Week 4 Vocabulary (10) Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
Credulity (n.)
A
Readiness to believe.
2
Q
Cupidity (n.)
A
Greed, strong desire.
3
Q
Cursory (adj.)
A
Brief to the point of being superficial.
4
Q
Decry (v.)
A
To criticize openly.
5
Q
Defile (v.)
A
To make unclean, impure.
6
Q
Deleterious (adj.)
A
Harmful.
7
Q
Demure (adj.)
A
Quiet, modest, reserved.
8
Q
Deprecate (v.)
A
To belittle, depreciate.
9
Q
Deride (v.)
A
To laugh at mockingly, scorn.
10
Q
Desecrate (v.)
A
To violate the sacredness of a thing or place.
