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Vocab Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aristocratic | of the upper class |
| assertion | statement; declaration |
| barbarian | a primitive or uncivilized person |
| civilized | refined; having polite manners |
| contempt | scorn; a showing of disrespect |
| cynical | doubting the sincerity of people's motives; sarcastic |
| deportment | conduct; behavior |
| extortion | the demanding of too high a price; the getting of money by force |
| extract | to draw out by effort; to derive (n.) concentrated form; excerpt |
| lethargy | apathy; sluggishness; drowsiness |
| lyric | poetic; musical (n.) words of a song |
| methodical | characterized by method; orderly; systematic |
| obstinately | stubbornly |
| polyglot | one who speaks several different languages (adj.) speaking several different languages |
| prose | non poetic language; ordinary form of language |
| provincial | narrow minded; limited; of or belonging to a province |
| pugnacious | eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome |
| seamy | unpleasant; dirty; wretched |
| synonymous | having the same meaning as; similar in meaning |
| temperament | disposition; frame of mind |