Vocab.+lists+6-10

Vocabulary List 6

vehement – urgent; passionate assuage – to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve prudent – careful; having foresight authoritarian – like a dictator contrite – deeply apologetic; remorseful recalcitrant – stubbornly defiant of authority or control tenacious – tough; hard to defeat

Vocabulary List 7

animated – alive; moving nostalgia – a sentimental longing for the past; homesickness venerate – to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age vilify – to say vile things about; to defame indifferent – not caring one way or the other; mediocre; lacking a preference; neutral revere – to worship; to honor (think of a reverend) denounce – to speak out against; to condemn

Vocabulary List 8

disdain – arrogant scorn; contempt diverse – varied pious – reverent or devout; outwardly ( and sometimes falsely ) reverent or devout virulent – extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate contempt – reproachful disdain deter – to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something banal – unoriginal; ordinary

Vocabulary List 9

deride – to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously rigorous – strict; harsh; severe conspicuous – standing out; obvious volition – will; conscious choice disparage – to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about; usually in a somewhat indirect way languish – to become weak, listless, or depressed exemplary – outstanding; setting a great example

Vocabulary List 10

relegate – to banish; to send away uniform – consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone condescend – to stoop to someone else’s level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize indolence – laziness congenial – agreeably suitable; pleasant ameliorate – to make better or more tolerable credulous – believing; gullible