Assignment 2 Flashcards by Lynette Wickstrom | Brainscape

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Aesthetic

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relating to a sense of beauty or art

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Aloof

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indifferent

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Archaic

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Antiqued

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assuage

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to ease

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belie

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to contradict

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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daunt

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to intimidate

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debilitate

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to weaken

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discord

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lack of agreement

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dissemination

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the act of spreading widely

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dogmatic

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strongly opinionated

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duplicity

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hypocrisy

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egocentric

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self-centered

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euphemism

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substitution of an non offensive term for an offensive one

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gluttonous

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greedy for food or drink

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mundane

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ordinary

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ominous

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threatening

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petulance

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unreasonable touchiness

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pompous

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exaggerated self-importance

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precocious

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exceptionally early in development

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slothful

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lazy

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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 or hateful

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volatile

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changing quickly or easily evaporated