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DSST World Literature Vocab
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1. Government by a single person
autocracy
endemic
hyperbole
diction
2. To place a yoke on; to conquer
subjugate
calligraphy
credible
panacea
3. A feeling of well-being
speculate
perennial
euphoria
precocious
4. Wishing evil towards others
malevolent
emissary
subversive
ebullient
5. Excess of sugar in the blood
calligraphy
circumvent
precede
hyperglycemia
6. To turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow
posterity
propensity
symmetrical
subversive
7. A person who recieves benefit
beneficiary
equator
missive
miscreant
8. Anything out of its proper historical time
anachronism
benevolence
panacea
advocate
9. A running out somewhere; a short journey
fidelity
pedestrian
philanthropy
excursion
10. Those who come after; future generations
panorama
posterity
autonomy
calligraphy
11. A written acount of events year by year; historical records
synchronize
ambiguous
genial
annals
12. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
equator
efface
synthesis
ambivalence
13. Ripened before time; prematurely developed - as a precocious child.
automatic
genocide
precocious
circumference
14. Someone who does not know that God exists
odometer
perennial
agnostic
trilogy
15. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
bibliophile
xenophobia
infidel
veritable
16. The effort to increase the well-being of hummanity by charitable donations
philosopher
phonetics
philanthropy
democracy
17. To continue
consummate
procede
disparity
misanthrope
18. The quality of having two meanings
ambiguity
apathy
colloquial
automatic
19. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
phonetics
ebullient
procede
subjugate
20. True; actual
ambiguous
veritable
benign
apathy
21. People rule; government by representatives chosen by the people
democracy
hyperglycemia
precocious
subjugate
22. Choice of words in speaking or writing
circumspect
diction
phobia
antiquated
23. Easy to notice (look at); obvious
circumspect
impede
philosopher
conspicuous
24. So old as to no longer be useful
euphoria
antiquated
annual
autonomy
25. One who loves people
odometer
antagonist
philanthropist
subversive
26. One who loves books or knowledge
insidious
evoke
bibliophile
philanthropy
27. One who denies the existance of God
atheist
concur
malevolent
conspicuous
28. The study of the origin of words
etymology
autopsy
pandemic
revise
29. Faithfulness
pandemic
topography
amorphous
fidelity
30. To see again; to correct errors
revise
ambivalence
agnostic
excursion
31. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
circumvent
recluse
propensity
benevolence
32. Not arrayed or arranged properly; a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dress
panacea
disarray
calligraphy
malicious
33. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
circumspect
excursion
autocracy
synthesis
34. Lack of feeling; indifferent
monopoly
amorphous
apathy
bigamy
35. To take before - to realize beforehand
anticipate
precede
veritable
hyperglycemia
36. To run together; to agree
ebullient
disarray
concur
phobia
37. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
speculate
genesis
infidel
anthropomorphism
38. Originally - an unbeliever in religion; now - an evildoer or criminal
miscreant
autocracy
philanthropy
precede
39. To put off until afterward
annals
postpone
current
philosopher
40. A view in all directions
panorama
misanthrope
precocious
democracy
41. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
symbiotic
bisect
annals
ecology
42. Requiring much sitting
hyperbole
sedentary
perennial
credulous
43. A detailed drawing (writing on a map of the surface features of a region)
annals
commiserate
philanthropy
topography
44. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
evoke
antecedent
euphoria
eloquent
45. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
symbiosis
genocide
bigamy
postpone
46. Native to a particular people or country
bisect
bibliophile
endemic
antiquated
47. An incination to do good
fidelity
benevolence
diction
consummate
48. A seeing for oneself; a post-mortem examination of a body to discover the cause of death
ambiguity
phobia
autopsy
perennial
49. To speak beforehand
agnostic
malevolent
synchronize
predict
50. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
excursion
bigamy
monopoly
credulous
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