Dondero vocab 11+12

Acrid

Acrid

sharp

Boorish

ill-mannered

cynical

belief in selfishness

epistle

a letter

heresy

against orthodox opinion

lance

spear/spike

obscure

difficult to understand

poignant

deeply moving

respite

a break

terse

concise

acrophobia

fear of heights

bourgeois

middle class

debility

weakness

epistolary

related to letters

hiatus

interruption

languid

tired

obscured

hidden

poised

calm

resplendent

shining

therapeutic

medicinal