vocab 1
Terms
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- altruistic
- unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others; generous
- ambivalent
- having contrary feelings or attitudes; uncertain as to course of action
- angular
- lean; sharp cornered; gaunt
- arrogant
- overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
- aversion
- strong disinclination; disliking
- discern
- to differentiate between tow or more things
- disdain
- intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt; to reject as unworthy
- disparage
- to degrade; to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner
- disparity
- inequality; the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree
- embellish
- to decorate; to make beautiful with ornamentation
- engender
- to cause; to produce; to create
- innocuous
- harmless; producing no injury
- insipid
- boring and stupid
- lament
- to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
- laud
- to praise; to extol
- obscure
- difficult to see; vague
- ostentatious
- showy; pretentious
- prodigal
- wasteful; a person given to extravagance
- repudiate
- to reject; to disown; to disavow
- reticence
- restraint in speech; reluctance to speak
- revere
- to honor; to regard with respect
- serene
- calm; placid
- subtle
- delicate; exclusive; not obvious
- superfluous
- beyond what is necessary or required; an overflow
- taciturn
- quiet; not verbose