sat prep shakespeare list lesson 4

Nathalie L. (Belgium)
25 words 3 learners

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  1. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  2. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  3. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  4. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  5. belie
    be in contradiction with
  6. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  7. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  8. debilitate
    make weak
  9. discord
    lack of agreement or harmony
  10. dissemination
    the act of dispersing or diffusing something
  11. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  12. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  13. egocentric
    limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
  14. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  15. gluttonous
    given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
  16. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  17. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  18. petulance
    an irritable feeling
  19. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  20. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  21. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
  22. trivia
    something of small importance
  23. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  24. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  25. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
Created on Thu Nov 14 16:57:07 EST 2013

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