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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 xenophobic | fearful of foreigners |
| Copious | large in number or quantity |
| articulate | speak, pronounce, or utter in a easy way |
| apogee | highest point; the point farthest from the earth |
| affable | courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| egalitarian | A person who believes in the equality of all people |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| nefarious | wicked |
| macabre | horrible, grim |
| vacuous | empty |
| apathy | a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| ramification | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| insolent | insulting in manner or speech |
| scribe | write |
| treason | Betrayal |
| syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
| eulogize | praise |
| insurgents | people who rebel against their government |
| hybrid | anything of mixed origin |
| pithy | concise and meaningful; |
| revelation | an enlightening or astonishing disclosure |
| replete | fill to satisfaction |
| interminable | endless |
| Gothic | gloomy |
| creed | system of religious or ethical belief |
| tyranny | cruel and unjust use of power |
| vengeance | revenge |
| euphoric | extremely happy |
| docile | easy to teach or manage |
| hullabaloo | a loud noise or uproar |
| serendipitous | found by accident |
| tedious | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness |
| irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back |
| pariah | an outcast |
| pissant | Slang: Vulgar . a person or thing of no value or consequence |
| fascist | belief in dictatorship |
| socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry, a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership |
| anarchist | one against government |
| benign | not dangerous to health |
| indigenous | native to a certain area |
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