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Vocabulary list#1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Altruistic | unselfishly concerned for the walfare of others, generous |
| Ambivalent | having a contary feeling or attitudes, uncertain as course of action |
| Angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt |
| Arrogant | overbearingly assuming; insolently proud |
| Aversion | strong disinclination, disliking |
| Discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| Disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy |
| Disparage | to degrade,to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner |
| Disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, raank, or degree |
| Embellish | to decorate,to make beautiful with ornamenation |
| Engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| Innocous | harmless, producingno injury |
| Insipid | boring and stupid |
| Lament | to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| Laud | to praise, to extol |
| Obscure | difficult to see,vague |
| Ostentatious | showy, prentious |
| Prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance |
| Repudiate | to reject,disown, to disavow |
| Reticence | restraint in speech, reluctance to speak |
| Revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| Serene | calm, placid |
| Subtle | delicate,elusive,not obivious |
| Superflous | beyond what is needed or required ,an overflow |
| Taciturn | quiet,not verbose |