Unit Test 5-8 Flashcards

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Legacy

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Body of ideas, achievements, and morals

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Delegate

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To divide up, especially responsibilities

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Agenda

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Plan of action; purpose

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Proactive

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Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

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5
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Exacting

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Demanding perfection; strict

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Repulsion

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Desire to avoid; disgust

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Dispel

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To scatter about, break up

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Propel

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To cause to move towards; push

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9
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Relative

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Dependent upon

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10
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Superlative

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Excellent; above all others

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11
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Dilate

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To widen

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12
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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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13
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Dissonance

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Unpleasant or unharmonious sound

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14
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Incantation

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A chant; a recited magical spell

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15
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Recant

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To formally withdraw

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16
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Audit

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A thorough review

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17
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Auditory

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Having to do with the sense of hearing

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18
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Disenchanted

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Losing fondness for; unhappy with

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19
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Inaudible

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Unable to be heard

20
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Resonant

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Having an effect; powerful

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Analogous

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Comparable to; like

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Dialogue

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Conversation between characters

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Prologue

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A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event

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Bellicose

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Antagonize
To annoy or provoke to anger
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Antebellum
Occurring before a war
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Belligerence
Warlike mood or attitude
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Enamored
Fond of; feeling love towards
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Amiable
Good-natured; cheerful
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Amicable
Peaceable, friendly
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Protagonist
Main character in a story
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Antagonist
A character or force in conflict with the main character
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Philosophical
Calm and wise; reasonable
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Philanthropy
Charitable donation to public causes
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Bibliophile
A lover of books
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Impediment
An obstacle
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Expedient
Convenient; practical
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Corporeal
Having to do with the body
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Incorporate
To bring together features, ideas, or elements
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Pedestrian
Ordinary or dull
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Pedant
A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
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Pedagogue
A teacher, especially one who is dull and narrow-minded
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Travesty
A bad imitation of; a perversion of
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Vested
Significant to one's own profit or well-being
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Vestment
Clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority
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Divest
To strip or remove a title or position of authority
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Corpulent
Fat or obese