Flashcards: K. Nordstrom Week 45: English
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kanordstrom on November 1, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
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 beatific | showing complete happiness She had a ________ smile. |
| demeanor | a person's appearance and behavior His quiet ________ had a calming effect on us. |
| deputation | a group of people who are sent to a place to represent other people Many countries will be sending ________s to the peace conference. |
| devotee | a person who enjoys or is interested in something very much She is a ________ of Italian cooking. |
| inebriate | someone who is habitually drunk Though he tried to hide it, we all knew he was an ________. |
| interment | the act of burial ________ took place in the churchyard. |
| machinations | deceptive actions or methods that are used to get or achieve something His plans were defeated by the ________ of his enemies. |
| taciturn | tending to be quiet; not speaking frequently After such gatherings she would become ________ and morose. |
| defile | to take away or ruin the purity, honor, or goodness of something or someone important Vandals ________d the holy shrine. |
| cynical | believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest ________ people say there is no such thing as true love. |
| interchangeable | capable of being used in place of each other These words have similar meanings but they're not freely ________. |
| purge | to remove people from an area, country, organization, etc., often in a violent and sudden way This was an opportunity to ________ the party of unsatisfactory members. |
| totalitarian | a state in which every aspect of people's lives is controlled and monitored by those in power Stalin's USSR developed into a ________ state. |
| cult of personality | promotion of the image of an authoritarian leader not merely as a political figure but as someone who embodies the spirit of the nation and possesses endowments of wisdom and strength far beyond those of the average individual A ________ is similar to hero worship, except that it is established by mass media and propaganda. |
| pogrom | an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe The Nazis began a ________ against Jewish people in Germany |