Week 4

abasement

the action or fact of abasing or being abased;
humiliation or degradation:

abstemious

not doing things that give you pleasure,
especially not eating good food or drinking
alcohol:

befuddled

confused:

clientele

the customers of a shop, bar, or place of
entertainment:

encumber

to weigh someone or something down, or to
make it difficult for someone to do
something:

epitomize

to be a perfect example of a quality or type of
thing:

insentient

incapable of feeling or understanding things;
inanimate:

insolence

rude and disrespectful behavior

jingoistic

characterized by extreme patriotism,
especially in the form of aggressive or warlike
foreign policy:

libertarian

a person who believes that people should be free to think and behave as they want and should not have limits put on them by
governments:

malinger

to pretend to be ill in order to avoid having to
work:

multifarious

of many different types:

obviate

to remove a difficulty, especially so that action to deal with it becomes unnecessary:

plaudit

praise:

profundity

the quality of showing a clear and deep
understanding of serious matters:

reminiscent

making you remember a particular person,
event, or thing:

salubrious

health-giving; healthy:

turpitude

depraved or wicked behavior or character:

vehemence

great forcefulness or intensity of feeling or
expression:

virulent

(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or
harmful in its effects: