List 9 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Section

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The part that is cut off or separated

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Segment

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A part of something that is separated from the rest of the

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Dissect

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To cut apart in order to examine the structure

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Sensitive

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Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences

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Sensation

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A physical feeling or perception from something that happens to or come into contact with the body

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Sensory

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Relating to sensation or the physical senses

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Society

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A community of people living together and sharing customs, laws, and organization

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Sociology

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The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society

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9
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Associate

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To connect someone or something with something else in one’s mind

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Solitude

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The state or situation of being alone

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Desolate

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Deserted of people and in state of bleak and dismal emptiness

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Soloist

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A musician or singer who performs a solo

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Spectacle

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A visually striking performance or display

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Perspective

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A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view

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15
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Speculate

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To form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence

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Desperate

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Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to impossible to deal with

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Aspire

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To direct one’s hopes or ambitions toward achieving something

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Aspirational

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Having or showing a strong desire to achieve social prestige and material success

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Structure

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The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

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Instruct

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To teach or educate someone on how to do something

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Destruction

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The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired

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Submarine

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A vessel that can be submerged and navigated underwater

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Subordinate

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Lower in rank or position

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Subterranean

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Existing, occurring, or done under the earth’s surface

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Superimpose
To place or lay one thing over another, typically so that both are still evident
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Supervise
To observe and direct the execution of an activity, a task, or project
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Superfluous
Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
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Tacit
Understood or implied without being stated
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Reticent
Not revealing one’s thoughts or feeling readily
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Taciturn
Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
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Sec, sect, seg
Cut
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Sens
To feel
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Soc
Group
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Sol
Alone/only
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Spec
Look/see
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Sper/ spir
Hope
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Stru/struct
To makeup/ to build
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Sub
Under
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Super
Above
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Tac/tic
Be silent