Final Exam Vocabulary Review Part 2

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insular

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Ignorant or uninterested in culture, ideas, or people outside one's own experience.

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extricate

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To free or remove someone or something from a difficult situation.

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vitriolic

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Filled with bitterness, hatred, or anger, especially in criticism.

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tenuous

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Very weak or slight; having little substance or strength.

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commiserate

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To express or feel sympathy for someone about something bad they experienced.

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permeate

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To spread throughout something; to pass through the pores or openings.

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transcend

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To go beyond the limits of something, often in a spiritual or abstract sense.

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circuitous

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Taking a roundabout, indirect route; not straightforward.

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intrinsic

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Belonging naturally; essential or inherent to something.

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irrevocable

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Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final.