Lesson Four
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misspetite21 on August 31, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof | apart, indifferent |
| archaic | antiquated, old, out of use |
| assuage | to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
| belie | to contradict, to give a false impression |
| conentious | quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
| daunt | to intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate | to weaken, to dismay |
| discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife |
| dissemination | the act of spreading widely, scattering |
| dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
| duplicity | double dealing, hypocrisy |
| egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
| euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive |
| mundane | ordinary,commonplace |
| gluttonous | greedy for food drink |
| ominous | threatning |
| petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritablity |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self importance, bombastic |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurence |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| trivia | insignificant matters |
| verbose | wordy, very talkative |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; hateful |
| volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |
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