Vocab 61-75.txt

lasting a very short time; transient; temporary

extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books; learning

relating to beliefs concerning the end of the world or the events associated with it

to avoid or to shun

indifference where there had been love, affection, or friendliness; the act of turning away in feeling or affection; alienation

tending to vanish like vapor; transient

to denounce or berate severely; to flay verbally; to censure scathingly; to strip off or remove the skin from

an anecdote or short narrative used to point a moral or sustain an argument model

relieve of responsibiility, obligation, or hardship; to clear from accusation or blame

to free of an evil spirit

humorous; witty

liable to err

a ludicrous or empty show; a mockery marked by satrical, improbably plot

intensity of feeling or expression; passion

minor flaw or shortcoming in personal character or behavior; weakness; fault