Vocab Q4, #1

Ardor

- Feelings of great warmth and intensity (strong passion or enthusiasm).

Assuage

- Provide physical relief, as from pain (to ease or make better).

Depraved

- Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper (morally bad or evil).

Deprecate

- Express strong disapproval of; deplore (to criticize or disapprove of strongly).

Desolation

- Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned (deep loneliness or emptiness).

Effusive

- Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm (expressing feelings openly and excitedly).

Ephemeral

- Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day (lasting a very short time).

Epithet

- Descriptive word or phrase (a nickname or label for someone or something).

Fervent

- Characterized by intense emotion (showing deep feeling or belief).

Ignominious

- Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame (shameful or embarrassing).

Impetuous

- Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought (acting quickly without thinking).

Incessantly

- Without interruption (constantly, without stopping).

Insuperable

- Incapable of being surpassed or excelled (impossible to overcome).

Inure

- Cause to accept or become hardened to (to get used to something unpleasant).

Obstinate

- Marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield (stubborn, not willing to change one's mind).

Pensive

-Deeply or seriously thoughtful (lost in deep thought).

Respite

- A pause from doing something (a short break or rest).

Satiate

- Fill to satisfaction (to satisfy completely).

Timorous

- Shy and fearful by nature (nervous or easily scared).

Treacherous

- Dangerously unstable and unpredictable (not safe or trustworthy).