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31 Cards in this Set
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Discredit |
1. to reject as untrue; disbelieve. 2. to show or be a reason for disbelief or distrust and or cast doubt |
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Repent |
feel or express sincere regret or remorse about ones wrong doings |
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Plight |
a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.
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Strife |
angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict. |
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Devastate |
destroy or ruin something |
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Topple |
over balance or become unsteady and fall slowly |
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Acquit |
free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty |
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Revocation |
cancelling or annulment of something by some athority. a privilege or title, or status removed from someone. |
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Elusive |
difficult to find, catch or achieve |
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Ingraditude |
a discreditable lack of gratitude |
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Generate |
cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about |
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Ovation |
a sustained and enthusiastic show of appreciation from audience, especially by means of appluase |
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Petty |
of importance; trivial |
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Dervation |
the obtaining or developing |
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Mutualism |
interaction between two different species that benefit both species |
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Commensalism |
symbiotic relationship in which one species befenfits while the other species is unaffected |
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Parasitism |
symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other is harmed |
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Suss |
realize grasp |
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Pompus |
affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self important |
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Docile |
easy to discipline, gentle, behaves |
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Denotation |
literal meaning, "dictionary meaning" |
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Connotation |
feeling about a word , adds another layer of meaning to the word |
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Tone |
the authors feeling |
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Antonym |
a word opposite in meaning to another ex: (good and bad) |
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Metacognition |
awareness and understanding of ones own thoughts |
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Inference |
the act or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence |
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Earnest |
to be serious and sincere |
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Inhabit |
to occupy or live in |
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Complex |
has a lot of parts and is difficult to understand |
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Indigent |
poor and or needy |
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Impartial |
without bias, or fair, or judgement |
