Vocabulary Honors English 10

Sated

Satisfied, provided with more than enough.

Sententiously

In a way that shows excessive fondness for wise sayings; in lecturing tones.

Deflects

turns or makes go to one side.

Edict

Public order; decree.

Brazen

Shameless; bold.

Waver

show indecision; fluctuate.

Deference

Yielding to the ideas, wishes and so on of another.

Contempt

Scorn; the attitude of someone who looks down on something or someone else.

Vile

Evil; low; extremely disgusting.

Piety

Loyalty and devotion to family, the divine, or some other object of respect.

Lamentation

Expression of grief; weeping.

Rash

Too hasty in speech or action; reckless.