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F451 Part 1 Vocabulary

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  • the utilization of another person for selfish purposes
    exploitation
  • tactile
    related to the sense of touch
  • odious
    extremely unpleasant; repulsive
  • to offer a self-serving, but possibly incorrect answer
    rationalize
  • torrent
    a strong, fast-moving stream of water or other liquid
  • relating to the sense of smell
    olfactory
  • motionless and often having an unpleasant smell; of water or air
    stagnant
  • melancholy
    sadness; depression of the spirits
  • belief or opinion at odds with what is generally accepted
    heresy
  • having a preference or tendency
    inclined
  • excitement; superficial stimulation
    titillation
  • cower
    to cringe in fear
  • a continuous low humming or buzzing; to speak in that manner
    drone
  • venomous
    poisonous; malicious or mean
  • a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
    dictum
  • expressions of severe disapproval; strong censure
    condemnation
  • stolid
    calm; showing little emotion
  • ravenous
    extremely hungry
  • bestial
    savagely cruel and wicked
  • pretending to be affected by feeling, injury or state of mind
    feigning
  • cacophony
    a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
  • censor
    a person authorized to take out offensive material; to ban
  • glowing
    luminescent
  • the part of the mind which one is not fully aware, but which influences one's actions
    subconscious
  • proclivities
    habitual tendencies to do something usually discreditable; inclinations; predispositions
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