Vocabulary Terms To Know 1

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(adj.) disposed to be silent or to speak freely; restrained

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reticent

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(adj.) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest will to fulfill religious obligations

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pious

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(n.) a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
(adj.) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.

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myriad

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(n.) a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect

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foibles

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(n.) the entire scale or range; the whole series of recognized musical notes

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gamut

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(n.) a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion

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catatonia

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(adj.) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; finicky

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meticulous

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(adj.) firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc.
(v.) to stop a flow

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staunch

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(adj.) to be thinking about or meditating in silence; lost in thought

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mused

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(n.) skill, dexterity; an artifice, trick

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sleight

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(adj.) in a position of strength; established firmly or solidly

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entrenched

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(n.) characterized by or causing cohesion; of or pertaining to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts

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cohesiveness

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(adj.) incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged; not open to denial or disproof

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invulnerable

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(adj.) to be completely destroyed, in ruins

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obliterated

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(n.) the existing state of affairs or condition; present customs, practices, and power relations

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status quo

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(adj.) of or pertaining to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order. Also: having the quality or nature of a parent

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patriarchal

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(n.) a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women

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misogynists

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(n.) the process of making or turning into a demon; subjecting to the influence of demons

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demonization

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(adj.) of or pertaining to rabbis or their learning, writings, etc.

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rabbinical

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(n.) a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault

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culprit

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(adj.) feeling characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

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indignant

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(v.) to make furious, enrage

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infuriate

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(v.) to cause to continue or prevail

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perpetuate

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(adj.) preceding; antecedent
(n.) a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authorative rule or pattern in future similar or analagous cases

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precedent

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(adj.) not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good.

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irreparable

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(adj.) disposed to be silent or to speak freely; restrained

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reticent

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(adj.) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest will to fulfill religious obligations

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pious

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(n.) a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
(adj.) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.

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myriad

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(n.) a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect

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foibles

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(n.) the entire scale or range; the whole series of recognized musical notes

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gamut

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(n.) a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion

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catatonia

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(adj.) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; finicky

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meticulous

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(adj.) firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc.
(v.) to stop a flow

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staunch

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(adj.) to be thinking about or meditating in silence; lost in thought

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mused

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(n.) skill, dexterity; an artifice, trick

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sleight

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(adj.) disposed to be silent or to speak freely; restrained

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reticent

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(adj.) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest will to fulfill religious obligations

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pious

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(n.) a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
(adj.) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.

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myriad

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(n.) a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect

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foibles

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(n.) the entire scale or range; the whole series of recognized musical notes

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gamut

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(n.) a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion

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catatonia

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(adj.) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; finicky

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meticulous

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(adj.) firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc.
(v.) to stop a flow

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staunch

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(adj.) to be thinking about or meditating in silence; lost in thought

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mused

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(n.) skill, dexterity; an artifice, trick

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sleight

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(n.) the front of a building, especially an imposing or a decorative one; a superficial appearance or illusion of something

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facades

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(adj.) of or pertaining to the church or the clergy

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ecclesiastical

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(n.) an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop

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diocese

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(n.) a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin

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penance

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(n.) a work especially of a painful or laborious nature
(v.) to labor hard

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travails