chapter 6 Flashcards
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acclimatization
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becoming used to doing something, getting comfortable
like climate
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abase
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to lower, to humble
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acquiesce
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to agree, to give Into
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adjunct
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something attacked to a main body
junk
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air
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to bring out into the open
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allegory
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symbolic story
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altruism
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goodness, selflessness, generosity
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amorphous
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without shape
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anterior
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placed in front, earlier
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aperture
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opening, hole
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apprehensive
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worried
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arcane
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mysterious, secret
Arcadia
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ascetic
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a person who refuses bodily pleasure
without luxuries
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assuage
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to calm down, to soothe
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avow
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to swear by
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balk
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to hesitate suddenly
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becalmed
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made peaceful or still
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bellicose
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warlike in manner
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berate
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to scold, to criticize
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blunderbuss
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old fashioned shotgun
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bourgeois
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middle class conformist and materialistic
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browbeat
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to intimidate, to bully
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burnish
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to polish, to shine
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cacophonous
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harsh sounding, not harmonious
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callow
immature, inexperienced
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catharsis
sudden emotional relief
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caustic
unkind, bitter, sarcastic
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ceremonious
formal
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chartered
planned,
| plotted, mapped
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cherubic
angelic, like a baby
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circuitous
roundabout, not straightforward
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clemency
mercy
cleMEnCY
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colloquial
informal but common speech
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congenial
pleasant, friendly
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contentious
argumentative
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contusion
bruise
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corpulent
fat
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cosmopolitan
sophisticated
| from the city
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crest
peak,top
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cupidity
greed
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dart
to move quickly
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debauchery
corruption, physical self indulgence
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decorum
proper behavior
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defector
one who leaves his or her side to join the enemy
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demographer
an expert on population statistic
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deprecate
to criticize
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determinate
definite, limited
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didactic
intended to teach, preachy
DAD OR DADa
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dilapidated
rundown, needing repairs
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dirge
funeral song
(dirge in marriage, mirage in funeral
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disbursement
spending
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dissent
dissagreement, difference in opinion
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dispassionate
neutral, objective
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dither
to be indecisive
sister
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doctrine
something taught
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drape
to cover loosely
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drudgery
boring work
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ebullient
bubbly, high spirited
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edifying
enlightening, uplifting
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elicit
to bring out
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embody
to express, to give concrete form to
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endemic
limited to, but widespread in, a particular place
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equanimity
calmness
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eschew
to avoid
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ethos
values of a culture
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exacerbate
to make worse
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expatriate
to remove one from homeland
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extricate
to remove
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extemporize
to perform without rehearsal
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facade
the front of a building
| surface appearance
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fallow
unplowed, not fertile
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feint
an action intended to mislead an opponent
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fetter
a chain
| to prevent from moving
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finesse
skill, gracefulness
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flippant
joking disrespectfully
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fluster
to embarass, to upset
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forswear
to reject
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fraught
filled with
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furrow
a ditch or hole in the ground
| to wrinkle
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gag
joke
| to prevent from speaking (gag rule)
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gambol
to jump and dance playfully
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gentry
high class
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glaring
obvious
| staring angrily
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gouge
to put holes in
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gratuitous
uncalled for, unnecessary
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hack
a writer for hire, anyone with low professional standards
to cut, to chop
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hedonist
one who loves physical pleasures (sex, food, drink)
Don Juan
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heretofore
until know
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iconoclast
one who attacks established beliefs
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impalpable
unable to be touched or understood
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implacable
incapable of being soothed or changed
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impudence
rudeness
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incantation
magical chant or spell
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incisive
sharp, cutting
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incorporeal
without physical existence, not of the body
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in decorum
lack of good manners
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infinitesimal
extremely small
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inlet
small bay, indentation to a shoreline
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insidious
dangerous in a way that is difficult to see
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intemperate
extreme
| violent
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invective
insult
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jaded
cynical, tired, bored
