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Reconcile - bring into accord(give the right, go well together) - make one thing compatible with another. Entice - provoke someone to do something. 3 engender - give rise to. 4 proliferation - a rapid increase in number 5 reprehensible - bringing severe rebuke or criticism.
Reconcile - bring into accord(give the right, go well together) - make one thing compatible with another. Entice - provoke someone to do something. 3 engender - give rise to. 4 proliferation - a rapid increase in number 5 reprehensible - bringing severe rebuke or criticism.
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Reconcile - bring into accord(give the right, go well together) - make one thing compatible with another. Entice - provoke someone to do something. 3 engender - give rise to. 4 proliferation - a rapid increase in number 5 reprehensible - bringing severe rebuke or criticism.
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1 reconcile - bring into accord(give the right, go well together).
- make one thing compatible with another.
2 entice - provoke someone to do something. 3 engender - give rise to. 4 proliferation - a rapid increase in number 5 reprehensible - bringing severe rebuke or criticism. 6 refute - prove false or incorrect. 7 cognitive - related to the mental process of knowing. cognitive faculties are reasoning, thinking etc. 8 correlate - having a mutual relation. 9 implausible - having a quality that provokes disbelief. 10 supposition - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. 11 stratify - divide society into castes, geology(form layers) 12 vexing - annoying or displeasing 13 preponderance - superiority in power, influence or amount. - the preponderanc e of good over evil 14 quirk - strange attitude or behavior. 15 succinct - giving the gist of something. 16 incinertaed - become reduced to ashes. 17 refute - overthrown by argument. 18 delineate - represented acurately or show the form or appearence of 19 acquiescence - acceptance without protest 20 strident - offensively loud. 21 retrospectively - in a manner contemplative of past events. 22 formalist - the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what sh ould be represented. 23 formal - being in accordance with established tradition 24 abstract- consider a concept without thinking of an example, existing only in mind 25 litter - the offspring at birth of a multiparous animal. 26 intriguing - disturbingly provocative - an intriguing note to the 27 imprudent - not wise 28 face value - apparent worth as opposed to real worth. 29 social - relating to human society and its members 30 theology - a particular school of system of religious beliefs and teachings. 31 intellectualism - the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without r esort to experience
32 idealism - impracticality by virtue of thinking the things in their ideal for
m rather than as they really are 33 dichotomy - a classification in two opposed parts or subclasses 34 philosophy - the rational(based on reason) investigation of questions about e xistence and knowledge and ethics 35 theism - the belief in existence of god 36 esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened group of peo ple 37 deficit- the amount by which something is less than expected. 38 pejorative - expressing disapproval 39 palatable - acceptable to the solution or mind - a palatable solution 40 salvage - prevent being ruined corona - the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere pervasive - spreading or spread throughout interstellar - the space between star qualifies - the word 'qualifies' means weaken for RCs only federal government - a central government federation - An organization formed by merging several groups or parties vagary - an unexpected and inexplicable change sin something(in a situation or a person's behavior) e.g. the vagaries of the weather, the vagaries of the human' s nature contingent on - determined by the conditions or ciecumstances that follow contingency - a possible event , the state of being contingent on
reconcile - made compatible
verbatim - using exactly the same words corroborate - establish or strengthen a theory kinship - a) a close connection marked by similarity in interests. b) related by blood, marriage or adoption. rational - consistent with or based on reason correlation- a statistical relation between two or more variables such that syst ematic changes in one variable is accompanied by systematic change in another va riable invasive - a) involving agressive attack b) relating to a technique in which body is entered by puncture or inci sion. profligate - recklessly wasteful - profligate in their expenditure the bill of fare - the list of dishes available at a restaurant - "the bill of f are was in French, restaurant's bill of fare" rebuttal - the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argum ent the speaker rebutted his opponent's argument. pertinent - having precise or logical relevance to the matter in hand. - a list of article pertinent to the discussion liberal - showing broad mindedness free enterprise - an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate go ods and resources and to determine prices. cupidity - extreme greed for material wealth status quo - existing state of affair sterile - incapable of reproduction, deficient in originality and creativity apportioning - distribution according to a plan. commonplace - completely ordinary and remarkable. implications - something that is inferred. bellows - a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air gyroscope - Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning whe el that offers resistance to turns in any direction perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail - perpetuate a myth basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it. mantle - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core. convection - the transfer of heat through a fluid caused by molecular motion ridge - a long narrow natural elevation apprehension - fearful expectation or anticipation, cognitive condition of someo ne who understands skepticism - doubt about the truth of something intrigued - cause to be interested or curious unassailable - immune to attack anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals contentious - likely to cause controversy impugning - attack as false or wrong restitution - the act of restoring something to its original state - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury expropriate - deprive of possessions pernicious - harmful overt - observable not secret or hidden cartel - a consortium(group) of independent organizations fromed to limit compet ition by controlling the production or distribution of a product or service. spiteful - showing malicious ill will impede - be an obstacle to hark back - go back to something earlier instigate - provoke repertoire - the entire range of skills or aptitude or devices used in a partcul ar field or a collection of work that an artict performs at shorter intervals fettered - bounded by chains fastened around the ankles. inundation - an overwhelming number or amount / the rising of a body of water an d its overflowing over dry area of land efficacy - power to produce a desired effect indigenous - originating where it is found
threshold - the starting point of new state or experience
pervasive - spread throughout - the pervasive odor of garlic acquiese - to agree or express agreement parroted - repeat mindlessly stultify - make useless or worthless revoke - cancel officially abrogating - revoke formally juxtaposition- the act of positioning close together mural - a painting that is applied to wall surface specter - a ghostly appearing figure - a mental representation of some haunting experience e.g. we were unprepared for the specter that confronted us it aroused specter from his past statute - an act passed by a legislative body staggering - so surprisingly impressive so as to overwhelm or stun full-blooded - of unmixed ancestry precipitous - extremely steep - precipitous decline horrendous - causing fear or dead corroborate - give evidence in support of nevertheles - despite anything to the contrary virtue - any admirable quality or attribute antidote -a remedy that stops the effect of the poison quell - crush or suppress completely - quell any dissent premonition - an early warning about a future event subtle - difficult to detect or grasp particularistic - a tendency to explain complex social phenomenon in terms of si ngle causative factor heretical - characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards precarious - fraught with danger or not secure relent - give in as to influence or pressure debilitation - serious weakening and loss of energy ostensible - appearing as such but not necessarily so pugnacious - tough and callous by virtue of experience expatriate - a person voluntarily absent from his or her country whopper - a blatant lie; something especially big and impressive of its kind antimony - a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable quandary - a situation from which extrication is difficult recoup - reimburse or compensate offset- counter balance