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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