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16 Cards in this Set
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Morph |
Verb, noun To be transformed - but over time , the concept of cultural appropriation has morphed into a parody of the original idea. |
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Trivialize |
Verb Cause to appear unimportant , trifling |
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Pervade |
Verb To become spread throughout all parts of These models pervade all aspects of human social interactio |
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Imperative |
Adj Absolutely necessary or required, unavoidable. - synonyms: inescapable, essential, indispensible, compelling - many lessons and commentaries are in the imperative voice, but not all. |
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Coerce |
Verb Intimdation, to compel by force, - colonisation coerces people from subordinated culture to denigrate themselves. |
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Denigrate |
Verb To speak damagingly of, defame, to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance |
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Extricate |
Verb To free or release from entaglement , disengage -Ignorant of history that has an enormous potential to extricate us from our state of self-depreciation, we continue to be a victim of this crime. |
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Inculcate |
Verb - to implant by repeated statement or admonition. Teach persistantly. - synonyms: instill, infix, ingrain - since 1980, americal child-rearing has sought to inculcate self-esteem in the young. |
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Disseminate |
Verb - to scatter or spread widely, promulgate extensively, disperse -she was arrested for disseminating poems and statements critical of government. |
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Imbibe |
Verb To absorb, to take or recieve into the mind - we were keen to act modern and imbibe modern ideas in general. |
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Perpetuate |
Verb To preserve from extinction or oblivion |
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Erroneous |
Adj Mistaken, incorrect Straying from what is moral, decent , proper -there is a text message which erroneously states that king built a medical college. |
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Credulous |
Adj - willing to believe too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence |
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Contemporary |
Adj - existing, occuring or living at the same time - but the contemporary classical music has changed and the field is now spawing many appealing and genre bending works. |
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Trousseau |
Noun An outfit of clothing, household linen - dowry also consists of bride's trousseau. |
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16. Meager Noun |
Lacking fullness or richness Having little flesh, lean, thin -the dowry that bride brings in kp is usually meagre. |