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DSST World Literature Vocab
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1. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
pedestrian
evoke
annual
malevolent
2. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
amorphous
xenophobia
synchronize
synthesis
3. Marrying one person while legally married to another
recluse
bigamy
symmetrical
hyperbole
4. Having a friendly and kindly manner
genial
democracy
pandemic
ambiguity
5. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
trilogy
apathy
propensity
annals
6. Reasonable; fair - just
equitable
biosphere
revise
ebullient
7. One who hates people
antagonist
genial
misanthrope
panacea
8. A person sent on a specific mission
precocious
emissary
verify
biosphere
9. To place a yoke on; to conquer
atheist
subjugate
credence
contradict
10. To turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow
subversive
amorphous
phobia
colloquial
11. Operating by itself
precedent
genesis
colloquial
automatic
12. Requiring much sitting
credulous
sedentary
credible
precocious
13. Sticking together; having orderly relation of parts
evoke
coherent
symmetrical
precede
14. Something that logically comes before another
antecedent
genial
procede
euphoria
15. To remove the face of; to wipe out
anthropomorphism
ambiguous
efface
subjugate
16. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
symbiosis
concur
efface
verify
17. A line equally distant at all points from the North and South Poles
hyperbole
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
disparity
equator
18. To see again; to correct errors
precedent
revise
recluse
colloquial
19. Easy to notice (look at); obvious
philosopher
democracy
coherent
conspicuous
20. So old as to no longer be useful
philanthropy
antiquated
revise
euphoria
21. Government by a single person
evoke
profusion
autocracy
symbiosis
22. The flow of water - air - or electricity; prevalent at the moment - as current fassions
emissary
equitable
malicious
current
23. Anything out of its proper historical time
efface
ambiguity
panacea
anachronism
24. Livig together in a close relationship - often to the benefit of both
circumvent
propensity
posterity
symbiotic
25. Intentionally bad or harmful
malicious
revise
credulous
speculate
26. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
atheist
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
credulous
subjugate
27. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
ambiguity
synthesis
autopsy
colloquial
28. An incination to do good
misanthrope
annual
ambiguity
benevolence
29. Three literary - drmatic - or musial compositions that - though complete in itself - form a related series
phonetics
trilogy
automatic
bigamy
30. To come - go - or exist before in time - order - rank - or position
ambivalence
annual
precede
precocious
31. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
convivial
monopoly
panacea
coherent
32. A line carried around; the outer boundary line around a circular area
panorama
synchronize
phobia
circumference
33. The quality of having two meanings
ambiguity
amorphous
annual
autocracy
34. A person one struggles against
contradict
metamorphosis
antagonist
devious
35. The study of the origin of words
etymology
equitable
phonetics
phobia
36. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
phonetics
genesis
topography
impervious
37. A detailed drawing (writing on a map of the surface features of a region)
equitable
propensity
topography
odometer
38. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
phonetics
panorama
missive
speculate
39. To prove something is true
ambiguous
verify
miscreant
monotheism
40. An account of events arranged in order of time
chronicle
sedentary
predict
circumspect
41. The systematic - planned killing of a race -political - or cultural group
genre
autopsy
etymology
genocide
42. Speaking out; fluent; persuasive
recluse
eloquent
tripartite
ambivalence
43. Consisting of or supported by two parties - especially two major political parties
bipartisan
synthesis
circumspect
democracy
44. A seeing for oneself; a post-mortem examination of a body to discover the cause of death
chronicle
philosopher
annual
autopsy
45. Change form or shape
phonetics
metamorphosis
synthesis
commiserate
46. Faithfulness
postpone
fidelity
diction
synthesis
47. No way through; incapable of being passed through
disarray
impervious
evoke
atheist
48. One who lives shut back from the world
precedent
euphoria
recluse
disparity
49. A turning from the proper way; crooked
current
automatic
devious
convivial
50. Lack of feeling; indifferent
automatic
apathy
genesis
etymology
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