Lesson Eight Vocab

def: to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of other

syn: cajole; indulge

def: useless; futile

syn: unimportant; worthless

def: childish; juvenile

syn: immature; infantile

def: dependent on luck or chance

def: roughness or harshness; severity

syn: acerbity; irascibility

def: rejection; refusal to acknowledge

syn: denial; refusal

def: unquestionable; beyond doubt

syn: trustworthy; infallible

def: to disapprove angrily; to protest

syn: berate; condemn; remonstrate

def: to assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity

syn: acclaim; exalt; honor

def: to relieve; to alleviate

syn: calm; ease; pacify

def: to corrupt morally; to contaminate

syn: defile; devalue; spoil

def: stubbornly resistant; showing opposition

syn: defiant; insubordinate; unwilling

def: an explanation of a text; a critical interpretation

syn: analysis; exposition; commentary

def: to make better; to improve

syn: enhance; upgrade

def: wasteful and immoral

syn: licentious; decadent