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Test 11 LA Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Abhor | To utterly hate |
Absurd | Ridiculous |
Anthropologist | Person who studies mankind |
Artifact | A hand made object |
Bigot | One who is not tolerant of others idea |
Bizzare | Weird |
Contemptuous | Looking down on someone or something |
Entreaty | plea, appeal |
Fetish | A magical object |
Imperitive | Necessary |
Imprudent | Unwise |
Inanimate | Without life |
Inviobale | Completely Projected |
Originate | Begin, arise |
Prohbition | Forbidding of certain actions |
Taboo | Forbidden |
Taint | Contaminate |
Tradition | Long-standing practice |
Universal | Widespread |
Vulnerable | Able to be hurt |
To get off one's high horse | To act like an ordinary person |
Of the first water | The greatest |
Dyed-in-the-wool | Set in one's ways |
Blue chip | A highly valued asset |
Analogous | Comparable, simmilar |
Catastrophic | Disasturous |
Compensentory | Serving to pay back |
Decade | Ten years |
Encunate | To utter, proclaim |
Gamut | Range |
Heterogeneous | Dissimilar |
Inordinate | Excessive |
Introspecetive | Looking into one's feelings |
Irascible | Irritable |
Malajusted | Disturbed |
Mandate | Authoritative command |
Mortality | Death |
Neurotic | Having a nervous disorder |
Nuetralize | Counteract |
Pedagogue | Teacher |
Perpetuate | To cause to countinue |
Perspicacious | Shrewd |
Phenomenon | Unusual occurance |
Susceptable | Easily affected |
The distaff side | Women |
On the qui vive | On the alert |
To get one's back up | Become angry |
Bring home the bacon | Earn a living |