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Lit + Comp: Unit 6
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Term | Definition |
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adulation | exaggerated and hypocritical praise |
ascetic | someone who practices self denial |
characteristic | a distinguishing quality; typical or distinctive |
constituent | a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes, |
desecrate | violate a sacred place or language; |
egocentric | a self-centered person with little regard for others; one who cares only for themselves |
expunge | remove by erasing or crossing out by a line |
glaring | looking at with a fixed gaze; shining intensely |
impudent | marked by disrespect |
inure | cause to accept |
malleable | easily influenced; capable of being bent or shaped |
nostalgia | longing for something past |
ostentatious | intended to attract and impress others |
platitude | an obvious remark |
protean | taking on different forms |
rectitude | righteousness from being honorable and honest |
sanguine | a blood-red color; confidently optimistic and cheerful |
superficial | concerned with or comprehending only what is obvious |
truculent | disobediently aggressive |
vilify | spread negative information about |