1) Ego: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

2) Subjectivity: judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts

3) Metacognition: "cognition about cognition", or "knowing about knowing.

4) Epistemology: the philosophical theory of knowledge

5) Mollify: cause to be more favorably inclined

6) Abrogate: revoke formally

7) Bureaucracy: nonelective government officials

8) Viscosity: resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

9) Filibuster: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation

10) Reconcile: make one thing compatible with another

11) Vilify: spread negative information about

12) Aggregate: the whole amount

Vocab: March 15

1) Bourgeoisie: the social class between the lower and upper classes

2) Proletariat: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

3) Stop-loss: a 2008 American drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce

4) Elucidate: make clear and (more) comprehensible

5) Elusive: difficult to describe, difficult to catch

6) Profligate: a dissolute man in fashionable society

7) Chasm: a deep opening in the earth's surface

8) Fulminate: criticize severely

9) Ostentatious: intended to attract notice and impress others

10) Obfuscate: make obscure or unclear