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Vocabulary #6

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accoladepraise, an award
aestheticrelating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
altruisticunselfish concern for the welfare of others, generous
angularlean, sharp cornered
audacityexcessive boldness, rashness, daring
augmentto make greater or supplement
crasscoarse, crude, and unrefined
deartha lack, scarcity
defamationact of harming or ruining anther's reputation
depleteto use up gradually, lessen in amount or value
diffidenceshyness, reserve, unassertiveness
disseminationspread widely, scatter
dissuadeto advise against, talk out of
duplicitydouble-dealing, hypocrisy
distendto expand, swell
elucidateto make clear, explain
eruditescholarly
estrangeto alienate, separate
euphemismsubstituting an inoffensive or less offensive term for one that is offensive
expungeto remove, erase
hyperboleobvious exaggeration
hypocriteone who is insincere or deceitful
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point, silly, insipid
pretentiousmaking an extravagant outward show, self-important, ostentation
prodigiousextraordinary in bulk, quanitity, or degree, great in size, enormous


Catherine Clift

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