Tuesdays With Morrie Vocab Flashcards

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Commandeer

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To seize or to take forcibly

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Theology

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The study of religious doctrines and matters

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Avert

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To turn away; to keep from happening or to ward off

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Narcissist

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One who exhibits self-love or excessive interest in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, abilities, etc.

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Humility

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The state or quality of being humble; the absence of pride

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Induce

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To cause

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Gaunt

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Thin and bony, hollow-eyed and worn

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Compensate

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To make up for

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Atrophy

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n. a wasting away, especially of a body organ or tissue

v. to waste away

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Cynical

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Denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions; believing that people are motivated in all their actions by selfishness

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Insidious

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Operating in a slow or not easily appearent manner; more dangerous than seems evident

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Ambivalence

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Simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing (as love and hate)

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Egotistical

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Acting in a manner where one is constantly and excessively refrencing oneself, conceited and selfish

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Opiate

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Anything tending to quiet, soothe, or deaden

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Exploit

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To make unethical use of for one's own advantage or profit (specifically to make a profit from labor without giving fair payment)

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Transcend

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To go beyond the limits of; to overstep or exceed

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Prophet

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A person who speaks for God or a god, or as though under divine guidance; a spolesman for some cause, group, movement, etc.

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Scoff

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To mock or deride

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Whimsical

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Oddly out of the ordinary; fanciful; subject to sudden change, unpredictable

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Serene

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Not disturbed or troubled; calm, peaceful, tranquil