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Unit 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstemious | restraining |
| abstruse | opaque |
| aversion | enmity |
| diminutive | tiny |
| eclectic | diverse |
| extraneous | peripheral |
| hardy | strong |
| intractable | stubborn |
| soporific | making sleepy |
| abstract | intangible |
| archaic | ancient |
| engender | to cause |
| erudite | well-educated |
| fervor | exuberance |
| iconoclast | heretic |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| painstaking | assiduous |
| pompous | bombastic |
| renown | prestige |
| astute | discerning |
| convivial | effervescent |
| equanimity | composure |
| lassitude | torpor |
| listless | enervated |
| mollify | to ameliorate |
| paradigm | exemplar |
| profusion | copiousness |
| recalcitrant | adjective |
| resigned | adjective |
| surmise | to infer |
| ambivalence | irresoluteness |
| anomaly | aberration |
| biased | partisan |
| credulous | naive |
| despot | dictator |
| incipient | developing |
| nefarious | malevolent |
| prodigious | large |
| servile | submissive |
| temper | to assuage |
| arduous | formidable |
| ascetic | abstemious |
| blithe | convivial |
| deprecate | to belittle |
| didactic | academic |
| eulogy | accolades given at time of death |
| gratuitous | wanton |
| raze | to obliterate |
| tawdry | tacky |
| unimpeachable | faultless |