff

The students complain that the principal is so hidebound that she won’t consider any of their new ideas

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Hieroglyphics

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A system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher

81
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Hinterland

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The remote or less developed parts of a country

82
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Hirsute

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Covered with hair

Scientists believe early man was hirsute

83
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Histrionics

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Exaggerated emotional behavior calcualted for effect ; theatrical arts or performances
Critics panned the actor’s performance as mere histrionics

84
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Hoary

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Very old; whitish or gray from age

The hoary poet read the poem he had written as a young man

85
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Hobson’s choice

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A double bind; that is, a situation in which a person must choose between alternatives that are equally unsatisfactory

86
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Hoi polloi

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The common people

The billionaire told his son not to mix with the hoi polloi

87
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Homage

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Public honor and respect

On george washington’s birthday we pay homage to “the father of our nation”

88
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Homily

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Sermon; tedious moralizing

The minister has the habit of writing his weekly homily on wednesday morning

89
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Host

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A great number

The bankruptcy of the large company presented the town with a host of problems

90
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Hubirs

A

오만

91
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Husband

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To farm, manage carefully and thriftily

The expedition husbanded their supplies

92
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Hypochondria

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Unfounded belief that one is often ill

The doctor suspected that her patient was suffering from hypochondria

93
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Hypostatize

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To ascribe physical existence to

The human mind seems to have a tendency to hypostatize the self

94
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Iconography

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The traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject, especially a religious or legendary subject

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Ideology

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A set of beliefs forming the basis of a political system

The country’s ideology was shaped by its culture

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Idiosyncrasy

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Peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity

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Idiot savant

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A mentally retarded person who exhibits extraordinary talent in one field

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Idolatry

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Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

The young lover ~ worship him with honest idolatry

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