Vocab Week 8 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Causing conflict, opposition
Divisive (adj.)
To criticize, degrade, belittle
Disparage (v.)
The study of insects
Entomology (n.)
A ghostly double of a living person
Doppelgänger (n.)
A residence, a home
Domicile (n.)
To clarify
Elucidate (v.)
Lacking energy, weakened, exhausted
Enervated (adj.)
Different, deviating, contrary
Divergent (adj.)
Varied
Diverse (adj.)
Lack of harmony or agreement
Dissonance (n.)
Jealous
Envious (adj.)
To weaken, make wary
Enervate (v.)
Feeling another’s pain as one’s own
Empathetic (adj.)
Careful to fulfill obligations
Dutiful (adj.)
Separate, distinct, individual
Discrete (adj.)
The experience of another’s feelings as one’s own
Empathy (n.)
Characterized by continuous change or activity
Dynamic (adj.)
Something that exists as a discrete unit
Entity (n.)
To drench, saturate
Douse (v.)
The art of public speaking
Elocution (n.)