My Vocab #2
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- abate
- to lessen in intesnsity or degree
- accolade
- an expression of praise
- adultation
- excessive praise; intense adoration
- aesthetic
- dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
- ameliorate
- to make better or more tolerable
- ascetic
- one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
- avarice
- greed, esp.for wealth
- axiom
- a universally recognized principle
- burgeon
- to grow rapidly or flourish
- bucolic
- rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
- cacophony
- harsh,jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- canon
- an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
- castigation
- severe criticism or punishment
- catalyst
- a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change
- caustic
- burning or stinging; causing corrosion
- chary
- wary; cautious; sparing
- cogent
- appealing forcibly to the mind of reason; convincing