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Lesson Four
Words For Ratner
Words | Definition |
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aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
aloof | apart, indifferent |
archaic | antiquated, old, out of use |
assuage | to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
belie | to condtradict, to give a false impression |
contentious | quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
daunt | to intimidate, to dismay |
debilitate | to weaken, to enfeeble |
discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife |
dissemination | the act of spreading widely; scattering |
dogmatic | strongly opinioniated in an unwarranted manner |
duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive |
gluttonous | greedy for food and drink |
mudane | ordinary, commonplace |
ominous | threatening |
petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
slothful | lazy, indolent |
trivia | insignificant matters |
verbose | wordy, very talkative |
virulent | extremely poisonous; hateful |
volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |