English III - Unit 3 - List 30

Define: arduous

• difficult to do; strenuous

• practicing self-denial; austere

• cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned

• to express disapproval of

Define: ascetic

• difficult to do; strenuous

• practicing self-denial; austere

• cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned

• to express disapproval of

Define: blithe

• difficult to do; strenuous

• practicing self-denial; austere

• cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned

• to express disapproval of

Define: deprecate

• difficult to do; strenuous

• practicing self-denial; austere

• cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned

• to express disapproval of

Define: didactic

• designed to teach

• a spoken or written tribute, especially to someone who has died

• uncalled for; without good reason

• to tear down completely, to demolish

Define: eulogy

• designed to teach

• a spoken or written tribute, especially to someone who has died

• uncalled for; without good reason

• to tear down completely, to demolish

Define: gratuitous

• designed to teach

• a spoken or written tribute, especially to someone who has died

• uncalled for; without good reason

• to tear down completely, to demolish

Define: raze

• designed to teach

• a spoken or written tribute, especially to someone who has died

• uncalled for; without good reason

• to tear down completely, to demolish

Define: tawdry

• designed to teach

• a spoken or written tribute, especially to someone who has died

• tasteless showy; cheap and gaudy; vulgar

• blameless; beyond reproach; beyond criticism

Define: unimpeachable

• designed to teach

• a spoken or written tribute, especially to someone who has died

• tasteless showy; cheap and gaudy; vulgar

• blameless; beyond reproach; beyond criticism