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List 23 vocab/stems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| egocentric | a. self centered b. The egocentric snob didn't notice who he hurt. |
| tangible | a. touchable b. A paycheck is one of the tangible benefits of a job. |
| demagogue | a. corrupt politician b. The demagogue played on public prejudices. |
| preclude | a. foreclose b. Don't preclude that opinion. |
| cryptologist | a. code breaker b. British cryptologists cracked the German code. |
| ethnocentrism | a. racial or cultural prejudice b. We deplore his narrow ethnocentrism. |
| pedagogue | a. teacher b. A narrow minded person is a poor pedagogue. |
| recant | a. retract b. Galileo recanted his heliocentric statements |
| revoke | a. cancel b. His permission to go to the movies was revoked because his report card had an F on it. |
| pugnacious | a. combative b. The pugnacious bully finally got his comeuppance. |
| incisive | a. sharp b. His incisive questions cut deeply into the issue. |
| diatribe | a. abusive criticism b. The German leader delivered a diatribe against France. |
| anomaly | a. abnormality b. There is an inexplicable anomaly in the data table's results when they are displayed on a linear graph. |
| enumerate | a. to list b. Please enumerate your reasons in your persuasive essay. |
| circumscribed | a. limited b. You must choose among certain circumscribed options when you register for high school. |
| intercede | a. mediate b. We interceded on behalf of the orphan. |
| disputatious | a. argumentative b. The disputatious reported irritated the speaker. |
| loquacious | a. talkative b. The loquacious student ended up with lunch detention. |
| abrogate | a. annul b. We abrogate a marriage only out of dire necessity |
| prescience | a. foreknowledge b. A prescience vision came to him in a dream. |
| sacrosanct | a. sacred b. He would not give up his sacrosanct bowling night. |
| androgynous | a. masculine and feminine b. The rock star was wearing an androgynous costume. |
| acronym | a. initials-name b. The acronym SCUBA represents self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. |
| congenital | a. at birth b. The child had a congenital defect. |
| cacophony | a. bad noise b. The cacophony of the crowd cause her to cover her ears with her hands. |
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