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lesson 4 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aesthetic (adj.) | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof (adj.) | apart, indifferent |
| archaic (adv.) | antiquated, old, out of use |
| belie (verb) | to contradict, to give a false impression |
| contentious (adj.) | quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
| daunt (verb) | to intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate (verb) | to weeken, to enfeeble |
| discord (noun) | lack of agreement, tension strife |
| dogmatic (adj.) | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted way |
| duplicity (noun) | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| egocentric (adj.) | self-centered, selfish |
| gluttonous (adj.) | greedy for food and drink |
| mundane (adj.) | ordinary, common place |
| ominous (adj.) | threatening |
| petulance (noun) | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pompous (adj) | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| precocious (adj.) | exceptionally early in development or occurence |
| slothful (adj.) | lazy, indolent |
| verbose (adj.) | wordy, very talkative |
| volatile (adj.) | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |