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VCR Lesson 6
| antipathy | n. - a hatred or dislike |
| apathy | n. - lack of feeling, energy, or interest; indifference |
| empathy | n. - the ability to identify with someone else and understand that person's situation of feelings |
| pathological | adj. - referring to pathology, the study of disease; caused by disease; abnormal in behavior |
| pathos | n. - a feeling of sympathy; a quality that arouses pity or tenderness |
| misogamy | n. - hatred of marriage |
| misogyny | n. - hatred of women |
| dysentery | n. - severe diarrhea |
| dyslexia | n. - a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is a deficit in the phonological component of language and is characterized by poor spelling and decoding abilities |
| covet | v. - to crave or desire, especially something belonging to someone else |
| cupidity | n. - greed; avarice |
| complacement | adj. - self-satisfied; smug |
| implacable | adj. - impossible to calm or appease |
| placate | v. - to calm; to pacify; to appease |
| placid | adj. - showing calmness, peacefulness, or composure |