Vocabulary in School - Part 4 Flashcards
alienated
removed or disassociated from (friends, family, homeland)
alleviate
to ease a pain or burden
archetype
a perfect example; an original pattern
auspicious
accompanied by favorable circumstances
benign
kind and gentle
capricous
impulsive and unpredictable
conviction
a fixed or strong belief
debunk
the expose the falseness of
deleterious
having a harmful effect
disdain
to regard or treat with content; to look down on
disingenuous
not straight-foward; crafty
disparate
fundamentally distinct or different
emollient
softening and soothing
equivocate
to avoid making a defiant statement
exculpate
to keep from guilt or blame
fabricated
made; concocted in order to decieve
inevitable
certain to happen; unavoidable
milk
to draw or extract advantage from
mitigate
to make less severe or painful
mollify
to calm or soothe
objectivity
treating facts without influences from personal feelings or prejudices
proliferate
to grow or increase greatly
punctilious
strictly attentive to minute detain; picky
recalcitrant
defiant of authority; stubborn; difficult
sanction
to give official authority to
spurious
not genuine; false
substantiated
supported with proof or evidence
superficial
concerned only with what is above on the surface; shallow
tenacity
persistently adhering to a point of view
