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Vocabulary list#1
Question | Answer |
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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 |