Part 4 Flashcards

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Exacerbate

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to make a bad situation worse

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Exasperate

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to annoy extremely

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3
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Martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

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4
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Menagerie

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Diverse or Different Group of People

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5
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Sycophant

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Flatters rich or influential people

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Dilettante

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A person who cultivates or engages in an area of interest without real commitment

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Tyro

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amateur, someone who is inexperienced

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Virtuoso

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On who developed excellent skill in an artistic field, generally allied to music; ex. Maestro

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Virago

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A loud mouthed, bad tempered woman, bossy, harridan

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Chauvinist

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Exaggeratedly devoted to one’s own affiliation like country, gender etc;

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Patrimony

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An inheritance from one’s father

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12
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Patriarch

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The male head of the family

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13
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Patricide

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Killing of one’s father

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14
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Alma Mater

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School or College

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15
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Matricide

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Killing of one’s mother

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16
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Parricide

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Killing of either father or mother

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17
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Fatricide

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Killing of one’s brother

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18
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Regicide

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Killing of king

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19
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Uxoricide

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Killing of one’s wife

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20
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Fraternize

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To associate on close terms with members who belong to an opposite army team or different social positions

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21
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Fraternal

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Brotherly

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22
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Fraternity

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Botherhood

23
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Sorority

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A women’s organization

24
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Uxorious

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Used for man who excessively even absurdly worships and submits to all of his wife’s outrageous demands; biwi ka paalu pakdne wala

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Uxorial
Pertaining to or characteristics of a wife
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Henpecked
Husband under the dominance of wife does worship
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Monomania
Abnormal obsession with one particular thing
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Dipsomania
A person who obsessed with alcohol
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Morbid
Unpleasant, abnormal
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Kleptomania
A morbid(abnormal) compulsion to steal
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Pyromania
Morbid(abnormal) compulsion to start fires
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Megalomania
Morbid delusion of power and godliness
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Incendiarism
To set fire for revenge
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Arson
To set fire maliciously for economic or monetary gain
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Arduous
Passionate, Strenuous
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Iconoclast
Person who is violently against cherished established, beliefs, institutions, etc;
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Atheist
who doesn't believe in god
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Unswerving
who doesn't change
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Monotheism
Belief in one god
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Polytheism
Belief in many gods
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Pantheism
Belief that god is not in man's image but is a combination of all forces of the universe
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Theology
study of god and religion
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Gnostic
Knowledge
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Agnostic
A person who claims that god is unknowable, they may or may not exist
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Prognosis
Knowing beforehand, a prediction (generally related to a medical term)
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Diagnosis
Knowing through examination or test
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Lecher
A womanizer
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Lewd
Vulgar
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Hypochondriac
A person who abnormally anxious about one's health
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Convivial
Cheerful, happy, sociable
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Vivacious
full of joy of living
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Viviparous
Producing live babies; not eggs (Mammals)
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Underscore
to support