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20 Cards in this Set
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Puerile
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Childish, Immature
I was humiliated by my sister's puerile giggling at the party. |
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Orthopedics
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Branch of medicine teaching disorders of the skeletal system
The orthopedic specialist set my broken leg. |
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pedagogue
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a teacher
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pedant
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a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules, rather than understanding.
A scholarly show-off |
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entity
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Something that has real or independent existence
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Nonentity
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A person or thing of no importance
Something that does not exist or exists only in imagination Although a monster in a nightmare is a nonentity, it can cause real fear |
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Essence
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The basic elements of something
A substance in concentrated form A perfume |
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Moribund
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About to die or end
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Mortify
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To shame
To discipline oneself by denial Some Hindus seek to mortify the flesh by prolonged fasting. |
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Portmortem
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An examination to determine the cause of death, an autopsy
An analysis of something that is over |
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Euthanasia
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The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal- mercy killing
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Innate
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Possessed at birth, inborn
Voice lessons have improved his innate singing ability |
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Naive
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Childlike, unsophisticated
Gullible The naive tourists bought "ancient coins" from dishonest street vendors. |
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Nascent
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Emerging, coming into existence
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Renaissance
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A rebirth, renewal
A revival of humanism in 14th to 16th century Europe |
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Euthanasia
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The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal- mercy killing
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Innate
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Possessed at birth, inborn
Voice lessons have improved his innate singing ability |
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Naive
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Childlike, unsophisticated
Gullible The naive tourists bought "ancient coins" from dishonest street vendors. |
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Nascent
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Emerging, coming into existence
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Renaissance
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A rebirth, renewal
A revival of humanism in 14th to 16th century Europe |
