Vocab

1. Conflate: (v) confuse, mix up

2. Xenophobic: (adj) one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin

3. Stigmatize: (v) to describe or regard (something, such as a characteristic or group of people) in a way that shows strong disapproval

4. Millennia: (n) a period of 1000 years

5. Underlying: (adj) basic, fundamental

6. Empathy: (n) the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another

7. Presumptuous: (adj) overstepping due bounds; taking liberties

8. Enigma: (n) something hard to understand or explain

9. Autonomy: (n) self-directing freedom and especially moral independence 

10. Atrophy: (n) decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue

11. Benevolent: (adj) marked by or disposed to doing good; organized for the purpose of doing good

12. Flagrant: (adj) conspicuously offensive

13. Inevitable: (adj) incapable of being avoided or evaded

14. Discern: (v) to recognize or identify as separate and distinct 

15. Drone: (v) to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound

16. Static: (adj) showing little change

17. Benign: (adj) of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life; harmless

18. Nefarious: (adj) wicked, evil

19. Speculate: (v) wonder; to be curious or doubtful about

Conventional: (adj) ordinary, commonplace