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Lesson 4 Definitions
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10th Grade
04/07/2007
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aesthic
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relating to a sence of beauty or art
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aloof
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apart, indeferent
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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, to calm
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belie
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to contradict, to give a false immpression
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contentious
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quarrelsome, stirring contraversy
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daunt
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to intimidate to dismay
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debilitate
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to weaken
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discord
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lack of agreement, tennsion
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bebilitate
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to weaken
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dissemination
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the act of spreading widly, scattering
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dogmatic
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strongly oppinionated in an unwarrented 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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euphimism
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substitution of an inoffensive term
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gluttonous
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greedy for food and drink
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mundane
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ordinary, common place
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ominous
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threatening
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petulence
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unreasonable touchiness or irritability
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pompous
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exaggerated show of dignaty or self importance bombastic
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precocious
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exceptionally early in development or occurence
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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 talkitive
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virulent
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extreamly poisonous, hateful
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volatile
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quickly changable, easily vaporized
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