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The Princeton Review
Term | Definition |
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aggrandize | widen in scope; enlarge, extend |
discern | to perceive; see, recognize, apprehend |
antipathy | deep feeling of dislike, aversion |
apathy | absence of passion, emotion, or excitement; careless |
dirge | funeral song or tune, expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead |
dissemble | to give false appearance to; conceal the truth or nature of |
disabuse | to free from deception or error |
esoteric | understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge; recondite |
diffident | lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth; timid, shy |
deride | to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at |
catalyst | person or thing that precipitates an event or change |
caustic | capable of burning, corroding, destroying living tissue |
erudite | characterized by great knowledge; scholarly or learned |
amalgamate | to mix or merge as to make a combination; blend, unite, combine |
castigate | to criticize or reprimand severly |