Lesson 4 wordy words

Abstruse

Difficult to understand

Affable

Friendly

Audacity

Boldness

Contrite

Deeply apologetic

Credulous

Believing on slight proof

Depravity

Corrupt nature

Deprecate

To belittle

Didactic

Instructive

Dormant

Inactive

Erudite

Scholarly

Exotic

Foreign or unfamiliar

Fuse

To mix or join by melting

Enigmatic

Mysterious

Immutable

Unchanging

Incorrigible

Incapable of being reformed

Loathe

To detest

Mitigate

To make less severe

Nullify

Void

Pacifistic

Opposed to war or use of force

Pretentious

Showy

Prologue

Introductory action

Recant

To revoke

Servile

Overly submissive

Trepidation

Anxiety

Vilify

To defame or slander