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Vocab 13
pgs. 87-90; con-fut; who knows?
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11th Grade
12/12/2011

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condone
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to forgive; to overlook
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tranquility
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calmness
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dissent
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disagreement
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conciliate
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to soothe; to end a dispute; to reconcile
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rigor
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harshness or severity
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disparity
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inequality; difference
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disparage
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to speak badly of; to belittle
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conventional
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ordinary; customary
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ephemeral
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short-lived; fleeting; transitory
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futile
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hopeless; worthless; useless
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harbinger
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one that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
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ominous
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menacing; threatening
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portend
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to serve as an omen or a warning of
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prophetic
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foretelling or predicting future events
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impromptu
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not planned in advance; spur of the moment
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analogy (n.)
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a comparison
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arbitrary (adj)
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ant. legitimate

autocratic; despotic
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arbitrate (v)
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to decide a dispute
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axiom (n)
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self-evident truth; maxim
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axiomatic (adj)
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universally accepted as true
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bias (n)
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an opinion formed before there are grounds for it; prejudice
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bigoted (adj)
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intolerant
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bigotry (n)
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views of a bigot (one devoted to one's own predjudices)
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cogitate (v)
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to think over; to consider
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criterion (n)
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a standard for judging
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crux (n)
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essential part
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deduce (v)
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to infer; to derive by reasoning
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dilemma (n)
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a predicament
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dogmatic (adj)
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opinionated; asserted without proof
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eclectic (adj)
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choosing from various sources
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fallacious (adj)
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based on a fallacy (erroneous idea); misleading
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fallible (adj)
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liable to be mistaken

ant. infallible
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heterodox (adj)
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rejecting regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines
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hypothetical (adj)
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supposed
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illusion (n)
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misleading appearance; false impression
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indubitable (adj)
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certain; incontrovertible
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orthodox (adj)
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generally accepted, especially in religion

ant. heterodox; unorthodox
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paradoxical (adj)
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characteristics of a paradox (a self-contradictory statement)
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plausible (adj)
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superficailly true
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preposterous (adj)
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senseless; absurd
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rational (adj)
Definition
able to think clearly

ant. absurd; irrational
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rationalize (v)
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to invent excuses for one's actions
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sophistry (n)
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clever but deceiving resoning
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specious (adj)
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apparently reasonable, but not really so
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speculate (v)
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to reflect; meditate
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tenable (adj)
Definition
capable of being maintained

ant, untenable
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