Chapter 6 Vocab

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abstruse

difficult to understand

aversion

an intense dislike

ecletric

diverse

extraneous

irrelevant

astute

clever

soporific

causing sleep

hardy

tough, strong

abstemious

self restraining, exercising restraint in behavior

intractable

difficult to manage

diminutive

small

erudite

having or showing wide knowledge

fervor

intense and passionate feeling

engender

to bring into being

laudable

worth of praise

painstaking

very thorough; careful

pompous

arrogant

renown

widespread honor and fame

iconoclast

one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

archaic

out of date

abstract

difficult to understand

listless

lacking energy

mollify

to calm or make less severe

profusion

an abundance

recalcitrant

refusing to obey

surmise

to infer or guess

resigned

accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive

paragigm

rolemodel

equanimity

calmness

covivial

fond of social pleasures

lassitude

lacking energy or interest

biased

prejudiced

ambivalence

mixed feelings

incipient

beginning to exist or appear

serville

very obedient

temper

to reduce in intensity

despot

a tyrant or dictator

prodigious

very large

nefarious

very wicked or villainous

credulous

gullible

anomaly

something different or odd

blithe

cheerful

arduous

difficult to do

didactic

designed to teach

gratuitous

uncalled for

ascetic

practicing self denial

raze

to destroy

tawdry

(adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

eulogy

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

unimpeachable

beyond criticism

deprecate

to express disapproval of