Week 10
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ascetic | Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement |
| Overred | To affirm positively; declare |
| Grotesque | Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner |
| Imbibed | To absorb or take in as if by drinking |
| Malice | Desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite |
| Martyrdom | Death or intense suffering experienced due to one's beliefs |
| Medium | Agency by which something is accomplished , conveyed, or transferred |
| Mutability | Ability to change or alter |
| Piety | The state or quality of religious devotion and reverence to God |
| Rank | Growing profusely or with excessive vigor |
| Revile | To assail with abusive language; vituperate |
| Russet | Coarse reddish-brown to brown homespun cloth |
| Rustic | Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people |
| Shrill | High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound |
| Steadfast | Fixed or unchanging; steady |
| Succor | To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress |
| Superfluous | Being beyond what is required or sufficient |
| Trifles | Something of little importance or value |
| Voluptuous | Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses |
| Vulgar | Of or associated with the great masses of people; common |
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