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| to entice, acquire by flattery |
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| to lead by deception, engage interest by deceit |
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| to ask/petition earnestly |
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| to beg for urgently/anxiously |
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| to press/urge with troublesome persistence, to annoy, trouble |
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to have a mental image of something, esp. when thing doesn't yet exist; to conceive of
-envision, visualize, picture, imagine |
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word/phrase used to describe/characterize someone/something
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| calmness, evenness of temper |
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| calm, serenely free of disturbance |
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coolness/steadiness, esp. under strain
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| marked by extreme calm/serene/steadiness |
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| easy unconcern, indifference, casual |
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fair, just
equable: unvarying, tranquil |
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erudite
-savant, pundit, maven |
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| deeply learned, esp in specialized area |
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-understood by/intended for only a select few
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| not revealed, secret, not easily understood, concealed |
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hard to understand
"abstruse math calculations" FUNCTIONS much |
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-hidden from sight, concealed
-difficult/impossible for an ordinary person to understand
"philosophy sometimes = recondite subject" |
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secret, mysterious, obscure
"arcane rites" |
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myseterious, not readily understood/investigated
"cheshire cat has an inscrutable smile" |
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suitable to be imparted to the public
1) less secret/confidential "exoteric right"
2) readily comprehensible "exoteric doctrine" |
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| in accordance with accepted principles of right/wrong |
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| the science that deals with cultural growth/change, families, socioeconomic systems |
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branch of philosophy,
nature of morals + moral choices of an individual
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principle of right/moral behavior
"Puritan work ethic" = fundamental belief that hard work should be valued; basis of Puritan life |
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set of attitudes/beliefs/values that characerize a particular group/culture
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| "ethical drugs" --> distributed solely thru medical profession |
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| relating to small but distinct social group within the population |
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| the substitution of inoffensive term for one that is too harsh, blunt |
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| to increase the bitterness/severity of, to irritate |
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| to make less severe/painful, to cause to become less harsh |
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| to dilute/soften by influence of something else |
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| to soothe in temper, reduce intensity |
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| to moderate the intensity of, to make a crime seem less serious |
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exalt: to elevate in praise, position, character, etc
exult: to rejoice |
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| to make noble, elevate, raise to nobility rank |
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loss of position, worth, value
"commercialism debased the holiday Christmas" |
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| lower in rank, office, prestige or esteem |
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| reduce to lower grade/rank, relegate to less important position |
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| worthy of imitation, serving as a model/warning |
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| conforming to highest standard |
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| model of excellence/perfection |
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an original/earlier model on which others are patterned
"typewriter = prototype of computers" |
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perfect example, like a first theme
ex. Christ Figure --> always reused in literature, so copied again/again
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| a model that is worthy of imitation |
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| a state of urgency or situation demanding immediate attention; the pressing needs caused by such a crisis |
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