My Glossary of Words and Definitions

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You can create your own personal glossary of new words learned in class.  Everyone in the class can add the words and definitions below!

Browse the glossary using this index

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A

a foreboding

a prediction, a presentiment of misfortune

a maxim

a saying, proverb, motto

advocate

to argue for a cause; to support

aggravate

make worse or more serious

amendment

the act of changing for the better. In context of the diagnostic test, one of the laws in the US Constitution protecting individual rights.

B

bleak

gloomy, dark, depressing

C

contemptuous

scornful; insulting

curator

from Latin 'to take care'; a keeper of cultural heritage institutions (e.g. museums)

D

dementia

loss of cognitive abilities like memory, concentration, etc...

E

eloquent

fluent and persuasive

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