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GAW Unit 2

TermDefinition
aesthete a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature
assuage to make milder or less sever
curmudgeon a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous(disagreeable) person
diffidence the quality or state of being diffident(lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness)
erudition knowledge acquired by sturdy, research, etc.; learnign'scholarship.
ethereal light, airy, or tenuous
incorrigible bad beyond correction or reform
intrinsic belonging to a thing by its very nature
irascible easily provoked to anger; very irritable
meander to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
dissemble to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of
dissonant disagreeing or harsh in sound
dissuade to deter by advice or persuasion
egregious extraordinary in some bad way
elegiac used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy (poem/lament for the dead)
ephemeral lasting a very short time
espouse to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
extol to praise highly; laud; eulogize
obsequious characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please
pariah an outcast
progeny a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal
reprobate a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person
surly churlishly rude or bad-tempered
tenuous lacking a sound basis, as reasoning
turpitude vile, shameful, or base character;depravity
Created by: sophie.bremner
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