Vocabulary List 9-13

iconoclast

one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

idiosyncratic

peculiar to one person; highly individualized

idolatrous

excessively worshipping one object or person

ignominious

humiliating, disgracing

jubilant

extremely joyful, happy

knell

the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death

laceration

a cut, tear

laconic

terse in speech or writing

maelstrom

a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

magnanimous

noble, generous