199780350 | Altruistic | showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | |
199780351 | Ambivalent | characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes | |
199780352 | Angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt | |
199780353 | Arrogant | overbearingly assuming; insolently proud | |
199780354 | Aversion | strong dislike | |
199780355 | Discern | to differentiate between two or more things | |
199780356 | Disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | |
199780357 | Disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner | |
199780358 | Disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree | |
199780359 | Embellish | to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details | |
199780360 | Engender | to cause, to produce, to create | |
199780361 | Innocuous | harmless, producing no injury | |
199780362 | Insipid | boring and stupid | |
199780363 | Lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner | |
199780364 | Laud | to praise, to extol | |
199780365 | Obscure | difficult to see, vague | |
199780366 | Ostentatious | showy; pretentious | |
199780367 | Prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance | |
199780368 | Repudiate | to reject, to disown, to disavow | |
199780369 | Reticence | restraint in speech, reluctance to speak | |
199780370 | Revere | to honor, to regard with respect | |
199780371 | Serene | calm, placid | |
199780372 | Subtle | delicate, elusive, not obvious | |
199780373 | Suerfluous | A// flowing beyond what is needed | |
199780374 | Taciturn | quiet, not verbose |
Lesson 1pre-ap English grade 8
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