Lesson 12
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- treatise
- a methodically and thoroughly written discussion on a topic
- nuance
- a very slight change in feeling or meaning; a gradation
- empathize
- to show or feel understanding of another's feelings or problems
- impair
- to damage, weaken, or lesson
- cardinal
- most important;; chief
- intuition
- knowing or sensing something without the use of reason; an insight
- vogue
- the popular fashion of the time. wide acceptance or favor
- infer
- to reach a conclusion through reasoning
- solace
- comfort or relief in sorrow or distress; consolation
- pernicious
- very destructive or harmful
- credible
- believable; reliable
- harrowing
- very distressing or acutely painful
- adversity
- misfortune; hardship
- manifest
- plain to see; evident
- faculty
- 1. any of the natural powers of the mind and body, such as sight or hearing 2. an inborn; a knack 3. all the teachers of a school