English IV- QIIIU1

Ascetic

severely self-disciplined

Abomination

something that causes disgust or hatred

Immutability

the inability to change over time

Inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

Alacrity

eagerness; readiness

August

respected, impressive

Bight

a curve or recess in a coastline or river

Declivity

a downward slope

Sententious

trying to seem wise in a pompous, annoying way

Lugubrious

looking or sounding sad or dismal

Insidious

treacherous; crafty

Insipid

lacking flavor

Moribund

in terminal decline; lacking vitality

Prevaricator

a liar

Rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping

Sepulcher

a small stone vault in which a dead person is buried

Somnambulist

one who sleepwalks

Interminable

endless

Abject

wretched; degrading; miserable

Abscond

to leave hurriedly or secretly, often to escape arrest