Vocabulary Week 1 Flashcards


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Acolyte

A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower.

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Bibulous

given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks; highly absorbent

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Coalesce

to grow together; to unite; to form a whole

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Covert

not openly acknowledged; secret

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Declaim

to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud theatrical way

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Delineate

to describe vividly and in detail; to draw an outline of; to represent by drawing

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Demagogue

a leader who seeks power by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises

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Encomium

an expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute

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Obdurate

resistant to persuasion or softening; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; inflexible

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Prescience

foresight; knowledge beforehand of events

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Sedulous

completed with careful perseverance; diligent

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Trenchant

expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive

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Utopia

a place or state of perfect social and political conditions

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Valedictory

a farewell address given at graduation