Section 2-Alloy-Appropriate

Question 0

Alloy(n)

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Metal made by combining two or more metallic elements

Question 1

Alloy(v)

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To commingle, to debase by mixing w/something inferior

Question 2

Alligare(Latin)

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Bind

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All-/allo-

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Different/changed

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Unalloyed

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Pure

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Amalgamate(v)

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To combine several elements into a whole (combine)

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Amalgam(n)

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A mixture or blend

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Ambiguity

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Uncertainty in meaning

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Ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation

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Amb-/ambi-

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Both

Question 10

Ambivalence(n)

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The quality of having opposing ideas or feelings (what course should I follow) (mixed feelings)

Question 11

Ambivalent(a)

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State of opposing ideas

Question 12

What is the difference between these two commonly confused words: ambiguity and ambivalent?

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Even though the prefix “ambi-” means “both,” “ambiguous” has come to mean “unclear,” “undefined,” while “ambivalent” means “torn between two opposing feelings or views.” If your attitude cannot be defined into two polarized alternatives, then you’re ambiguous, not ambivalent.

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable (improve or enhance)

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Amenable

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Agreeable, responsive to suggestion, easily manipulated (cooperative)

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Amen-

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Expression of agreeance (like in church)

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Ana-

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Backward, up, again

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Khronos (Greek)

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Time

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Anathema

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The cursed, something or someone that is extremely disliked, excommunicated person, practice, or thing (Latin)

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Anodyne

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Soothing, emollient, mollify

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An-

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Without

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Odune (Greek)

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Pain

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule (abnormality, aberrant)

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Anomalous

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Being different from the norm

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Ano-(Latin)

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Pertaining to the anus

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Antagonize

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To irritate or cause hostility

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Agon-(Greek)

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Contest

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Agony

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Extreme physical or mental suffering

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Antagonist

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In a story, the Heros primary rival

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Antipathy

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Aversion, dislike

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Antipathetic

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Showing strong aversion

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Anti-

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Opposed to;against

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-pathy

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Denoting feelings

Question 34

Describe Valence as it pertains to the word ambivalence

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as used in psychology, especially in discussing emotions, means the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or aversiveness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation. However, the term is also used to characterize and categorize specific emotions.

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Antithetical (a)

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Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

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Thesis

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A proposition

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Antithesis

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The opposite of something

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Apathy (n)

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Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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Apathetic (a)

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Characterized with lack of interest or feeling

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A-

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Without

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Pathos

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Feeling

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Apocryphal (a)

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(Of a story or statement) of doubtful (aka dubious) authenticity, although widely circulated as true

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Apo-

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Away from, detached, separate

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Apocrypha

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Books/writings of the Bible that aren't included due to their lack of credibility and/or origin

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Apogee (n)

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Farthest or highest; culmination; zenith; climax-(opposite of perigee)

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Perigee

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Lowest or closest point, or the nadir

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Apostate (n)

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A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle

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State

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A particular condition that someone or something is in at a particular time

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Apotheosis (n)

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Deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

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Theos (Latin)

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God

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Apposite (a)

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Appropriate (a), pertinent, relevant, apropos

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Apprise (v)

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Give notice to, inform

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Approbation (n)

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An expression of approval or praise

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Approbate (v)

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To approve something officially

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Probate

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Establish the validity, to prove

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Appropriate (v)

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To take for ones own use, confiscate

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Propriate (a)

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Assigned, appropriated to someone or something, special to

Question 58

Describe/define the difference between the adjective and verb forms of the word: appropriate

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Adj.-suitable | Verb-confiscate

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-ic

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Showing the quality of the word associated with the suffix. Ex. Prophetic-showing the quality of a prophet