Lesson 1pre-ap English grade 8
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rosspeyton on August 28, 2011
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Altruistic | showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| Ambivalent | characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes |
| Angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt |
| Arrogant | overbearingly assuming; insolently proud |
| Aversion | strong dislike |
| Discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| Disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
| Disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner |
| Disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree |
| Embellish | to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details |
| Engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| Innocuous | harmless, producing no injury |
| Insipid | boring and stupid |
| Lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| Laud | to praise, to extol |
| Obscure | difficult to see, vague |
| Ostentatious | showy; pretentious |
| Prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance |
| Repudiate | to reject, to disown, to disavow |
| Reticence | restraint in speech, reluctance to speak |
| Revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| Serene | calm, placid |
| Subtle | delicate, elusive, not obvious |
| Suerfluous | A// flowing beyond what is needed |
| Taciturn | quiet, not verbose |
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