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KINESIOLOGY, KINESIOLOGIST
STUDY OF MOVEMENT

KINETIC

KIN=MOVING
PILLORY,PILLORIED
TO PUBLICALLY SHAME OR PUNISH

IN OLDEN DAYS, THEY LOCKED A PERSON'S HEAD AND HANDS IN A HORIZONTAL WOOD LOG AND DISPLAYED HIM IN PUBLIC SQUARE. THIS IS TO PILLORY
CYGNET
BABY SWAN
PRESCRIBE, PRESCRIPTION
TO GUIDE OR RECOMMEND,
TO DIRECT AS A REMEDY

A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION
ATTENUATE
TO MAKE THIN, TO WEAKEN
SALUBRIOUS
HEALTHY

SALUT= CHEERS TO YOUR HEALTH IN ITALIAN
PROWESS
EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
EXCULPATE
TO FREE FROM BLAME

CULP=BLAME
CULPABLE= IS GUILTY, BLAMEFUL
PEDESTRIAN
SOMEONE WHO WALKS
PED=FOOT

IF USED AS AN ADJECTIVE: LOW LEVEL, COMMONPLACE

HE HAS PEDESTRIAN TASTES IN RESTAURANTS, HE ALWAYS EATS AT THE COMMON, ORDINARY PLACES
BURGEONING
INCREASING IN NUMBER OR INCREASING IN SIZE
INCEPTION
THE BEGINNING OF, INAUGURAL
CONCEPTION
TO CONCEIVE, TO CREATE, TO FERTILIZE AN EGG
PUMMEL
TO BEAT UP, TO FLAIL
SENTIMENT, SENTIMENTAL
A FEELING ABOUT SOMETHING, TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR
QUOTIDIAN
COMMONPLACE AND ORDINARY

SOMETHING THAT IS DONE DAILY
RIPARIAN
RELATED TO RIVERS OR WATERWAYS
CATHARTIC
cleansing, PURGING, clean yourself out, get rid of bad things, PURGATION (NOUN)
PROSCRIBE
TO FORBID, TO PROHIBIT, TO OUTLAW, DECLARE ILLEGAL
THE PREFIX

"PALEO"

MEANS
ANCIENT
RHETORIC
THE ART OF WRITING AND SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY, TO PURSUADE

THERE MAY BE SOME INSINCERITY, SUCH AS "CAMPAIGN RHETORIC"

RHETORICAL-A RHETORICAL QUESTION IS ONE ASKED FOR "EFFECT", TO MAKE A POINT, AND DOES NOT EXPECT AN ANSWER
PROPOGANDA
USING WORDS, RUMOR, IMAGES TO FOOL AND CONVINCE, EITHER FOR OR AGAINST SOMETHING

GERMANY USED PROPAGANDA TO TRY TO CHANGE OPINIONS AGAINST JEWS, AND TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THEY WERE WINNING THE WAR
COHESIVE
THINGS THAT STICK TOGETHER

SIMILAR TO ADHESIVE=A GLUE
REPERTOIRE
A GROUP OF SKILLS, SONGS, SKITS, ETC THAT YOU CAN DO WELL, YOUR BAG OF TRICKS
INIMITABLE
CANNOT BE IMITATED

SO GOOD OR BAD THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT
CREDO
SET OF BELIEFS

CRED=BELIEF OR TRUST
FORBEARS
ANCESTORS
DEMUR
TO OBJECT
CLAD
DRESSED IN
PRECARIOUS
DANGEROUS, PRECIPICE
IMPASSIVE
EMOTIONLESS, EXPRESSIONLESS, NOT PASSIONATE, DON'T CARE
EDIFICE
BIG BUILDING
BUMPTIOUS
ARROGANT
MAVERICK
WILD HORSE, ONE WHO DOESN'T FOLLOW THE CROWD, WHO BUCKS THE ESTABLISHMENT
DOGMA
A SET OF ESTABLISHED RULES, DOCTRINES, TENETS, SET OF LAWS TAUGHT
BLIGHT
BAD SITUATION
PLIGHT
RHYMES WITH PLIGHT
SPECIOUS
FALSE, NOT GENUINE
GAMUT
FULL RANGE, WHOLE SPECTRUM
CONJECTURE
SPECULATION
LATENT
NOT OBVIOUS, INCONSPICUOUS, HIDDEN

LATENT HOMOSEXUAL
ILLICIT
ILLEGAL
ELICIT
TO DRAW OUT OF

ELICIT AN ANSWER
COMMENSURATE
EQUAL TO, TANTAMOUNT TO
BOON
A BIG BENEFIT
AFFINITY
YOU LIKE IT
DROLL
WITTY
BLANCH
TO BLEACH OR WHITEN
ICONOCLAST
SOMEONE WHO DESTROYS CHERISHED BELIEFS AND INSTITUTIONS, NON BELIEVER,

ICON CLASH
RECANT
TO RETRACT, TO SAY YOU DIDN'T MEAN WHAT YOU SAID

HE RECANTED HIS TESTIMONY
VISCERAL
AUTOMATIC, INSTINCTIVE, WITHOUT THINKING OR WITHOUT INTENTIONAL, "GUT REACTION"

VISCERA- YOUR GUTS
DISCURSIVE
RAMBLES ON, TALKS A LOT