WORDS AND ITS MEANING

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English Flashcards on WORDS AND ITS MEANING, created by Mak Ke on 11/03/2017.
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PARADIGM AN EXAMPLE SERVING AS A MODEL; PATTERN
INTEGRATION AN ACT OF INSTANCE OF COMBINING INTO AN INTEGRAL WHOLE
CONTEXT THE PART OF A WRITTEN OR SPOKEN STATEMENT THAT PRECEDE OR FOLLOW A SPECIFIC WORD OR PASSAGE, USUALLY INFLUENCING ITS MEANING OR EFFECT
EPOCH (ee-pok) THE BEGINNING OF A DISTINCTIVE PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF ANYTHING
METAPHYSICAL BASICALLY MEANS, THE STRUCTURE AND PHYSICS OF REALITY.
PHYSICS THE SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH MATTER, ENERGY, MOTION, AND FORCE.
PUZZLING CONFUSING OR BAFFLING
WHAT IS MATTER MATTER IS ENERGY, SPACE AND TIME
EPISTEMIC OF OR RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE OR THE CONDITIONS FOR ACQUIRING IT
EPISTEMOLOGY A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN, NATURE, METHODS, AND LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
COACTION FORCE OR COMPULSION, EITHER IN RESTRAINING OR IN IMPELLING
RATIONAL HAVING OR EXERCISING REASON, SOUND JUDGMENT, OR GOOD SENSE
PREJUDICES AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION OR FEELING FORMED BEFOREHAND OR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, THOUGHT, OR REASON
CONFLATE TO COMBINE OR BLEND (TWO THINGS, ESP TWO VERSIONS OF A TEXT) SO AS TO FORM A WHOLE
FOOTHOLD A SECURE POSITION, ESPECIALLY A FIRM BASIS FOR FURTHER PROGRESS OR DEVELOPMENT
STATICS THE BRANCH OF MECHANICS THAT DEALS WITH BODIES AT REST OR FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM.
QUOTE, UNQUOTE SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE USING SOMEONE ELSE'S PHRASE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT THINK THAT PHRASE IS TRUE AND TO THINK HE CHOSE TO PRACTISE LAW BECAUSE IT'S A QUOTE, UNQUOTE 'RESPECTED' PROFESSION!
METHODOLOGY A SET OR SYSTEM OF METHODS, PRINCIPLES, AND RULES FOR REGULATING A GIVEN DISCIPLINE, AS IN THE ARTS OR SCIENCES.
PHILOSOPHY THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF ORGANIZATION OF A PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM OR INQUIRY PROCEDURE. THE STUDY OF THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE VARIOUS SCIENCES AND THE CONDUCT OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY.
REGIMEN MEDICINE/MEDICAL. A REGULATED COURSE, AS OF DIET, EXERCISE, OR MANNER OF LIVING, INTENDED TO PRESERVE OR RESTORE HEALTH OR TO ATTAIN SOME RESULT.
BUT I AM NOW ON A SYSTEM OF CURE BY REGIMEN: I AM TIRED OF (........) BUT I AM NOW ON A SYSTEM OF CURE BY REGIMEN: I AM TIRED OF SURGERY.
COUGAR [koo-ger] AN OLDER WOMAN WHO SEEKS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH MUCH YOUNGER MEN: HE'S IN HIS TWENTIES, BUT HE PREFERS COUGARS IN THEIR FORTIES AND FIFTIES TO YOUNG WOMEN HIS OWN AGE.
MGTOW (”MEN GOING THEIR OWN WAY”) IS A WAY OF LIFE WHICH REFUSES TO DEFER TO WOMEN IN DEFINING THE WORTH OF MEN. INSTEAD, IT FOCUSES ON POSITIVE MALE ASPECTS, INVITING MEN TO GO THEIR OWN WAY IN LIFE.
PREREQUISITE [pri-rek-wuh-zit, pree-] REQUIRED BEFOREHAND
A VISA IS STILL A PREREQUISITE FOR TRAVEL IN (....) COUNTRIES. A VISA IS STILL A PREREQUISITE FOR TRAVEL IN MANY COUNTRIES.
QUANTIFY TO DETERMINE, INDICATE, OR EXPRESS THE QUANTITY OF.
QUANTIFIABLE TO DISCOVER OR EXPRESS THE QUANTITY OF.
THAT YIELD QUANTIFIABLE (.........) THAT YIELD QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS.
CYBERNETICS THE STUDY OF HUMAN CONTROL FUNCTIONS AND OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO REPLACE THEM, INVOLVING THE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS TO COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING.
WHAT IS SELF-IMAGE? THE IDEA, CONCEPTION, OR MENTAL IMAGE ONE HAS OF ONESELF.
FROM ALL THESE WE MENTALLY CONSTRUCT A SELF (OR A PICTURE OF A SELF). ONCE AN IDEA OR A BELIEF ABOUT OURSELVES GOES INTO THIS PICTURE IT BECOMES "TRUTH," AS FAR AS WE PERSONALLY ARE CONCERNED. WE DO NOT QUESTION ITS VALIDITY, BUT PROCEED TO ACT UPON IT JUST AS IF IT WERE TRUE.
PERVASIVE SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE CORRUPTION IS SO PERVASIVE THAT IT IS ACCEPTED AS THE WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
THE SELF-IMAGE IS A "PREMISE," A BASE, OR A FOUNDATION UPON WHICH YOUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY, YOUR BEHAVIOR, AND EVEN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE BUILT.
APTITUDE READINESS OR QUICKNESS IN LEARNING; INTELLIGENCE
SHE HAS A SPECIAL APTITUDE FOR MATHEMATICS.
GULLIBLE [guhl-uh-buh l] EASILY DECEIVED OR CHEATED
SPONTANEOUSLY COMING OR RESULTING FROM A NATURAL IMPULSE OR TENDENCY; WITHOUT EFFORTOR PREMEDITATION; NATURAL AND UNCONSTRAINED; UNPLANNED
A SPONTANEOUS BURST OF APPLAUSE.
FAITH BELIEF THAT IS NOT BASED ON PROOF
CONTENTION A STRUGGLING TOGETHER IN OPPOSITION; STRIFE.
ANACHRONISM SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT IS NOT IN ITS CORRECT HISTORICAL OR CHRONOLOGICAL TIME, ESPECIALLY A THING OR PERSON THAT BELONGS TO AN EARLIER TIME
THE REPRESENTATION OF AN EVENT, PERSON, OR THING IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN WHICH IT COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED OR EXISTED
SHE REGARDS THE CHURCH AS AN ANACHRONISM
MISAPPROPRIATE TO PUT TO A WRONG USE.
MISAPPROPRIATE OF DATE WITH TIME
GEOLOGY THE SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE DYNAMICS AND PHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH, THE ROCKS OF WHICH IT IS COMPOSED, AND THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT THE EARTH HAS UNDERGONE OR IS UNDERGOING.
DECIPHER TO MAKE OUT THE MEANING OF (SOMETHING OBSCURE OR DIFFICULT TO READ OR UNDERSTAND)
I COULDN'T DECIPHER HIS HANDWRITING. TO INTERPRET BY THE USE OF A KEY, AS SOMETHING WRITTEN IN CIPHER: TO DECIPHER A SECRET MESSAGE.
HIEROGLYPH A WRITING SYSTEM USING PICTURE SYMBOLS; USED IN ANCIENT EGYPT
DISSEMINATE TO SCATTER OR SPREAD WIDELY, AS THOUGH SOWING SEED; PROMULGATE EXTENSIVELY; BROADCAST; DISPERSE
TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
EXTRATERRESTRIAL OUTSIDE, OR ORIGINATING OUTSIDE, THE LIMITS OF THE EARTH.
HIEROGLYPH A HIEROGLYPHIC SYMBOL
Synthesize To combine or cause to combine into a whole
Sentence with Synthesize My talent is being able to synthesize this information to become understandable to myself and then therefore to the layperson.
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