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| 4083367902 | dead languages | -languages that are no longer spoken | 0 | |
| 4083367903 | sedulous | -persistent, showing industry, and determination | 1 | |
| 4089419785 | pop art | -Art that uses elements of popular culture, such as magazines, movies, popular music, even bottles and cans | 2 | |
| 4089419786 | precept | -a rule of conduct or action, implies loftiness and that it's theoretical Ex. The golden rule | 3 | |
| 4101298452 | Horace Mann | -father of American public school - nineteenth century Massachusetts legislator, educational reformer, wanted to increase the availability of free, nondenominational public schools | 4 | |
| 4101298453 | scourge | -to whip or punish severely -a cause of affliction (a state of pain) or suffering - a source of severe punishment or criticism | 5 | |
| 4101298454 | faulty analogy | -the writer uses an extended comparison as a substitute for proof - analogies may suggest similarity, but doesn't prove anything "If doctors can have x-rays to guide the, during an operation then students should be able to use their notes during a test." | 6 | |
| 4108967059 | Gordian knot | - a complex knot tied by Midas (in honor of his father) According to legend -whoever loosened it would rule Asia -Alexander the Great undid the knot by cutting it -a problem that needs an unexpected solution | 7 | |
| 4108967060 | salutary | -beneficial, helpful -healthful, wholesome | 8 | |
| 4116201973 | quorum | -the minimum number of members of a committee/legislative body who much be present before business can be conducted -for example, in the US senate, 51 senators must be present to have a blank | 9 | |
| 4116201974 | sepulchral | -funereal, tomb like, extremely gloomy or dismal | 10 | |
| 4149587565 | bowdlerize | -To remove offensive passages/words a piece of writing -derived from an English physician would published an edited an edition of Shakespeare - implies prudishness | 11 | |
| 4149587566 | vapid | -dull, uninteresting, tiresome -lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force | 12 | |
| 4156431521 | bread and circuses | -describes the decline and hedonism of Romans after the Roman republic was replaced by the Roman Empire -government kept people happy by giving free food and staging high spectacles - used to describe policies that seek short term solutions to unrest | 13 | |
| 4156431522 | anomalous | -abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual | 14 | |
| 4156452577 | faulty use of authority | -The writer relies on a person, organization, or other entity as an authority, but one with little bearing on the actual argument. - the authority figure may not be an expert on the topic - ex "My brother is in the army, and he says that terrorists would never strike here." "Abortion is perfectly ethical- Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Smart believes so." | 15 | |
| 4162396325 | ad hoc | A phrase describing something created for a particular occasion -ex a committee to handle a new problem of mice | 16 | |
| 4162396326 | aspersions | -Damaging or derogatory statement - the act of slandering or de ain't | 17 | |
| 4175317590 | "Kubla Khan" | -An poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about an exotic emperor -written in 1798 under the influence of opium | 18 | |
| 4175344484 | cajole | -To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice - to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises | 19 | |
| 4175372891 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | -The writer assumes that because one event follows another in time, the first event caused the second event -usually the relationship is merely coincidental -it's correlation not causation "They're going to lose tonight's game; they've never won a Monday night game." "All I know is that we didn't have this problem with the car until you got your license." | 20 | |
| 4192093767 | Sword of Damocles | -According to Greek legend king Dionysius taught Blank a lesson that kingship is hard -the kind played him beneath a sword suspended by a single hair from a horse's tail -by extension any danger causing anxiety is this | 21 | |
| 4192093768 | protagonist | -the principal character in a literary work (Antagonist cause this character trouble) | 22 | |
| 4192093769 | castigate | - to punish severely -to criticize severely | 23 | |
| 4192108498 | demogogue | -a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power | 24 | |
| 4192127590 | circular thinking/logic | -the second half of a writer's claim merely restates the first half in some way -no specific arguable assertion is made -ex. There aren't enough parking spaces in the school lot because there are too many cars ( not because the company nearby parks there too) -ex. Nobody likes school lunches because they think the food is bad. | 25 | |
| 4207099888 | heuristic | -helps to learn/understand -involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem solving by experimental and trial and error methods | 26 | |
| 4207099889 | ennui | -weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, profound lasting boredom/apathy "on-we" | 27 | |
| 4220703225 | Genghis Khan | -A Mongolian emperor and General of the late twelfth and early thirteenth century known for his military leadership and great cruelty -he concurred much of Asia | 28 | |
| 4220703226 | heinous | -very wicked, offensive, hateful | 29 | |
| 4229584440 | Four Horsemen | -Four figures in the book of revelations who symbolize the evils to come at the end of the world -conquest rides a white horse, war a red horse, famine a black horse, and plague a pale horse -often called the four horsemen of the apocalypse | 30 | |
| 4229584441 | fetter | - a chain or shackle on the feet ( often used in plural) - anything that confined or restrains Verb - to chain or shackle, to render helpless, | 31 | |
| 4238112670 | Star Chamber | -judged without input/unfair judgments -a royal courts that began in England in the Middle Ages (under the Staurt kings late 1600s) -without juries, known for tyrannical judgments -ceiling was painting with stars | 32 | |
| 4238112671 | sinecure | -a position requiring little or no work -an easy job | 33 | |
| 4246175567 | Charles Baudelaire | -A French poet of the mid-nineteenth century whose poetry is noted for is morbid beauty and evocative language -his most famous collection is Le Fleurs du mal (the flowers of evil) ~described terror/horror as attractive | 34 | |
| 4246175568 | surreptitious | -stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation -made or accomplished by fraud | 35 | |
| 4253266808 | nouveau riche | An insult for one who has recently become rich and spends money to show off | 36 | |
| 4253266809 | austere | - stern or severe in manner -without adornment or luxury, simple, plain -Harsh or sour in flavor | 37 | |
| 4266870175 | Vandals | -a people of Northern Europe known for their cruelty and destructiveness who invaded the Roman Empire and plundered Rome itself in the fifth century | 38 | |
| 4266870176 | vicarious | Performed, suffered, or experienced by on person in place of another | 39 | |
| 4266913484 | Rubicon | A river in northern Italy that Julius Casear crossed with his army in violation of the orders of Roman leaders who feared his power -lead to civil war and Caeser bein leader of Rome -by extension, taking a dangerous, decisive, and irreversible step | 40 | |
| 4266921717 | Soporific | -Things to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy -noun something that induces sleep | 41 | |
| 4266935293 | Quick fix | The writer relies to heavy on a catchy phrase or slogan -slogan doesn't really prove anything -oversimplifies an issue "When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns He think Fox News is the best because it's "fair and balanced" | 42 | |
| 4275493435 | schism | -a break within a church -such as the division between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic church | 43 | |
| 4275493436 | transgress | -to go beyond a limit or boundary -to sin to violate a law | 44 | |
| 4283847334 | folio | -a standard-size sheet of paper (17 X 13.5) folded in half -described a volume made up of folio sheets -(largest regular book size- most expensive) - Shakespeare's plays were first assembled in folio in 1623, used to designate any of the early collections of his work | 45 | |
| 4283847335 | bromidrosiphobia | -fear of body odor -morbid fear of giving forth a bad odor or sweat from the body, sometimes with the belief that such an odor is present | 46 |
