Exercise: Are you familiar with the word, "meretricious?" Provide a definition. If the term is unfamiliar, make a guess about its meaning based on its appearance or sound, and create your own definition. Then look the word up, and find out how close you got. (We provide a thumbnail meaning as answer.)
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Gaudy; harlot-like.
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a. Ise. b. Meiji. c. Yasukuni. d. Kodana.
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A. John Stuart Mill B. Simone de Beauvoir C. Mary Wollstonecraft D. Carol Gilligan
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A. unsupported assertion B. explanation C. report D. argument E. illustration
Robert Nozick
What will be an ideal response?