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Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aesthetic | beautiful |
| catalyst | starter |
| disparage | to vilify |
| ingratiate | to attract |
| insipid | boring |
| peerless | best |
| propriety | properness |
| virtuoso | genius |
| vitriolic | reproachful |
| whimsical | frivolous |
| amicable | affable |
| devious | duplicitous |
| dissonance | cacophony |
| efface | to delete |
| garrulous | loquacious |
| immutable | permanent |
| ponderous | bulky |
| predecessor | former |
| rebuff | to reject |
| static | stagnant |
| acquiesce | to agree |
| articulate | eloquent |
| belittle | to reproach |
| bombastic | arrogant |
| conciliatory | assuaging |
| delineate | to outline |
| diffident | shy |
| laconic | brusque |
| scanty | insufficient |
| subjugate | to defeat |
| anarchy | people chaos |
| authoritarian | strict |
| depravity | decadence |
| meager | scanty |
| predilection | affinity |
| quixotic | whimsical |
| salutary | healthy |
| suppress | to restrain |
| temerity | boldness |
| turbulence | weather chaos |
| callous | insensitive |
| desecrate | to blaspheme |
| evanescent | brief |
| heed | to listen |
| indigent | insolvent |
| paragon | exemplar |
| provincial | limited |
| steadfast | dedicated |
| supercilious | bombastic |
| usurp | to supplant |