Lesson 4 Definitions Flashcards
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Aloof
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Apart, indifferent
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Aesthetic
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Relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
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Archaic
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Antiqued, 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
