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Vocab week 1
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| vicarious | enjoyed by one person through indirect participation (ex a parent) |
| Rationalize | To attribute one's actions to rational without analysis of the truth of the action (excuses) |
| Gregarious | preferring the company of others to solitude (life of the party) |
| Obsequious | servilely attentive: fawning (suckup) |
| Maudlin | tearfully or excessively sentimental (lets have a moment of silence for the empty coffee cup) |
| Ascetic | practicing extreme self denial |
| Pander | to cater to base desires |
| Sublimate | to direct energy from being destructive to be one more positive |
| Wanton | unchaste, lewd |
| Effete | spent, exhausted, barren of energy |