Building a Better Vocabulary

Glossary of Target Words

Target Word

and Part of Speech 'H¿QLWLRQ

LECTURE

No.

ZKHHGOH (verb) to attempt to persuade

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[HQRSKRELD (noun) unreasonable hatred or fear

of foreigners or strangers;

fear of that which is foreign or strange

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]HLWJHLVW (noun) the spirit, attitude, or general outlook

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and intellectual climate of an era

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