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Unit 1-5 Vocabulary Rev 3
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| abstinence | giving up pleasures such as food or drink |
| antithesis | exact opposite |
| aversion | strong feelings of dislike |
| bequeath | leave money or property in a will |
| capricious | fickle, changing their mind a lot |
| capitulate | give up, surrender |
| belittle | to make something seem unimportant |
| augment | to increase in size |
| animosity | feeling ill will towards something--hoping something bad will happen to them |
| affinity | a strong liking for something or natural connection to it |
| advocate | support, be in favor of |
| apocryphal | probably not real, doubt if it is real |
| cacophony | loud, unpleasant sound |
| catharsis | emotional relief |
| celestial | related to heaven or gods |
| assuage | soothe, satisfy |
| altruistic | thoughtful of others, taking care of them |
| ambiguous | unclear, vague |
| ambivalence | having mixed feelings, unsure which to do or believe |
| austere | stern or strict |
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