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MC Vocab Test #1 Flashcards

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Indicative

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Showing, signifying, or pointing out

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Exposition

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A large-scale public exhibition/show; the act of explaining; writing or speech primarily intended to convey info or to explain

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Ambiguous

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Open to or having several meanings or interpretations; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify

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Cynicism

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Distrusting, disparaging, or contemptuous disposition

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Interpolation

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The act of introducing between other things or parts

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Extraneous

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Introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign

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Solemnity

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The character of being grave, sober, or mirthless

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Fallacious

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Logically unsound

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Derivation

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The act or fact of receiving or obtaining from a source or origin; the act of reaching or obtaining by reasoning

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Conspicuous

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Easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable

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Faulty

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Having a defect or imperfection

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Ascertain

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To find out definitively; learn with certainty or assurance; determine

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Definitively

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Most reliable or complete; serving to define

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Assertion

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A positive statement or declaration often without support or reason

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Nostalgia

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A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life

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Discursive

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Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition

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Abstractions

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An abstract or general idea or term; an impractical idea

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Merits

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Claim to respect and praise; something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation

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Nomenclature

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A set or system or names of terms, as those used in a particular science or art; the names or terms comprising a set or system

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Blatant

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Brazenly obvious; flagrant

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Disparate

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Distinct in kind; essentially different

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Fluted

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Fine, clear, and mellow; having grooves or the like

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Caduceus

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The staff carried by Mercury as messenger of the gods; a representation of this staff used as an emblem of the medical profession

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Cornucopia

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A horn containing food, drink, etc.; an abundant, overflowing supply

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Grotesque
Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance; or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms
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Emulation
Effort or desire to equal or excel others; jealous rivalry
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Aesthetics
The branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, the etc.; the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty
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Abstract
Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances
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Innate
Existing in one from birth; inborn; inherent in the essential character of something
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Ornamentation
The act of adding an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something it which it is added or of which it is a part
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Footnote
An explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page
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Appropriate
Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.
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Bounded
Having bounds or limits
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Empirical
Derived from or guided by experience or experiment
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Satiety
The state of being satisfied
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Treatise
A formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay
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Disillusion
To free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant
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Digression
A passage or section that deviates from the central them in speech or writing; the act of deviating from the main topic or purpose
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Contemptuous
Showing or expressing disdain; scornful; disrespectful
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Aberration
The act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course
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Jeremiads
A prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint
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Degeneration
The process of falling below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deterioration
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Ineluctable
Incapable of being evaded; inescapable
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Tirade
A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
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Prattle
To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
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Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
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Compunction
A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action
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Homiletic
Of or pertaining to a sermon, usually on a biblical topic; pertaining to an inspirational saying or cliche
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Prose
The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure; matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression
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Berate
To scold: rebuke
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Admonition
Counsel, advice, or caution
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Facetiously
Not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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Enumerate
To mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list
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Allude
To refer casually or indirectly
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Enunciate
To utter or pronounce, especially in an articulate or particular manner; to state or declare definitely, as a theory; to announce or proclaim
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Futility
the quality of being ineffective or useless; a trifle or frivolity

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