week 4 vocab🖕🏻 Flashcards

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xenophobic

A

prejudice against people unnative to your country

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2
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prodigious

A

remarkably great in extent/size/ degree

(think of prodigy)

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3
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nadir

A

lowest point of something

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4
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pervasive

A

an unwelcome thing spreading; an invasive species

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5
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lament

A

passionate grief; mourning something

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6
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inexorable

A

can’t stop/ unstopped

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7
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ignominious

A

deserving public shame

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8
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effusive

A

feeling gratitude/pleasure/approval in heartfelt manner (praise,thankful,etc.)

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9
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dogmatic

A

treating opinions as if they’re facts

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10
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auspicious

A

suggesting something good is in the future; opposite of suspicious

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