Bocab Oct 13 Words

Enamour

to cause to feel a strong or excessive fascination

Sacrilege

gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place or thing

Desecrate

to violate the sanctity of something

Heretic

one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine, often religious

Foible

a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behaviour

Flippant

lacking proper respect or seriousness

Expectorate

to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing and hawking or spitting

Excavate

to dig out and remove

Dubious

giving rise to uncertainty

Dogmatic

characterised by or given to expressions of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts

Divulge

to make known, often regarding information meant to be kept secret or shared in confidence

Discursive

moving from topic to topic without order

Desultory

marked by lack of a definite plan, regularity or purpose

Degenerate

having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt or vicious state

Defraud

to deprive of something by deception or fraud

Cursory

rapidly and often superficially performed or produced

Culpable

meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful

Cosmos

an orderly, harmonious, systematic universe

Contagion

a contagious influence, quality or nature

Cataclysm

a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition

Candor

unreserved, honest or sincere expression

Candid

marked by honest sincere expression

Cadence

the beat, time or measure of rhythm or activity

Bellicose

inclined to start quarrels or wars

Beatitude

a state of utmost bliss

Autonomy

quality or state of being self-governing or self-reliant

Autocracy

the authority or rule of an autocrat

Aura

a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source

Assimilate

to take into the mind and thoroughly understand

Apotheosis

peak