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Vocab, Deck 2 Flashcards

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normative

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pertaining to a norm.

Normative masculinity depended upon outsiders to define itself.

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propriety

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correct conduct, proper.

“When attending a wedding, there are certain proprieties that must be observed.”

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specious

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Plausible, but false..

“The fundamentalist tried to convince me that all species were created by God, but his arguments were specious.”

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platitude

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trite, dull, flat remark.

“blondes have more fun” is a silly platitude

plat = flat = dull, lame

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timorous

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fearful.

from timor = fear, like timid

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viscous

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skicky, gluey

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inveigle

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to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk.

“He inveigled her into taking off her veil”

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supposition

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hypothesis.

What we “suppose” is true.

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tractable

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manageable, docile.

able to be touched or handled.
tract = touch.

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captious

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fault-finding, difficult to please.

“He could never praise without adding a captious remark.”

The Captain was Captious.

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discomfit

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to cause uneasiness or embarrassment.

He realized that his remarks had succeeded in discomfiting her.

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expedient

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serving to promote one’s interest

“was merciful only when mercy was expedient.”

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apposite

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suitable and relevant.

“One quote leaped out at me from the book and seems particularly apposite to the current situation.”<

etym: ad = near, posit = to put (like deposit)
Mn: instead of being opposite or irrelevant, it is the opposite of opposite :3

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beatify

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to make very happy, make blessed.

“Will you beatify me by becoming my wife?”
Kind of like beautify, but not.

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soporific

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sleep-causing.

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astringent

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harsh, severe, sharp.

“The bark has an astringent and slightly bitter taste.”
Mn: sounds like “acid” and “tangy”

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vacillate

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waver; fluctuate.

“Many have left large families behind and some vacillate painfully between staying here permanently or returning”

Kind of like oscillate.

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abjure

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to reject, abandon formally.

“She abjured allegiance to the United States after she saw the atrocities they committeed overseas”

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calumnious

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slanderous, defamatory.

“He accused me of making false and calumnious claims about his business”

kind of sounds like “columnist”, who often tend to be harmful and untrue.

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cadge

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to obtain by imposing on another’s generosity, to beg.

“She proceeded to cadge drinks from rich men the rest of the night”

farsi; cadge = crooked. “cadge miknoi khodeto to get free things”

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piety

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devoutness.

(ie, pious).

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pristine

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unspoiled

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asperity

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  1. harshness or sharpness of tone, temper or manner.
  2. hardship, difficulty.

Mn. asp = big snake, that’s harsh and mean and killed Cleopatra.
Snakes like to strike when they’re mad.

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florid

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  1. flushed with a rosy color.
  2. very ornate, flowery.
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recrudescent

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breaking out again, renewing.

etymology: re = again, crude = raw. means reopening of wounds.

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truculent

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aggressive, hostile, savagely brutal.

“Guidos get really truculent when you mess with their hair”

Mn: kind of like “turbulent”: wild and out of control.

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permeable

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porous; allow liquids/gas to pass through

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stolid

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showing little emotion or interest.

Mn: kind of like solid, doesn’t move or react much.

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phlegmatic

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a slow temperament.

“a strangely phlegmatic response to what should have been happy news”

think of phlegm dripping and moving all slowly. gross.

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chasten

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have a restraining or moderating effect on.

“the director was chastened by his recent flops”

to remain chaste = to restrain yourself.

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proliferate

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grow rapidly.

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striated

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parallel bands; grooved.

ie, striated muscle.

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welter

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  1. verb, writhe, toss, roll around.
  2. noun, a confused multitude of things.
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axiomatic

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pertaining to the nature of an axiom; self evident and obvious.

“It is likewise axiomatic that a complete failure of proof on an element of a claim is fatal to that claim.”

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perfunctory

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superficial, mechanical.

“the violinist delivered a perfunctory performance that displayed none of the passion and warmth he was once known for”

Mn: functional, but not authentic.

36
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perfidious

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treacherous, deceptive through faith.

per = through
fid = faith (fidelus)
so taking advantage of someone’s faith to deceive them.

37
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precipitate

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to hasten the occurrence of, to bring about prematurely or suddenly.

38
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jettison

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cast something aside, abandon it or throw it away

To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome

“jettisoned the whole marketing plan.”

39
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reticent

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reserved; inclined to silence.

“the panel decided to investigate the fraud charges against the company, which has always been reticent about its internal operations”

40
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reproach

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express disapproval, find fault with.

“She greeted a good choice with silence, a bad one with loud reproach.”

41
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plasticity

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ability to be molded.

“we chose that type of clay for its greater plasticity”

42
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solicitous

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worried, anxious.

from “solicit” = to disturb or trouble.

“He is solicitous about colleagues, concerned about friends and worried about the whole world.”

43
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rescind

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to take back, cancel.

“The navy rescinded its ban on women sailors.”

44
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repudiate

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disown, reject.

“a generation that has repudiated the values of the past”
“She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.”

45
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propitiate

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appease, gain favor of.

“He made an offering to propitiate the angry gods.”

pro = forward, petere = to go. You want to move things forward, so you try to be nice and appease them.

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venerate

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revere, hold in deep respect.

same root as “reverence”.

“Obey and venerate the old people, particularly your parents.”

47
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coalesce

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to unite into one body or mass.

“The two lakes coalesced into one.”

co = together, alescere = to grow up (like adolescent)

48
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recalcitrant

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determined to resist authority.

“the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority”

calcification causes hardness. so this is like stubbornness.

49
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quiescent

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tranquil, at rest, inactive.

quies = quiet, rest.
“During a quiescent period the sun puts out less energy”

50
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refractory

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stubborn, resistant.

“the refractory child refused to take his medicine”

51
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rarefied

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made less dense (gas)

52
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inimical

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tending to obstruct or harm. unfriendly, hostile.

“actions inmical to our interests”

like “enemy”.

53
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compunction

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uneasiness caused by guilt.

“She felt no compunction about the chaos she had caused”

etym: punct = puncture. meaning is a severe prick or sting of your conscious.

54
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tacit

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expressed without words.

“She felt that she had her parents’ tacit approval to borrow the car.”

55
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prevaricate

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to lie, to speak falsely or misleadingly.

“Mitt Romney prevaricated about the basics of his tax plans, often flip-flopping and avoiding the real questions”.

you fabricate a lie before (pre) telling the truth (var).

56
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proscribe

A

banish; outlaw.

root: publish in writing to outlaw before the world (ie, wanted posters).

57
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apropos

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relevant, fitting, purposeful.

“I have some apropos comments that may help you edit your draft”

Etym: from french “a propos” meaning “to the purpose”

58
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carping

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being fussy and fault-finding.

“No matter how well I park, someone’s always carping about my parking.”

59
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refute

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refuse, reject, disprove.

60
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vituperative

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verbally abusive.

Romney blasts Obama for a ‘vituperative’ campaign.

Farsi: hits you with “toop”.

61
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pungent

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sharp in taste or smell

62
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torpor

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sluggishness, inactivity.

“The news aroused him from his torpor”

63
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supersede

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take the place of a person/thing previously in authority or use.

“the older models have now been superseded”.

super = above
sed = sit (ie, sedentary)

64
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pernicious

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deadly or very destructive

Doing drugs can be pernicious and lethal.

nic = noxa = noxious

65
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viable

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capable of living or working correctly.

“After an hour, the neurosurgery team finished up, not entirely sure whether they had obtained a viable sample.”

66
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affected

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pretentious, phony.

“The affected snobs sipped their champagne”

67
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avuncular

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benevolent and tolerant (like an uncle)

“The avuncular boss cared deeply for his employees”

68
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stint

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frugal, limit within boundaries.

“stinted herself of luxuries”

69
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salubrious

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healthful.

salu = health
like salud when drinking wine (to health!)

70
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probity

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uprightness, integrity.

Probation officers are chosen for their probity, or uprightness and willingness to abide by the law.

71
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sanguine

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the color of blood

72
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relegate

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banish to inferior position.

73
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satiate

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satisfy fully

“May I get a drink of water to satiate my thirst?”

74
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evanescent

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passing out, fading away, vanishing.

oh god, so emo. just like evanescence.

75
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modish

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in the current mode, fashionable

76
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prodigal

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wasteful

the prodigal son wastes his father’s fortune and comes home without any money.

77
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abject

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miserable, pitiful.

“they lived in abject poverty for years”

78
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recondite

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little known, beyond ordinary understanding, obscure.

“The theories of relativity can seem recondite even for people who are well versed in the sciences.”

“Well, I reckon d’at I don’t know” kind of sounds like recondite.

79
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reprobate

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a depraved, unprincipled, wicked person. a HEATHEN!

An atheist is a god damn reprobate.

Mn: REP (repeatedly) ROB (steal).

80
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tangential

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only slightly connected.

going off on a tangent.

81
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veracious

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truthful.

“The jury’s job is to determine whether or not the claims of the defendant are veracious.”

veras = truth

82
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laggard

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a person that lags or lingers.

easy enough.

83
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pedestrian

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commonplace, dull, boring.

so super pedestrian.

84
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aggrieved

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wronged, offended, or injured.

“The population was aggrieved after being taxed unfairly”

same root as “aggravated”.

85
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zealot

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a fanatical enthusaist.

with a lot of zeal. a religious zealot.

86
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foundering

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to fill with water and sink, to become wrecked or fail utterly.

The Titanic foundered in the water after hitting an iceberg.

87
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plebiscite

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direct vote of the people.

“Direct democracy is a government ruled by plebiscite”

pleb = common people (plebes)

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