Lesson 3 Flashcards
Abstruse
difficult to understand
affable
friendly, courteous
audacity
boldness, daring spirit
contrite
extremely apologetic, remorseful
credulous
believing on slight evidence, gullible
depravity
moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
deprecate
disapprove regretfully, to belittle
didactic
instructive, designed to teach
dormant
inactive, sleeping
enigmatic
mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
erudite
scholarly
exotic
foreign, unfamiliar
fuse
to mix or to join, smelting
immutable
unchanging
incorrigble
incapable of being reformed or improved
LOATHE
to detest
mitigate
less harsh or hostile, make less severe
nullify
cause not to be in effect, negate
pacifistic
opposed to war or use of force
pretentious
making an extravagant outward show, self-important
prologue
introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work
recant
withdraw, revoke
servile
overly submissive
trepidation
fear, trembling, agitation
valify
to malign, deframe, utter abusive statements against