SAD OX LEVEL H UNIT 8 1-10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abberation | n. a departure from what is proper, right, expected or normal, a lapse form a sound mental state deviation, anomaly, irregularity |
| ad hoc | adj. for this specific purpose, improvised, adv. with respect to this makeshift |
| bane | n. the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin, death or ruin itself, poison spoiler, bete noire |
| bathos | n. the intrustion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality, the lowest phase, nadir, an anticlimax, comedown mawkishness, mush, schmaltz |
| cantankerous | adj. ill tempered, quarrelsome, difficult to deal with carnky, testy, peevish, irascible, ornery |
| casuistry | n. specious argument sophistry |
| de facto | adj. actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned, adv. in reality, actually in actuality, in point of fact |
| depredation | n. the act of preying upon or plundering looting, pillage, outrage |
| empathy | n. a sympathetic understanding or or identification with the feelings, thoughts or attitudes of someone or something else. sympathy, compassion |
| harbinger | n. a herald, a forerunner precursor |
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