Semester 2 vocab 1-9 Flashcards
(43 cards)
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Archetype
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Hero of the story
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Hubris
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Pride
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Meme
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Internet cycle around
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Sanguine
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Cheerful personality
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Trepidation
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Fearful, Anxiety
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Auspicious
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Successful/lucky
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Evanescent
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Vanishing in water
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Lexicon
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List of words, like nomenclature, dictionary
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Lugubrious
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Mournful, awful
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Subjucate
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Bring under control
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Cacophony
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Allot of noise
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Feckless
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Ineffective
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Nuance
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A slight difference
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Tempestuous
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Weather people
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Xenophobe
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Fear of the unknown
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Avant-garde
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On the cutting edge
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Incognito
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Identity concealed
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Omerta
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Vow of silence
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Pedantic
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Annoying others by correcting small errors
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Unctuous
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Exaggerated, insincerely flattering
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Bedlam
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Absolute insanity and craziness
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Hoi polloi
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The general population
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Paradigm
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A way of viewing reality
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Truculent
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Fierce or savage
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Vicarious
Live through someone else
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Anachronism
Out if place in current time
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Curmudgeon
A grumpy ill tempered get off my lawn type of person
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Misanthrope
Someone who hates people
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Granular
Very small/fine level of detail
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Prosaic
Boring, plain, dull
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ad hoc
formed for this one thing
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ad hominem
a personal attack rather than criticizing their ideas
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diaspora
dispersion of people
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neologism
new words
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zeitgeist
trending
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besmirch
to ruin someone's reputation
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gall
The nerve
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juxtaposition
placing two things side by side for compasison
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maudlin
weepy, emotional, gushily sentimental
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tenacious
having a strong grip physically or mentally
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egregious
outstandingly bad
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harrowing
a terrible painful experience
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kerfuffle
freakout about something silly
