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lesson 1 Deffinition
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others |
| ambivalent | uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things |
| angular | bony, lean, or gaunt: a tall, angular man |
| arrogant | making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud |
| aversion | a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy |
| discern | to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect |
| disdain | to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn |
| disparge | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle |
| disparity | lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank |
| embellish | to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. |
| engender | to produce, cause, or give rise to |
| innocuous | not harmful or injurious; harmless |
| insipid | without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid |