Abstruse to vilify

adj.--Difficult to understand; unclear;
concealed
 Einstein’s
theories were so abstruse they
were esoteric.
 Adj.--Friendly;
courteous; amiable
 Someone with an affable nature is not
likely to have anger management issues.
noun--Excessive boldness; daring; brashness
 I can’t believe you have the audacity to talk
back to your mother like that!
 Obama ran for President on the slogan “the
audacity of hope.”

 Adj--Extremely
apologetic;
remorseful
 Tiger was contrite when the news
of his affairs went public.
 Adj-Gullible;
believing almost anything
 Small children can be extremely credulous;
it is easy to fool them.
 Noun--Moral
corruption; a wicked or perverse
act
 The criminal was completely depraved; he
videotaped himself butchering his victims
and sent the tapes to the victims’ families.
 Verb--To
 Candy
express disapproval; belittle
is always so negative; she
deprecates others all the time.
 Adj--An
instructive approach; teaching
 Even when chatting with friends, the
teacher could not break the habit of
talking in a didactic manner.
 Adj--Inactive;
sleeping
 The trees went into a dormant stage during
the winter.
 Mysterious;
 It
puzzling
is better to be considered a bit enigmatic
than banal.
 Scholarly;
 The
extremely smart
erudite professor was known to give esoteric
lectures.
 Foreign;
 Her
unfamiliar
exotic eyes had all the guys wondering
about her ethnicity.
 To
mix or join; usually by melting
 She was able to fuse together the wires in
order to deprogram the computer.
 Adj--Not
changing; opposite of
capricious
 His faith in God was immutable; no
one or nothing could shake his
resolve.
 Adj.--Incapable
of being reformed or
improved
 The jury agreed that the young boy who
had been recruited in a gang since he was
seven was incorrigible.
 Verb---To
I
hate or detest
loathe eating my Grandma’s chili; it is so
bland.
 To
alleviate or make less severe
 The
judge considered the boy’s cruel
upbringing as a mitigating circumstance
before sentencing him to nine months in
prison.
 Verb--To
negate; cause not to be in
effect
 After
I realized I had joined the
gym for life, I wanted to nullify the
contract.
 Adj--Opposed
 Many
to war or use of force
people assumed the President would
be pacifistic and were surprised he
supported the war in Afghanistan.
 Adj--Self-important;
making an extravagant,
outward show of something; ostentatious
 The
country mouse was put off by the city
mouse’s pretentious ways.
 Noun--Introductory
remarks in a speech,
play, literary work; introductory action
 In
the prologue to Beowulf, the author
mentions The Hero’s Journey.
 Verb--To
withdraw, retract, or repudiate a
statement
 He
recanted his testimony after he realized
how damaging it would be to his family.
 Adj--Subservient;
 Their
slavish; obsequious
religion taught that women should be
servile to men.
 Noun--Fear,
 Many
trembling; agitation
students have feel trepidation toward
the SAT exams.

verb--To malign or defame; deprecate;
disparage
exchange student was vilified by the
clique of mean girls for having dated one
of the girls’ former boyfriends.
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