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WOTD Units 1-4
Term | Definition |
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refinement | fineness of feeling, taste, manners, or language |
pervade | to spread throughout |
vague | so unclear that it is hard to understand |
adulation | feeling of deep admiration or worship |
simultaneously | when things happen at the same time |
placate | to make someone less angry by doing something to please him/her |
lilting | pleasantly light and musical |
surreptitious | secretive and sneaky |
venerable | old and wise; deserves respect |
trudge | to walk with slow, heavy steps |
callous | thick skinned or insensitive |
infuriate | to fill with wild, fierce anger; to enrage; to make furious |
repress | to hold back or keep inside; to hold in by self-control |
indifferent | you are not for or against it; you have no interest in something |
muted | gentle and soft, not strong and bright (related to colors and sounds) |
cantankerous | someone who complains or argues about everything |