Chapter 4 Flashcards by zachary hernandez | Brainscape

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Aloof

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Apart

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Aesthetic

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Relating to beauty or art

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Archaic

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Old

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Assuage

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Make less painful

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Belie

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False

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Contentious

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stirring controversy

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Daunt

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Intimidate

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Debilitate

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Weaken

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Discord

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Lack of agreement, tension

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Dissemination

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Spreading

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Dogmatic

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Strongly opinionated

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Duplicity

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Double-dealing, hypocrisy

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Egocentric

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Selfish

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Euphemism

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Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive

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Gluttonous

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Greedy for food

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Mundane

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Ordinary

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Petulance

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irritability

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Pompous

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Show of self importance

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Precocious

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Early developing

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Slothful

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Lazy

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Trivia

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Insignificant matters

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Verbose

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Talkative

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Virulent

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Poisonous, hateful

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Volatile

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Quickly changeable