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Lesson 6
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| arable | fit for plowing,tillable | |
| ascendancy | domination,growing power | |
| atrophy | to waste away. to wither | |
| clandestine | secret | |
| conciliate | to reconcile,to pacify,to renew a freindship | |
| cursory | superficial,casual,hastily done | |
| derision | scoffing at,mockery,ridicule | |
| enmity | absolute hatred | |
| extricate | to free,to disentangle | |
| forbearance | patience,lenience | |
| antiquated | osolete,out of fashion,no longer usable | |
| frivolous | lacking in seriosness of importance | |
| garruluos | talkative,rambling | |
| impetuous | violent,hasty,rash,impulsive | |
| industrious | skillfully busy or occupied | |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind,vicious,notoriously bad | |
| insolence | insulting or competuous behavior | |
| levity | excessive frivolity,flippancy |