Vocab 10

ameliorate

to improve or make better

amicable

friendly

beneficial

conducive to well-being

benign

kind or mild; having a gentle disposition

blissful

joyous; ecstatic

conciliate

to make peace through reasoning; to appease

essence

the basic character or quality of a thing

exemplary

worth of imitations; admirable

extol

to praise highly

fitness

delicacy or skill in handling a situation

genteel

refined or well-bred

integrity

honesty; incorruptibility

laudatory

praising or complimentary

luscious

delicious; mouth watering

munificent

extremely generous or charitable

omniscient

all knowing; having infinite knowledge

pulchritude

physical beauty

sublime

lofty; of high intellectual or spiritual worth

tranquil

peaceful or calm

veracious

truthful

defame

To slander, libel, or discredit

defile

To make dirty; to dishonor or corrupt

depravity

Wickedness or corruption

desecrate

To defile, violate, or contaminate something sacred

despicable

Contemptible or worthy of scorn

flagrant

Outrageous or scandalous

guile

Deceit or treachery

hedonistic

Pleasure-loving

imperil

To endanger or jeopardize

infernal

Hellish

insolence

Rudeness; insulting behavior

lewd

Indecent or obscene

malevolent

Showing ill will; spiteful

marauder

A person or animal that makes raids for booty

morbid

Unhealthy or unwholesome; gloomy

odious

Hateful or offensive

prodigal

Wasteful; spending too much

profane

Having no regard for sacred things; vulgar

revile

To verbally abuse

subvert

To overthrow or destroy