English IV 2
Terms
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- Aberration
- (N)a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state
- ad hoc
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(ADJ)for this specific purpose;improvised
(ADV)with respect to this - Bane
- (N)the source or cause of fatal injurt,death,destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself;poison
- Bathos
- (N)the intrusion of commonplace or trie material into a context whose tome is lofty or elevated;grossly inseincere or exaggerated sentimentality;the lowest phase, nadir;an anticlimax, comedown
- Cantankerous
- (ADJ)ill-tempered, quarrelsome;difficult to get along or death with
- Casuistry
- (N)the determination of right and wrong in questions of conuct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles;specious argument
- de facto
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)ADJ)actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned
(ADV)in reality, actually - Depredation
- (N)the act of preying open or plundering
- Empathy
- (N)a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else
- Harbinger
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(N)forerunner,herald
(V)to herald the approach of - HEdonism
- (N)the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim;devotion to or pursuit of pleasure
- Lackluster
- (ADJ)lacking brilliance or vitality; dull
- Malcontent
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(ADJ)discontented with or open defiance of prevailing conditions
(N)such a person - Mellifluous
- (ADJ)flowing sweetly or smoothly;honeyed
- Nepotism
- (N)undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives
- Pander
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(V)to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others
(N)a person who does this - PEccadillo
- (N)
- piéce de résistance
- (N)
- remand
- (V)
- syndrome
- (N)