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19 Cards in this Set
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Anachronistic |
A person or thing that is chronologically out of place; from another time |
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Schism |
A formal division between a group especially relating to a church or religious body |
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Didatic |
Designed or intended to teach, making moral observations |
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Antedated |
A date or time assigned to an event earlier than the actual date |
Ante • dated |
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Sartorial |
Broadly relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
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Panache |
An ornamental tuft (like feathers) especially on a helmet |
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Quixotic |
Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
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Flout |
To treat with scornful behavior, contemptuous disregard |
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Idiosyncrasies |
A peculiarity of temperament or individualising characteristic |
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Lionization |
To treat as an object of great interest or importance |
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Pragmatic |
A reasonable and logical way of thinking or doing things rather than with ideas or theories |
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Dogmatism |
Expression of a belief or opinion as of it were fact especially without supporting evidence |
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Attenuation |
To lesson the amount |
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Trite |
Not new or original, boring from too much use |
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Innocuous |
Producing no injury, harmless |
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Modicum |
A small portion: a limited quantity |
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Demur |
To delay of hesitate usually based on the doubt of something offered or proposed |
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Disparate |
Markedly distinct in quality or character |
Generic or copy cats are not the same as the original |
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Capricious |
Impulsive, unpredictable, a disposition to do things impulsively |
Manic tendencies |
