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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
what is found in hte disk of our gallery
earth and sun
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
young stars are found ______ from the instellar gas and dust
very close to
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the spiral structure of our galaxy can be found from
the distribution of young stars
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
stars near the sun take about ____ yrs to complete 1 orbit of our galaxy
250 million
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the shape of a galaxy rotation curve tells us that
there is a lot of dark matter ina galaxy that we cannot see
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the local group is
the cluster of galaxies in which the milky way is located
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
most of hte galaxies in the universe are
elliptical galaxies
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the hubble classification system is based on the
shapes of galaxies
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
elliptical galaxies contain only
old stars and almost no gas or dust
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
spiral galaxies contain both
youn and old stars and a lot of gas and dust
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
irrecgular galaxies contain both young and old stars and lots of
gas and dust
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
quasars are ____ to the milky way galaxy
far from
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
quasars have spectra with
high redshifts
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
quasars look faint but
have very high luminosities
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the spectra of distant galaxies show a
large redshift
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
hubbles law sugguests the universe is
expanding
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the hubble's law suggests that the
universe must hv started from a compact object
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
we know that hte universe started as a small object because it is now
expanding
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the remnant of the big bang explosion has a wavelength in the
microwave part of electromagnetic spectrum
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the remnant of the big bang explosion is called the
cosmic background radiation
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the anisotropy of hte backround radiation_____ same tempereature as background radiation
does not have
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
cosmological principle states that on a large scale the universe is
isoptropic and homogenous
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
measurements of the density of matter in the universe suggest that hte universe is
flat and accelerating
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
baryonic matter makes up only
4 percent of universe
[]
ASTRO FINAL EXAM Flashcards - Cram.com
real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] emesis [1]
What is the medical term for vomiting?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] epistaxis [1]
What is the medical term for nose bleeding?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] etiology [1]
What is the medical term referring to the causes of disease?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] microorganism [1]
What is the term for any tiny entity capable of carrying on living which may be pathogenic?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] hypertrophy [1]
What medical term describes an increase in the size of an organ or body structure which does not involve tumor formation?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] icterus [1]
What is the medical term for jaundice or pigmentation of the tissues with bile pigments?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] inter [1]
What prefix means in the midst of or between?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] intra [1]
What prefix means within?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] latent [1]
What term refers to hidden, concealed or not active?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] leuko [1]
What is the medical prefix for white?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] litho [1]
What is the medical prefix for stone or calculus?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] macro [1]
What is the prefix for large?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] micro [1]
What is the prefix meaning small in size?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] mono [1]
What prefix means one or single?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] poly [1]
What prefix means many or much?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] mobile [1]
What term refers to the ability to move spontaneously?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] infectious parotitis [1]
What is the medical term for mumps?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] my [1]
What prefix refers to muscle?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] necrosis [1]
What medical term describes dead tissue surrounded by healthy parts?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] onco [1]
What prefix refers to a tumor or cancer?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] oophor [1]
What prefix refers to the ovary?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] ostomy [1]
What term refers to a surgically formed artificial opening?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] ectomy [1]
What suffix means removal of?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] path [1]
What prefix indicates disease?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] pertussis [1]
What is the medical term for whooping cough?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] placebo [1]
What is a drug with no medicinal effect that is given to satisfy a patient's demand for medication or is used in test situations where one group receives the actual medication and the other group receives this?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] prognosis [1]
What term refers to the prediction of the course and end of a disease and the estimate of chance for recovery?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] recidivism [1]
What term means a tendency to relapse or to return to a former condition?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] sequela [1]
What is an abnormal condition that follows and is the result of a disease?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
b2c5901a_Language_Flashcards___Cram_com__1
[2] sexually transmitted disease [1]
What do the initials STD stand for?
[]
Health Knowledge Bowl - Academic Foundations - Set Four Foreign Language Flashcards - Cram.com
1
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/health-knowledge-bowl-academic-foundations-set-four-246489
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00147-ip-10-236-191-2_387684438_0.json
79c8fb7d__Kaplan__Flashcards___Cram_com__mething_unpleasant_less_severe
[assuage] attenuate The Bill of Rights ATTENUATED the traditional power of government to change laws at will.
To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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Top GRE Words in Context (Kaplan) Flashcards - Cram.com
To make something unpleasant less severe
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/top-gre-words-in-context-kaplan-1452873
37/1438042991019.80_20150728002311-00129-ip-10-236-191-2_384569143_0.json
79c8fb7d__Kaplan__Flashcards___Cram_com__mething_unpleasant_less_severe
[assuage] austere The lack of decoration makes Zen temples seem AUSTERE to the untrained eye.
Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
[]
Top GRE Words in Context (Kaplan) Flashcards - Cram.com
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[assuage] bombastic The dictator's speeches were mostly BOMBASTIC; his boasting and outrageous claims had no basis in fact.
Pompous in speech and manner
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[assuage] castigate Americans are amazed at how harshly the authorities in Singapore CASTIGATE perpetrators of what would be considered minor crimes in the United States.
To punish or criticize harshly
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[assuage] caustic Dorothy Parker gained her reputation for CAUSTIC wit from her cutting, yet clever, insults.
Biting in wit
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[assuage] chicanery Dishonest used car sales people often use CHICANERY to sell their beat-up old cars.
Deception by means of craft or guile
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[assuage] cogent Swayed by the COGENT argument of the defense, the jury had no choice but to acquit the defendant.
Convincing and well reasoned
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[assuage] condone Some theorists believe that failing to prosecute minor crimes is the sane as CONDONING an air of lawlessness.
To overlook, pardon, or disregard
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[assuage] decorum The countess complained that the vulgar peasants lacked the DECORUM appropriate for a visit to the palace.
Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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[assuage] desiccate After a few weeks of lying on the desert's baking sands, the cow's carcass became completely DESICCATED.
To dry out thoroughly
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[assuage] desultory Diane had a DESULTORY academic record; she had changed majors 12 times in three years.
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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[assuage] dilatory The congressman used DILATORY measures to delay the passage of the bill.
Intended to delay
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[assuage] dilettante Jerry's friends were such DILETTANTES that they seemed to have new jobs and hobbies every week.
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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[assuage] dirge Melville wrote the poem "A DIRGE from James McPherson" for the funeral of a Union general who was killed in 1864.
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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[assuage] disabuse Galileo's observations DISABUSED scholars of the notion that the sun revolved around the earth.
To set right; to free from error
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[assuage] elegy Although Thomas Gray's "ELEGY Written in a Country Churchyard" is about death and loss, it urges its readers to endure this life and to trust in spirituality.
A sorrowful poem or speech
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[assuage] enervate The guerrillas hoped that a series of surprise attacks would ENERVATE the regular army.
To reduce in strength
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[assuage] enumerate Moses returned from the mountain with tablets on which the commandments were ENUMERATED.
To count, list, or itemize
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[assuage] equivocate When faced with criticism of his policies, the politician EQUIVOCATED and left all parties thinking she agreed with them.
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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[assuage] erudite The annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most ERUDITE, well-published individuals in the field.
Learned, scholarly, bookish
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[assuage] esoteric Only a handful of experts are knowledgeable about the ESOTERIC world of particle physics.
Known or understood by only a few
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[assuage] estimable Most people consider it ESTIMABLE that Mother Teresa spent her life helping the poor of India.
Admirable
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[assuage] exculpate The adversarial legal system is intended to convict those who are guilty and EXCULPATE those who are innocent.
To clear from blame; prove innocent
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[assuage] exigent The patient was losing blood so rapidly that it was EXIGENT to stop the source of the bleeding.
Urgent; requiring immediate action
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[assuage] exonerate The fugitive was EXONERATED when another criminal confessed to committing the crime.
To clear of blame
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[assuage] fawn The understudy FAWNED over the director in hopes of being cast in the part on a permanent basis.
To grovel
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[assuage] fervid The fans of Maria Callas were unusually FERVID, doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.
Intensely emotional; feverish
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[assuage] florid To palace had been decorated in an excessively FLORIS style; every surface had been carved and gilded.
Excessively decorated or embellished
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[assuage] foment The protesters tried to FOMENT feeling against the war through their speeches and demonstrations.
To arouse or incite
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[assuage] iconoclast His lack of regard for traditional beliefs soon established him as an ICONOCLAST.
One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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[assuage] impetuous It is not good for an investment broker to be IMPETUOUS, since much thought should be given to all the possible options.
Quick to act without thinking
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[assuage] implacable His rage at the betrayal was so great the he remained IMPLACABLE for weeks.
Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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[assuage] inchoate The ideas expressed in Nietzsche's mature work also appear in an INCHOATE form in his earliest writing.
Not fully formed; disorganized
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[assuage] ingenuous She was so INGENUOUS that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city.
showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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[assuage] insipid The critic claimed that the painting was INSIPID, containing no interesting qualities at all.
Lacking interest or flavor
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[assuage] intransigent The professor was INTRANSIGENT on the deadline, insisting that everyone turn the assignment in at the same time.
Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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[assuage] irascible Attila the Hun's IRASCIBLE and violent nature made all who dealt with him fear for their lives.
Easily made angry
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[assuage] malinger A common way to avoid the draft was by MALINGERING -- pretending to be mentally or physically ill so as to avoid being being taken by the Army.
To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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[assuage] mitigate A judge may MITIGATE a sentence if she decides that a person committed a crime out of need.
To soften; to lessen
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[assuage] mollify Their argument was so intense that it was difficult to believe any compromise would MOLLIFY them.
To calm or make less severe
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[assuage] obdurate The president was completely OBDURATE on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind.
Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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[assuage] obstinate The OBSTINATE child could not be made to eat any food that he disliked.
Stubborn, unyielding
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[assuage] obviate The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which OBVIATED the need for a bridge.
To prevent; to make unnecessary
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[assuage] occlude A shadow is thrown across the earth's surface during a solar eclipse, when the light from the sun is OCCLUDED by the moon.
To stop up; to prevent the passage of
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[assuage] onerous The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved ONEROUS to the team in charge of it.
Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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[assuage] opprobrium After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter OPPROBRIUM.
Public disgrace
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