Week 6

• exonerate (verb): to officially free someone from blame or fault, particularly of a crime
• altruism (noun): an attitude/way of behaving characterized my unselfish concern for the welfare of others; the belief that acting for the benefit of others I right and good
• ignominy (noun): a total loss of dignity and self-respect, particularly a public disgrace
• soporific (adj): causing sleep or drowsiness or dull and boring, as though it would put a person to sleep
• enigma (noun): somebody or something that is not easily explained or understood, of then the point mysteriousness
• dilatory (adj): tending to waste time or move slowly; intended to cause a delay
• myopic (adj): short sighted, both literally and figuratively.
• moribund (adj): nearly dead, having lost all sense of purpose or vitality
• alacrity (noun): eager and speedy readiness
• surfeit (noun): an excess number or quantity of something, especially so much of it that people become sickened, repelled, or bored by it.