Unit 3 Lesson 2 Flashcards
(63 cards)
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Root:
Sang
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Blood
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Root:
Plac
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Make calm
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Root:
Froid
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Cold
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Placid
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Calm, composed
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Sangfroid
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Calm
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Equanimity
Equanimous
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Composure
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Sanguine
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Cheerful, optimistic
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Sanguinary
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Blood-thirsty
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Propitiate
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Appease, concede, concession
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Propitious
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Favorable
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Auspicious
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Opportune, favorable
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Placate
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Pacify
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Complacent
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To be so calm as to be self satisfied
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Peremptory
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Imperative
Or
Domineering, high handed
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Dogmatic
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Opinionated
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Smug cluster
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Smug Supercilious(contemptuous) Imperious Overbearing Overweening
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Implacable
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Relentless
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Root:
Chron
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Time
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Chronological
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Arranged in order of occurrence
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Raconteur
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Witty story teller
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Synchronize
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Occur together, simultaneously
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Chronological
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(N.) record of event
Or
(V.) record in a chronicle
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Chronic
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Habit or condition that lasts for a long time
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Anachronism
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Something that is not happening in ur s people over time
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Root:
| Spec, spic
See, observe
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Root:
| Retro
Back
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Root:
| Intro
Within
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Retrospect
Look back
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Introspection
Look within
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Perspective
A point of view
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Perceptive
Very keen, very discerning
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Conspicuous
Very easy to see, thus impossible to miss, obvious
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Palpable
Conspicuous
Or
Tangible, be able to feel, touch
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Root:
| Tact
Touch
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Tactile
Tangible
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Conspicuous cluster
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Palpable
Manifest
Ostensible
Blatant
Overt
Patent
Prominent
Salient
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Ostensible
Apparent, evident, conspicuous
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Patent
Obvious
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Salient
Protruding, eye catching
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Circumspect
Cautious, careful
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Circumspect cluster
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Gingerly
Prudent
Chary
Wary
Discreet, discretion, discretionary
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Discrete
Separate, distinct
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Chary
Wary
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Specious
Pleasing to the eye but deceptive
Ex:
Specious argument
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Spurious
Unauthentic
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Sophistry
False argument
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Sophistry
Subtlety deceptive reasoning
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Perspicacity
| Perspicacious
Keenness of mental perception and understanding
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Root:
| Per
Through
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Perspicacious
Lucid, clear, easy to understand
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Root:
| Pug
Fist
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Pugilist
Professional boxer
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Repugnant
Repulsive
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Impugn
Criticizing accuracy of something
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Root:
| Im
With
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Probity
Honesty, uprightness
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Pugnacious
Combative
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Combative cluster
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Contentious
Belligerent
Bellicose
Truculent
Truculence
Ferocious
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Root:
| Bel
War
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Truculent
Savage, fierce
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Ineluctable
Inevitable
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Indelible
Unforgettable
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Inevitable cluster
Inescapable
Ineluctable
Indelible
