Week 4 Vocabulary (10) Flashcards
(10 cards)
Credulity (n.)
Readiness to believe.
Cupidity (n.)
Greed, strong desire.
Cursory (adj.)
Brief to the point of being superficial.
Decry (v.)
To criticize openly.
Defile (v.)
To make unclean, impure.
Deleterious (adj.)
Harmful.
Demure (adj.)
Quiet, modest, reserved.
Deprecate (v.)
To belittle, depreciate.
Deride (v.)
To laugh at mockingly, scorn.
Desecrate (v.)
To violate the sacredness of a thing or place.