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WordPower
14-17
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Notorious | famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. |
Consummate | make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse |
Incrogible | (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed. |
Inveterate | having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change. |
Congenital | especially of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth. |
Chronic | (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring. |
Pathological | involving, caused by, or of the nature of a physical or mental disease. |
Unconscionable | not right or reasonable. |
Glib | (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. |
Egregious | outstandingly bad; shocking. |
Veteran | a person who has had long experience in a particular field. |
Genetics | the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics |
Genealogy | a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor. |
Chronological | (of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred |
Synchronize | occur at the same time or rate. |
Antipathy | a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion. |
Pathology | the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes. |
Empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. |
Telepathy | the supposed communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses. |
Gregarious | (of a person) fond of company; sociable. |
Omniscient | knowing everything. |
Prescient | having or showing knowledge of events before they take place. |
Nescient | lacking knowledge; ignorant. |
Aggregate | a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements. |
Segregate | set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide. |