WCHS Unit 8-H
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| aberration | (n) a departure from what is proper, right, expected or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state
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| adhoc | (adj) for this specific purpose; improvished; (adv) with respect to this
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| bane | (n) the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison
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| bathos | (n) the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase, nadir; and anticlimax, comedown
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| cantankerous | (adj) ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with
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| casuistry | (n) the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument
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| defacto | (adj) actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; (adv) in reality, actually
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| depredation | (n) the act of preying upon or plundering
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| empathy | (n) a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else
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| harbinger | (n) a forerunner, herald; (v) to herald the approach of
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| hedonism | (n) the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim; devotion to or pursuit of pleasure
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| lackluster | (adj) lacking brilliance or vitality; dull
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| malcontent | (adj) discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions; (n) such a person
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| mellifluous | (adj) flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed
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| nepotism | (n) undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives
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| pander | (v) to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others; (n) a person who does this
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| peccadillo | (n) aminor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming
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| piece de resistance | (n) the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, inceicent, or item; an outstanding accomplishment
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| remand | (v) to send or order back; in law to send back to jail or to a lower court
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| syndrome | (n) a group of symptoms or signs that collectively characterize or indicate a disease, disorder, abnormality, etc.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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