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english vocab lesson 4
lesson 4
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English
11th Grade
03/26/2012

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