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Desp Ch 34-43
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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philosophy | the study of the fundamental knowledge |
recalled | to bring back |
gratitude | being thankful |
covert | kept from sight |
institute | a society or organization |
divine | excellent or delightful |
comeuppance | a punishment or fate that someone deserves |
understatement | presenting something as being smaller or less important |
defiant | showing defiance |
ignorant | lacking knowledge |
empathy | the ability to understand and feel for others |
rubbish | trash |
earnest | strong and firm in purpose, sincere |
diminishment | make smaller |
meditative | considered thought |
quest | long and difficult journey |
lair | wild animals resting place |
beatific | blissfully happy |