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Week 1 Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | bitter, rancorous, caustic |
| indifferent | not caring one way or another, neutral, lacking preference |
| apathy | lack of emotion or interest |
| obscure | unclear; clouded; hard to understand |
| impartial | unbiased |
| acquiesce | to comply or go along with |
| revere | to worship; honor |
| denounce | to speak out against; to condemn |
| innovate | to be creative, to introduce something |
| candid | honest; frank |
| abash | to embarass |
| discernment | insight;ability to see things clearly |
| disdain | arrogant scorn; contempt |
| abstract | theorectical; lacking substance |
| temperate | moderate; restrained |
| acumen | accuracy with good judgment |
| enigma | mystery |
| manifest | visible; evident |
| conventional | common; customary; unexceptional |
| partisan | one who supports a particular person cause or idea |
| contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome |
| lament | to mourn |
| allusion | an incorrect reference to something else, especially something in literature |
| arbiter | one who decides; judge |
| inherent | part of the essential nature of something, intrinsic |
| paradox | a true statement or phenomenom that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical |
| cynic | one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believe people are motivated only by selfishness |
| altruism | selfless generosity |
| exposition | expounded or explaining; explanatory treatise |
| consensus | unanimity or near unanimity |
| sagacious | wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learning |
| precipitate | to cause to happen |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| discourse | to converse; to formally discuss a subject |
| conjure | to summon or bring into being as if by magic |
| sanction | authorize or approve; ratify or confirm |
| aesthete | lover of beauty |
| congenial | cheerful and pleasant; friendly; helpful |
| indulgent | lenient yielding to desire |