chapter 14 Flashcards

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Penury

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Latin word which means “neediness”, poverty , complete lack of financial resources

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Fluo

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which means to flow

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Affluent

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people have money that keeps flowing to them.

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Vicarious

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is experiencing an emotion by becoming emphatically involved in another person feelings

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ephemeral

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short lived/outlast a day

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Euphemism

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something said in good voice word or expression

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badinage

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is half teasing non malicious banter,intended to tease rather than offend

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bovine

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is built on the Latin word bovis fro ox or cow /lacks strong feelings

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9
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nostalgia

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homesickness

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cacophony

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sounds that are unmusical harsh and offensive

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Carnivorous

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animal is one whose main diet is meat

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Herbivore

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animal that eats grains ,grasses,and other vegetation

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omnivorous

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animal that eats all meats,grains,grasses….

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14
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omnipotent

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meaning all knowing

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clandestine

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implies secrecy or conceament in the working out of a plan that is dangerous or illegal

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Omnis

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means all

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17
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pheme

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means voice

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Aduluate

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flatter lavishly

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malign

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spreads malicious rumors about

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tillitate

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tickle stimulate pleasurlibly

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taciturn

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unwilling to engage in conversation

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inarticulate

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sputtering unintelligly

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voluble

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fluent and rapid

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martinet

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discipline

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virago
loud mouthed female
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monomaniac
single mindeness
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naive
experienced ; unworthy
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consummate
highest
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chronic
continuing over along period pf time
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persicasious
keen minded
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stoical
unflining
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iconoclast
non traditional
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indefatiglebe
tireless
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entomology
insect forms
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parricide
killing of parents
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ambi
both
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anti
against
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genesis
the beginning
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cide
killing
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semanticts
meaning of a word