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CSC-099
Midterm CSC-099
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Undergraduate 1
10/03/2018

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Palliative
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to relieve and sooth but only temporarily reduce the pain but not expected to cure anything 

 

 

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Acquiesce
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to agree or to give in, you except what is happening and give consent

 

 

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Melee
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hand-to-hand combat among several people

 

 

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Nascent
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It is the begging of something or someone; there is potential for growth

 

 

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Ominous
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threatening; you feel unsafe with the situation at that moment in time

 

 

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Fortitude
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to move forward no matter what; to be strong willed and strong minded when facing hardship, the difficulty of even danger.
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Honed
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to sharpen skills: to make something more intense and more effective
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Voracious
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to eagerly consume something (Food or Knowledge), to be greedy and cannot get enough.
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Benevolent
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someone who is good and shows goodwill; someone is kind and helpful, generous, kind and charitable.

 

 

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Malicious

 

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to enjoy hurting someone and desire and intend to bring harm to others

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Resilience
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to bounce back and cares even though one had a bad experience they come back and they tackle the task at hand
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Mired
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to be stuck or trapped but there is no getting out
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Intrinsic
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comes from within; to be loyal coming from the heat

 

 

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Submissive
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to always obey and yield to someone else; to submit someone else and your desire is lower than theirs and giving into their authority

 

 

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Abhor
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to hate something, but not just hate complete hatred for something or someone; extreme hate

 

 

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Tenacity
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to have a grip on something; to have the drive and a hard work ethic and someone who is persistent and will complete the task. 

 

 

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Nemesis
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a rival or an opponent and must overcome that someone or something
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Dissonance
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to have a strong desire for not liking a sound and want to cover one's ears, there is a conflict between two things like a clash
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Reticent
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to be shy or quiet you do not say much and keep to yourself; to hid your feelings
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Pragmatic
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describes a problem, person or solution and takes a realistic approach; to be logical and concerned with practical matters

 

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Ramification
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to make things complicated but usually are from bad decisions which come with consequences
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Narcissistic
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extremely vain and cares more about themselves than anyone else, they obsess over something or themselves constantly
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Ubiquitous

 

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to be everywhere at the same time and to see everything at the same time
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Inertia
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the tendency of something to stay in rest or in motion; wants to resist change or there is no moving forward
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Banal
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to repeat often and becomes overfamiliar and boring lacking in originality
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Incredulous
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when you can't or won't believe something and refuse to believe; full of not believing 

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Succinct
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to give the gist of something; short and cleat straight to the point
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Stoic
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to be unaffected by pleasure or pain and to hid your feelings and accept what is happing and show no emotions
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Resonate
Definition
to make, hear, and understand sound and make an emotional connection to something.
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Embellish
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to make more attractive by adding color or decoration and to elaborate; usually positive
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Noxious
Definition
something harmful and can even be fatal but also a person who is harmful
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Tenuous
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to be thin literally or metaphorically; could be related to physical appearance or could be related to time
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Ethnocentric
Definition
to judge and compare ones lifestyle and culture to another
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Litany
Definition
long; long drawn-out list usually negative complaints to talk about
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Catharsis
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an experience that someone has had; to release emotions and tension and to purify,purge, feel better after releasing your emotions; vent
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Misogynistic
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to describe a dislike or hatred of women; deep-rooted bias against women in particular
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affable
Definition
to be friendly, pleasant, and easy to talk to
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Pejorative
Definition
disapproving expression or term of abuse; someone who uses words to hurt others feelings
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vociferous
Definition
loudmouth, someone who shouts or yells, a voice that carries
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Vex
Definition
brings trouble or difficulty, it annoys, worries, distresses, irritate, bothers, and puzzles you
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Heinous
Definition
very evil or wicked; acts that can be considered hateful crime
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Precarious
Definition
something is unstable, dangerous or difficult and is likely going to get worse; is likely to fall apart
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Diatribe
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to be overwhelmed; to lecture; a verbal attack on someone
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Audacity
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to be bold enough to do something; daring and perhaps a little reckless; not afraid of consequences; shockingly bold
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Transcend
Definition
to move upward and beyond something; to move beyond something
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Apathy
Definition
someone who has no feelings; someone is not interested in the important thing that is happening; lack of interest, action, or emotion
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Empathy
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to feel;to identify with another's feelings; feel someone's pain; understanding someone's feeling's
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Assimilationist
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taking something in and absorbing it; likeness, similarities
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Lambast
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to verbally assault someone; criticize severely or angerly
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Capricious
Definition
determined by chance or impulse rather by necessity; a person is impulsive and unpredictable
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Mercurial
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liable to sudden unpredictable change; mood/behavior is changeable and unpredictable; someone who is clever, lively, and quick
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Apoplectic
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not just mad; filled with rage and are not able to speak; to blow up in rage
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Tangential
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something that is off-topic; goes off in one direction and not come back
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vacillate
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to weave back and forth; cannot decide
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Innocuously
Definition
not harmful; to help
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Loquacious
Definition
someone who talks a lot but only really about what they like and what is interesting to them
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Loath/Loathe
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Loath--> something that you really do not want to do 

 

Loathe--> to hate something so much you can barky look at it 

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Amorphous
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the lack of something; lack of organization
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obtuse
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someone who is slow on the uptake; not the sharpest tool in the shed; not very quick or alert
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Colloquial
Definition
casual and conversational language; putting together of a word; together
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