English 10 vocab 2

Word

Part of Speech

Definition

1. transcendent 

n

something so excellent that it's beyond the range of human understanding.

2. peregrination

n

a long journey or period of wandering

3. asceticism

n

rigorous self-denial, particularly the rejection of the pleasures of the world.

4. fulminate

v

explode (bomb, experiment, or person)

5. contumacious

adj

stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority

6. mawkish

adj

excessively sentimental; so sappy it's sickening

7. altruism

n

the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others 

8. desiccate

adj

dry out; lacking vitality; spiritless; with

9. surfeit

n

the state of being more than full

10. recalcitrant

adj

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

11. indolent

adj

slow or lazy

12.histrionic

adj

the characteristic of over-dramatizing things; over-acts

13. recondite

adj

really hard to comprehend; hard for the average mind to understand

14. banality

n

boring or overused remark

15. obsequious

adj

attempting to win favor from influential people through flattery