Vocabulary Flashcards

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acculturate

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To assimilate or cause to assimilate a different culture, typically the dominant one.

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analogous

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Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

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ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

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dubious

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Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon.

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egregious

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Outstandingly bad; shocking.

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euphemistic

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Using or of the nature of a euphemism.

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succinct

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Briefly and clearly expressed.

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ostensibly

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Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually.

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periphrastic

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(Of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory.

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sociocultural

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Relating to the interaction of social and cultural elements.