Lesson 4
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11335599 on September 13, 2010
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ap english language & composition
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aesthetic | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful, concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| aloof | remote in manner, reserved, distant |
| assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| belie | represent falsely |
| contentious | involving or likely to cause controversy |
| daunt | cause to lose courage |
| debilitate | make weak |
| discord | strife resulting from a lack of agreement |
| dissemination | the act of dispersing or diffusing something |
| dogmatic | characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| duplicity | acting in bad faith |
| egocentric | a self-centered person with little regard for others |
| euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive |
| gluttonous | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
| mundane | belonging to this earth or world |
| ominous | presaging ill-fortune |
| petulance | an irritable petulant feeling |
| pompous | puffed up with vanity |
| precocious | appearing or developing early |
| slothful | disinclined to work or exertion |
| trivia | something of small importance |
| verbose | using or containing too many words |
| virulent | extremely poisonous or injurious |
| volitile | easily changeable, quick to explode OR highly unstable exlposives |
| archaic | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type |
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