vocab 22
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- abstain
- to choose to do without; to refrain from
- tepid
- slightly warm; lukewarm; lacking warmth of feeling or enthusiasm
- catharsis
- a purging; a purifying by ridding of emotions, especially through the experience of art
- prototype
- an original model on which subsequent forms are based; a standard example
- idyll
- a short description of peaceful country life; a scene suitable for such a work
- credence
- belief; acceptance as valid or true
- dissipate
- to spread in every direction; to scatter; to waste
- entity
- a being; something with independent existence, either in actuality or in one's mind; a discrete unit
- entomology
- the branch of zoology that deals with insects
- omnivorous
- eating every kind of food, both animal and vegetable; eagerly taking in everything