Level 2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
palliative
easing pain without curing
stratified
arranged by layers
mutuability
changeability
serendipitous
occurring by chance in a beneficial way
clandestine
done in secret
litiguious
relating to the law
dearth
lack or scarcity
inexorable
unstoppable
depersonalize
to remove the information necessary to identify an individual
vocation
career or occupation, calling
anthropology
the study of humans, usually with reference to social interaction
mutually exclusive
two things that cannot both be true at the same time
purportedly
supposedly, allegedly
tacit
implied but unspoken
ascertain
to learn with certainty through inquiry, examination, or investigation
arbitrary
random, subject to individual judgment
engender
to bring out, to create
prose
ordinary language for writing or speaking as opposed to poetic language
array (verb)
to arrange in logical order
candid
frank, forthright
innoccuous
harmless, unlikely to offend
status quo
the current or existing state of affairs
extrapolate
to predict or infer using incomplete data
preclude
to make impossible, to prevent
