Final exam vocab
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- empathize
- to show or feel understanding of another's feelings or problems
- dogma
- an unproven principle or belief held to be true.
- sagacious
- showing sound judgment; wise
- magnanimous
- generous, unselfish, or forgiving.
- precocious
- showing exceptionally early development of abilities
- crusade
- a prolonged impassioned struggle 2. to engage in such a struggle
- enunciate
- to pronounce clearly 2. to state to anounce
- articulate
- to pronounce distinctly 2. to express one's thoughts feelings, or beliefs in words
- embody
- to put an idea into a form that can be seen. 2. to make a part of a system.
- speculate
- to think about or make guesses. 2. to engage in risky busisness venture
- antiquity
- the ancient world, especially before the middle ages 2. the quality of great age
- encumber
- to wigh down or burden
- cleave
- to cling or to be faithful to 2. to split with force or a sharp instrument
- erudite
- having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned
- despot
- a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people
- facet
- any of the many small, flat surfaces on a precious stone made by cutting 2. one of many sides or aspects of something
- consecrate
- to set apart as holy
- array
- 1. large group of people or things 2. an orderly arrangement or display 3. to place in order
- propagate
- to reproduce 2. to cause to reproduce. 3. to foster the spread of.
- trauma
- a severe bodily injury 2. emotional shock
- rudimentary
- not yet fully developed 2. elementary
- moribund
- close to death; in a dying state.
- impervioius
- incapable of being penetrated 2. not affected or dissturbed by.
- detract
- to take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of.
- affront
- to insult or to offend deliberatle 2. a deliberate insult
- plumb
- 1. to measure the depth of water 2. to reach the deepest part of. 3. to understand by examining closely; to solve
- nurture
- to care for and give sustenance to 2. the process of rasing one' young.
- practcable
- capable of being done; feasible 2. usable.
- venerate
- to show great respect for.
- tangible
- real; able to be touched 2. possible to understand or realize; not vague or uncertain.
- prodigy
- a person who shows remarkable talent at an early age 2. an amazing or extraordinary thing or event
- fallacy
- a false or mistaken idea.
- paraphernalia
- persnaol belongings 2. equipment associated with a particular activity
- disseminate
- to scatter or spread widely
- depreciate
- to make or become less in value 2. to represent as of littl evalure; to belittle
- adroit
- clever at dealing with difficult situations; adept skillful
- oratory
- to art of public speaking
- impart
- to make known; disclose 2. to bestow.
- remunerate
- to pay or reward.
- faculty
- any of the natural powers of the mind and body, such as sight or hearing. 2. an inborn ability; a knack 3.all the teachers of a school.
- repose
- 1. to lie at rest 2. to place in some person or group power 3. a state of rest
- exorbitant
- exceeding normal bounds; greater or more than seems reasonable
- impoverish
- to make poor 2. to take away
- contend
- to struggle with 2. to maintain or assert OR 1. a conflict or struggle 2. a point made in a an arguement.
- incapacitate
- to make helpless or incapable
- commiserate
- to feel or express sorrow or compasion for; to sympathize
- ingenious
- marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or clverness.
- lapse
- to fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accoplishment 2. to come ot an end; to expire 3. a minor mistake; a slip 4. a pause or interveral.