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34 Cards in this Set
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Allusion
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reference to a person or even outside of the text
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Bromide
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A person whose thoughts and converstaion are conventional and commonplace. Also, a common place saying, a trite remark
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Bourgeoisie
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Middle class, materialistic, dull, boring, money grubbing, uncultured
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Chutzpah
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Brazen impudence, gall, nerve, the willingness to dare
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Moxie
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Courage, audacity, spirit; energy vigor; enterprise; skill, shredness
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Detritus
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An accumulation of debris of any sort, junk
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Effete
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Spent, worn out, exhausted
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Egregious
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outstandingly bad
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Hegira
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622 CE, beginning of Islan
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Hubris
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over weaning pride
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Jejune
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Unsatisfying to the mind or soul; dull, flat, insipid, bald, dry, unintersting; meager, scant
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Levant
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Archaic word for the Middle East
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Maghreb
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Northern coast of Africa
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Meme
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a self replicating element of culture passed on by imitation
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Modicum
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a small amount of something
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Oxymoron
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seeming contradiction, like military intelligence
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Paradigm
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A pattern or model, an exemplar;(also) a typical instance of something, an example
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Mental Models
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the cultural lens through wich we see the world; its differnt depending on where you live
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pejorative
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negative, in an unfaorable sense; contemptuous; giving or acquiring a less favorable meaning or connotation
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Quotidian
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of an evveryaday cahracter; ordinary, commomplace, trivial
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Sahel
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the plain below the Sahara
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Schadenfreude
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delight in another perosn's misfortune
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Stereotype
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statistical representation of reality
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Ubermensch
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superman
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Indifferent
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not caring one way or the other; lacking a preference; neutral
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Apathy
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lack of emotion or interest
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Obscure
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unclear; clouded; partially hidden; hard to understand
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Ambiguous
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having more than one meaning; vague
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Impartial
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unbiased; neutral
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Objective
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w/o bias (as opposed to subjective)
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Revere
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to worship; to honor
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Discriminate
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to differentiate; to make clear distinction; to see the difference
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Denounce
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to speak out against; to condemn
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Innovate
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to be creative; to introduce something new
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