Chapter 8-17 Vocab Flashcards
Trick/Lying
Treachery
Holy
Sanctity
Lacking in movement
Stagnant
something you HAVE to do
obligatory
not harmful
innocuous
capable of catching fire/ speech/ trying to fire people up
incendiary
having a rank smell/ taste/ decomposition/ spoiled milk
rancid
refusal to comply with or accept something
Resistance
indulgent of your own appetites and desires;marked by excessive
self-indulgence and moral decay
Decadent
looking down on someone
Condescending
you alone don’t dislike it; a whole community of like-minded souls has to
dislike it
Revile
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; fearless daring
Audacity
a very small difference in color, meaning, or feeling
Nuance
Grave or gloomy in character
Somber
associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to.
Fraternize
lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
Extravagant
in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.
Furtively
address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment. or the expression of disapproval or disappointment.
Reproach
incapable of being fully explored or understood.
Unfathomable
friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.
Affable
not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
Precarious
providing moral or intellectual instruction.
Edifying
a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.
Progeny
inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality).
Imbue
