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Lesson 6 Words
Feelings
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English
9th Grade
11/15/2010

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Term
ANTIPATHY
Definition
n. hatred or dislike
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APATHY
Definition
n. 1. Lack of feeling, energy, or interest.
2. indifference
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EMPATHY
Definition
n. The ability to identify with someone else and understand that person's situation or feelings.
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PATHOLOGICAL
Definition
adj. 1. Referring to pathology, the study of disease
2. Caused by disease
3. Abnormal in behavior
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PATHOS
Definition
n. A feeling of sympathy; a quality that arouses pity or tenderness
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MISOGAMY
Definition
n. Hatred of marriage
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MISOGYNY
Definition
n. Hatred of women
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DYSENTERY
Definition
n. severe diarrhea
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DYSLEXIA
Definition
n. A serious difficulty learning to read in the usual way.
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COVET
Definition
tr. v. To crave or desire, especially something belonging to someone else.
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CUPIDITY
Definition
n. Greed; avarice
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COMPLACENT
Definition
adj. Self-satisfied; smug
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PLACATE
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tr. v. To calm; to pacify; to appease
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PLACID
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adj. Showing calmness, peacefullness, or composure
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IMPLACABLE
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adj. impossible to calm or appease
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