May Vocab List Flashcards
Penitent
showing or feeling for wrong doing, repentant
Affinity
a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
Candid
blunt, sincere, honesty
Loiter
to stand idly or to linger aimlessly
Lustrous
shining or gleaming without sparkling
Contempt
scorn, extreme dislike or disdain
Disdain
intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy
Vulgarity
something offensive to good taste and refinement
Spurn
to reject or refuse with hostility
Insolence
insulting or contemptuous behavior
Perpetuate
to prolong the existence of something
Ascend
to move upward, to rise from a lower station
Despicable
very bad, contemptible
Igonimy
disgraceful or dishonorable conduct
Obstinancy
unyielding regardless of reason or logic