English IV- Vocab set#6

Abject

most unfortunate and miserable

Abrogate

to revoke formally; to abolish or avoid

Doleful

filled with or evoking sadness

Effigy

a representation of a person 

Fatuous

lacking intelligence

Heresy

a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

Hierarchy 

a series of ordered groupings of people or things

Incredulous

not disposed or willing to believe

Malleable

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out 

Oilgarchy

a political system governed by only a few people

Panegyric

formally expressing praise

Pathos

a quality that arouses emotions; a feeling of sympathy 

Posterity

all future generations

Pugnacious

ready and able to resort to force or violence

Rash

marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences 

Ruffian

a cruel and brutal fellow

Surly

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Torpid

in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation 

Vapid

lacking significance or liveliness or spirit 

Zealot 

a fervent and ever militant proponent of something