Vocab lesson 4 2
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- Aesthetic
- artistic, visual
- Aloof
- Unfriendly, distant, cold
- Archaic
- old, ancient, out dated
- Assuage
- Ease, lessen, take the edge off
- Belie
- disprove, contradict, give the lie to
- Contentious
- arguable, debatable, controversial
- Daunt
- intimidate, scare, discourage
- Debilitate
- incapacitate, weaken, hamper, hinder
- Discord
- conflict, argument, disagreement
- Dissemination
- distribution, spreading, giving out
- Dogmatic
- rigid, inflexible, strict
- Duplicity
- deceit, dishonesty, deception
- Egocentric
- selfish, egotistic, self-centered
- Euphemism
- an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
- Gluttonous
- greedy, excessive
- Mundane
- dull, ordinary, routine, everyday, boring
- Ominous
- worrying, gloomy, warning, threatening
- Petulance
- bad temper, tantrums, grumpiness
- Pompus
- arrogant, snobbish, self-important
- Precocious
- intelligent, gifted, bright
- Slothful
- lazy, sluggish, inactive
- Trivia
- details, finer points
- Verbose
- wordly, talkative, rambling
- Virulent
- strong, active, bitter, powerful
- Volatile
- unstable, unpredictable, explosive, hot-blooded, hot tempered