Vocab for Revision

Eugenicist

A person who advocates for or practices eugenics, a discredited movement aiming to “improve” the human population’s genetic quality by controlling reproduction.

Cognitive

Relating to the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Incremental

Relating to or denoting an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale.

Gothic

A medieval style in art, architecture, and literature

Peregrinate

Travel or wander around from place to place.

Miasma

A harmful vapor or mist, historically believed to cause disease.

Cachet

The state of being respected or admired.

Disarrange

Make something untidy or disordered.

Debauch

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

Caricature

A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated.

Reciprocal

Given, felt, or done in return.

Birthright

A particular right go possession or privilege one has from birth.

Avatar

An icon or figure representing a particular person in video games, internet forums, etc.

Unfettered

Free from restrictions, control, or inhibitions.

Relinquish

Cease to keep or claim; give up.

Interpolate(d)

Insert something into something else.

Feign

Pretended to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury.

Irreducible

Not able to be reduced or simplified.

Jocular

Fond or characterized by joking; humorous or playful.

Iniquity(its)

Gross injustice, wickedness, or a deeply immoral act.