vocab

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innate

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inborn; natural

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self effacing

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not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest

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ingratiating

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intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic

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mocking

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making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive

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cultivated

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refined and well educated

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exuberance

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a state or quality of being filled with energy

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ambivalent

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having mixed feelings

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unwarranted

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not justified

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admonition

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a gentle ir serious warning

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aesthetic

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appreciation of beauty

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innuendo

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a remark or hint

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monotony

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being dull

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disavow

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to deny knowledge of it

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meddling

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interfering in someone elses affairs without being asked or needed often in a eay that id unwanted

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reproachful

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expressing disapproval or critism

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objective

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a goal

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subjective

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based on influence

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wry

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using or expressing dry especially mocking

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bolster

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provided with padded support

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transformative

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causing or able to cause a significant and lasting change

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pedantic

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someone or something that displays an excessive concern for minor details

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melodramatic

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something that is exaggerated emotionally

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disdain

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the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of ones consideration or respect

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reverential

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of the nature of due to or characterized by reverence

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brash

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self assertive in a rude noisy or overbearing way

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omnipotent

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having unlimited power; able to do anything

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indignant

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feeling or expressing strong displeasure

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empirical data

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information gathered through direct observation

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condemnation

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the act of expressing strong disapproval

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intangible

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something that cannot be perceived by the sense of touch

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undermine

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lessen power

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implicit

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something is implied or suggested

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explicit

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to be stated clearly and directly

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moralize

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means to iudge something or someone based on a sense of right and wrong

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reprehensible

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deserving censure or condemnation

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candor

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the quality of being open and honest

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refutation

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the action if proving a statement or theory

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incredulity

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the state of being unable or willing to believe something

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whim

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sudden

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indiscretion

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behavior or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgement

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domesticity

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home or family life

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concrete

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stable solid

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abstract

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existing in a thought

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mystical

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relating to mystics or religious mysticism

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spectualitve

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form a thoery wothout firm evidence

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ad hominem argument

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a fallacy where an argument is dismissed by attacking the person making it rather than addressing the arguments merits

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preposition

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a word that the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence usually indicating direction

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adverb

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a word modified that modified or describes, a verb, advjective or another adverb

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antecedent

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a word usually a noun or pronoun that comes before and is referred to by a pronoun in a sentence