vocab

• Abstemious

  Not self-indulgent
• Abstruse

  Difficult to understand
• Acuity


  Keenness of thought
• Altruistic


  Unselfishly concerned for others
• Ambivalent


  Conflicted (feelings)/ Mixed thoughts
• Ascetic


  A self-disciplined person (like a monk)
• Belie


  To contradict/disguise
• Corroborate


  To confirm/support
• Deference


  Humble submission/respect
• Depravity


  Moral Corruption
• Deprecate


  To disapprove of
• Despondent


  In low spirits
• Didactic


  Instructive (very)
• Diminution


  Reduction in size or value
• Eclectic


  A mix of various ideas or styles
• Ersatz


  A poor substitute
• Exonerate


  To absolve or acquit
• Extol


  To praise
• Facetious


  Cleverly amusing/Bantering
• Fastidious


  Attentive to detail
• Furtive


  Secretive/Avoiding of attention
• Gratuitous


  Unwarranted or uncalled for
• Guile


  Sly or cunning
• Impugn


  To attack as wrong or false
• Inane


  Silly or stupid
• Incorrigible


  Cannot be corrected/improved
• Insipid


  Bland or lacking in flavor/interest
• Laconic


  Brief/To the point
• Miserly


  Like a miser (a scrooge/skinflint)
• Morose


  Sullen and ill tempered
• Precocious


  Developed early/quickly
• Profusion


  An excess of something
• Quandary


  A dilemma
• Rancor


  Bitterness or resentment
• Rebuttal


  To refute
• Repudiate


  Refuse to accept/be associated with
• Superfluous


  More than enough
• Bigot


  Narrow-minded, prejudiced person
• Counterfeit


  Fake; false
• Enfranchise


  Give voting rights