Assignment 2 Flashcards
1
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Aesthetic
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relating to a sense of beauty or art
2
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Aloof
A
indifferent
3
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Archaic
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Antiqued
4
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assuage
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to ease
5
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belie
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to contradict
6
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contentious
A
quarrelsome
7
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daunt
A
to intimidate
8
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debilitate
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to weaken
9
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discord
A
lack of agreement
10
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dissemination
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the act of spreading widely
11
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dogmatic
A
strongly opinionated
12
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duplicity
A
hypocrisy
13
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egocentric
A
self-centered
14
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euphemism
A
substitution of an non offensive term for an offensive one
15
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gluttonous
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greedy for food or drink
16
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mundane
A
ordinary
17
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ominous
A
threatening
18
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petulance
A
unreasonable touchiness
19
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pompous
A
exaggerated self-importance
20
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precocious
A
exceptionally early in development
21
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slothful
A
lazy
22
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trivia
A
insignificant matters
23
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verbose
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wordy, very talkative
24
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virulent
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extremely poisonous or hateful
25
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volatile
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changing quickly or easily evaporated
