Lesson 4 APLANG Vocab

Aesthetic (noun/adjective)

• Relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art 

• Aloof (Adjective)

• Apart, indifferent 

• Archaic (Adjective) 

Antiquated, old to use

Assuage (verb)

• To ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm 

Belie (verb)

• To contradict, to give false impression

• Contentious (adjective)

Quarrelsome, stirring controversy

• Daunt (verb)

• To intimidate, to dismay 

• Debilitate (verb)

• To weaken, to enfeeble 

• Discord (noun)

• Lack of agreement, tension, strife 

• Dissemination (noun)

The act of spreading widely; scattering

Dogmatic (adjective)

Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

• Duplicity (noun) 

DOuble-dealing, hypocrisy

Egocentric (adjective)

• Self-centered, selfish 

Euphemism (noun

Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive

Gluttonous (adjective)

Greedy for food and drink

Mundane (adjective)

Ordinary, commonplace

• Ominous (adjective)

• Threatening 

Petulance (noun)

• Unreasonable touchiness or irritability 

• Precocious (adjective)

Exceptionally early in development or occurrence

Slothful (adjective)

Lazy, indolent

Trivia (noun

• Insignificant matters 

Verbose (adjective)

• WOrdy, very talkative 

Virulent (adjective)

Extremely poisonous, hateful

Volatile (adjective)

QUickly changeable, easily vaporized