vocab 7 & 8

abstruse

difficult to understand, concealed

contrite

extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

deprecate

to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, mild disapproval

didactic

instructive, designed to teach

erudite

scholarly

exotic

foreign, unfamiliar

fuse

to mix or to join (usually by melting)

immutable

unchanging

incorrigible

incapable of being reformed or improved

loathe

to detest

pacifistic

opposed to war or use force

prologue

introductory remarks in a speech, play, or literary work

recant

to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke

servile

overly submissive

vilify

to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against

aesthetic

relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art

archaic

antiquated, old, out of use

debilitate

to weaken, to enfeeble

dogmatic

strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

petulance

unreasonable touchiness or irritability