Vocabulary Lesson 1

to decorate; to make beautiful with ornamentation

showy; pretentious

to reject, to disown, to disavow

delicate; not obvious

to degrade; to speak of someone in a derogatory manner

having contrary feelings or attitudes

unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others; generous

overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

lean; sharp cornered; gaunt

difficult to see; vague

harmless, producing no injury

to praise; to extol

to cause, to produce, to create

to mourn or express sorrow

to honor; to regard with respect

boring; stupid

quiet, not talkative

intense dislike; to reject as unworthy

beyond what is needed or required

wasteful; a person given to extravagance

inequality as in age, rank, or degree

strong disinclination, disliking

calm, placid

reluctance to speak

to differentiate between two or more things

to differentiate between two or more things