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10th Grade List #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deter | to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something |
| Redundant | reptitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy |
| Infamous | shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful |
| Banal | unoriginal; ordinary |
| Extol | to praise |
| Deride | to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously |
| Gravity | seriousness |
| Insipid | dull; banal |
| Expedite | to make faster or easier |
| Heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |