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ENG Week 30 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alleviate | to make more bearable or partially remove or correct |
| Altruism | unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others |
| Bourgeois | of, relating to, characteristic of the social middle class |
| Brevity | shortness of duration |
| Creditable | sufficiently good to bring esteem or praise; worthy of belief |
| Cringe | to shrink in fear or servility |
| Dolt | a stupid person |
| Drivel | nonsense |
| Effrontery | shameless boldness |
| Fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability |
| Impolitic | not shrewd in managing, contriving, or dealing; unwise |
| Laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words |
| Languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| Larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it |
| Nadir | the lowest point |
| Navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| Oblique | not straightforward; indirect |
| Pillage | to plunder ruthlessly; loot |
| Redundant | unnecessary or excessive |
| Vivify | to endow with life or renewed life |