Set 3 Flashcards

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Acumen

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Keen, accurate judgement or insight

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2
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Aver

A

To state as a fact; to declare or assert

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3
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Endemic

A

Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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4
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Evanescent

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Tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing

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5
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Fervent (fervor)

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Greatly emotional or zealous

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Germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject manner

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7
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Halcyon

A

Calm and peaceful

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8
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Hedonism

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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits especially to the pleasures of the senses

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9
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Hegemony

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The consistent dominance of ones state of ideology over others

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Idolatrous (idolatry)

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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11
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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion

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12
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Impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty

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13
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Inchoate

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In a initial stage/ not fully formed

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14
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Infelicitious

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Unfortunate; inappropriate

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15
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Mendacity (mendacious)

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Untruthful

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16
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Opprobrium

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Disgrace; contempt; scorn

17
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Pedagogy

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The profession or principles of teaching or instructing

18
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Penury

A

Poverty or destitution

19
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Pine

A

To yearn for something

20
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Pirate

A

To illegally use or reproduce

21
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Pith

A

The essential or central part

22
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Pithy

A

Precise and brief

23
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Prodigal

A

Recklessly wasteful extravagant or lavish

24
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Profuse

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Given and coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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Rancorous (rancor)
Characterized by bitter, long laying resentment
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Rhetoric
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Solvent
Able to meet financial obligations or able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
Seeming true but actually being fallacious
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Spurious
False
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Surfeit
An over abundant supply
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Tenuous
Having little substance or strength