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10th Grade List #5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |