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Post High School Quiz
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15
Language - English
8th Grade
03/19/2013

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Term
fastidious
Definition
adj.
focussed on attention to detail/accuracy
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thwart
Definition
verb
to prevent someone from accomplishing something
Term
recourse
Definition
noun
the use of something as a source of help in a difficult situation
Term
necromantic
Definition
adj.
communicating with the dead to predict the future
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evince
Definition
verb
to reveal a quality or a feeling
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abhorrence
Definition
noun
the feeling of repulsion
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equanimity
Definition
noun
composure
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recalcitrant
Definition
adj.
having attitude
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sovereignty
Definition
noun
supreme power or authority
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culture
Definition
morals shared by a certain group of people
Term
cultural relativism
Definition
the idea that someone should be open to perspective and looking at other's with another lens
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cultural absolutism
Definition
the idea that there is only one perspective and one lens for other cultures
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ethnocentrism
Definition
only centered/concentrated on your own opinion
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xenophobia
Definition
having a fear of people from other countries/cultures
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moral absolutism
Definition
truths that can be applied to specific culture
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