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Unit 2 Vocab 1-14
Antithesis | A direct opposite, a contrast |
Ascend | To move upward, to rise from a lower station |
Austere | Strict, stern, unadorned, ascetic |
Autonomous | Independent, self contained |
Banal | Common, ordinary, lacking freshness |
Benign | Not causing harm, or gentle disposition, beneficial |
Capricious | Changing, suddenly, fickle |
Dawdle | To waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner |
Defamation | Act of harming or ruining another's reputation |
Esoteric | Understood by only a small group or a select few |
Exacerbate | To aggravate, to irritate, to vex |
Extol | To praise, to glorify |
Fastidious | Reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to extreme |