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vocabulario 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absolve | to take (someone) free from guilt,responsability etc.to give forgiveness to (someone who has sinned)or for (a sin). |
| countenance | the appearance of a persons face;a person's expression. |
| disdain | a feeling of strong dislike or disapproval of someone or something you think does not deserve respect. |
| extraneous | not forming a necessary part of something;not important. |
| histrionic | too emotional or dramatic. |
| perennial | existing or continuing in the same way for a long time, happening again and again. |
| platitude | a statement that expresses an idea that is not new. |
| secular | not spiritual of or relating to the physical world and not the spiritual world not religious of relating to or controlled by the government rather than by the church. |
| tenet | a belief or idea that is very important to a group. |
| usurp | to take and keep (something such as power)in a forceful or violent way and especially without the right to do so. |