English 1 Honors- Vocab
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- cosmopolitan
- sophisticated in an international way
- geopolitics
- the study of the relationship between geography and politics
- impolitic
- unwise, not having good judgement
- megalopolis
- a unified urban region comprising several large cities and their surrounding areas
- metropolitan
- pertaining to a major city
- policy
- a general plan followed by an organization/ individual
- politico
- an informal term for a politician
- suburban
- chracteristics of suburbs, mainly residential areas surrounding large cities
- urban
- like a city
- urbane
- elegantly polite and sophisticated
- behold
- to gaze at; look upon
- discernment
- keenness or sharpness in detecting, distinguishing, or selecting
- envision
- to picture in mind
- forsee
- to see or know beforehand
- gape
- to stare in amazement with the mouth open
- impressionistic
- pertaining to a highly personalized response to art or experience as opposed to a response based on reason or fact
- insight
- the ability to see and understand the true nature of something
- myopia
- shortsightedness or lack of good judgement in thinking or planning
- perceptive
- the ability to be keenly aware of things and situations
- survey
- to examine or look at broadly
- devious
- done in an underhanded manner, tricky
- duplicity
- deliberate deception or trickery by speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter
- fictitious
- of fiction, imaginary, unreal
- guileless
- simple and innocent
- gullible
- easily fooled
- hypocritical
- pretending to have some desirable or publicily approved attitude
- masquerade
- to have/ put on a deceptive appearance
- overt
- open and observable
- reputable
- having a good name, well thought of
- veracity
- devotion to truth, honesty