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DSST World Literature Vocab
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1. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
postpone
telegraph
concur
credulous
2. True; actual
veritable
philanthropist
phonetics
disarray
3. Intentionally bad or harmful
equator
impede
malicious
benign
4. An incination to do good
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
hyperglycemia
convivial
benevolence
5. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
equitable
predict
eloquent
ambiguous
6. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
veritable
philanthropy
symbiosis
democracy
7. To take before - to realize beforehand
anticipate
apathy
devious
precede
8. Without definite form or shape
amorphous
empathy
annual
concur
9. One who hates people
genocide
annals
veritable
misanthrope
10. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
autocracy
speculate
evoke
philanthropist
11. Not faithful; a person who does not believe in a particular religion
infidel
calligraphy
biosphere
precocious
12. To see again; to correct errors
sedentary
subversive
revise
anticipate
13. Those who come after; future generations
posterity
phobia
miscreant
recluse
14. Yearly
autocracy
annual
bisect
symbiotic
15. To prove something is true
synthesis
circumvent
excursion
verify
16. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
propensity
profusion
euphemism
genial
17. Change form or shape
colloquial
advocate
subjugate
metamorphosis
18. A person sent on a specific mission
subjugate
metamorphosis
biosphere
emissary
19. The belief that there is no god/God
propensity
genesis
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
xenophobia
20. Bad sounds; disagreeable or discordant sounds
insidious
annals
impede
cacaphony
21. To look at; to reflect on or ponder
precedent
syllogism
speculate
autocracy
22. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
ambiguity
ecology
phonetics
recluse
23. So old as to no longer be useful
agnostic
current
trilogy
antiquated
24. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
xenophobia
anachronism
annual
subversive
25. One who denies the existance of God
concur
ebullient
ambiguity
atheist
26. Belief; acceptance as true
diction
ecology
equitable
credence
27. Harmless
ecology
apathy
pedestrian
benign
28. Faithfulness
antiquated
fidelity
equator
atheist
29. The quality of having two meanings
apathy
ambiguity
xenophobia
ecology
30. Among all people; widespread
disparity
ambiguous
pandemic
philanthropy
31. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
pedestrian
precocious
ambivalence
devious
32. The effort to increase the well-being of hummanity by charitable donations
precocious
conspicuous
philanthropy
autocracy
33. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
credulous
telemetry
synchronize
perennial
34. Requiring much sitting
sedentary
euphoria
genial
antiquity
35. One who seeks knowledge or wisdom through logic
symbiotic
philosopher
credence
genre
36. A person who recieves benefit
beneficiary
diction
contradict
ecology
37. An account of events arranged in order of time
euphoria
chronicle
emissary
syllogism
38. No way through; incapable of being passed through
etymology
subjugate
impervious
conspicuous
39. Trust - as financial credit; a source of honor - as great credit to one's family
misanthrope
credible
autonomy
evoke
40. Something that logically comes before another
circumvent
insidious
benevolence
antecedent
41. Sticking together; having orderly relation of parts
precede
excursion
enervate
coherent
42. To take out the nerve; to deprive of nerve - force or vigor; to weaken
enervate
symbiosis
miscreant
postpone
43. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
symmetrical
contradict
telegraph
colloquial
44. Not arrayed or arranged properly; a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dress
telegraph
philanthropist
equitable
disarray
45. The belief that there is only one God
pedestrian
benevolence
monotheism
pandemic
46. To get the foot entangled; anyhting that hinders
pedestrian
propensity
antiquity
impede
47. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
euphoria
genesis
bipartisan
pandemic
48. Choice of words in speaking or writing
diction
fidelity
symmetrical
malevolent
49. One called to give evidence; a person who pleads on another's behalf or casue.
empathy
advocate
missive
monopoly
50. A particular kind or category of literature or art
symbiotic
speculate
genre
equitable
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