Vocab. 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aesthetic | adj. relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof | adj. apart, indifferent |
| archaic | adj. antiquated, old, out of use |
| assuage | v. to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
| belie | v. to contradict, to give a false impression |
| contentious | adj. quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
| daunt | v. to intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate | v. to weaken, to enfeeble |
| discord | n. lack of agreement, tension, strife |
| dissemination | v. the act of spreading widely; scattering |
| dogmatic | adj. strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
| duplicity | n. double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| egocentric | adj. self-centered, selfish |
| euphemism | n. substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive |
| gluttonous | adj. greedy for food and drink |
| mundane | adj. ordinary, commonplace |
| ominous | adj. threatening |
| petulance | n. unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pompous | adj. exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| precocious | adj. exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| slothful | adj. lazy, indolent |
| trivia | n. insignificant matters |
| verbose | n. wordy, very talkative |
| virulent | adj. extremely poisonous; hateful |
| volatile | adj. quickly changeable, easily vaporized |
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