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finnegan vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| detrimental (adj) | harmful or problematic |
| behoove (v) | to help or benefit |
| superfluous (adj) | unnecessary; more than needed |
| bane (n) | something that will ruin or destroy something/someone |
| boon (n) | a gift or great benefit |
| banal (adj) | boring, commonplace |
| daunting (adj) | difficult, to the point of instilling fear |
| cynical (adj) | relating to highly negative skepticism; pessimistic; not believing in perspectives or ideas that aren't certain or "airtight" |
| conducive (adj) | helpful or beneficial |
| qualify (v) | to limit ones boundaries or define ones terms to prevent confusion |
| existential (adj) | relating to mere existence as meaningful; highly realistic and here |
| surreptitious (adj) | secretive; on the downlow |
| redundant (adj) | needlessly repetitive in a way that makes it awkward/unpleasant |
| ubiquitous (adj) | being present everywhere, all at once |
| vindicate (v) | to justify ones position or idea |
| meticulous (adj) | careful, detail-oriented, thorough |
| dubious (adj) | highly questionable, unlikely |
| bolster (v) | to reinforce, strengthen, or support (with evidence) |
| transcendental (adj) | wholly positive worldview relating to self belief and appreciation of natural world |
| myriad (adj) | many/numerous |
| plethora [of] (n) | a great variety or number of something; a myriad |
| synthesize (v) | to bring several thoughts/ideas/points together in a meaningful way |
| vicarious (adj) | experiencing something second-hand through another's experience |
| romantic (adj) | relating to highly emotional, highly imaginative senses of meaning, as well as a reverence for the power and godliness of nature |
| sublime (adj) | the arousal of powerful, simultaneous, contradictory emotions (i.e. excitement and pain) |
| nihilistic (adj) | relating to the meaninglessness in the world; an entirely hopeless mentality |
| idiosyncrasy (n) | an eccentric trait of someone; a quirk |
| catharsis (n) | a state of emotional release/purge; working through emotions via someone else's experience |
| germane (adj) | relevant to the matter at hand; on topic/on target |
| pretentious (adj) | full of oneself; cocky; a feeling of being better than/above others |
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