Vocabulary Unit 4

Remorsedeep and painful regret

for wrongdoing

Complacentpleased, especially with oneself

to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed

Effaceto wipe out; do

away with

Sublime

impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power

Pinnacle the highest or culminating

point

Surmount

to get over or across

Intersperse

to scatter here and there

Impervious

incapable of being injured or impaired

Uncouth

strange and ungraceful

EnticeTo lead on by exciting

hope or desire

Assuage

to make milder or less severe

Amiablegood-natured

personal qualities

Discourseto communicate thoughts

orally; talk

Despondentlacking hope or courage