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Phase I-C Flashcards

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Obol

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Obol (ˈoh-bəl): a small coin placed on a corpse’s mouth to pay Charon (Keh-ruhn) to cross the river Styx

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Omphalopsychic

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Omphalopsychic (om-ful-lop-psychic): a sect of quietists who gazed at the navel for hypnotic trances

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Ontology

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Ontology (än-ˈtä-lə-jē): the branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of being

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Peroration

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Peroration (ˌper-ə-ˈrā-shən): the conclusion of a speech, intended to inspire enthusiasm

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Polygon

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Polygon (poly·gon): a flat, closed figure with straight sides

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Posited

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Posited (ˈpä-zə-təd): something assumed as a fact

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Preternatural

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Preternatural (ˌprē-tər-ˈna-chə-rəl): beyond what is normal or natural

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Phronesis

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Phronesis (fro-ˈknee-suhs): practical wisdom; prudence in daily affairs

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Propaedeutic

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Propaedeutic (ˌprō-puh-ˈdü-tik): preparatory study or instruction

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Quid vs. Quod

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Quid => ‘what’

Quod => ‘that’

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Quidditas

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Quidditas (quid-uh-ˈtoss): essence, whatness

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Quoditas

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Quoditas (qua-di-ˈtoss): thatness

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Quid sit

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Quid sit (quid sit): what it is

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Quod sit

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Quod sit (quad sit): that it is

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Senatorial

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Senatorial (ˌse-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əl): a loud, forceful voice

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Sideral

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Sideral (ˈsid-ər-əl): something emanating from the distant stars; thought to be malicious

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Sophistry

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Sophistry (ˈsä-fə-strē): using unsound reasoning to deceive

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Superannuated

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Superannuated (su·per·ˈan·you·ate·ed): obsolete, old-fashioned

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Tautology

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Tautology (tah·ˈtol·o·gy): needless repetition of an idea using a variety of words

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Teleology

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Teleology (tel·e·ˈol·o·gy): viewing phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than from the cause from which they arose

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