SEM 2 vocab 4-6 Flashcards by Carmela Mussari

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cutting edge/trying new things

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avant-garde

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hiding ones identity

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incognito

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oath of silence

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omerta

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annoying people by overcorrecting small things

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pedantic

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fake flattering

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unctuous

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aboslute insanity

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bedlam

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general population

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hoi polloi

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a way of viewing reality

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paradigm

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ferice/savage in anger

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trucluent

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live through someone else

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vicarious

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something out of place in a current time

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anachronism

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grumpy, churlish, nitpicky

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curmudgeon

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used to describe fine level of detail

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granular

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someone who hates people

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misanthrope

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boring version

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prosaic

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