Chp 17 Flashcards

(21 cards)

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Suffused

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To over spread with or as with a liquid color

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Metaphysics

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Aa branch of philosophy

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Ethereal

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Light or airy

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Infernal

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Hellish fiendish diabolical

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Diametrically

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Pertaining to diameter

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Dogma

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An official system of principals concerning faith or morals

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Enunciated

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To announce or proclaim

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Espoused

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To make ones own

Adopt or embrace

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Aesthetic

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The study of mind and emotions

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Vehemence

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The quality of being zealous

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Aggregate

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Formed by a collection of particulars to form a whole

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Nominal

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Of or pertaining to a name

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Instigators

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Those who provoke or urge

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Disseminated

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To scatter or spread widely

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Embittered

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Cause or feel bitterness

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Posterity

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Future generations

Children

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Sullied

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Soil stain or tarnish

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Frivolous

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Having little value or importance

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Utilitarianism

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Greater good for the greatest number

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Apologist

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A person who makes a defense in speech or writing

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Absurdities

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Utterly or obviously senseless