Vocabulary List 5 Definitions

The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance.

Claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.

A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; empty

The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning; unclear or inexact.

 (Several people or things) come together from different directions so as eventually to meet.

Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone); reduce the severity of (something); soften.

Elderly or infirm; weak, frail; worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.

To occur again, as an event, experience.

Characterized by excessive piousness; excessively smooth or suave; oily or soapy feel.

A homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child.

With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.

To study (something) by looking at its parts closely.

Modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.

Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.

Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

Very important or noticeable.