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APLAC Unit 13 VOCAB
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| salutary | (adj.) wholesome; healthful |
| empathy | (n.) an understanding of other's feelings |
| redundant | (adj.) repetitious, using more words than needed |
| impinge | (v.) to encroach; to trespass |
| brevity | (n.) a briefness; a short duration |
| nirvana | (n.) a condition of great peace or happiness |
| animosity | (n.) hatred |
| despicable | (adj.) contemptible; hateful |
| harlequin | (n.) a clown |
| savant | (n.) a person of excessive learning; an eminent scholar |
| obsequious | (adj.) excessively submissive or overly attentive |
| offal | (n.) garbage; waste parts |
| hoi polloi | (n.) the common people; the masses |
| lascivious | (adj.) lustful of lewd |
| cataract | (n.) a large waterfall |