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10th Grade List #5
Term | Definition |
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Negligence | carelessness |
Conspicuous | standing out; obvious |
Advocate | to speak in favor of; to support |
Ascetic | hermitlike; practicing self-denial |
Novel | new; original |
Philanthropy | love of mankind; donating to charity |
Tentative | experimental; temporary; uncertain; not definite or final |
Deference | submission to another' s will; to respect; courtesy |
Vacillate | to be indecisive; to waver back and forth |
Fervor | passion |
Dispassionate | without passion; objective; neutral |
Pragmatic | practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory |
Rigorous | strict; grave |
Solemn | serious; grave |
Alleviate | to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable |