Reading Test Vocab #3

reclusive

seeking solitude; retiring from society

pious

marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship; marked by conspicious religiosity

mirthful

full of mirth or merriment (happiness expressed through laughter)

patriarch

one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or Hebrew people; a man who is father or founder

frivolity

the quality of state of being frivolous (lacking seriousness or important purpose)

compulsion

an act of compelling; the state of being compelled

repentant

experiencing or expressing repentance (reviewing past or present wrong doings

incorrigible

incapable of being corrected it amended

charlatan

one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability

seditiousness

disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition (spreech/writing/organizing rebellion)

gluttony

greed or excessive indulgence

recapitulate

to retell or restate briefly; summarize

chastise

to inflict punishment on; to censure severely

didactic

designed or intended to teach; intended to convey instruction and information in addition to serving another purpose

vanity

inflated pride in oneself or one’s appearance